Quiet ‘Day’ at St’ Chad’s

Saturday 18 May 2019

Time out for reflection and recharging our spirits.

Location:

St. Chad's Church, Boningale

Speaker:

Led by members

Discussion of Utube

Wednesday 15 May 2019

Discussion of U tube to be shown at meeting.

Location:

5 Ventnor Road

Speaker:

Keith Baker

Monthly meeting May

Tuesday 14 May 2019

We will be reviewing pages 60 - 92 of our current book "The gospel beyond the Gospels"

Location:

The Grove pub, Bellamy Road, Balham

Speaker:

Group members

‘Perception’

Tuesday 14 May 2019

Joyce will be leading us around a very personal (and currently enigmatic!) theme...time to get on our best thinking caps.

Location:

St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne

Speaker:

Joyce Firth

Sharing Sorrow, Bringing Hope

Monday 13 May 2019

Exploring the origins of anti-Semitism, rise of populism, the dangers of thoughtless Christian language and theology and how to speak constructively about peace and justice in Israel. Further information in details.

Location:

Prayer room at the United Reformed Church, Hillmorton Rd Rugby

Speaker:

Facilitated by member

May 2019 Meeting

Monday 13 May 2019

Provisional discussion of Brian McLaren's book "Everything Must Change".

Location:

12 Woodrough Drive, Moseley, B13 9EP

Thinking Allowed: Incarnation

Sunday 12 May 2019

Monthly on second Sunday of the month at 6.30pm ‘Thinking Allowed’, informal Progressive Christian gathering that includes opportunities to share thoughts, ideas, doubts and questions and to discuss with others. This month: Incarnation. Tea & coffee available.

Location:

Hove Methodist church, Portland Rd, BN35DR

Speaker:

Rev Andy Lowe

Love Is His Meaning: Understanding The Teaching Of Jesus

Tuesday 7 May 2019

The focus for discussion will be the implications for us of the teaching of Jesus if love is his meaning

Location:

St Michael's Church Room, Park Road, Abingdon OX14 1DU

The Christian Gospel in a secular world

Sunday 5 May 2019

Some say that Secularism preaches that pride is good, humility is despised, entitlement is self-justifying and gift is dismissed as foolishly mystifying. How does the Christian Gospel challenge these messages that secularism propagates and what other messages of secularism do we need to challenge ?

Location:

Friends Meeting House, Miller St, Newcastle under Lyme ST5 1QJ

Speaker:

Rev. David Watkin

The Paradox of Freedom - Bishop Graham Tomlin

Sunday 5 May 2019

Jesus says that the truth will set us free. But it turns out freedom is a surprisingly complex idea. What does it really mean to be free? What kind of freedom do we need in the modern world? How can Christian visions of freedom engage with contrasting ideologies and traditions?

Location:

St Paul's Cathedral, London

Speaker:

Bishop Graham Tomlin

How I become an interfaith minister

Saturday 4 May 2019

Join us in Gloucester to hear Stroud based, Neesa Copple who will talk about her faith journey from an early life in the Church of England to a practicing interfaith minister.

Location:

Brockworth URC, 103 Moorfield Rd, Brockworth, Gloucester GL3 4JQ

Speaker:

Neesa Copple

“#She Too”

Wednesday 1 May 2019

A series of clips exploring violence against women in the Bible - resources from the Bible Society.

Location:

Tavistock United Reformed Church Russell Street Tavistock

Ministry beyond Church

Monday 29 April 2019

The ministry of the Church outside the church building and based on a Sheffield Housing Estate.

Location:

St Mary’s Church Centre, Albrighton

Speaker:

Rev Judith Jessop

‘Speaking Christian’ Ch.24 ‘The Lord’s Prayer’

Friday 26 April 2019

We study this chapter of Marcus Borgs book 'Speaking Christian' together after an introduction by Sian. Apart from the main topic we also briefly look at PCN's 'Eight Points' at each session. Today Maria introduces Point 8.

Location:

Quaker Meeting House Newbury

Speaker:

Sian

Thinking Allowed Progressive Communion service

Sunday 14 April 2019

This Sunday 14 April at 6.30 pm you are invited to join us for a new Progressive Communion service at Hove Methodist Church BN3 5DR. If you wish to, we would welcome a small contribution of finger-food but there is always plenty, so come with or without! Everyone is welcome to join us.

Location:

Hove Methodist Church BN3 5DR

Speaker:

Led by the Rev Deborah Cornish

Passion and Resurrection Living Holy Week - James Milne

Saturday 13 April 2019

James Milne explores how our Easter liturgy can help us recover our sense of the revolutionary message about the nature of God

Location:

St Paul's Cathedral, London

Speaker:

James Milne previously Convenor of the Liturgy Committee of the Scottish Episcopal Church

Share a reading

Sunday 7 April 2019

Come and share something you have read which you have liked; an article, a few pages of a book, a poem or the recording of a speech. It could be something you have written yourself which you do not mind people discussing; maximum length about 10 minutes. Nigel Jones will start the evening off with a short article written by a minister expressing his delight at what he has learned from people who are theologically liberal.

Location:

Friends Meeting House, Miller St, Newcastle under Lyme ST5 1QJ

Speaker:

You

God Made Strange - Lucy Winkett

Sunday 7 April 2019

God comes to us in the person of Jesus, and we can feel more connected to God through his humanity: he lives a human life, full of sorrow, joy, relationships and events. But in the cross, God is also revealed to us to be utterly different from our inevitably anthropomorphised pictures.

Location:

St Paul's

Speaker:

Lucy Winkett

Reflections on the Resurrection narratives

Saturday 6 April 2019

How do we, who call ourselves progressive, understand the Biblical stories about Easter?

Location:

Christchurch, Abbeydale, Gloucester

PCN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Saturday 6 April 2019

This year the PCN annual meeting will return to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, thanks to the generosity of the chaplaincy team there.

The meeting gives an opportunity to hear about and discuss the work of PCN over the past year and to look ahead to our programme of events and projects. We particularly hope that members and group co-ordinators will join us and share news from their regions. We will be presented with the accounts and elect trustees.

Location:

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham B15 2TH

Speaker:

1.45pm ‘THE INNER LEVEL’ Talk and Discussion : Richard Wilkinson