BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harrogate School of Theology & Mission - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Harrogate School of Theology & Mission X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hstm.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Harrogate School of Theology & Mission REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260919T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260919T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20260131T103809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260131T104418Z UID:2060-1789812000-1789819200@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - John Bell DESCRIPTION:Venue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 19th September 2026\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n£10 (including breakfast and refreshments)\nStudents: £7; Under 18s free.\nZoom live-stream: £5 per person\, must be purchased online in advance.\nTickets available soon\n\n\n\nDetails to follow. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/lecture-john-bell-2026/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260418T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260418T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20250601T164123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T085601Z UID:1836-1776506400-1776513600@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Seminar - April 2026: Wilding Disciple-making and Mission DESCRIPTION:Wilding Disciple-making and Mission\n\n\n\nVenue:\nWoodlands Methodist Harrogate\nDate:\n18th April 2026\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\n\n\nTickets:\n\n\nGeneral admission: £8\nUnder 18s: free\n\n\nBuy tickets on EventBrite\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to invite the Rev’d Ben Askew to deliver April’s Seminar. \nOver the last few years there has been a growing interest in the idea of re-wilding.  This broad term describes a commitment to letting natural processes lead land management and conservation.  It has led many households to discover wildflowers in the lawn during ‘no mow may’\, to the reintroduction of keystone species into eco-systems\, and to a re-discovery of the abundance of creation\, when allowed space and freedom. I’m keen to learn from this ecological movement\, partly because so much of my faith has been grown by enjoying wilder spaces\, but also because I think we might find that God’s wild Spirit works in surprising and re-energising ways among us as we ease back from control and learn unforced rhythms of grace. \n  \nSpeaker biography to follow. \nBuy tickets on EventBrite URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/seminar-april-2026/ LOCATION:Woodlands Methodist Church\, 71 Wetherby Rd\, Harrogate\, HG2 7SG CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hstm-small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260328T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260328T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20250601T162804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T194908Z UID:1825-1774692000-1774699200@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - Janet Williams DESCRIPTION:Julian of Norwich and the Last Judgement\n\n\n\nVenue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 28th March 2026\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n£10 (including breakfast and refreshments)\nStudents: £7; Under 18s free.\nZoom live-stream: £5 per person\, must be purchased online in advance.Buy tickets on EventBrite\n\n\n\n“To a church apparently obsessed with sin\, death and ‘Doom’ the fourteenth-century visionary Julian of Norwich proposed that there is no anger in God towards us\, that God finds in us nothing that needs forgiveness\, and that sin itself is ‘behovely’ (fitting). Julian also claims to be faithful to the traditional teaching of the Church\, yet she has been described as putting a bomb under the church’s teaching on divine anger\, a bomb which left no part standing. How can we make sense of this\, and do we dare to believe her?” \nSpeaker Bio \nJanet studied Classics and Philosophy at Oxford University before competing a Masters Degree in Patristic Theology at Oxford\, and a PhD in Religious Studies with the University of Winchester. A stint in investment banking in London and Tokyo was followed by a career in education\, teaching Religious Studies\, Theology\, Classics\, and Philosophy at universities and colleges in Japan and the UK. Ordained in Gloucester in 2009\, she served as a Minister in Secular Employment before taking up leadership of the West of England Ministry Training Course in 2012. She joined St Hild theological college as Vice Principal in summer 2018 and lives in Mirfield. \nBuy tickets on EventBrite URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2025-janet-williams/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/janet-williams.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260228T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260228T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20250601T163642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T103009Z UID:1834-1772272800-1772280000@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Seminar - February 2026: Unlocking the wisdom of John’s Gospel DESCRIPTION:Unlocking the wisdom of John’s Gospel\nAn introduction to David Ford’s Theological Commentary on John’s Gospel\n\n\n\nVenue:\nWoodlands Methodist Harrogate\nDate:\n28th February 2025\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nDavid Ford’s Commentary on John’s Gospel is widely regarded as a new profound and insightful commentary. He clarifies the purpose of the Gospel and how it relates to the Synoptic Gospels and the Septuagint. Ford shows how John emphasises the reality of the Spirit abiding in us\, the lived reality of eternal life\, with profound and practical inspiration and guidance to disciples of Jesus. Ford reveals John’s deep challenges and the Spirit’s invitation to us to participate in its continuing\, surprising and unfolding work in the world. \nOf clear relevance to our troubled times\, Ford sees John as giving his readers a global horizon that “can unite them with the desire of Jesus for an ultimate unity of all people and all creation in love and peace.” \nIn this seminar\, Revd Ian Johnston\, who has been a leader of Bible Studies based on Ford’s Commentary\, will provide an introduction to this remarkable work. \nParticipants will be sent\, in advance\, a pdf copy of the chapter on John 3\, which Ian will use to introduce the main theses of the Commentary and to stimulate group discussion. \nIn continuing our desire to share this work\, HSTM is considering running in the Autumn another of our Bible Studies on John using Ford’s Commentary. Click here for further details. