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

Third Thursdays: Einstein’s God #3

Thursday 17 January 2013

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

Location:

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

The Wisdom Jesus by Cynthia Bourgeault

Wednesday 16 January 2013

Assuming that you can make it here through the cold dark January evenings, our next meeting will be looking at this book.

Location:

18 Keble Road Maidenhead SL6 6BA

Evil Spirits in the bible and now?

Friday 11 January 2013

Location:

at Irene

Poetry Night

Sunday 6 January 2013

Location:

14 Spencers Holt, Harrogate, HG1 3DL

Speaker:

3 members are each bringing a poem to discuss

January Group Meeting

Saturday 5 January 2013

Frank Godfrey will be introducing John Robinson’s book “Honest to God” which caused such a stir fifty years ago.“ Whether it will cause as much a stir on its fiftieth birthday remains to be seen!!

Location:

Christchurch, Abbeydale, Gloucester

Christmas meal

Thursday 13 December 2012

This is booked with the local charity Crackerteria and we wait for details of menu and venue, but names can be given to Nicola now if you wish to come.

Location:

To be anounced

Regular Meeting

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Discussion of First Light: Jesus and the Kingdom of God, session two - The Advent of the Messiah

Location:

All Saints Methodist Church, Appleford Drive, Abingdon

Last chapter of Richard Holloway’s ‘Between the monster and the saint’ entitled ‘Saint’

Sunday 2 December 2012

December

Saturday 1 December 2012

There will be no meeting in December.

Location:

-

Science and Christianity

Wednesday 28 November 2012

A discussion about the relationship between science and religion, especially looking at recent trends in physics.

Location:

Heaton Moor

Brian McLaren speaks on A New Kind of Christianity

Wednesday 28 November 2012

This weekday evening meeting at St Paul’s cathedral explores the reality of belief and the nature of Christianity. There will be plenty of time for questions from the audience

Location:

St Paul's cathedral

Speaker:

Brian Mclaren

Carols for Today

Monday 26 November 2012

One of the members of the group will introduce a selection of carols by 21st century poets and hymn-writers. We shall look at them from a progressive point of view and consider what impact they might make on today's largely secular society.

Location:

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

Speaker:

Mary Hulme will lead

Who was Jesus?

Thursday 15 November 2012

The subject was to have followed on the from the session last time that Brian led on the theme 'Who was Jesus?' Jan had offered to try to take us further. We were to refer also to the imminent vote on Women Bishops in the Church of England Synod but Rob unfortunately has enough on his plate at the moment to lead us. However, the agenda is amended because we may not have access to the 'Jesus' DVD that we were going to continue from last time.

Location:

159, Russell Road, Moseley B13 8RR

Living the Questions Session 17 Wednesday Group

Wednesday 14 November 2012

Session 17 of Living the Questions: Incarnation: Divinely Human

Location:

Contact Lisa for Details

Dave Tomlinson speaks on How to be a Bad Christian and a Better Human Being

Thursday 8 November 2012

This visit to Harrogate by Dave Tomlinson has been organised by the Harrogate (evening and afternoon) groups and the Leeds group in the PCN Britain network. Dave will be talking about the issues that lie behind his latest book, which has the same title as this talk. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.

Location:

Wesley Chapel, Oxford Street, Harrogate

Speaker:

Dave Tomlinson, vicar of St Lukes, Holloway