Advent Conspiracy and Prayer for Melbourne

Today I have been out in Footscray with Marcus, Naomi and Anthony, working on an Advent Conspiracy art installation. It will be open on Saturday, at Footscray Baptist Church (60 Paisley Street). On Sunday we will be taking it up to Bendigo, and will be using it for a Christmas service, starting 7:30pm, at St Matt's in Long Gully (on Eaglehawk Road). After Sunday, Advent Conspiracy will be open in Footscray again, and there will be a church service at 7:00pm on Christmas Eve (Wednesday).
This is a preview of my contribution, an animation which I also used at Prayers for Melbourne at Collins Street Baptist Church on Wednesday night:

Be not afraid (Prayer for Melbourne)

Last night at Prayer for Melbourne I used a version of the angel animation I've been working on.

While I write this I don't really have the time or clarity of mind to write about what I've been thinking about with this piece, but I'm probably going to be using it again at some stage during Advent, so I'll do another post about it then.
I will say now though, that Jon reckoned that the way the text moves around suggests fear, when it is supposed to be saying not to fear. I'd already been wondering about that myself - but I'm not sure I have a problem with it suggesting fear. What do you think?

(Prayer for Melbourne is a space for people to come and pray for our city together, every second Wednesday, from 6 till 7:30pm, at Collins Street Baptist Church. It will be on again on December 17, and I'll be using another animation that I've been working on.)

Cities of refuge

Used this image last night at Prayer for Melbourne, in the Collins Street Baptist Church narthex:

These are some reflection questions I prepared about our city as a city of refuge:

Many people come to our city looking for a place of refuge. What might people be seeking refuge from? What kind city do they find?
What does it mean for our city to be a Sanctuary?
Is there anything I can do to make our city a safer, more welcoming, more hospitable place for those seeking refuge here?

(Prayer for Melbourne is a space for people to come and pray for our city together, every second Wednesday, from 6 till 7:30pm, at Collins Street Baptist Church. It will be on again on October 15.)

5pm Service in the Sanctuary, and Spring Into Gospel Festival

On Sunday night at Collins Street Baptist Church we had our 5pm church service in the Sanctuary for the first time. We're trying meeting in there because we're running out of room in the Narthex.


Also, the Spring Into Gospel Festival is coming up in October at CSBC. There is a flier about it here.