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/seminar-february-2026/ LOCATION:Woodlands Methodist Church\, 71 Wetherby Rd\, Harrogate\, HG2 7SG CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hstm-small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260124T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260124T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20250601T162711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T102934Z UID:1823-1769248800-1769256000@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - Isabelle Hamley DESCRIPTION:Happy are those: happiness\, wellbeing and the life of faith in the Psalms\n\n\n\nVenue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 24th January 2026\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nHappiness is big business in the world out there: it motivates consumerism\, advertising\, political choices\, and shapes communities; lack of happiness is often associated with mental health struggles. Yet the church rarely speaks of happiness\, or of how a Christian framework may help us think of happiness in faithful and distinctive ways. This talk will explore how the Psalms help think about happiness\, its contours and its challenges\, and how we can develop a positive Christian vision for wellbeing. \nSpeaker Bio \nDr Hamley is the Principal of Ridley Hall\, a theological college in Cambridge. Isabelle’s first love is Scripture\, and the Old Testament in particular. She has written extensively about the book of Judges\, and around questions of justice\, violence and otherness. She is now writing a commentary on the book of Ruth. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2026-isabelle-hamley/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Isabelle-hamley.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251206T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251206T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20250601T163521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T103045Z UID:1832-1765015200-1765022400@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Seminar - December 2025: The Words we use for Worship DESCRIPTION:The Words we use for Worship\n\n\n\nVenue:\nWoodlands Methodist Harrogate\nDate:\n6th December 2025\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\n\n\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\n\n\nSeminar led by Andrew Brown\, Methodist local preacher and hymnwriter. \nDo the words that we use influence the way in which we approach God and think about ourselves?  Is our vocabulary limited by tradition and would the use of different words expand our understanding and experience?  Are there contexts where some words are inappropriate or harmful? \n  \nAndrew has been a local preacher for over 50 years\, has written over sixty hymn poems\, and also writes his own prayers for use in worship. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/seminar-december-2025/ LOCATION:Woodlands Methodist Church\, 71 Wetherby Rd\, Harrogate\, HG2 7SG CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hstm-small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251115T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251115T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20250601T162617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T103112Z UID:1821-1763200800-1763208000@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - Guy Donegan-Cross DESCRIPTION:Discipleship: So What?\n\n\n\nVenue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 15th November 2025\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\n“Why do we even use this word? I have no idea what it really means.” \nEvery denomination says making disciples is the main priority. But discipleship can be a mystifying thing. What does it really mean? How can it be a gift\, rather than a stumbling block?\nAnd\, even if we have an inkling of its meaning\, what is really different about Christian disciples? In our lived experience? \nAfter all\, in many ways people of faith\, no faith or some faith seem to live quite similar lives. We are born\, we work\, we shop\, we sleep\, we love\, we struggle\, we laugh\, we cry\, we pay taxes (perhaps!) and we die (definitely!). If you’re interested in the questions ‘What difference does this make?’ Or ‘What is the way?’ this HSTM morning is for you. It is a little bit about what Christians believe\, but it is more about how what Christians believe shapes our lives. \nGuy Donegan-Cross will introduce two books he has published this year with BRF: Discipleship: Start this Way and Discipleship: Walk this Way as a way of exploring these questions. Both books are available to order now at brfonline.org.uk/guy-donegan-cross. \nSpeaker Bio \nGuy is currently Enabler of Learning for Discipleship and Mission for Church of England Birmingham\, where he has responsibility for resourcing a culture of discipleship across a hugely diverse area. He has engaged in parish ministry in four different contexts\, most recently leading St Mark’s\, Harrogate. He is chair of the Simeon’s patronage trust\, with responsibility for the patronage of 180 livings across England. He is passionate about discipleship\, the relationship between charismatic and contemplative spirituality\, and political and environmental concerns. He loves amateur dramatics\, improvisation\, live music\, novels\, walking\, jazz\, and his Norfolk Terrier Bess. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2025-guy-donegon-cross/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/guy-dc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251025T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251025T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20240522T190600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T103133Z UID:1455-1761386400-1761393600@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Seminar - October 2025 : Another Advocate: The Emergence of the Holy Spirit in the Writings of the New Testament DESCRIPTION:Another Advocate: The Emergence of the Holy Spirit in the Writings of the New Testament \n\n\n\nVenue:\nWoodlands Methodist Harrogate\nDate:\n25th October 2025\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to invite Rev Dr Claire Honess to deliver our seminar in October. \nClaire will help us to examine what the New Testament tells us about the Holy Spirit and the Spirit’s work using very short close readings from Paul’s letters\, Luke\, and John.  Through this she will go on to invite participants to think about what these sources tell us about the Spirit and\, of course\, how that might inform how we see the Spirit as active in our lives and in our churches today. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/seminar-october-2025/ LOCATION:Woodlands Methodist Church\, 71 Wetherby Rd\, Harrogate\, HG2 7SG CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hstm-small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250913T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250913T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20250601T162507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T102838Z UID:1819-1757757600-1757764800@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - David Ford DESCRIPTION:St. John’s Gospel: A Lifetime’s Study\n\n\n\nVenue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 13th September 2025\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nAfter spending over twenty years on ‘The Gospel of John. A Theological Commentary‘ (2021) and then a few more years on a follow-up ‘Lent Plus’ book\, ‘Meeting God in John: A Companion for Lent\, Holy Week\, Easter\, and Beyond‘ (November 2025)\, I want to share some of the main insights that John has given me. These include seeking answers ro questions such as:  What was John’s aim in writing the Gospel? How should we understand the Prologue? Who is Jesus? What is the meaning of his crucifixion? What are the essential Christian practices taught by Jesus? Can John give us a spirituality for serious times such as ours? How can we share in Jesus’s passionate desire for the unity in love of his followers? How should we read John now? \nSpeaker Bio \nDavid F. Ford OBE is Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Selwyn College. \nAlongside continuing work on Christian theology and on inter-faith relations\, Professor Ford’s current research includes work on: the Gospel of John; glorification; theology\, modernity and the arts; Scriptural Reasoning; contemporary worldviews; and education in schools and universities. In 2021 Baker Academic published The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary. \nDavid was born in Dublin and is an Irish citizen. He read Classics at Trinity College Dublin\, and then Theology and Religious Studies in Cambridge\, Yale\, and Tübingen. Prior to taking up his post in Cambridge he taught in the University of Birmingham (1976-1991)\, where he lived in the inner city and engaged in local church and community life and in urban theology. