Telling the Story Again Anew

Saturday 9 October 2021

SECOND SATURDAY CONVERSATION: OCTOBER 9, 2021

Telling the Story Again Anew

Facilitated by Rev. Marianne Borg

with special guest John D. (Jack) Caputo

Location:

on line

Taking Progressive Christianity Forward

Tuesday 5 October 2021

At this meeting we shall begin a series of discussions about what being progressive means in terms of both Christianity and other beliefs.

Location:

This will be a Zoom Meeting, please contact the convenor by email if your wish to come

Christianity and Feminism, part 2

Saturday 2 October 2021

All are welcome to join the Gloucestershire group as we continue our discussion of Sonya Wratten’s book. We will look at modern day sexism and the current status of women and ask whether the symbol of a female Christ can help.

Location:

via Zoom

Speaker:

All of us

Worship In A Digital Age

Saturday 2 October 2021

An online conference with CRCOnline. The theme will be Worship in a Digital Age and the keynote speaker will be Stephen Burns, Professor of Liturgical and Practical Theology in the University of Divinity, Melbourne.

Location:

Online

Speaker:

Stephen Burns, Sue Hammersley, Peter Philips

Host:

CRConline

The hard sayings of Jesus

Friday 24 September 2021

Location:

On Zoom

Speaker:

Robin Scott

"Kin-dom ethics of flourishing."

Thursday 23 September 2021

Dr Amanda Udis-Kessler will be speaking to us during her lunchtime in Colorado. Amanda is a sociologist, lay ethicist, and sacred music composer and will discuss her current work developing a "Kin-dom ethics of flourishing." This approach to ethics draws together sociological insights about being human, a deep commitment to justice and human well-being, and a passion for Jesus's vision of the Kin-dom of God. Amanda will introduce core components of the approach and then discuss its value for progressive Christians who seek to bring spirituality, ethics, and humane politics together.

Location:

St Albans Group on Zoom

Speaker:

Dr Amanda Udis-Kessler

Past Perfect, Future Tense - Christianity After the 21st Century

Monday 20 September 2021

St Bride's Liverpool are delighted to relaunch the St Bride's lecture series with Professor Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church and a leading thinker in the contemporary church.

Location:

St Bride's Liverpool, Percy Street, Liverpool, L8 2UL

Speaker:

Martyn Percy

Host:

St Bride's Liverpool

He did not die for your sins

Wednesday 15 September 2021

Youtube sermon "He did not die for your sins" with John Shelby Spong which we were unable to view in April 2020 because of the lockdown

Location:

Tavistock United Reformed Church, Russell Street, Tavistock

Speaker:

Youtube film and discussion

Introductory course in Deep Abiding Prayer

Tuesday 14 September 2021

Tuesdays 14 September – 12 October 7.30 – 8.30 pm via Zoom

Praying, Living and Loving from the Inside Out.

Led by Petra Griffiths.

Location:

Zoom

Speaker:

led by Petra Griffiths

Host:

Living Spirituality

Darkness and Light are all the same to thee- discussion of spectrum conference papers

Monday 13 September 2021

Please read Spectrum papers beforehand which are available from Nicola Phelan. We will discuss the overall topic of darkness and light as they are addressed in the papers. Rob Anning was present at the conference and will facilitate. We will likely look at the first four first.

Location:

Zoom

Speaker:

Facilitated by Rob Anning

'Who do you say I am'?

Monday 13 September 2021

Location:

ZOOM

Speaker:

Revd Mary Thomas from St Mary's Albrighton

Thinking Aloud Allowed online (all welcome) - with the Rev John Churcher

Sunday 12 September 2021

We're delighted to announce that the Rev John Churcher is our guest for our online gathering on Sunday evening at 6.30.
John Churcher is author of 'Setting Jesus Free', was the chair of PCN Britain for six years and is a well-known progressive voice. The Rev John Churcher is going to look at social justice issues starting with Philip Berrigan's, " The poor tell us who we are.. The prophets tell us who we can be. So we hide the poor and kill the prophets."

Here is the link
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Location:

Online via Zoom

Speaker:

The Rev John Churcher

Frozen in time? Christ, Creeds and Modern Belief

Saturday 11 September 2021

In 1921 Modern Church (then, ‘The Modern Churchmen’s Union’) held a conference at Girton College Cambridge on Christ and the Creeds. It was, in English Church life, ground-breaking. Reports of the conference and Leader articles were written about it. It had a profound effect on the Church of England’s Doctrine Commission just seven years later.

Location:

Girton College, Cambridge

Speaker:

John Barton, Mark Chapman, Jared Robinson-Brown, Alan Race, Jonathan Clatworthy

Host:

Modern Church

Taking Progressive Christianity Forward

Tuesday 7 September 2021

In this meeting we shall continue our exploration of the materials available to offer to interested non-churchgoers trying to make sense of Christianity.

Location:

This will be a Zoom Meeting, contact Cliff Marshall by email if you would like to join us for this meeting.

'Christianity and Feminism'

Saturday 4 September 2021

All are welcome to join the Gloucestershire group in our study of Sonya Wratten's short book. In this session we will look at the church's record in regard to the role and influence of women.

Location:

Via Zoom

Speaker:

All of us

What is there in Christianity that still speaks to you with conviction?

Friday 27 August 2021

Speaker:

Trevor Dorey

'Breathing Under Water - The Spirituality of the 12 Steps' - inspiration and insight from Richard Rohr'

Sunday 8 August 2021

Location:

Online via Zoom

Speaker:

Stella Goddard

Is and Open and Affirming Church possible - part 2

Saturday 7 August 2021

All are welcome to join the Gloucestershire group as we meet to finish off our discussion of the hallmarks of an open and affirming church. This discussion was based on a notice seen on the door of a church in Kent.

Location:

Zoom (Contact Andy for link)

Speaker:

All of us

There will be no meeting in August

Tuesday 3 August 2021

Save the Parish

Tuesday 3 August 2021

'Save the Parish', is a campaign that has developed very quickly, really out of the realisation that time is very short for there to be any form of co-ordinated action by laity and clergy who are concerned by the trend to deprioritise and defund parochial ministry. It is absolutely essential that the clergy and laity assert their ownership of the Church. The Church of England is your Church.

Location:

St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield

Speaker:

Rev'd Professor Alison Milbank, Revd Stephen Trott

Host:

Save the Parish