Ang Peregrino Recommends 60: Church Simplified

Church Sim­pli­fied
URL: http://​www​.church​sim​pli​fied​.blogspot​.com/

I first heard about them when my office­mates gave me rave reviews about their expe­ri­ence of a dif­fer­ent kind of Sta­tion of the Cross in Boni­fa­cio High­street (see video below). I even­tu­ally became a face­book fan, and as with many things face­book, the rest is his­tory (hehe). I found myself res­onat­ing with many things they espouse, and while I can­not talk about their phi­los­o­phy and the­ol­ogy at length since I have not joined any of their ser­vices myself, I think the con­cept of a Church that is sim­ple, open to very cre­ative ideas, and one that does not pros­e­ly­tize, is a real breath of fresh air, and some­thing that appeals to me.

This is what they have to say in their Face­book Page: To the jaded, the cynic, and the seeker, we’re not here to force-feed you our world view.

We encour­age think­ing about your faith, and not just liv­ing by what we say.

We believe that every­one from the staunchest Chris­t­ian to the most stead­fast athe­ist is on a spir­i­tual jour­ney, and that the essence of church should sim­ply be peo­ple decid­ing to take that jour­ney together.

No mat­ter who or where you are — no mat­ter what you’ve done or what you dream of doing, we hope you’ll take a walk with us.

I think key to this whole “move­ment” is that it is by think­ing people–people who reflect about what they believe in. Peo­ple brave and strong enough to even ques­tion long-held truths and tra­di­tion. When peo­ple think, and ask them­selves and oth­ers about their faith, it makes the jour­ney more authen­tic; in fact, only then can a real jour­ney take place.

CHURCH SIMPLIFIED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

Mag:net Cafe
(Behind Nike; Across CAV)
Boni­fa­cio High Street
Taguig, Philippines

7:30pm — 8:00pm Cof­fee & Krispy Kreme
8:00pm — 9:00pm Church

Watch this video and learn more about their great Lenten project and what they are about:

For remind­ing us that just like it was in the begin­ning, Church is and can be sim­ple, and for mak­ing us see that the essence of Church is not how many you are, but how many have decided to take the jour­ney towards authen­tic­ity together, Ang Pere­grino Rec­om­mends Church Sim­pli­fied this week.