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2025-david-ford/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/david-ford.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250322T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250322T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20240522T190019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061450Z UID:1446-1742637600-1742644800@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - Nicola Slee DESCRIPTION:Abba Amma: Improvisations on the Lord’s Prayer (live lecture)\n\n\n\nVenue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 22th March 2025\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nThe Lord’s Prayer is a prayer text and practice that unites Christians worldwide and puts us in touch with Jesus and Christians throughout the ages. People of other faiths and traditions are also drawn to this prayer. But how do we pray this prayer today\, in light of our growing awareness of the dangers of patriarchal and monarchical language and thinking? In this lecture\, Nicola Slee will share something of her own journey with the Lord’s Prayer and suggest that we are called\, not so much to repeat the prayer unvaryingly\, as to live in its pattern and improvise around it to find our own authentic way of praying and our own authentic relationship to the Abba Amma God of Jesus. \nSpeaker Bio \nProfessor Nicola Slee is a well-known writer and speaker\, theologian and poet. She is Professorial Research Fellow at the Queen’s Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education\, Birmingham and Professor of Feminist Practical Theology at the Vrije Universiteit\, Amsterdam. The lecture will be based on Nicola’s recent book of the same name\, and she will bring copies to sell at a discount URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2025-nicola-slee/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Nicola-Slee-416x360-1-e1716406388376.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250222T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250222T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20240522T190517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061518Z UID:1453-1740218400-1740225600@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Seminar - February 2025: Assisted Dying DESCRIPTION:Christian considerations of potential changes in law regarding “assisted dying”\n\n\n\nVenue:\nWoodlands Methodist Harrogate\nDate:\nSaturday 22th February 2025\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n\nGeneral admission: £5\nUnder 18s: free\n\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nWe delighted to welcome David Hanson to deliver our seminar in February. \nDavid is a retired Consultant ENT surgeon\, who in addition to his medical career\, has been a leading supporter of WYSOCS (West Yorkshire School of Christian Studies) which became the Thinking Faith Network https://thinkfaith.net/about/ URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/seminar-february-2025/ LOCATION:Woodlands Methodist Church\, 71 Wetherby Rd\, Harrogate\, HG2 7SG CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hstm-small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250118T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250118T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20240522T185903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061546Z UID:1444-1737194400-1737201600@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - Arun Arora DESCRIPTION:Living Faithfully: Rediscovering Michael Ramsey’s Five Spiritual Helps (live lecture)\n\n\n\nVenue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 18th January 2025\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nIn a highly appropriate lecture for the New Year\, the Rt Revd Dr Arun Arora\, Bishop of Kirkstall\, will lecture on Living Faithfully: Rediscovering Michael Ramsey’s Five Spiritual Helps.\nMichael Ramsey (the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury\, 1961-1974) offered his Five Helps as spiritual principles for living a faithful Christian life. Although Ramsay formulated these many decades ago\, Bishop Arun will help us to understand how relevant they remain and how we can use them as foundations for a Christ-centered life. \nBishop Arun is known as a thought-provoking and entertaining speaker\, and we are delighted that he is able to give this lecture. \nSpeaker Bio \nBishop Arun trained and worked as an employment lawyer before moving into public relations as Director of Communications for Birmingham diocese Press Officer for the Bishop of Birmingham. Whilst training for ordination and serving his curacy at St Mark’s in Harrogate\, he was also Director of Communications for the Archbishop of York. Following a time in Pioneer Ministry in the West Midlands\, he served as Director of Communications for the Archbishops’ Council before returning north as vicar of St Nicholas’ Church\, Durham. He was appointed Bishop of Kirkstall in the Diocese of Leeds in 2022. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2025-arun-arora/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1671033415-xaGCsHkr-e1716406256477.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241207T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241207T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20240522T190409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061557Z UID:1451-1733565600-1733572800@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Seminar - December 2024: Theology and Physics: Victorian or Modern. DESCRIPTION:Theology and Physics: Victorian or Modern.\n\n\n\n\nVenue:\nWoodlands Methodist Harrogate\nDate:\nSaturday 7th December2024\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n\nGeneral admission: £5\nUnder 18s: free\n\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to welcome Dr Jon Reynolds to deliver our seminar in December. \nJon has had an interest in the science and religion debate since secondary school\, and has taught both Religious Studies and Physics. He has trained Religious Studies teachers and taught undergraduate courses in science and religion. He was the Director of Education for the St Albans Diocese from 1999 till his retirement from full-time work in 2015. The subject of the thesis for his Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by the University of Durham in 2018) was\, ‘Popular Theology from Popular Scientists: Assessing the Legacy of Eddington and Jeans as Apologists.’ He has been an Anglican Reader since 1990 and is an Honorary Lay Canon of St Albans. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/seminar-december-2024/ LOCATION:Woodlands Methodist Church\, 71 Wetherby Rd\, Harrogate\, HG2 7SG CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hstm-small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241123T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241123T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20240522T185642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061606Z UID:1441-1732356000-1732363200@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - Alan Garrow DESCRIPTION:The Didache Discoveries: Two Missing Books of the Bible (live lecture)\n\n\n\nVenue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 23rd November 2024\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nAlan has recorded an introductory video on YouTube – see below \nIn 1873 Archbishop Philotheos Bryennios discovered the only surviving copy of a text called ‘The Didache’ or ‘The Teaching of the Lord\, by the Twelve Apostles\, to the Gentiles’. This book nearly achieved inclusion in the New Testament canon. After it was placed in the ‘second rank’\, it disappeared for well over a thousand years. Since its rediscovery it has baffled scholars. No one has been able to work out who wrote it\, when\, where or why. In this lecture Alan Garrow presents a new solution to the puzzle. The Didache is not a single text. Instead\, it is two that have been spliced together and overlaid with additional material. When that process is reversed two ancient treasures emerge. The first is the Complete Apostolic Decree (mentioned in Acts 15)\, the earliest Christian document and the text that set Christianity on course to become a religion separate from Judaism. The second is the Missing Epistle of John (mentioned in 3 John 9)\, a text that helps illuminate doctrines and practices that remain essential for Christians today. \nSpeaker Bio \nAlan Garrow is Vicar of St Peter’s Harrogate and a Member of the Sheffield Centre for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies. He has published widely in the field of New Testament studies and has a particular interest in how the New Testament texts were used in early Christian worship. More information about his research and writing is available at www.alangarrow.com. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2024-alan-garrow/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Alan-Headshot-Square-e1716406211224.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241031T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241031T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20240913T154329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250419T073837Z UID:1506-1730403000-1730406600@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Re-reading the Gospel of John : A 6-month journey in 2024/25 DESCRIPTION:Re-reading the Gospel of John : Invitation to a 6-Month Journey in a Group with a Guidebook\n\n\n\nVenue:\nOnline (Zoom)\nPre-requisites:\nA copy of David Ford’s commentary\nTimes:\n7.30 – 8.30pm\nDates:\nThursdays evenings from 31st October to Mar/Apr. \n\nWeek 1 [John 1:1-18]\nWeek 2 [John 1:19-51]\nWeek 3 [John 2]\nWeek 4 [John 3]\nWeek 5 [John 4]\nWeek 6 [John 5]\nWeek 7 [John 6]\nWeek 8 [John 7]\nWeek 9 [John 8]\nWeek 10 [John 9]\nWeek 11 [John 10]\nWeek 12 [John 11]\nWeek 13 [John 12]\nWeek 14 [John 13]\nWeek 15 [John 14]\nWeek 16 [John 16]\nWeek 17 [John 16]\nWeek 18 [John 17]\nWeek 19 [John 18]\nWeek 20 [John 19]\nWeek 21 [John 20]\nWeek 22 [John 21]\n\n\nRegistration:\nNow closed for 2024/25\n\n\n\nThe Gospel of John is profound\, intriguing\, fascinating\, and mysterious. \nOne of the most insightful and gripping attempts to do it justice is Prof David Ford’s The Gospel of John – A Theological Commentary published two years ago. \nUnlike most commentaries\, this can be read as literature. The style is conversational: it works not verse by verse\, but chapter by chapter. You can read a review of Prof Ford’s book in Church Times. \nOver six months we will read a chapter per week of David Ford’s commentary and meet on-line once a week to discuss it with fellow learners for an hour. \nComments from 2023/24\n“The Gospel of John discussions became something of a focal point around which my week was orientated. Each interesting and enlightening discussion took place in a welcoming and supportive atmosphere under the expert guidance of our group leader\, and I look forward to doing something similar again soon.”\nPaul\n\n“The weekly discussion sessions on Ford’s commentary have been a rich opportunity in which to explore our individual and group thoughts and responses. The meetings have provided a safe and supportive context for careful listening and deep sharing.”\nBeverley and Dennis\nRegistration is now closed for 2024/25 URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/gospel-of-john-2024-25/ LOCATION:On-line by zoom only CATEGORIES:Study Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1540964086-e1697791310911.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241026T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241026T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20240522T190322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061643Z UID:1448-1729936800-1729944000@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Seminar - October 2024: Women who plant churches - Learning from the Story of Lydia in Acts 16 DESCRIPTION:Women who plant churches – Learning from the Story of Lydia in Acts 16\n\n\n\nVenue:\nWoodlands Methodist Harrogate\nDate:\nSaturday 26th October 2024\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n\nGeneral admission: £5\nUnder 18s: free\n\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to invite Rachel Crossley to host our seminar in October. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/seminar-october-2024/ LOCATION:Woodlands Methodist Church\, 71 Wetherby Rd\, Harrogate\, HG2 7SG CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hstm-small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240928T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240928T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20240522T185410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061647Z UID:1431-1727517600-1727524800@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - David M. Moffitt DESCRIPTION:Looking through the Kaleidoscope: Hebrews’ Use of Old Testament Narratives in the Light of Jesus’ Ascension and Awaited Return (live lecture)\n\n\n\nVenue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 28th September 2024\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nHebrews’ engagement with the Old Testament is among the most exciting and creative in the New Testament. It creates a kaleidoscope of Biblical texts so that their interaction draws out the author’s fundamental convictions about Jesus. The resulting images bring out new theological insights about Jesus and the congregation. \nWe will explore three Old Testament figures mentioned in Hebrews—the high priest\, Moses\, and Joshua. \nAll