Is Britain's immigration detention system ethically justified?

Tuesday 14 January 2025

Location:

Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ

Speaker:

Discussion led by Owen Temple

Thinking Aloud Allowed in the New Year

Sunday 12 January 2025

Happy New Year everyone!

We meet online this Sunday, 12 January at 6.30 pm. Zoom link info below.Hope to see you then.

Location:

Online

Speaker:

Rev Andy Lowe

Theology, modernity and post-modernity: Christian responses to secularization

Thursday 9 January 2025

In this session to begin 2025, Mark will present an exploration of the diversity of Christian responses to the social and intellectual legacy of the Enlightenment.

The talk will focus on the rise and fall of classic sociological theories about modernity and the rise of post-modern accounts of pluralism.

Location:

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

Speaker:

Rev. Dr Mark Dorsett 

Mary, Mother of God, Mother of the Poor - Helen Stanton

Thursday 12 December 2024

Mary, the mother of Jesus has sometimes been used as a figure to oppress women and ordinary Christian disciples. She has also sometimes been ignored, denying the importance of an / the outstanding female figure of the Christian faith. Drawing upon the Magnificat and theologies of liberation from throughout the world, Helen Stanton will explore an understanding of Mary as a prophet of God’s reign, and model of discipleship whose yes to God brought and brings the life of God into the world in Jesus Christ.

Location:

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

Speaker:

Helen Stanton

Using the book "Less" by Patrick Grant

Tuesday 10 December 2024

Location:

Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ

Speaker:

Discussion led by Jen

TAA December - A Progressive Christmas ... what do we tell the children?

Sunday 8 December 2024

On Sunday evening, 8 December, we meet online for Thinking Aloud Allowed when we'll be talking about "A Progressive Christmas" - thinking about things such as 'what do we tell the children?' It's the usual link starting at 6.30 for around an hour.

Location:

Online Zoom

Speaker:

Andy Lowe

Brian McLaren's Life After Doom discussion

Thursday 5 December 2024

Video recording of Brian McLaren speaking about his latest book and discussion to follow.

Location:

St Catherine's Church Hall, Aylsham Road, Norwich, NR3 2RJ

What ideas do progressive Christians have about RE in schools?

Tuesday 3 December 2024

In this discussion we shall look at the work of the Buckinghamshire SACRE in helping schools develop RE.

Location:

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

Speaker:

Margaret Dean

Cana Conscious Conversations (CCC)

Saturday 30 November 2024

Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus

Location:

Zoom

Speaker:

Neil Douglas Klotz

Host:

CANA

Disability Theology through the lens of Bonhoeffer

Thursday 21 November 2024

The second of 2024's Autumn seminars hosted by Project Bonhoeffer exploring current issues through the lens of Bonhoeffer’s Theology.

Location:

Zoom

Speaker:

Eleanor McLaughlin, Ruth Wilde

Host:

Project Bonhoeffer

Is Peace Possible? Religious Responses to Conflict in the Middle East

Sunday 17 November 2024

The annual Younghusband Lecture of the World Congress of Faiths and the annual lecture of Reading Minster.

Location:

Reading Minster, RG1 2LG

Speaker:

Rabbi Michael Hilton, Mr Patrick Watt, Imam Issa Mahmoud Hayajneh

Host:

Reading Minster

Media for Good

Thursday 14 November 2024

Former BBC foreign correspondent Mike Wooldridge has also just completed nine years as a trustee of the BBC charity, Media Action, which believes in what it calls “the power of media for good”. Does it work? And how does it square with the broader activities of the media around the world?

This meeting will also be broadcast via zoom. Please email for details.

info@pcnmalvern.org.uk

Location:

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

Speaker:

Mike Wooldridge

“Sorrowful Yet Always Rejoicing”: Lament through the lens of Bonhoeffer

Thursday 14 November 2024

The third of 2024's Autumn seminars hosted by Project Bonhoeffer exploring current issues through the lens of Bonhoeffer’s Theology.

Location:

Zoom

Speaker:

Tim Judson, Ben Bano

Host:

Project Bonhoeffer

Discussion using Brian McLaren's "Life after Doom"

Tuesday 12 November 2024

Location:

Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ

Speaker:

Pat, Joyce and Richard

November Thinking Aloud Allowed

Sunday 10 November 2024

Thinking Aloud Allowed meets monthly on the second Sunday at 6.30 pm mostly online via Zoom but also occasionally in person at Hove Methodist Church. It's a safe, respectful space in which to explore and discuss.

November's meeting is online. Contact me for Zoom link info by 6 pm sue.harrington@pcnbritain.org.uk

Location:

Online Zoom

Speaker:

Andy Lowe

What should progressive Christians be focusing on locally in the coming year?

Tuesday 5 November 2024

This will be an open discussion meeting.

Location:

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

Speaker:

Dave Tomlinson

Artificial Intelligence through the lens of Bonhoeffer’s ethics

Thursday 31 October 2024

The first of 2024's Autumn seminars hosted by Project Bonhoeffer exploring current issues through the lens of Bonhoeffer’s Theology.

Location:

Zoom

Speaker:

Joseph Nelson, Esther Reid

Host:

Project Bonhoeffer

Dave Tomlinson on tour

Thursday 24 October 2024

During October, Dave Tomlinson will be visiting Oakham, Abingdon, Leeds and Glasgow in partnership with PCN Britain .

Location:

various

Speaker:

Dave Tomlinson

Host:

PCN Britain

PCN Britain's 2024 Members' Residential

Friday 18 October 2024 — Sunday 20 October 2024

** REVISED DATES** After a break, the PCN Members' Residential will return in 2024. This event will be at the Hayes Conference Centre and will run from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th October.

Location:

The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick

Host:

PCN Britain

Midweek Topic - icons and art

Monday 14 October 2024

Following use presentation of brief images used during services at Tavistock URC recently, members wished to reflect more deeply and draw out the significance of the images. The images reflect the art of the First Nations, Palestinian artist and those with disabilities.

Location:

49 Milton Crescent Tavistock

Speaker:

the members