{"id":124,"date":"2006-12-17T09:51:30","date_gmt":"2006-12-16T22:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newchurchlife.com\/index.php\/quiet-church\/"},"modified":"2015-12-23T21:02:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T10:02:16","slug":"quiet-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newchurchlife.com\/quiet-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiet Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henrik Jorgensen, Dean of Students at Newbold College (England) was on a stop-over in Copenhagen – and when walking past the Cathedral was invited by a street poster to their Night Church<\/font>. There are a variety of evening services – but Henrik slipped into the Sunday evening ‘ssshh-church’<\/font>. He says, “<\/span><\/font>I went in and it was just quiet and you were encouraged to be quiet and respect the silence. You could pray, read, light a candle etc. And I was surprised that in the time I was there (approx.10pm) 20-30 (mostly young) people came and went. Just being there and being with God was so refreshing.” Henrik shared the idea with others at Newbold – and the idea of Quiet Church<\/strong><\/font> was born.<\/span><\/font>     <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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As people arrive for the first Quiet Church (on a Wednesday evening) they were given a sheet giving some ideas on how people relate to Quiet Church (see Handout below). Bibles and prayer books were available. Inside there was a space where people could write their prayers. 20-30 staff, students and community members came and went between 8.00 and 10.30 pm – in total silence. “Not a word was uttered,” writes Henrik. “Yet all were blessed and had experienced in their own way the presence of God.” Henrik says, “There has already been requests for having quiet church more often than the once a month we have initially planned.” It could be that such a service could be an alternative to the other ‘noisy’ services we have – and would prove to be significant for postmoderns. Henrik says, <\/span><\/font>“The aim of Quiet Church is to provide a peaceful space where people can be with God.”<\/span><\/font> <\/span><\/font><\/font> <\/p>\n

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Quiet<\/span><\/font> Church<\/span><\/font>: Let God be God!<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/strong> <\/span><\/font> <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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The aim of Quiet<\/span><\/strong> Church<\/span><\/strong><\/font> is to provide a quiet space where you can be with God. A space where you can be you and God can be God. T<\/span><\/font>here will be –<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n