three of these figures left God’s people to do important work for them\, before returning. This return of the absent figure forms a significant\, part of Hebrews’ argument. Thus joined together they illuminate who Jesus is. They also show what the ascended Christ is doing for us now and how we should understand our own identity and situation as we await his return. \nDavid Moffitt is one of the very few contemporary scholars to provide fresh and compelling readings of the enigmatic Letter to the Hebrews. I have learned an enormous amount from him; in fact I credit him with transforming my whole understanding of sacrifice in biblical thought. Also\, unlike some top exegetical scholars\, he is a lively and engaging speaker! – Tom Wright \nSpeaker Bio \nDr Moffitt was appointed Reader in New Testament Studies at St Andrews University in 2013\, having previously taught New Testament at Duke Divinity School and Campbell University Divinity School. His research interests orbit around the various ways the earliest Christians understood Jesus and their own identities in relation to Jewish scripture\, practices\, and beliefs. His work is especially focused on the Epistle to the Hebrews and the strategies the text employs to interpret early Christian claims about Jesus’ person\, death\, resurrection\, and ascension in high-priestly and sacrificial terms. His book on Hebrews (Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in the Epistle to the Hebrews) attempts to show that the Christology and Soteriology developed by the author rests upon his correlation of the basic narrative of early Christian proclamation (i.e.\, Jesus’ life\, death\, resurrection\, and ascension) with the ritual process of the Yom Kippur sacrifices\, the end goal of which was the restoration and maintenance of fellowship between God and creation (i.e.\, atonement). URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2024-david-moffitt/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ImportedProfilePhoto.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240413T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240413T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20230812T090154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061654Z UID:1224-1713002400-1713009600@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Seminar - April 2024 (The Agency of Sin\, live speaker) DESCRIPTION:“The Agency of Sin in Romans 5-8” – Live speaker with group discussion\n\n\n\nVenue:\nWoodlands Methodist Harrogate\nDate:\nSaturday 13th April 2024\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n\nGeneral admission: £5\nUnder 18s: free\n\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nWe usually speak of sin as something that we do. Sin is an anti-God action that we try our best to avoid. Yet\, in Romans 5-8 Paul depicts Sin as that which enslaves\, deceives\, and kills. Sin does something to us. In this seminar we’ll be thinking about Paul’s presentation of s/Sin in Romans 5-8 and its place within Paul’s gospel. \nRev Ben Leighton – CofE Curate in Bradford and PhD Candidate at Trinity College\, Bristol. Currently completing his PhD on ‘The Agency of Sin in Romans 5-8’\, which is due to be submitted at the end of February 2024. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/seminar-april-2024/ LOCATION:Woodlands Methodist Church\, 71 Wetherby Rd\, Harrogate\, HG2 7SG CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/leighton-scaled-e1697790536476.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240309T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240309T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20230530T062033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061702Z UID:1066-1709978400-1709985600@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - Mark Oakley DESCRIPTION:‘The curse of literalism’: poetic spirituality and the language of Christians (live lecture)\n\n\n\nVenue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 9th March 2024\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n\n\nGeneral admission: £8\nStudent admission: £5\nUnder 18s: free\nZoom admission: £5\n\n\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nMark Oakley will address the questions\, ‘How should Christians use language? How should they express their belief and what language is needed for self-scrutiny? He will then argue that poetry is the native language of faith and that a crude literalism simmers down the richness and resonance that faith liberates in us. In this talk\, Mark will use some poems explore his theme. \nSpeaker Bio \nThe Very Reverend Dr Mark Oakley was ordained at St Paul’s Cathedral in 1993 and served his curacy at St John’s Wood Church. He was later appointed Chaplain to the Bishop of London and after four years was made Rector of the Actors’ church in Covent Garden. \nHe has subsequently served as an archdeacon in the Diocese in Europe\, Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral and Dean of St John’s College\, Cambridge. Mark holds a PhD in English Literature and is an admired author of several books on poetry and spirituality. He has enjoyed success with his most recent book The Splash of Words: Believing in Poetry\, being described by Poet Laureate\, Dame Carol Ann Duffy\, as “beautiful and wise.” He is well known as a speaker and preacher and has been awarded both the Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing and the Lanfranc award\, by the Archbishop of Canterbury\, for education and scholarship. Mark has a strong commitment to human rights and has served on the board of Liberty and the Civil Liberties Trust\, as well as being awarded one of the first ‘Upstander’ awards for his work with hate crime victims. \nKing’s College London awarded him a Fellowship in recognition of his work and ministry. Mark was installed as the Dean of Southwark in early December 2023. \nAmongst his many roles\, Mark is also Canon Theologian at Wakefield Cathedral. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2024-mark-oakley/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Oakley-300_1-e1697790566817.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240217T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240217T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20230812T090051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061709Z UID:1222-1708164000-1708171200@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Seminar - February 2024 (St Paul's Letter : DVD) DESCRIPTION:“St Paul’s Letters” – BibleTrack DVD with group discussion\n\n\n\nVenue:\nWoodlands Methodist Church Harrogate\nDate:\nSaturday 17th February 2024\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n\nGeneral admission: £5\nUnder 18s: free\n\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\n\nIs Paul really so important? If so\, why? Chris suggests we should “approach the apostle Paul as a stranger.” What are the strengths and weaknesses of such an approach? Chris argues that Paul inhabits three worlds: the Jewish\, Greco-Roman and Christian. In what ways might understanding this help us to read his letters? \nDr Chris Tilling – is Graduate Tutor and Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies at St Mellitus College. Chris’s first book\, the critically acclaimed Paul’s Divine Christology is now republished with multiple endorsements and a new Foreword\, by Eerdmans (Grand Rapids\, Mich.: Eerdmans\, 2015). Chris has published numerous articles on topics relating to the Apostle Paul\, Christology\, justification\, the historical Jesus\, Paul S. Fiddes\, Karl Barth\, the theology of Hans Küng\, and more besides. He co-hosts the popular Podcast\, OnScript. