Events Archive

PCN Britain's 20th Anniversary - Reading

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?'

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

Location:
49 Milton Crescent Tavistock
Speaker:
DVD

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

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

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

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

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?

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?

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

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

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

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?

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

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

All the things that God can't do

PCN Britain presents an evening with the controversial theologian Thomas Jay Oord

Location:
St Andrew's Church, Blenheim Crescent, Luton, LU3 1HA
Speaker:
Thomas Jay Oord
Host:
PCN Britain

Greenbelt 2023

2023 is Greenbelt's 50th anniversary festival. It will be a weekend of music, comedy, craft, theatre, dance, food, spirituality, talks, provocation and more.

Location:
Boughton House, nr Kettering
Speaker:
various
Host:
Greenbelt

TAA August: A question

August is here and, hopefully, summer will be along shortly!

Andy is posing a question for us to ponder upon and respond at this Sunday evening's Thinking Aloud Allowed:

‘What would a Progressive Church for today and tomorrow look like?’

Online at 6.30 pm this Sunday, 13th August for approximately an hour - usually a bit over.

Feel free to bring snacks and drinks. Looking forward to seeing you then.

email me for Zoom link info by 6pm on Sunday

sue.harrington@pcnbritain.org.uk

Location:
Online Zoom
Speaker:
Revd Andy Lowe

Planning meeting

Location:
Brunswick Methodist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7BJ
Speaker:
Discussion

On Still Being Honest to God

Location:
St Brides, Liverpool

Still 'Honest to God'?": Reflections 60 years on from John Robinson's book

This event is part of the Sea of Faith - 'In Conversation' series

Location:
Zoom
Speaker:
Peter Selby
Host:
Sea of Faith

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