Come As You Are – LGBT+ Christians celebrate ten years of inclusive welcome
Sunday 17 June 2018
A Christian community which warmly welcomes people who are LGBTQIA+, their friends and family, is celebrating its tenth anniversary in Liverpool this Sunday.
- Location:
- St Bride’s Church, Percy Street, Toxteth, Liverpool
- Speaker:
- Stephen Shakespeare, Cate Jacobs
Full details
Monthly meeting - June
Wednesday 13 June 2018
Continuing our book on St Paul - Chapter 6
- Location:
- The Grove pub, Bellamy Road, Balham
Full details in group programme
Film. Amazing Grace
Tuesday 12 June 2018
Film. Amazing Grace – One voice that changed the lives of millions.
- Location:
- Tavistock United Reformed Church, Russell Street
Full details in group programme
“What is the Bible?”
Tuesday 12 June 2018
This is Part 3 of a series of study sessions based on Rob Bell’s book “What is the Bible?”
- Location:
- 17 Richmond Cres, Billingham TS23 2JP
- Speaker:
- Structured Discussion
Full details in group programme
Annual meeting and Programme Planning
Tuesday 12 June 2018
Annual meeting to present year's accounts and report on year's activities.
To plan the programme for 2018 - 2019
- Location:
- St Thomas the Martyr Church, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Speaker:
- N/A
Full details in group programme
Thinking Allowed: Progressive Communion
Sunday 10 June 2018
An evening gathering of Progressive Christians meeting on the second Sunday of each month at Hove Methodist church.
This time: What is a progressive expression of Communion? - agape, shared table etc
Everyone welcome. Free but donations welcome.
- Location:
- Hove Methodist church, Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5DR
- Speaker:
- The Rev Deborah Cornish
Full details in group programme
Sharing our faith-journeys and planning for our future as a group
Thursday 7 June 2018
Third round of sharing our faith journeys with(in) and with(out) the Church. Plus thinking about where and how we should continue to go forward as a local PCN group.
- Location:
- Bromsgrove
Full details in group programme
Exploring Insights for 21st Century Christianity: Welcoming Back the Prodigals
Tuesday 5 June 2018
Discussion of themes, raised in Dave Tomlinson's recent books, which prompt an open and welcoming approach by churches to those who now find traditionally expressed beliefs and worship practices obscure or even nonsensical.
- Location:
- St Michael's Church Room, Park Rd, Abingdon OX14 1DU
Full details in group programme
A New Bishop for London: Sarah Mullally in Conversation
Monday 4 June 2018
Following her historic installation as the 133rd Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally will be in conversation with David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, about her faith, her life, what matters to her most, and how she feels about being the first female Bishop of London.
- Location:
- St Paul’s Cathedral, London
- Speaker:
- Sarah Mullally, David Ison
Full details
The message of ADAM & EVE
Sunday 3 June 2018
"Eve was a hero, not a villain."
The idea of original sin is not in the Bible and it is questionable whether there was such a thing as the fall. In any case, is it not really good that humans became aware of the difference between good and evil ?
We shall hear what Revd. David Tomlinson has written about the story of Adam and Eve. We may also discover a few other things he has to say about being a Bad Christian.
- Location:
- Friends Meeting House, Newcastle under Lyme ST5 1QJ
- Speaker:
- Nigel Jones, Methodist Preacher and group convenor
Full details in group programme
Religion in Public Life: Levelling the Ground
Sunday 3 June 2018
Join us in Exeter to hear Professor Grace Davie talking about her new book on religion’s increased visibility in public life.
- Location:
- Southernhay Church Exeter Hall
- Speaker:
- Professor Grace Davie. BA (Exon); Ph D (London); Honorary Doctorate (Uppsala)
Full details in group programme
I am an Evangelical but ...
Tuesday 29 May 2018
Many Christians – particularly converts to the faith – find themselves in Evangelicalism, which proves to be a formative and supportive environment.
For many, this is the case for the whole of their lives, while others end up questioning some of the assumptions held dear within the Evangelical community. Some leave and join a different form of Christianity (or don’t), while others remain Evangelicals, BUT still have unanswered questions.
- Location:
- Billingham Forum, The Causeway, TS23 2LJ
- Speaker:
- Roy Searle, Chris & Karin Pearson
Full details in group programme
Encouter with another faith I
Friday 25 May 2018
Each person shares something that they have learned about/from another faith.
This month we will cover:
Hinduism (David)
Zoroastrianism (Frances)
Buddhism (Maria)
Buddhism and other spiritual greats (Mark)
Christian Humanism (Guy)
Maximum 15 minutes each and then time for comments and discussion.
- Location:
- at Sue's, Kintbury
- Speaker:
- All of us
Full details in group programme
group monthly meeting
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Resources
- Location:
- heaton moor united church
Full details in group programme
The challenge of Paul.
Tuesday 22 May 2018
The challenge of Paul. A DVD featuring John Dominic Crossan.
- Location:
- Tavistock United Reformed Church, Russell Street
Full details in group programme
“What is the Bible?”
Tuesday 22 May 2018
This is Part 2 of a series of study sessions based on Rob Bell’s book “What is the Bible?”
- Location:
- 17 Richmond Cres, Billingham TS23 2JP
- Speaker:
- Structured Discussion
Full details in group programme
Theological perspectives within Quakerism
Monday 21 May 2018
Andy talks about the Quaker’s attempts to reconcile theists and non-theists within their organisation
- Location:
- Pontprennau Community Church
- Speaker:
- Andy Vivian
Full details in group programme
Regular Meeting ‘Soul Music’
Monday 21 May 2018
We will explore the impact of music and song in both church and secular settings and whether the words matter. Please read the associated summary and list of Questions published in resources and come along with your thoughts and examples. This topic arose out of our last exploration of poetry as soul language.
- Location:
- United Reformed Church, Hillmorton Rd Rugby, Prayer room
- Speaker:
- Facilitated by member
Full details in group programme
Working With Emergence - rearranged date
Saturday 19 May 2018
This is the second of a series of conferences under the theme, Towards Human Flourishing. It takes place in Winchester
- Location:
- University of Winchester
- Speaker:
- Prof Chris Mowles & Rev. Dr Terry Biddington
Full details
One in Christ - Why do LGBTQI people feel excluded by the Churches?
Tuesday 15 May 2018
The Meditatio Centre brings together two ground-breaking Christian thinkers to discuss the meaning of homosexuality for today.
- Location:
- The Meditatio Centre, St Mark's, Myddleton Square, London, EC1R 1XX
- Speaker:
- Sarah Bachelard, James Allison
Full details
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