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/seminar-february-2024/ LOCATION:Woodlands Methodist Church\, 71 Wetherby Rd\, Harrogate\, HG2 7SG CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/tilling-1-e1697790771508.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240127T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240127T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20230530T061642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061715Z UID:1063-1706349600-1706356800@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - Mark Vasey-Saunders DESCRIPTION:Why can’t the church talk about sexuality (live lecture)\n\n\n\nVenue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 27th January 2024\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n\n\nGeneral admission: £8\nStudent admission: £5\nUnder 18s: free\nZoom admission: £5\n\n\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nPlease note that this lecture aims to explore why this topic has been\, and continues to be\, so difficult for the church to discuss\, rather than arguing for one side or the other.\nWe are delighted to welcome Rev’d Dr Mark Vasey-Saunders to deliver a live lecture for Harrogate School of Theology and Mission on Saturday 27th January 2024\, at St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, starting at 10 am on the important topic\, Why can’t the church talk about sexuality? \nA common conceptualisation of the current debate over sexuality is that it is one between traditionalists and revisionists. In this lecture\, Mark Vasey-Saunders argues that this is based on a misunderstanding of the degree to which both conservatives and liberals represent a break with earlier tradition. The current sexuality debate is between two different ways of interpreting the tradition of the church in a modern context. \nSpeaker Bio\nMark studied English Literature and History in York at the then University College of Ripon & York St John\, and briefly worked for IFES in Ukraine before training for ordination at Cranmer Hall. He has worked in several different dioceses as a University Chaplain\, Team Vicar & Pioneer Minister and more recently as Academic Tutor for St Hild College. He completed his PhD from Durham on Evangelical responses to homosexuality in 2013. He oversees the formation of part time and full time Anglican ordinands at St Hild Sheffield\, as well as coordinating the College’s work with Curates. He leads modules in Postgraduate study skills\, Doctrine\, Ethics\, and Anglicanism. Mark is married to Leah\, who is the Vicar of Lancaster Priory Church and Chair of On Fire Mission. \nMark Vasey-Saunders’s new book Defusing the Sexuality Debate was published in June 2023 \nReviews of this book:\nThis book could not be more timely and helpful for those on all sides of the debate. Mark explores the recent history of the evangelical writing on sexuality and deconstructs the idea of an unchanging evangelical consensus on these questions. He opens up an excellent third way for evangelicals to hold diverse views on sexuality questions without scapegoating others or unnecessary division. One of the most helpful books on this debate I’ve yet read. The Right Revd Steven Croft\nMark Vasey-Saunders has written a timely\, wise and essential book\, taking current sexuality debates and placing them in a deeper cultural context. All parties should step back and read this clear and eirenic book with humility and openness. \n The Right Revd Nicholas Baines \nWhatever our perspective on sexuality\, Mark Vasey-Saunders is an essential conversation partner who raises crucial questions. Did the earliest Christians teach what is now presented as the traditional view on sexuality? What is really at stake in the current conflict? How can we avoid demonising each other? Defusing the Sexuality Debate approaches this thorniest of contemporary issues with integrity\, humility and rigour. The result is a significant and consequential intervention – one of few contributions with the potential to open up genuinely new horizons. Mark’s careful research empowers us to think more deeply\, and it won’t leave readers unchanged. At its heart is an eirenic plea: we can understand each other better; we can take a longer view; we can be the community of peace the gospel deserves and our world needs. \n Prof Mark Powell \nMark Vasey-Saunders has established himself as one of the sharpest and most insightful commentators now writing on the disputes over sexuality in the Church of England. If the Church is to be delivered from the compulsions that are tearing it apart\, then earnestly heeding his call for Christian humility and heart-searching truthfulness may just be its best hope. \n Prof Robert Song URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2024-mark-vasey-saunders/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/saunders-e1704530085986.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231231T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231231T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20231202T080108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231202T080108Z UID:1383-1704049200-1704049200@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Closing Date for Essay Competition DESCRIPTION:See Young Person’s Essay Competition 2023 URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/closing-date-for-essay-competition/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231209T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231209T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20230812T085915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061729Z UID:1220-1702116000-1702123200@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Seminar - December 2023 (Amos and Justice\, live speaker) DESCRIPTION:NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE to Woodlands Methodist Church \n\n\n“Amos and Justice” – Live Speaker with group discussion\n\n\n\nVenue:\nWoodlands Methodist Church\, Wetherby Road\nDate:\nSaturday 9th December 2023\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n\n\nGeneral admission: £5\nUnder 18s: free\n\n\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nThe book of Amos is packed with a punch. Despite being written thousands of years ago to a people who were located thousands of miles away\, it is incredibly relevant for our British\, 21st century context today. This seminar will give an introductory overview of the book and will provide an opportunity to wrestle with the Christian’s call to justice. \nRev Leah Thompson – CofE Curate in Bradford. Completed a Masters degree in Theology\, Ministry and Mission with a particular research focus on understanding the sacrament of communion as a tool for resistance against the formational powers of consumerism and individualism. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/seminar-december-2023/ LOCATION:Woodlands Methodist Church\, 71 Wetherby Rd\, Harrogate\, HG2 7SG CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/thompson-e1697790721456.