Churches in Kingston Borough

Peace Week Art Competition

As part of the London week of peace, Sacred Space Kingston are running an art competition for young people in Kingston Borough's after school clubs. The theme for the competition is 'peace and reconciliation' and particularly how it relates to young people. All artistic mediums are welcome There are two entry categories children aged 7-11 and the second for 12-16 year olds. Competition entries will be displayed in All Saints Church, Kingston Marketplace from 15th-21st September 2008 as part of Sacred Space's next art and spirituality exhibition to mark the London Week for Peace.

Entries complete with age, name, address and details of club attended should be sent to: Sacred Space Art Competition, c/o Oxygen, St Peters Church, London Rd, Kingston, KT2 6QL

Download a flyer about the competition here

Sacred Space Kingston: Interactive Art & Spirituality

Sacred Space Kingston was born as an art and spirituality exhibition in All Saints, Kingston Marketplace developed in response to the phenomenal interest of people wanting prayer and answers to spiritual questions at the annual Kingston Green Fair. Those involved in organising prayer at the fare, knew there had to be a new ways to engage with those who have an interest in the spiritual but who all to readily dismiss Christianity

Sacred Space Kingston now occurs about 3 times a year and is organised by representatives from St Pauls - Kingston Hill, Kingston URC, The Community Church - Surbiton, Kingston and Surbiton YMCA, Oxygen and All Saints. Each event has taken a different theme and explored it through art and reflective stations to challenge and provoke people's thinking about faith and its relevance to everyday life. So far Sacred Space has brough together people to look at issues of identity, peace and reconciliation and love and dreams. from September we will be starting an 'Artist's Way' course which is a 12 week course on unlocking your creativity, then again in Septmeber, with Kingston Council a series of events will be run to mark Kingston's contribution to London Week for Peace between 15th and 21st September.

IN future Sacred Space Kingston hopes to start running a book club and occasional movie nights to discuss issues of faith and morality raised in our popular culture. the ultimate aim is to create new and revisit some traditional ways to worship where people can bring and share the fruit of our creativity as well as bring questions to God to others on a similar journey.

If you would like to know more about Sacred Space Kingston look at the website: www.sacredspacekingston.org.uk or e-mail Andrea Campanale on campanale@blueyonder.co.uk

Artistic Workshop Evenings

St Nicolas Church Hall, Bury Street, Guildford GU2 4AW  

Monday nights 8-10pm  

Open workshops no booking required  

All explore the theme Golden Dreams  

   

21st April WRITERS WORKSHOP  

Using the language of movement to explore the subject of hope and dreams, we will develop text, poems or dialogue to create words for dance. This work will them be used by the dancers in the second workshop to inform their movements. However, the piece could also stand on its own merit.  

   

28th April DANCERS WORKSHOP  

Taking the words and ideas devised in the writers workshop, we will develop this individually and in groups how movement can progress out of the spoken word. Dancers are asked to come on the next workshop, music, and if needed the last one to develop their piece, you will be encouraged these weeks to work under your own supervision.  

   

19th May MUSIC WORKSHOP  

Please bring your own instruments, here we will be taking the words devised in the writers workshop. We will use free association music, non specific sound, chord progression, harmonic singing or rhythmn sequences to enhance the movement already started to develop and explore our own interpretation of what the theme is saying.  

   

2nd June ARTISTS WORKSHOP  

Using the medium of watercolours, acrylic and chalk we will explore how the theme inspires our work. Artists are encouraged to come to all previous workshops to see how the words, dance and music impact their choices. Please note some materials will be provided.  

   

The artwork created will be presented to friends and family at St Nicolas on 16th June.   

 

E-mail edenpeople@edenpeople.org.uk 

or call Yvonne Rowe on 07962 596202 for more info.  

Training in Prophetic Evangelism

With a desire to see people equipped The Community Church, St Stephens Twickenham, Sacred Space Kingston and Eden People Guildford are putting together training to help people make the most of every God orientated conversation they have. Led by David Holl, who has experience of using prophecy to engage with spiritual seekers in shopping centres as well as psychic fairs, this is the second of a 2 part course in Prophetic Evangelism.

The first session took place in March but you do not have to have done this to now book for the second session focused on biblical dream interpretation. However, we do recommend that you have had some sort of experience or training in using the prophetic in evangelism before undertaking this more advanced course.

The training will take place on the evening of Friday 23rd and all day on Saturday 24th May at St Peters Church, Norbiton. To book your place then please complete and return the form below with payment.

Download Sacredspaceweekend2flyer.pdf (1462.4K)

Sacred Space Training: Propehtic Evangelism

2008 is going to be a great year, full of great opportunities to reveal spiritual realities to people of all backgrounds. However for those willing to be used by God in this way, we need to be prepared, ready to answer questions  and able to discern the voice of God’s Spirit at work in the lives of others.

With a desire to see people equipped The Community Church, St Stephens Twickenham, Sacred Space Kingston and Eden People Guildford are putting on a series of training events to help people make the most of every God orientated conversation they have.

