My thanks go to Beckie Pickering for the following article which was published on the BBC website and refers to the Fresh Expressions movement within the church. Mark Berry is mentioned heavily and he was the orginator of the Table Church idea in its current incarnation. The article may not say much that is new to the experienced Fresh Expressions practicioner but it show that the world outside the church is beginning to notice that new things are happening.But however welcoming churches are, the conventional Sunday service won't appeal to everyone, and so the CofE, in association with the Methodists, also has a programme called Fresh Expressions aimed at finding new forms of church for those reluctant to set foot in a traditional building.
This can be a social event - meeting at someone's home to share a meal and to talk - or it can mean social work, getting out in the community to make connections.
"We think of it as our R&D department", says Archdeacon Jackson. "We want church to be a verb not a noun," is a favourite phrase from Fresh Expressions enthusiasts, who often talk of "emerging churches"
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7853494.stm)
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