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231125T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231125T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20230530T060916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061737Z UID:1059-1700906400-1700913600@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - Esther Swaffield DESCRIPTION:Fixing Systems Not Just Symptoms: The Biblical Call to Justice with International Justice Mission (IJM) (live lecture)\n\n\n\nVenue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 25th November 2023\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n\nGeneral admission: £8\nStudent admission: £5\nUnder 18s: free\nZoom admission: £5\n\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nAs we seek to live out the call of Micah to act justly\, love mercy and walk humbly with God\, what does it look like to meet the immediate needs of those experiencing oppression and violence\, whilst also reforming the systems that perpetuate injustice? \nIn this live lecture\, we will be considering the Biblical call to justice; diving into real examples of where International Justice Mission are working on the ground to see freedom\, justice and transformation. We will explore how we can take action to bring greater justice and mercy in our world today. \nWith around 50 million people trapped in slavery\, 1 in 4 of these children\, this is a massive issue for our world. How might we engage as individuals and churches to help end slavery in our lifetime? \nhttps://www.ijmuk.org \nhttps://www.ijmuk.org/our-work \nSpeaker Bio \nEsther Swaffield\, part of the UK leadership for IJM will lead this lecture. She heads a dynamic team who work across the UK to engage local partners\, champions and supporters in this global movement to end slavery and violent oppression. She is a gifted communicator and loves sharing stories of breakthroughs from around the world. Esther is based in Durham. \nThe Work of International Justice Mission\nInternational Justice Mission is a global organisation working with partners to protect people in poverty from slavery\, trafficking and violence.\nAs the world’s largest international anti-slavery organisation\, the IJM mission is to rescue millions\, protect half a billion and make justice for people in poverty unstoppable. \nEnding slavery and human trafficking is possible – when people around the world choose to act. \nIJM’s work involves: bringing people to safety\, bringing criminals to justice and strengthening justice systems. They recruit local teams and work with local partners. Survivors regularly become part of the work and leaders themselves. IJM builds trust by tackling individual cases then moves on to system-wide change.\nIJM are making a major impact in a range of locations and independent reviews are showing a 50-85% reduction in slavery and trafficking in areas where they are working. \nhttps://www.ijmuk.org \nIJM need our help as champions to advocate for protection as an essential and tangible future for everyone. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2023-esther-swaffield/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Esther-Swaffield-e1697790680181.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231028T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231028T110000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20230812T085506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061814Z UID:1216-1698483600-1698490800@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Seminar - October 2023 (Introduction to The Prophets: DVD) DESCRIPTION:“Introduction to The Prophets” – BibleTrack DVD with group discussion\n\n\n\nVenue:\nChrist Church Harrogate\nDate:\nSaturday 28th October 2023\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n\nGeneral admission: £5\nUnder 18s: free\n\nTickets:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nIs prophecy ever truly impartial? How easy is it to hear God’s voice with clarity? What is likely to distort our own capacity to discern God’s word today?\nDiscuss and reflect on approaches to discerning the truth or otherwise of prophecy. What differences are there between Old Testament prophets and prophecy\, New Testament prophets and prophecy\, and prophets and prophecy today? \nRt Rev Dr Andrew Emerton – Bishop of Sherwood in the Church of England. From 2008 to 2020\, Andrew was director of St Paul’s Theological Centre\, a centre for theological learning based at Holy Trinity Brompton. From 2008 to 2016\, he was additionally assistant dean at St Mellitus College\, a non-residential theological college of the Dioceses of London and Chelmsford\, serving as dean (i.e. head) from 2016 to 2020.\n. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2023-10-seminar/ LOCATION:Christ Church Harrogate\, Church Square\, Harrogate\, HG1 4SW\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/emerton-e1697790626145.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231017 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20230825T092618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250419T073829Z UID:1230-1697331600-1697417999@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Re-reading the Gospel of John : A 6-month journey in 2023/24 [FULLY BOOKED] DESCRIPTION:Re-reading the Gospel of John : Invitation to a 6-Month Journey in a Group with a Guidebook\n\n\n\nVenue:\nOnline (Zoom)\nPre-requisites:\nA copy of David Ford’s commentary\nTimes:\nEvenings\nDates:\nSunday or Thursday evenings from Oct/Nov to Mar/Apr. \n\nWeek 1 [John 1:1-18]\nWeek 2 [John 1:19-51]\nWeek 3 [John 2]\nWeek 4 [John 3]\nWeek 5 [John 4]\nWeek 6 [John 5]\nWeek 7 [John 6]\nWeek 8 [John 7]\nWeek 9 [John 8]\nWeek 10 [John 9]\nWeek 11 [John 10]\nWeek 12 [John 11]\nWeek 13 [John 12]\nWeek 14 [John 13]\nWeek 15 [John 14]\nWeek 16 [John 16]\nWeek 17 [John 16]\nWeek 18 [John 17]\nWeek 19 [John 18]\nWeek 20 [John 19]\nWeek 21 [John 20]\nWeek 22 [John 21]\n\n\nRegister:\nRegistration now closed for 2023/24\n\n\n\n\nThe Gospel of John is profound\, intriguing\, fascinating\, and mysterious. \nOne of the most insightful and gripping attempts to do it justice is Prof David Ford’s The Gospel of John – A Theological Commentary published two years ago. \nUnlike most commentaries\, this can be read as literature. The style is conversational: it works not verse by verse\, but chapter by chapter. You can read a review of Prof Ford’s book in Church Times. \nOver six months we will read a chapter per week of David Ford’s commentary and meet on-line once a week to discuss it with fellow learners for an hour. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/gospel-john-2023-24/ LOCATION:On-line by zoom only CATEGORIES:Study Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1540964086-e1697791310911.