This training, run by David Holl will come in two parts, the first part will be around prophetic evangelism on the evening of 29th Feb and all day on 1st March at the Oxygen Hall St Peters, Norbiton. Following this training in prophetic evangelism the second block  of training  day will focus around dream interpretation and is due to take place on the 23rd-24th May (venue to be confirmed). In order to complete the dream interpretation course, you need to first complete the prophetic evangelism course.

As well as being ideal for anyone wanting to see God revealed in people's lives this training is perfect for anyone wishing to be involved  in Sacred Space Kingston or the joint churches presence at the Kingston Green Fare.  

Find out more here: Download SacredSpaceTrainingflyerfinalversion.pdf (2182.3K)

Sacred Space Pictures online

Photos from Sacred Space, Where Love and Dreams Collide, are now available on this site by clicking the link to the right or by visiting

Sacred Space Pictures

Eden People Events and Training

Eden People in Guildford are running some events and training for anyone interested in Art, Spiritulity or Alternastive worship. They are:

The Artists Way

12 week course starting Tuesday evening 26th Feb and Friday morning 29th Feb

Discover and rediscover your creative self.

Good to bring Churched and not-yet-Christians friends along to.

Insight-Out

A evening on 3rd March @ the Mustard Bar Sydenham Rd where we’ll be giving words of encouragement, blessing, healing and insight to people.

This is a great opportunity to bring along spiritually searching friends to this event.

Training

Two Evenings both at our Albany House offices:

Monday 25th Feb 8-10pm Prophetic gifts and insight used in different settings – use of objects, colour words and images to engage with people -  we will look to link this to the INSIGHT-OUT evening on 3rd March

Monday 10th March 8-10pm massage training – how to give a really good hand and foot massage to people and how Eden People use this in different settings

for more visit www.edenpeople.org.uk and click on the relevant flyer

Oxygen :: Urban :: Gallery

Sacred Space Dreams: Feb 5th - 10th 2008

When you were a child I wonder what it was that you dreamed of becoming? For you was life as an adult to be filled with fame and celebrity when as a talented footballer you scored the winning goal, or as a rock singer you performed to millions. Maybe your dreams were inspired by nobler ambitions that saw you wanting to be a crime busting policeman or a truth seeking journalist.

As we move from our childlike dreams and ambitions our lives take many twists and turns, some driven by fear, many more by love for a particular way of life. During these years dreams are both broken and fulfilled. In this process of breaking and forming we often unearth that which is most important to us, that which we love the most.

In this, the third Sacred Space Kingston installation, we are offering a chance for you to come and explore through a number of interactive art installations the topic of “where love and dreams collide”. We want to create a safe place where with the help of the on site art installations people can explore their shattered dreams, lost hopes and broken hearts. Then putting behind you all that has gone before space is created to unearth your deeper life loves, finding out that which matters most. The final installation offers a place where you can then place your dreams for the future in front of the altar as an act of reflection and prayer.

Sacred Space Kingston: Peace

In a world of violence and pain, where people are both victim and perpetrator, peace seems an impossible hope. Yet it is only through peace in listening, forgiving and accommodating others that wrongs can be righted and harmony with our environment and humankind can be restored.

The annual London Week for Peace is a city wide initiative with each of the London Boroughs participating by holding events to demonstrate our shared humanity and our need for people of different culture and beliefs to work together to build lasting peace both in this country and across the world.

Sacred Space Kingston starts tonight with a candlelit vigil in the market place in Kingston at 7pm with people from across the churches and different faiths. It continues with an art and spirituality exhibition at All Saints Church near the Market Place featuring works of art by local adults and children. It will also include interactive elements to give the opportunity for reflection and a response to personal and global issues of peace, reconciliation and freedom. It runs from the evening of the 11th Sept to Sunday 16th and will be open daily from 10am until 4pm.

Sadly the meeting on Thursday at Borders has had to be be cancelled as the Canon Andrew White has been recalled to Baghdad.

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SACRED SPACE: Peace

The mayor and representatives from local faith communities are to hold a Candlelight Vigil in the Market Place, Kingston at 7pm on Tuesday 11th September in the Marketplace to mark the start of the local participation in the wider London Week for Peace.  

The Kingston Candlelight vigil will also mark the start of a range of activities as part of Kingston’s contribution to a movement for peace that is now in its fourth year. Other activities planned for Peace week include Sacred Space: Peace, an art and spirituality exhibition coordinated by local Churches, Eden People, Oxygen and the Kingston YMCA which will be opened by the Mayor following at the end of the Candlelight Vigil. The exhibition at All Saints Church, which is opposite John Lewis, will include works of art by local adults and children together with interactive stations for opportunities to respond and reflect on personal and global reactions to issues of peace, reconciliation and freedom.  It runs from the evening of the 11th Sept to Sunday 16th and will be open daily from 10am until 4pm. 

Later in the week in the Borders bookshop at 7.30pm on Thursday 13th September, Canon Andrew White, the so called Vicar of Baghdad will be giving a talk on peace from his experiences working in the Middle East.   

Everyone is welcome to attend and participate at whatever level they choose, for more information contact sacredspace@oxygen-online.org

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