Obsession service: from tin openers to devotion
If you've spent the last two days checking your social networks without eating or sleeping or even going to the loo then your would have probably benefited from our services on Obsession.They were...
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Come dine with me
To dine on your own can have its pleasures, but to dine together is sharing in relationship.We dinned on delicious lasagne last week at Sanctus1, as we opened a new series of services on the topic of...
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Dynamic
We always think that Sanctus 1 is dynamic. Well, it certainly felt like it recently.When we were asked whether a few students from Switzerland could pop in to visit us, we naturally said yes.welcoming...
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As I type, Manchester is being trashed by idiots.There are reports of independent shops in the Northern Quarter being looted. Business are burning. And a lot of people are very scared.It seems sensible...
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Messed up friends
Last Sunday instead of just doing food, we tried it all messed up.Sanctus tried a form of messy church which involved painting faces on plates, cutting people from paper and eating toast. In the midst...
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August Light Service
In August, Sanctus 1 ran a paired set of services - light & dark. The light service was fittingly overrun by the dark events of the UK riots, so we had to cancel the Wednesday edition of the...
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Barbeque tonight
Tonight's Sanctus will be an informal barbeque.Greenbelt attendees can waffle about how they enjoyed Greenbelt, while non-attendees of Greenbelt can stand there telling them to shut up waffling about...
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Why weren't Sanctus at Greenbelt?
Sanctus 1 took a year out from Greenbelt in 2011.It was odd not seeing our name in the programme, but we're actually busier than we have been for a long time. We have lots of plans up our sleeves and...
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Riot walk: graffiti-ing Afflecks
Sanctus was really riotous this week. Well as riotous for Sanctus 1 anyway.With the city centre riots still being fresh in our minds here in the Northern Quarter, we offered ourselves to walk the...
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Popcorn Jesus: this Sunday and Wednesday at Sanctus
Sunday (tomorrow) at 10.30am and Wednesday at 7.30pm at Nexus Art Cafe.Small print: the Jesus pictured may not be making much of an appearance due to little ears being present!
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When a piece of wood is more than a piece of wood and a table is more than a...
Last week we looked at how a table can represent different aspects of our lives. It's a functional place, set aside for specific tasks but it also becomes a place of meeting experience, a place to meet...
View ArticlePopcorn Jesus: Don't mess with Sister Meryl Streep
This week, we showed several clips of Jesus in the movies. One was a great scene from The Boat That Rocked (stolen shamelessly from Luke Walton's excellent talk at Greenbelt 2011) and there was also...
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Possible Worlds: Manchester Science Festival 2011
Sanctus 1 will host Manchester Science Festival's first ever church service.Possible Worlds will be a celebration of God and science, in which scientific themes and achievements will be explored from...
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Sanctus 1: a family affair
If you were to draw your family tree, what issues would it raise for you? This is what we did at Sanctus. We explored the nature of family. We are all part of a family, even if we don't know our...
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Volcanic Sanctus
Sanctus went volcanic recently. Well on a small scale.What with the Science Festival coming up and Sanctus 1's amazing first ever church service for the festival, we concentrated on a theme of God in...
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Miracle days
Olive . Miracle by srepkelaLate last year, we looked at God in science, culminating in us hosting Manchester Science Festival's first church service.We considered a miracle as an event that is...
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Put this in your ear... the faith of science fiction
We held a service about the faith of science fiction.This service opened with everyone sharing their favourite cross-overs of science and faith, including references to Blake 7, Logans Run, Battlestar...
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We've updated the header for the Sanctus 1 site.From left to right, there is:- our three candles (so nearly a Two Ronnies joke) in Nexus Art Cafe at twilight.- Monopoly money we used to discuss money,...
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Sanctus is back in April...
Due to the Sanctus 1 away day on Saturday 24th March, our regular sessions are taking a one-week break. We won't be running a usual service at Nexus on Sunday 25th or Wednesday 28th.However, there...
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