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The St Pixels community
The heart of the St Pixels community is stated in the Core Values:
God is revealed to seekers by many different means, including creation, the Bible, the life of Jesus and the Spirit-filled witness of the Church. St Pixels is one expression of that historical, international and universal Church. We aim to create sacred space on the Internet where we can seek God together, enjoy each other's company and reflect God's love for the world. Those of any belief or none are welcome to take part in our activities, providing they accept the Christian focus of our community and respect other participants.St Pixels is a diverse community; Christian and agnostic, traditional and radical, conservative and liberal, young and old. Some come for serious discussion, others for prayer, others for a laugh. Labels such as these can not do the community (or the people concerned) justice. The community aims for diversity, which is neither uniformity nor division. Instead, it is loving, respectful relationship.The community is real. We have bust ups, disagree and misunderstand each other. We make mistakes. Without these things we wouldn't really be community. But we also aim for a better, deeper community. We pray together, worship together, support each other. We celebrate the good news, commiserate in the bad, stand in solidarity and cheer one another on.A brief history of us
CoF Version 1
The journey towards St Pixels began with the 3D experiment in May 2004. Initially a project of Ship of Fools, the 3D experiment ran until September of that year (one month longer than initially planned.) In this initial period the core community that was to become the Church of Fools (later St Pixels) began to take shape.The 3D Church attracted a lot of interest, so as well as the original members joining from the Ship of Fools there were a significant number of new faces amongst the community. It wasn't long before it was realised that the community building around the Church of Fools project had a distinctive flavour, and it ultimately moved to its own website under the name of Church of Fools. The experiences of community in the 3D environment were something that most people wanted to return to, however for a variety of reasons the original software solution was not considered suitable for continued development. However, a community is bigger than its software, and things didn't stop there.
CoF Version 2
With the plans for running a 3D Church on hold, the focus of the community switched to "2D" - with a bulletin board and chatroom becoming the major meeting points of the community.To some of us, the 2D period felt a bit like an exile. But it was during this time that we reflected on our experience and became much more of a stable, welcoming community. We learned to learn from each other and our different backgrounds, in bible study and general discussion - which did sometimes get heated. We began to care and pray for each other. We found authentic ways of worshipping in our regular chatroom prayer services. Some of us even began to meet occasionally and discover how unimportant our appearances can be.
St Pixels
In May 2006 we moved to new software and became "St Pixels" and began the development of a completely new 3D environment, the first stage of which is our new integrated church chatroom, courtesy of support from the Methodist Church of Great Britain. The rest of the website has also been started afresh with new ways of relating (for instance the Blogs) along with a redesign of old favourites (such as the Bouncy Castle.)No doubt the new software and layout will once again change the face of the community. Regardless, we continue to pursue our vision to create a sacred space, a welcoming and witnessing community on the internet.The future awaits.
