This year the annual Tautoko network gathering is going to happen in February in a new venue!  The venue is Wild Goose Lodge in Gloucestershire: http://www.wildgooselodge.co.uk/  The weekend is a great opportunity to catch up with one another, encourage one another and generally have a good time.  So please book your tickets - it really helps if you can book your tickets early!   

Everyone pretty much agreed that they wanted to go for the cheapest option available for a weekend so as not to exclude anyone. It works out at the bargain price of £50 a head and £30 for children. For your £50 you get accomodation and food.

On the Saturday evening we'll be having a party and we'd like people to contribute £10 towards drinks etc. for this.

Apart from this it's a bring your own drinks gig. We will do the cooking between us.  If you are broke and want to come we don't have a bursory but e-mail us anyway and we'll see if anyone has any bright ideas!

If you live locally or want to just come for a day we are charging £10 for a day or £25 to come for the weekend as a day visitor which will include meals.

It is pretty typical that in the network there are a couple of people from any one community but have a think who else from your community you think would enjoy and benefit from the weekend and invite them along. And it may be that you know other people who might like to join the network - the weekend is a good way for them to find out about it and meet people.

We can discuss content of the weekend on facebook and with the small group who volunteered to co-ordinate plans. If there is a conversation you want to have on the weekend I'm sure it can be had. There are no 'gurus' or celebrity speakers. The network is us and what we make of it. Looking forward to it.

The tautoko network was originally formed out of friends connected with alternative worship, emerging church, or missional communities. Why? Well mainly because we love hanging out together. The network was made a bit more intentional/formal recognising that there were plenty of others involved in the same kind of stuff who didn't necessarily have the history of friendships but could gain a ton from being part of it. These were the words we put together to describe why it exists and they still seem a pretty fair reflection...

• To share the journey with others who face similar mission challenges.
• For mutual friendship, encouragement, solidarity, support, gift giving, discernment, resource sharing, ideas and learning
• To see what emerges as creative people connect.

And the ethos/values we try and shape the friendships around are...

Open set | Spin free | Generous | Vulnerable | Questioning