Of course the life of the community is more than just its ‘official’ gatherings, nevertheless here are the ways we gather ‘publicly’ with an explanation of each…
Sundays
We gather at 5pm on Sunday (once a cycle we have the meditative gathering at the later time of 8pm) for our Eucharist (or Holy Communion). Each gathering in a cycle is a little different. There’s a meditative gathering, a guest speaker, a discussion based service, an ‘open-source’ service (where people bring contributions), a children’s service, and another service with a speaker from within the Home community.
Expect some prayers, chants, songs (sometimes played live, sometimes using various pieces of electronica), readings, and other creative rituals. We always have communion at each gathering.
The Sunday gathering lasts around an hour and a quarter.
Midweek
There is normally also a midweek gathering of some sort in addition to the Sunday eucharist. This might be a book group, or a group that gathers to share news and pray for each other, or people getting together in a local park for a game of frisbee or football, or something else entirely. We call these small groups ‘huddles’. Check the calendar on the right hand side of this page for the latest information.
We try to make sure we don’t overload people’s diaries so we limit these to one per week if we can although sometimes it’s not possible.
Community Meals
Once a month we gather together to share food and talk. One month this will be in the evening (and without children), the next month we will get together for Sunday lunch (with the children). These are important times to be together and also to talk about important community matters (we tend to do this at the evening meals rather than Sunday lunchtime). A good way into getting more involved in the Home community is to come along to the meals. Don’t wait to be asked! The meals are open to any who would like to come.
