Part 1: “The Journey to the Margins: The Call to Discipleship”

Our cities are a concentration of the values and ideas which our society and culture embodies and embraces. On our ‘Journey to the Margins’ we explore stories of our city of Melbourne, and combine them with stories from the first half of the Gospel of Mark.

The key theme which we explore is the notion of ‘Centres’ and ‘Margins’. Where are the central spaces? Where are the marginal spaces? And, where is God? We encourage participants to think about how they see themselves in our culture, and where God calls us to be. As we walk around the city, we undertake some exercises in discernment, and encourage participants to have new “eyes to see, and ears to hear” what they might not normally see and hear in the city, and to take this challenge back to their own locality.

Length: 2-3 hours

Recommded Group size: 15 or less

 

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Part 2: “The Journey to the Centre: Confronting the Powers”

After Jesus took his disciples to the Margins and showed them a new way of exploring the world around them, he took them to Jerusalem - to the Centre. - to confront the powers.

Again, we read stories from the Gospel of Mark in the context of our city and in the midst of what our city represents. We explore what powers our nation is built upon, and try to understand how Jesus might have confronted the powers which rule our society and values today. And the disciples still struggle to understand the Way of Jesus.

The Way of Jesus ends at the cross. As travellers on a discipleship journey today, we end our walk by sharing together the bread and the wine.

Length: 2-3 hours

Recommded Group size: 15 or less

 

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Gospel of Vic

Our Bible City Walks sometimes use readings from the "Gospel of Vic" a rewrite of the ancient text of Mark's gospel reset in the context of late 1990's Melbourne.

 

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Read or Download "The Gospel of Vic" here.

Read a POD magazine interview with Marcus Curnow on the making of "The Gospel of Vic" here.