Prayer

Friday 15 March 2013

Location:

Eileen in Newbury

The revival of Paganisms: Anthropology-inspired religions

Thursday 7 March 2013

Chris has taught at York St John since 1988 and as head of year he oversees the progress of around 200 students. He has edited two books: Documents of the Christian Church (OUP, 1999 and 2011) and Origins of the Cult of the Virgin Mary (Continuum, 2008). His main research area over the last few years - starting with a PhD at the University of Leeds in 1991 - has been popular Catholicism, in particular the apparitions and shrines of Mary; and he has had published articles in this area and on Mary in the New Testament. He has recently started to write novels: Calling was published in 2010 and reflects his interest in apparitions of Mary but also in new and popular forms of spirituality, such as the revived interest in Paganism and Goddess Worship. It promises to be a very interesting evening.

Location:

Wesley Chapel

Speaker:

Dr Chris Maunder

Abingdon ‘Living the Questions’ Discussion Group Monthly Meeting

Tuesday 5 March 2013

This monthly meeting of the 'Living the Questions' Discussion Group will feature the fifth session from 'First Light - Jesus and the Kingdom of God' entitled 'The Lake as the World'. (Note the change of venue)

Location:

Contact Cliff Marshall for venue information

The Stories We Tell

Monday 4 March 2013

It is claimed that there are only a handful of 'basic stories' in the world! From ancient myths and folk tales, to plays and novels of great literature, to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, there are said to be around only seven archetypal themes that recur within every kind of story telling. We’ll look at some clips from popular movies to see just how true this is! All are welcome from 12.50 onwards for informal chat before the start of the meeting.

Location:

Dundee University Chaplaincy, Building number 31 on city campus map

Speaker:

Angela Smith

Studying The Collage of God by Mark Oakley

Sunday 3 March 2013

The Collage of God - Mark Oakley Reality is not neatly mirrored in the recitation of any creed. Faith is more like a collage than a tidy system, slowly pieced together from a sprawling mixture of sources: ancient texts and contemporary experiences, prayer and poetry, silence and imagination.

Location:

14 Spencers Holt, Harrogate, HG1 3DL

Speaker:

Discussion group led by Paul Onslow

February group meeting

Wednesday 27 February 2013

Continuing our study of Marcus Borg's "Speaking Christian" we shall look at chapters 7 and 8 on Jesus and the significance of his death.

Location:

Heaton Moor

Faith in Conflict

Tuesday 26 February 2013 — Thursday 28 February 2013

Finding better ways to handle conflict in the Church
An ecumenical conference at Coventry Cathedral

Location:

Coventry Cathedral

Speaker:

Rev'd Dr Jo Bailey Wells, Rev'd Dr Sam Wells

Is the World Dying of Terminal Religion?

Monday 25 February 2013

Location:

Albrighton, St Mary's Church Centre

Speaker:

Alan Felts-Davies

Sinful thoughts! Is ‘sin’ an outdated concept?

Monday 25 February 2013

The group will explore this intriguing question in the light of Biblical teaching and present day attitudes.

Location:

William Jay Room, Central URC Church Halls, Grove Street, Bath, BA1 3RA

Speaker:

Edward Hulme

February meeting. ‘Out of a Dark wood- God, Dante and us’

Thursday 21 February 2013

Tim Brooke and Pam Siver had planned to lead this together before she died last November. In this meeting we will particularly remember Pam who was one of the original members of PCN and Rugby Interfaith Fellowship with whom this is a joint meeting.

Location:

Albert room, United Reformed church, Rugby, CV22 5AD

Speaker:

Tim Brooke

Third Thursdays: Einstein’s God #4

Thursday 21 February 2013

Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind. Albert Einstein

Location:

St Columba’s, Oxford United Reformed Church (Alfred St.)

Spiritual Practices

Friday 15 February 2013

Location:

Graces in Wash Common

Power and Fear

Monday 11 February 2013

We explore the inter-relationship between power and fear. ‘Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us’. (Marianne Williamson) All are welcome from 12.50 onwards for informal chat before the start of the meeting.

Location:

Dundee University Chaplaincy, Building number 31 on city campus map

Speaker:

Professor Annalu Waller

Women and the Church

Thursday 7 February 2013

A discussion of current issues surrounding women and the Church led by Ruth Tetlow, Liz Blakey and Jan Waterson

Location:

12 Woodrough Drive, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9EP

Living the Questions Group meeting

Tuesday 5 February 2013

We shall be viewing the third session of 'First Light- Jesus and the Kingdom of God' entitled God's Great Clean Up. Following the DVD material we shall be discussing the issues that emerge. All are welcome, those who have not been to previous sessions are asked to contact Cliff to obtain the associated reading materials for this session.

Location:

All Saints Methodist Church, Appleford Drive, Abingdon

February Group Meeting

Saturday 2 February 2013

We shall be looking at the responses that were made to the book 'Honest to God' , - there were many both positive and negative . Frank Godfrey will again prepare material on this, but what will also be important are the Group responses – was he right? Inspired? Mistaken? Helpful? And of course, being 50 years on, was he radical enough ? Last time we were considering the background to writing the book and John’s concern over the issues of Secularisation, Demythologising and the” Reluctant Revolution “ which he knew were challenging traditional Christian theology. We shall look at the letters he received, material from some of the many scholarly reviews which his book prompted and focus on some of the key issues debated Wrong? Not radical enough? Unnecessary? Prophetic?

Location:

Christchurch, Abbeydale, Gloucester

Eclipsing Empire: Paul, Rome and the Kingdom of God (DVD) - Paul’s missions and character

Monday 28 January 2013

We shall be viewing and discussing chapters 3 and 4 of the DVD by Borg and Crossan of the pilgrimage they led to Turkey in 2006. It consists partly of a video of the sites they visited and partly of talks by one or other of them. This month we shall be looking at the missions Paul led and his character.

Location:

William Jay Room, Central URC Church Halls, Grove Street, Bath, BA1 3RA

Speaker:

Mary Ede will lead

Whose words are they anyway?

Monday 28 January 2013

Why do we use the words we do to describe ‘faith’ (or in worship)? We ask the question, ‘are the traditional expressions meaningful to us today’? What would we want to put in their place? We shall look at some recent attempts at saying/doing things differently. All are welcome from 12.50 onwards for informal chat before the start of meetings.

Location:

Dundee University Chaplaincy, Building 31 on City Campus map

Speaker:

Angela Smith

January meeting

Wednesday 23 January 2013

Meditation evening - one of our members will lead an evening exploring how we might use meditation to further spiritual awareness.

Location:

Heaton Moor

A seasonal social lunch

Saturday 19 January 2013

A seasonal social lunch hosted by the North Worcestershire group, to which we and the East Shropshire group have been invited.

Location:

11 Rectory Road, Oldswinford, Stourbridge DY8 2HA