1. Who we are and what we are about

Foundation is a Bristol emerging church/alternative worship group. We are a registered Anglican “Fresh Expression”.

Our goal is to bring the experience of Christian community into a healthy relationship with contemporary culture. We are a group of young, young-ish and older Christians.

Our numbers include those attend each week and who regard Foundation as “their church”, as well as many who are members of other churches but who attend and contribute to Foundation events when they are able.

2. What we do

Our life together involves gatherings of many kinds:

Worship

- weekly creative/reflective service or “littleservice” (7.45pm hot drinks and chat, 8:15pm service, 9:00pm drink at the nearby Highbury Vaults pub)

- periodic larger alternative worship service or “Big Service”

Community

- monthly social meals hosted by community members or “Community Meals”

- trips away (e.g. to the beach, or to an abbey for a weekend, or annual Greenbelt festival exodus…)

- “Filmdation” film / discussion nights

- “Farmdation” community allotment

- kids and parents group (“The Lift”)

- small groups (arranged around various aspects of life and faith)

Teaching

- public “Bluffer’s Guide” lectures on matters of faith and theology (see www.virtualtheology.net)

Networks

- hosting blah… conference for emerging church leaders, July 2006

- attending the Soliton gathering in Belfast, February 2007

Arts

- open floor performance arts nights (“The Friendly Stage”)

- e-mail notifying service for faith/arts events in the Bristol area