January: Own faith-journeys/beliefs, with(in) or without the Church

Tuesday 24 January 2017

Location:

Bromsgrove

PCN Forth Valley Discussion Evening

Monday 23 January 2017

PCN Forth Valley Discussion Evening Discussion on Mark Oakley's book 'Splash of Words' No need to read the book. We will watch an interview with Mark at the start of the meeting

Location:

17 Kenilworth Rd Bridge of Allan Stirling FK9 4DU

Speaker:

None

Fair Trade In Wales

Tuesday 17 January 2017

Location:

Pontprennau Community Church

Speaker:

FairDos Cardiff

Monthly meeting January

Tuesday 17 January 2017

Reviewing chapters 5 and 6 of our current book "The meaning of Jesus" by Marcus Borg and Tom Wright.

Location:

Usual house - contact convener for details

Walking Forward: Bishop John Shelby Spong

Tuesday 17 January 2017

A talk given at Holy Trinity Church, Windsor on 14th June 2015

Location:

Tavistock United Reformed Church, Russell Street, Tavistock, PL19 8BD

Speaker:

Bishop John Shelby Spong - on DVD

Regular Meeting

Monday 16 January 2017

Sue Goddard will lead an Epiphany themed discussion on gifts. If you can, please bring a meaningful gift, either tangible or intangible you have received in 2016. What would you like to receive in 2017?

Location:

United Reformed Church, Hillmorton Rd Rugby, Prayer room

Speaker:

Facilitated by member

Multi Faith Chaplaincy - virtual dream or pragmatic reality!

Tuesday 10 January 2017

The group have been considering how to engage with multi-faith issues in Newcastle so we have asked Catherine, who is also 'Master' of St Tom's Church, where we meet to speak about being a chaplain in a university where several faiths are represented.

Location:

St Thomas the Martyr Church, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne

Speaker:

Rev'd Catherine Lack, Newcastle University Co-ordinating Chaplain (Anglican)

January Meeting - Epiphany

Monday 9 January 2017

PCN B'ham's Programme for 2017

Location:

12 Woodrough Drive, Moseley, B13 9EP

In what ways have our PCN experiences influenced our understanding of worship?

Saturday 7 January 2017

The idea is that each of us may contribute some item – a prayer, a hymn or a reading (not necessarily biblical) which has proved to be relevant or meaningful to us in our faith-journey

Location:

Christ Church Abbeydale

Speaker:

All of us

Regular Discussion Meeting

Tuesday 3 January 2017

A discussion continuing the series of meetings looking at ideas for the Church of the future.

Location:

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

Open Meeting

Tuesday 3 January 2017

Location:

Pontprennau Community Church

Marcus Borg ‘Speaking Christian’ Ch 10 Believing and Faith

Friday 30 December 2016

Speaker:

Introduced by Hazel Johnston

“Christmas” meeting

Tuesday 20 December 2016

Location:

Usual location - ask convenor for directions

Speaker:

"Life of Brian" DVD - with mulled wine and mince pies

Follow up to the Birmingham Event

Tuesday 13 December 2016

Some of the group members are attending the Birmingham event which should have been led by Bishop Jack Spong. Because of Bishop Jack's recent stroke, there is a change of programme but Richard and Joyce Firth are still going and will lead the discussion.

Location:

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

Speaker:

Joyce and Richard Firth

Meal

Monday 12 December 2016

Location:

The Horns, Albrighton. WV 7 3DA

‘Is God a myth?’

Monday 12 December 2016

John Miller will be speaking to us about the challenge posed by the question 'Is God a Myth?' All are welcome to come, listen, refect, respond...... Tea/coffee available from 7.15...

Location:

Cluny Centre, Braid Road, Edinburgh

Speaker:

John Miller

Regular Discussion Meeting

Tuesday 6 December 2016

We shall continue with our recent theme examining how a radical church may be possible.

Location:

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

The Naked Pastor

Tuesday 6 December 2016

Location:

Pontprennau Community Church

Speaker:

Sally Thomas

December 2016 Meeting

Monday 5 December 2016

We agreed in November to revisit Christmas. Our intention could be to take what we generally find inspiring about Christmas and what we don’t and examine any new thinking that we hope might work for us individually and for others and maybe even for our respective churches; whether in reflection or anticipation you have changed your thoughts and feelings about it during the past year stemming from your theological ruminations. How come? Tell us!

Location:

12 Woodrough Drive, Moseley, B13 9EP

TWO STORIES—CHRISTMAS and XMAS

Sunday 4 December 2016

TWO STORIES – CHRISTMAS AND XMAS The various elements of the Birth Narratives in Matthew and Luke are theological constructs intended to convey revealed truths about God; the power of divine vulnerability, bias to the poor, the universality of divine love. We shall look at the elements of ‘Xmas’ , the 25th December as celebrated in 21st C Britain, such as gift giving, conditional hospitality, indulgence in rich foods and drink, and ask “How far does all this reflect the New Testament Christmas stories? Or is a completely different set of values in operation?” Please contribute any Christmas or Xmas stories (real or fictional) that throw light on these questions!

Location:

Friends Meeting House, Newcastle under Lyme

Speaker:

We now have a different speaker, David Simcock and please note the start time of 7:30pm.