In the spirit of having dialogue with differing traditions in the Church England, Moot this autumn participated in the Affirming Catholicism Conference in Durham, for progressive catholic christians in the Church of England, after completing a Eucharist in the Greenbelt Festival in August, more of an Evo, Post-Evo tradition.

In Durham, we did an alternative benediction service, which is all about venerating God, a very ancient service that we reframed into a modern/future perspective. So alternative worship/emerging church for the first time, had an important presence in this context.

After the service, Jonathan, Gareth and I with the support of Stephen Cottrell, the fantastically pro-emerging church Bishop of Reading, led an open discussion on the place of the emerging church in the context of the anglo-catholic tradition. Feedback from the conference sounds like our presence was well received and that people have been challenged by what we said and did, so that is good.

It was also worth going to see both Jonathan & Gareth in Cassock Albs!!