Regular Meeting

Saturday 15 November 2025

TAA November

Sunday 9 November 2025

It's second Sunday and so it's Thinking Allowed on Sunday evening 9th Nov. Usual arrangements, online, starts at 6.30 pm for approximately an hour and led by Andy.

Look forward to seeing you then,

Location:

Online Zoom

Speaker:

Rev Andy Lowe

Bonhoeffer and Freedom: From, For and With the Other

Tuesday 4 November 2025

The second in a series of online seminars hosted by Project Bonhoeffer in Autumn 2025 exploring the threat to democracy today through Bonhoeffer’s theology.

Location:

Zoom

Speaker:

Dr Matthew Kirkpatrick, Revd Dr Keith Clements

Host:

Project Bonhoeffer

The Political Dimension of Truth: Contemporary Conversation with Bonhoeffer

Monday 20 October 2025

The first in a series of online seminars hosted by Project Bonhoeffer in Autumn 2025 exploring the threat to democracy today through Bonhoeffer’s theology.

Location:

Zoom

Speaker:

Dr Stephen Plant, Professor Lori Brandt Hale

Host:

Project Bonhoeffer

Finding theology in secular literature

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Joyce to use the book 'Reading as if for Life' by David Dickinson

Location:

Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ

Speaker:

Discussion led by Joyce

Chine McDonald: 'When God looks like us: a Black History Month exploration of imagery, justice, and inclusion'

Tuesday 14 October 2025

As part of PCN Britain's 2025 series of talks about God, and Black History Month, Chine will reflect on the impact of reimagining God.

Location:

Oasis Waterloo, 1 Kennington Road, London, SE1 7QP

Speaker:

Chine McDonald

Host:

PCN Britain and Oasis Waterloo

Justice in Worship & Preaching ... continuing the conversation

Sunday 12 October 2025

This weekend we had our Circuit study day and the theme was Justice in Preaching and Worship, it was led by Rachel Lampard from JPIT and the Right Rev Nick Holtam. We will be continuing the conversation at our meeting tomorrow evening (sorry, neither Rachel nor Nick will be there!) You don't need to have heard it necessarily, but recordings are up on the Dorset Gardens website if you wish to hear them.

Parts 1&2 (Rachel) can be accessed via the Dorset Gardens website at https://www.dgmc.org.uk/ On front page > scroll to bottom right under Latest Service Recordings

Parts 3&4 (Nick) can be accessed through the Worship page > scroll down menu to Audio https://www.dgmc.org.uk/media scroll down the list of recordings.

Location:

Online Zoom

Speaker:

Rev Andy Lowe

Don MacGregor: 'Who or What is God?

Wednesday 24 September 2025

As part of PCN Britain's 2025 series of talks about God, Don MacGregor will be addressing the question of 'Who or What is God?'

Location:

Zoom

Speaker:

Don MacGregor

Host:

PCN Britain

'I still believe in God' - discussion of chapter by Martin Thielen

Thursday 18 September 2025

Location:

Buckland URC Church, Portsmouth

Constructing a poem

Tuesday 9 September 2025

Location:

Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ

Speaker:

Workshop led by Jean

Greenbelt 2025

Thursday 21 August 2025 — Sunday 24 August 2025

The theme of this year's Greenbelt is Hope in the Making.

Location:

Boughton House, nr Kettering

Speaker:

Various

Host:

Greenbelt

TAA August: Questions

Sunday 10 August 2025

This Sunday, 10 August, TAA is being led by Stella and she has sent some questions she'd like you to think about:
I would like to invite people to share their thoughts on the following three questions:
- what prompted your progressive journey?
- where you are now?
- what would you recommend to someone just starting out
This promises to be a very interesting evening. I do hope you can join us.

Zoom link info:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82681979959?pwd=UGY1TG9RMFUrdzVuanpDUVZZOHprQT09

Meeting ID: 826 8197 9959
Passcode: 952043

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Location:

Online Zoom

Speaker:

Stella Goddard

Education For This Life

Thursday 24 July 2025 — Friday 25 July 2025

A special conference examining the potential threats and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence for education and building on the Sea of Faith’s work to develop ‘Solarity’, ‘Big Ideas’, and children’s education in Religion and Worldviews.

Location:

Coram Conference Centre, Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ

Speaker:

Michael J Reiss, Dave Francis, Denise Cush, Philippa Hulme, Louisa Jane Smith, Beth Singler, Rupert Wegerif

Host:

Sea of Faith Network

I still believe in God

Thursday 17 July 2025

Chapter 8 of Martin Thielen's e-book 'My Long Farewell to Traditional Religion (and What Remains)'

Location:

Buckland URC Church, Portsmouth

Speaker:

We take it in turns to lead a discussion

Liberating Liturgy

Monday 14 July 2025 — Thursday 17 July 2025

Exploring how the language we use in worship shapes our relationship with God.

Location:

Holy Rood House, 10 Sowerby Road, Thirsk, YO7 1HX

Speaker:

Revd Dr Mary Kells, Revd Prof Steven Shakespeare, The Venerable Karen Best, and Revd Rory Dalgleish

Host:

Holy Rood House

Sacred Nature

Monday 7 July 2025

We continue our discussion of Sacred Nature, with the help of Karen Armstrong's book of the same name.

Location:

Southampton

POSTPONED In the beginning was the Word: God-words, Godwards

Friday 20 June 2025

Helen King will be speaking at Reading Minster as part of PCN Britain's 2025 series of talks on God.

Location:

Reading Minster

Speaker:

Helen King

Host:

PCN Britain

I lost faith in a literal Bible

Thursday 19 June 2025

We are starting to read 'My long farewell to traditional religion and what remains' by Martin Thielen. This book is available online and includes a study guide.

Location:

Buckland URC Church, Portsmouth

Speaker:

We take it in turns to lead a discussion

Free to Believe Reading Party 2025 - Holy Anarchy: Dismantling domination, embodying community, loving strangeness

Tuesday 17 June 2025 — Friday 20 June 2025

Booking deadline extended to 30th May

Location:

Luther King House, Manchester

Speaker:

Graham Adams

Host:

Free To Believe

Discovering a Theology of Queer Joy

Thursday 12 June 2025

If Jesus came to give life in all its fulness, what might this mean for queer Christians? What might it mean to move beyond tolerance and acceptance towards queer flourishing?

Location:

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

Speaker:

Gary Hopkins