10.08.2015
Paradoxology to Challenge Pre–Conceived Ideas of Faith at Electric Picnic
Paradoxology is preparing to return to Electric Picnic for the third year, providing a sacred space in which people can engage with faith in creative ways. This year the team of young adult leaders ‘manning’ the tent has doubled to 20 and they are expecting to welcome 2,000 people over the three days of the festival which runs from September 4–6 in Stradbally Hall, County Laois.
Coordinated by Greg Fromholz (Dublin and Glendalough’s Young Adult Ministry), Pamela Rooney (Dundrum Methodist Church) and Scott Evans (freelance author, blogger and speaker from Holy Trinity, Rathmines), Paradoxology aims to challenge people’s pre–conceived ideas of Christianity.
Throughout the weekend the tent will offer tea–hab, a prayer wall, an Altar to an Unknown God – where people can write their hopes and wishes for life after the Picnic, a prayer vending machine and a mirror in which people can see themselves and respond to their image in whatever way they wish. Equally importantly, the volunteers will be on hand to have conversations about faith with festival goers.
The Paradoxology tent will be located on the Arts Trail on a path which is walked by about 20,000 people many times a day. With the increased numbers of young adult leaders they hope to increase the number of people coming through the door by 50 percent. Last year about 1,200 entered the tent and the team gave out over 1,000 free cups of tea and coffee. They also won the ‘Fair Trader of the Year Award’ at the festival.
If you’re at Electric Picnic pop along to the Paradoxology tent. You can see what they’re doing by following them on Twitter @pdxlgy (https://twitter.com/pdxlgy ).
Photo caption – some of the volunteers for Paradoxology at Electric Picnic 2015 being addressed by Scott Evans.