Roger Ray - Progressive Faith and Practice
Saturday 5 May 2018
A day conference at St Albans led by Dr Roger Ray from Springfield, Missouri, a leading figure in the Emerging Church in America
- Location:
- Trinity URC St Albans
- Speaker:
- Rev'd Roger Ray
Events Archive
Exploring Insights for 21st Century Christianity: Welcoming Black Sheep in our Churches
Tuesday 1 May 2018
The discussion will continue the group's examination of issues raised by Dave Tomlinson's recent talk.
- Location:
- St Michael's Church Room, Park Rd, Abingdon OX14 1DU
A Liturgy for Beltane
Sunday 29 April 2018
Join us near Milton Keynes for one of our regular progressive 5th Sunday services
- Location:
- St. Nicholas Church, Potterspury, Northants
My first year as an Anglican Priest, experienced and expressed in a Progressive way.
Friday 27 April 2018
Gary Collins will tell us something of his experience of his first year as an Anglican Priest, and being true to his Progressive thought and life.
- Speaker:
- Gary Collins
Marginalised Pasts: Jews and Muslims in the History of Europe
Thursday 26 April 2018
This event is the IHR Weidenfeld Lecture in Jewish History 2018.
- Location:
- British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, St. James's, London SW1Y 5AH
- Speaker:
- Abigail Green
More Expressions of Church in a Changing Culture
Tuesday 24 April 2018
New initiatives from churches seeking to engage with contemporary society. A DVD introduced by Diane Louise Jordan.
- Location:
- Tavistock United Reformed Church, Russell Street
Time Out
Monday 23 April 2018
David Wood will lead a 'Time Out' session of words and music (and some silence) on the subject of old age. members are invited to bring along an appropriate poem, prayer or piece of prose to share.
- Location:
- St. Mary's Church Hall, Albrighton
- Speaker:
- David Wood
With Full Conviction - The Play
Friday 20 April 2018 — Saturday 21 April 2018
Performances on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st April. Join the audience in Hindhead for a rehearsed reading by the Palmer Players present followed by discussion.
- Location:
- Beacon Hill United Reformed Church, Hindhead, Surrey
- Speaker:
- The Palmer Players
Borg and Crossan on St Paul
Wednesday 18 April 2018
We will review chapter 5 of our current book - "The First Paul" by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan
- Location:
- The Grove pub, Balham
group monthly meeting
Wednesday 18 April 2018
Bitten by a camel (event re-scheduled from February)
- Location:
- heaton moor united church
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ethics
Tuesday 17 April 2018
In this, the second of Jenny's presentations, she will introduce us to Bonhoeffer's Ethics. There will be opportunity for questions.
- Location:
- Meeting Room 2, The Forum, The Causeway, Billingham TS23 2LJ
- Speaker:
- Rev Dr Jennifer Moberly
Who am I? Identity, Faith and Being Human
Monday 16 April 2018
People are more afraid of dementia than cancer because loss of identity is the worst thing we can imagine. Rowan Williams and John Swinton reflect on how the person of Christ invites us to a radically new consideration of our humanity.
- Location:
- St Paul's Cathedral, London
- Speaker:
- John Swinton and Rowan Williams
Science with a Heart - In search of a new paradigm
Thursday 12 April 2018
An evening in London exploring a new and more human era for science. Philippo Dal Fiore argues that science should not fall into a reductionist trap which ignores the underpinning reality of Love.
- Location:
- St Mark’s Myddelton Sq London EC1R 1XX
- Speaker:
- Filippo Dal Fiore
The Work of West End Refugee Centre
Tuesday 10 April 2018
To hear about the work of WERS with asylum seekers and refugees.
- Location:
- St Thomas the Martyr Church, Haymarket, Newcastle
- Speaker:
- Musa Hassan Ali
Challenges and insights from modern Cosmology
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Verbal/video input followed by discussion
- Location:
- Hagley
FAITH from the perspectives of a Muslim believer or a Scientist
Sunday 8 April 2018
WHAT IS FAITH ? Rezla Aslan, a Muslim, says "Faith is a way of knowing inside every human." Lawrence Krauss, a theoretical physicist disputes that "because Faith must be a belief in the unprovable". This is part of a discussion hosted by Mehdi Hassan, who starts it with the question "Is Religion a force for good or evil ?". This is on a DVD recorded from the Upfront series on Al Jazeera. It will be presented by John Russell who will give us a number of questions to guide our discussion after watching the DVD.
- Location:
- Friends Meeting House, Newcastle under Lyme ST5 1QJ
- Speaker:
- Presented by John Russell
The Bad Christian’s Manefesto
Saturday 7 April 2018
The first of two sessions looking at Dave Tomlinson's follow up to his earlier book, "How to be a Bad Christian but a Better Human Being". (Originally planned for March when meeting had to be cancelled due to the snow).
- Location:
- Christchurch Abbeymead Gloucester
- Speaker:
- Andy Vivian
Insights for 21st Century Christianity
Tuesday 3 April 2018
A discussion meeting following up the themes raised in Dave Tomlinson's talk on 16th March
- Location:
- St Michael's Church Room, Park Rd, Abingdon OX14 1DU
Bonhoeffer 6 - “The Man for Others”
Tuesday 3 April 2018
This is Part 6 of a series of study sessions based on the work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Find the study material under our ‘Resources’ tab.
- Location:
- 17 Richmond Cres, Billingham TS23 2JP
- Speaker:
- Structured Discussion
Stages of Faith
Monday 26 March 2018
- Location:
- Mornnigside United Church
- Speaker:
- introduced by Mary McMahon
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