Midweek Topic - Singing the Unsung

Monday 13 November 2023

A LTQ DVD, Singing the Unsung by John Bell

Location:

49 Milton Crescent Tavistock

Speaker:

DVD

TAA November: Rites of Passage

Sunday 12 November 2023

This month we have as our special guest Adrian Alker, former Chair of PCN Britain. His topic and associated questions are around how progressive churches might celebrate the rites of passage, especially beginnings and endings, and what might be the theology that we are sharing.

Location:

Online Zoom

Speaker:

Adrian Alker

Inter Faith Week 2023

Sunday 12 November 2023 — Sunday 19 November 2023

Inter Faith Week, on which the Inter Faith Network for the UK leads, makes a significant contribution to inter faith understanding, harmony and cooperation.

Location:

Nationwide

Host:

Inter Faith Network

Face to Face Gathering: “Another Terrifying Day”

Thursday 9 November 2023

The paper considers the use of language when it comes to terrorism and war. Perhaps we can discuss its implications from a faith perspective?

Location:

Greenwood URC

Speaker:

Discussing a paper available in advance from jchurcher@ntlworld.com

Secular Morality - Philip Veasey

Thursday 9 November 2023

We have evolved to be predominantly a collaborative species and, with or without a God’s help, we have needed to develop moral codes to guide people. The need for our species to be better at collaboration has never been greater if we are to survive. The Secular Morality Project is a hopeful response to this desperate need and aims to develop “personal” standards of behaviour that can be understood and shared by all human beings, theist, agnostic or atheist.

Location:

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

Speaker:

Philip Veasey

What do progressive Christians think about forgiving?

Tuesday 7 November 2023

This meeting will take the form of a discussion after viewing an excerpt of a talk by Richard Holloway about his book The Heart of Things: An Anthology of Memory and Lament

Location:

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

PCN Britain's 20th Anniversary - Reading

Saturday 4 November 2023

PCN Britain cordially invites you to join us in celebrating our 20th anniversary.

Location:

Reading Minster, St. Mary’s Gate, Chain Street, Reading, Berkshire RG1 2HX

Speaker:

PCN Britain, Victoria Turner

Host:

PCN Britain

Bonhoeffer's Legacy for Today - 'Dialogue or Confession?'

Thursday 26 October 2023

Bonhoeffer's Legacy For Today - A series of online seminars hosted by Project Bonhoeffer

Location:

Online

Speaker:

Keith Clements, Stephen Plant

Host:

Project Bonhoeffer

Jesus as Lord

Monday 23 October 2023

Location:

49 Milton Crescent Tavistock

Speaker:

DVD

Bonhoeffer's Legacy for Today - 'Are we still of any use?'

Thursday 19 October 2023

Bonhoeffer's Legacy For Today - A series of online seminars hosted by Project Bonhoeffer

Location:

Online

Speaker:

Ben Beno, John Battle

Host:

Project Bonhoeffer

Paganism and the New Religiosity

Wednesday 18 October 2023

Are we seeing a new situation where people are reluctant to identify with established institutional religions, but, in the words of Peter Nynäs, ‘combine spiritual and religious positions with secular values into authentic and unified outlooks on life’?

Location:

Zoom

Speaker:

Denise Cush

Host:

Sea of Faith

Shekhinah: Gender and Representation in Jewish Mysticism and Its Origins

Thursday 12 October 2023

In this talk, Luke will introduce gendered representations of Shekhinah in Jewish mysticism and explore potential precursors in earlier rabbinic and biblical traditions, Plato’s dialogues, and numerical theology associated with Pythagoras.

Location:

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

Speaker:

Dr Luke Devine

TAA October 2023

Sunday 8 October 2023

How can we have arrived at the second Sunday of October already?
As usual we meet online at 6.30 pm this Sunday, 8th October for approximately an hour - usually a bit over. The evening will be led by Andy.
Feel free to bring snacks and drinks.
For zoom link info please contact sue.harrington@pcnbritain.org.uk by 6 pm on Sunday.
Looking forward to seeing you then.

Location:

Online Zoom

Speaker:

Rev Andy Lowe

What does progressive Christianity offer and how does Jesus fit in?

Tuesday 3 October 2023

This meeting will continue the theme of the September meeting focusing on the status of Jesus in a progressive Christianity.

Location:

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

How ethical is imprisonment?

Thursday 14 September 2023

Research studies show 3 key links with imprisonment, namely child abuse, living with violence and with poverty.

What is the (ethical) purpose of punishing such people?

How does imprisonment help such people to move back into society - or does it?

Are the costs of imprisonment and building new prisons value for money?

Location:

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

Speaker:

Hugh McMichael

Summer reading highlights

Tuesday 12 September 2023

Bring your reading/watching/listening highlights to share with each other

Location:

Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ

Speaker:

Discussion

The Galilee Course – A fresh look at Christianity for inquiring minds

Monday 11 September 2023 — Monday 20 November 2023

The Galilee Course is an introduction to Christianity created by the Rev Tim Yeager, an Anglican priest and PCN member, as a progressive alternative to Alpha.

Location:

Zoom

TAA September: Challenging Evil

Sunday 10 September 2023

This month our discussion topic is 'Challenging Evil' and will be led by Jonathan Gravestock. Online via Zoom for approximately an hour. Please be in touch for joining info by 6pm on Sunday 10th to: sue.harrington@pcnbritain.org.uk

Relaxed and informal feel free to byo drinks and snacks.

Location:

Online Zoom

Speaker:

Jonathan Gravestock

What do progressive Christians believe and how does Jesus fit in?

Tuesday 5 September 2023

Drawing on Dave Tomlinson's ideas in his book Black Sheep and Prodigals, we shall examine what, as progressive Christians, we believe about and view Jesus.

Location:

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

Solving the problem of evil

Tuesday 29 August 2023

Thomas Jay Oord presents an end of summer talk at Reading Minster

Location:

Reading Minster of St Mary the Virgin, Chain Street, Reading, RG1 2HX

Speaker:

Thomas Jay Oord

Host:

Reading Minster