Are values more important than beliefs (part 2)

Thursday 15 May 2025

We continue our discussion of a piece from the magazine Reform - which will include a contribution from the Chair of PCN, Simon Cross

Location:

Buckland URC Church, Portsmouth

Not for Nothing: Searching for a Meaningful Life

Tuesday 13 May 2025

Peter Armstrong will be speaking about his book, 'Not for Nothing: Searching for a Meaningful Life’

Location:

Brunswick Methodist Church, Brunswick Pl, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7BJ

Speaker:

Peter Armstrong

Host:

PCN Newcastle

TAA May: The threats and benefits of human migration

Sunday 11 May 2025

A week ago, Reform UK showed through local elections that fear or resentment of immigration is gaining popularity in this country, as it has already done in some other European countries. Religion should not be guided by political views but it can provide a moral compass for them, so we need to discern God's will regarding our attitude to migration. This Thinking Aloud discussion will offer us an opportunity to share insights into this important subject. Do join us.

Location:

Online

Speaker:

Jonathan Gravestock

TAA May: The threats and benefits of human migration

Sunday 11 May 2025

A week ago, Reform UK showed through local elections that fear or resentment of immigration is gaining popularity in this country, as it has already done in some other European countries. Religion should not be guided by political views but it can provide a moral compass for them, so we need to discern God's will regarding our attitude to migration. This Thinking Aloud discussion will offer us an opportunity to share insights into this important subject. Do join us.

Location:

Online

Speaker:

Jonathan Gravestock

Discussion of 4 statements from the Quaker booklet: 'Advices and Queries'

Tuesday 22 April 2025

Location:

Southampton

Are values more important than beliefs

Thursday 17 April 2025

Location:

Buckland URC Church, Portsmouth

Speaker:

discussion of article from 'Reform'

Thinking Aloud Allowed April 2025

Sunday 13 April 2025

We meet online tomorrow evening (Sunday 13th) at 6.30 pm as usual. It's Andy's last TAA with us before his 3-month sabbatical

Zoom link below. See you tomorrow!

Location:

Online Zoom

Speaker:

Rev Andy Lowe

Radical Biblical Rewriting in the 20th and 21st centuries

Thursday 10 April 2025

This evening, I will look at some radical literary rewritings of biblical tropes, concentrating on those of Uriah, Job, and Mary Magdalene. Beginning with a run-through of terms useful in the classification of types of rewriting (most people are familiar with "Sequel" and "Prequel"), we will trace the outline reception histories of these three tropes and consider the proposition that meaning is added to texts through time and that the quest for the "original meaning" can be illusory, or at least severely limiting.

Location:

Friends Meeting House, 1 Orchard Road, Malvern, WR14 3DA

Speaker:

Dr Anthony Swindell

The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer 80 years on

Wednesday 9 April 2025

This event marks 80 years since Bonhoeffer's execution.

Location:

Emmanuel Centre, University of Leeds

Speaker:

Martin Linds, Keith Clements

Host:

Project Bonhoeffer

Considering Worship in a broader, more progressive context.

Tuesday 8 April 2025

Location:

Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ

Speaker:

Guest speaker Anne Morrell

Looking at 'Situation Ethics - The New Morality' by Joseph Fletcher

Tuesday 11 March 2025

Location:

Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ

Speaker:

Discussion led by Richard

TAA March: Lead us not into temptation ...

Sunday 9 March 2025

What are we praying when we say (or don't say) 'Lead us not into temptation..'?
Meeting via Zoom info below.

Andy will soon be on sabbatical and so we are looking for at least two more people who would like to lead our thinking (during May, June and July) or indeed at another time. Just be in touch, ideally with an idea of a theme, to help us with our planning.

Zoom info below.

See you on Sunday!

Location:

Online Zoom

Speaker:

Rev Andy Lowe

Taking a progressive look at the early sermons of Jesus

Tuesday 4 March 2025

Our discussion will centre on the recent lectionary readings: Luke4: 14-21 and Luke 6: 17-22 using reflections offered by Simon Cross in his weekly blog on the PCN Britain website.

Location:

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

Midweek Topic

Monday 24 February 2025

A study of Mark's Gospel based upon Marcus Borg's book "meeting Jesus in Mark".

Location:

49 Milton Crescent Tavistock

Speaker:

the members

'Richard Baxter and William Taylor, have attitudes and responses to Christian-Muslim relations changed?

Thursday 13 February 2025

In his talk, John will use Baxter and Taylor to illustrate changing attitudes and responses in Christian-Muslim relations and introduce the book series that he co-edits: Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History 1500-1914.

Location:

Friends Meeting House, 1 Orchard Road, Malvern, WR14 3DA

Speaker:

Dr John Chesworth

Why call Jesus the Son of God?

Tuesday 11 February 2025

Location:

Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ

Speaker:

Discussion led by Richard

TAA Feb: Faith, Healing and the NHS

Sunday 9 February 2025

We meet online on Sunday evening (9 Feb) at 6.30 pm for approximately an hour, maybe a smidge more.

This month we are delighted to welcome Eric who will be leading us on the theme of "Faith, Healing and the NHS" An illustrated discussion of the history of Faith and Healing, Faith Healers and the Scientific understanding of Healing.

Location:

Online Zoom

Speaker:

Eric Johnson

Monthly meeting

Wednesday 5 February 2025

Location:

URC of St Andrew and St George, St George's Road, Bolton and ZOOM

Speaker:

All participants

Remembering Don Cupitt - a progressive Christian pioneering voice

Tuesday 4 February 2025

Following the recent death of Don Cupitt, we shall hear him speak in an 2014 interview and consider his legacy.

Location:

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

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