Crowd-Surfing & Footwashing: Thoughts on IAM5 from our new Abbess - 17 Feb 2005
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"The recent IAM5 birthday event in London was also the commissioning for my new role as Abbess of the new City of London Boiler Room. I loved it. I was reminded again of the privilege of being part of a movement that God seems to be stirring all the time. I loved being a bit old in that context. I loved feeling not very cool. I loved the sense of acceptance and challenge. And I loved being crowd surfed. Who could not want to be part of something that sends you into a mission field borne literally on the hands of many, and then washes your feet?"
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Commissioning Jude Smith (City of London Boiler Room) and Brian & Tracy Heasley (Ibiza) by crowd-surfing them. |
It's also very close to John Wesley's Foundry, a site significant to the founding of the Methodist church! With the building being provided by members of the business community, it will be exciting to see what a Boiler Room will look like in the heart of one of the world's major financial districts.
Before now Jude has been living and working on the Marsh Farm Estate, Luton, a housing project described as one of the most deprived in England. More news soon... |
