19.10.2020
‘Car–Pod Church’ Reflects on Being Church in a Time of Change
At a time of increasing challenge in connecting with parishioners of all ages, the Rector of Christ Church Bray, the Revd Baden Stanley, is trying out a new initiative. In ‘Car–pod Church’, Baden reflects on our new reality and what it means to be Church in a different way.
“The concept of ‘Car–pod Church’ is borrowed/stolen shamelessly from James Corden’s ‘Carpool Karaoke’ where he collects a celebrity in his car and they have a chat, a song and a lot of laughs,” Baden explains. “In the Covid–19 realities, having anyone else in the car with me is very much a no–no, so in solidarity with our school children with their ‘pods’ and their ‘bubbles’ I am creating a car–pod of one (for now).”
Sitting in the car in the car park on Bray head, he has started recording short videos for all ages, reflecting on what it means to be Church in a very different way, at a very different moment in Church history. Over the coming weeks he will look at the emergence of the early Church in a time of crisis and great challenge, and identify what lessons we can learn as life changes so dramatically around us.
He will be putting the links to the videos up on the parish social media platforms or you can find them all together on the parish’s YouTube channel, The Story Tree.
“I am really looking forward to the days when I can have others join me in the car for Car–pod Church, but for now, I hope everyone enjoys this new connection point for all ages,” Baden concludes.