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231007T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231007T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20230106T090814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061856Z UID:964-1696672800-1696680000@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Lecture - Professor Paul Foster DESCRIPTION:Special offer – buy a 2023/24 season lecture pass\, and attend all four lectures for the price of three. \n\n\nMeet the Apostolic Fathers: Christianity in the first half of the Second Century (live lecture)\n\n\n\nVenue:\nSt Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option)\nDate:\nSaturday 7th October 2023\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am\nTickets:\n\nGeneral admission: £8\nStudent admission: £5\nUnder 18s: free\nZoom admission: £5\n\n2023/4 Lecture Pass:\nBuy tickets to all 4 lectures for the price of 3\nTickets for just this lecture:\nThis event has now passed\n\n\n\nDuring the first and second centuries a group of miscellaneous Christian leaders wrote down their understanding of the meaning of Jesus Christ’s life\, death and resurrection. These authors were considered by later Biblical scholars to be the next generation of Apostles and as a result were named The Apostolic Fathers\, and their works are considered by many to be the most important collection of post-New Testament writings. Indeed a number of these texts were considered for inclusion in the New Testament\, but later rejected. Their obvious significance stems from the fact that they are the first Christian writings produced outside the New Testament Canon and as such contain an essential insight into the development of the early Christian Church and Christian thinking. Much Christian Doctrine came\, not from the New Testament\, but from the writings produced by the early church and in particular the writings of the Apostolic Fathers. Therefore\, these texts are crucial to an understanding of the shaping of Christian thought and Christian doctrine. \nThis lecture is the rescheduled March lecture. \nSpeaker Bio \nProf Paul Foster’s says: \nMy motivation for undertaking theological studies was to be able to read the Bible in its original languages. Although achieving this goal was not something that was quickly realised\, the benefits have been enormous. Reading the New Testament in the very words that the authors penned opens up new horizons of understanding\, it helps one see the original writers’ concerns more clearly\, and brings the world of the New Testament alive. \nI enjoy working across a range of New Testament and Early Christian literature\, since that permits a holistic view of the development and emergence of the early Jesus movement. In particular in relation to the New Testament\, I have worked on pre-gospel sources such as Q\, and the M source although I am sceptical that the latter ever existed as a coherent source. In relation to the New Testament writing a long-term interest is the Gospel of Matthew\, and several letters of Paul including Colossians and the Thessalonian epistles. Furthermore\, the phenomenon of wider gospel literature\, known as the non-canonical gospels\, is also another area that has fascinated me as a window into the piety of early believers. I have written extensively on the text known as the Gospel of Peter\, as well as a range of other non-canonical gospels. \nA final major area of interest in my academic biography is collection of writings known as the Apostolic Fathers. These writings reflect the emergence of structures that became foundational in the early church. The writings of Ignatius and Polycarp depict early Christianity in the first half of the second century. \nTogether these interests permit an overview of Christianity in the first two centuries of its existence. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/2023-professor-paul-foster/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Paul-Foster-2-e1697790656557.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230513T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230513T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20230106T082534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T061916Z UID:954-1683972000-1683979200@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Bishop Rowan Williams (Archbishop Emeritus of Canterbury) DESCRIPTION:“Contemplative life and urban mission”\nWe are delighted to welcome back the former Archbishop of Canterbury\, Rowan Williams\, who delighted us with back in 2014 with his lecture on the Gospel of John. This lecture addresses some intriguing issues in modern contemplative spirituality and its missional opportunities. Bishop Rowan tells us\, “We will look briefly at two twentieth century figures – Mother Maria Skobtsova and Madeleine Delbrêl – who attempted to live out a contemplative vocation in the setting of modern urban poverty\, and will ask what we can learn from them about integrating contemplation and action.” \nVenue: St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate (& Zoom option) \nDate: Saturday 13th May\, 10.00 – 12.00 noon with breakfast available from 9.30 am \nBooking: STILL ONLY £8.00 per session (price held since 2013) including a continental breakfast and mid-morning refreshments; students: £5 per lecture; under 18s free. \nFees payable on the day by contactless card\, cheque (to Harrogate School of Theology and Mission) or preferably in advance by the online booking system EventBrite \nZoom live-stream of lectures: £5 per person\, under 18s free. \nSpeaker Biography\nBishop Rowan Williams (Baron Williams of Oystermouth) is a Welsh Anglican bishop\, theologian and poet. He was the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury\, a position he held from December 2002 to December 2012. Previously the Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales\, Williams was the first Archbishop of Canterbury in modern times not to be appointed from within the Church of England. \nHaving spent much of his earlier career as an academic at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford successively\, Williams speaks three languages and reads at least nine. After standing down as Archbishop\, Williams took up the position of Chancellor of the University of South Wales in 2014 and served as Master of Magdalene College\, Cambridge between 2013 and 2020. Now retired\, Bishop Rowan is much in demand as an author and speaker. URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/archbishop-rowan-williams-2023/ LOCATION:St Mark’s Church\, Leeds Road\, Harrogate\, HG2 8AY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Live Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hstm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_3580.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230422T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230422T130000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20220702T082913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250419T073742Z UID:802-1682161200-1682168400@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Is religion bad for you? part 2 DESCRIPTION:Graham Tomlin URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/is-religion-bad-for-you-part-2/ LOCATION:Mowbray Community Church\, Westmoreland Street\, Harrogate\, HG1 5AT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Seminars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230204T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230204T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T190144 CREATED:20220702T082733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220702T082733Z UID:800-1675504800-1675512000@hstm.org.uk SUMMARY:Is religion bad for you? part 1 DESCRIPTION:Graham Tomlin URL:https://hstm.org.uk/event/is-religion-bad-for-you-part-1/ LOCATION:Mowbray Community Church\, Westmoreland Street\, Harrogate\, HG1 5AT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Seminars END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR