The Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley is the Bishop of Ripon. She will be speaking on "To read, mark, learn and inwardly digest: some reflections on a diet of Biblical Interpretation." The Bible is the foundation of our faith, and we probably have our favourite bits, but what about the parts we don’t understand, or…
In Jesus’ lifetime, people met him face to face, and he gathered around him a community of Jewish men and women who thought he was the one to redeem Israel. Today we use the language of ‘meeting Jesus’ and of growing the church (community), but mean something a little different - meeting Jesus in a…
Dr Elaine Storkey is a philosopher, sociologist, and theologian, broadcaster and writer. Her presidency of Tearfund spanned 17 years and influenced her book, ‘Scars Across Humanity: Understanding and Overcoming Violence Against Women’.
The former Bishop of Liverpool, Rt Revd James Jones KBE, is perhaps best known as the Chair of the Hillsborough Panel which reported in 2012 on the events surrounding the FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough when 96 Liverpool supporters died. He will be speaking on ‘The spiritual and moral imperatives in the life of Christ’.…
We have been carefully planning the best way to deliver our Events during the Covid crisis. We are delighted to offer you the option of attending our first Event either in-person at the Mowbray Community Church, or on-line, via Zoom. There is a full Risk Assessment in place, which anyone is welcome to see, if…
We have decided in view of the current circumstances for this Seminar to be only on-line, via Zoom. We are hoping thereafter to return to dual delivery, but this will depend on Government advice nearer the time. The DVD is 50 minutes and we plan to allow 30 minutes for discussion in break out groups,…
This will be live-streamed via Zoom, starting at 10am. There will be an opportunity to ask questions after the lecture, and we expect to finish about 11.30am. We are very excited to be welcoming Dr Tim Gordon who is an outstanding young Christian Marine Biologist. You will find more details below. We are making a…
This will be live-streamed via Zoom, starting at 10am. There will be an opportunity to ask questions after the lecture, and we expect to finish about 11.30am. We are very excited to be welcoming Revd Dr Malcolm Guite who is well known as a poet and was due to come to us in March at…