Is Britain's immigration detention system ethically justified?
Tuesday 14 January 2025
- Location:
- Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ
- Speaker:
- Discussion led by Owen Temple
Events Archive
Thinking Aloud Allowed in the New Year
Sunday 12 January 2025
Happy New Year everyone!
We meet online this Sunday, 12 January at 6.30 pm. Zoom link info below.Hope to see you then.
- Location:
- Online
- Speaker:
- Rev Andy Lowe
Theology, modernity and post-modernity: Christian responses to secularization
Thursday 9 January 2025
In this session to begin 2025, Mark will present an exploration of the diversity of Christian responses to the social and intellectual legacy of the Enlightenment.
The talk will focus on the rise and fall of classic sociological theories about modernity and the rise of post-modern accounts of pluralism.
- Location:
- Friends Meeting House, 1 Orchard Road, Malvern, WR14 3DA
- Speaker:
- Rev. Dr Mark DorsettÂ
Mary, Mother of God, Mother of the Poor - Helen Stanton
Thursday 12 December 2024
Mary, the mother of Jesus has sometimes been used as a figure to oppress women and ordinary Christian disciples. She has also sometimes been ignored, denying the importance of an / the outstanding female figure of the Christian faith. Drawing upon the Magnificat and theologies of liberation from throughout the world, Helen Stanton will explore an understanding of Mary as a prophet of God’s reign, and model of discipleship whose yes to God brought and brings the life of God into the world in Jesus Christ.
- Location:
- Friends Meeting House, 1 Orchard Road, Malvern, WR14 3DA
- Speaker:
- Helen Stanton
Using the book "Less" by Patrick Grant
Tuesday 10 December 2024
- Location:
- Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ
- Speaker:
- Discussion led by Jen
TAA December - A Progressive Christmas ... what do we tell the children?
Sunday 8 December 2024
On Sunday evening, 8 December, we meet online for Thinking Aloud Allowed when we'll be talking about "A Progressive Christmas" - thinking about things such as 'what do we tell the children?' It's the usual link starting at 6.30 for around an hour.
- Location:
- Online Zoom
- Speaker:
- Andy Lowe
Brian McLaren's Life After Doom discussion
Thursday 5 December 2024
Video recording of Brian McLaren speaking about his latest book and discussion to follow.
- Location:
- St Catherine's Church Hall, Aylsham Road, Norwich, NR3 2RJ
What ideas do progressive Christians have about RE in schools?
Tuesday 3 December 2024
In this discussion we shall look at the work of the Buckinghamshire SACRE in helping schools develop RE.
- Location:
- This will be a Zoom Meeting, please contact the convenor by email if you wish to come
- Speaker:
- Margaret Dean
Cana Conscious Conversations (CCC)
Saturday 30 November 2024
Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus
- Location:
- Zoom
- Speaker:
- Neil Douglas Klotz
- Host:
- CANA
Disability Theology through the lens of Bonhoeffer
Thursday 21 November 2024
The second of 2024's Autumn seminars hosted by Project Bonhoeffer exploring current issues through the lens of Bonhoeffer’s Theology.
- Location:
- Zoom
- Speaker:
- Eleanor McLaughlin, Ruth Wilde
- Host:
- Project Bonhoeffer
Is Peace Possible? Religious Responses to Conflict in the Middle East
Sunday 17 November 2024
The annual Younghusband Lecture of the World Congress of Faiths and the annual lecture of Reading Minster.
- Location:
- Reading Minster, RG1 2LG
- Speaker:
- Rabbi Michael Hilton, Mr Patrick Watt, Imam Issa Mahmoud Hayajneh
- Host:
- Reading Minster
Media for Good
Thursday 14 November 2024
Former BBC foreign correspondent Mike Wooldridge has also just completed nine years as a trustee of the BBC charity, Media Action, which believes in what it calls “the power of media for good”. Does it work? And how does it square with the broader activities of the media around the world?
This meeting will also be broadcast via zoom. Please email for details.
info@pcnmalvern.org.uk
- Location:
- Friends Meeting House, 1 Orchard Road, Malvern, WR14 3DA
- Speaker:
- Mike Wooldridge
“Sorrowful Yet Always Rejoicing”: Lament through the lens of Bonhoeffer
Thursday 14 November 2024
The third of 2024's Autumn seminars hosted by Project Bonhoeffer exploring current issues through the lens of Bonhoeffer’s Theology.
- Location:
- Zoom
- Speaker:
- Tim Judson, Ben Bano
- Host:
- Project Bonhoeffer
Discussion using Brian McLaren's "Life after Doom"
Tuesday 12 November 2024
- Location:
- Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ
- Speaker:
- Pat, Joyce and Richard
November Thinking Aloud Allowed
Sunday 10 November 2024
Thinking Aloud Allowed meets monthly on the second Sunday at 6.30 pm mostly online via Zoom but also occasionally in person at Hove Methodist Church. It's a safe, respectful space in which to explore and discuss.
November's meeting is online. Contact me for Zoom link info by 6 pm sue.harrington@pcnbritain.org.uk
- Location:
- Online Zoom
- Speaker:
- Andy Lowe
What should progressive Christians be focusing on locally in the coming year?
Tuesday 5 November 2024
This will be an open discussion meeting.
- Location:
- This will be a Zoom Meeting, please contact the convenor by email if you wish to come
- Speaker:
- Dave Tomlinson
Artificial Intelligence through the lens of Bonhoeffer’s ethics
Thursday 31 October 2024
The first of 2024's Autumn seminars hosted by Project Bonhoeffer exploring current issues through the lens of Bonhoeffer’s Theology.
- Location:
- Zoom
- Speaker:
- Joseph Nelson, Esther Reid
- Host:
- Project Bonhoeffer
Dave Tomlinson on tour
Thursday 24 October 2024
During October, Dave Tomlinson will be visiting Oakham, Abingdon, Leeds and Glasgow in partnership with PCN Britain .
- Location:
- various
- Speaker:
- Dave Tomlinson
- Host:
- PCN Britain
PCN Britain's 2024 Members' Residential
Friday 18 October 2024 — Sunday 20 October 2024
** REVISED DATES** After a break, the PCN Members' Residential will return in 2024. This event will be at the Hayes Conference Centre and will run from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th October.
- Location:
- The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick
- Host:
- PCN Britain
Midweek Topic - icons and art
Monday 14 October 2024
Following use presentation of brief images used during services at Tavistock URC recently, members wished to reflect more deeply and draw out the significance of the images. The images reflect the art of the First Nations, Palestinian artist and those with disabilities.
- Location:
- 49 Milton Crescent Tavistock
- Speaker:
- the members
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