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2023 |
Program for
the year |
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1 October
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Topic: Pre-election seriesDo
we really want a good society Part 3
Presenter: Sue Brown, Ngaio Parish -
"Generating Hope". Ian Harris, Tawa to facilitate
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17 Sept
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Topic: Pre-election seriesDo
we really want a good society Part 2
Presenter: Paul Barber, Salvation Army
Social Policy Analyst. Maxine to facilitate |
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3 September
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Topic: Pre-election seriesDo
we really want a good society Part 1
Presenter: Rhonda Swenson, Trinity Union
Church. Jeanette to facilitate
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20 August
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Topic: The Western
Tradition of Individual Salvation. A visual
lecture by Dominic Crossan
Presenter: Ian Harris, Tawa |
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6 August
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Topic: The Western Tradition
of Individual Salvation. A visual lecture by
Dominic Crossan
Presenter: Ian Harris, Tawa
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16 July
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Topic: Where I am on my
faith journey now. 4-5 Members of Ephesus to
present on this theme
Presenters: John Maindonald, Maxine
Cunningham, Clare Morrison, John Morrison
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18 June
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Topic: Impermanence in
religion, philosophy, art and quilting
Presenter: Shirley Dixon
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21 May
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Topic: "Saving Jesus from
the Church" - YouTube of Robin Meyer's lecture to
Pitt St, Sydney, 2016
Presenter: Ian Harris, Tawa
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7 May
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Topic: Hygge
Presenter: Implementation group
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16 April
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Topic: A Post Easter
Liturgy
Presenter: Margaret Rushbrook and other
members
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2 April
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Topic: The Execution of
Jesus - A visual lecture by John Dominic Crossan
Presenter: Ian Harris, Days Bay
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19 March
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Topic: "The mystery of all
things is insoluble by us"-Darwin in his Life
& Times - a journey to Orthodoxy and back
Presenter: John Maindonald
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5 March
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Topic:After Jesus Before
Christianity
Presenter: Ian Harris (Days Bay) &
Margaret Rushbrook
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2022
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Program for
the year
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2 October
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Topic: Looking at Religious
Icons from a contemporary perspective
Presenter: Shirley Dixon
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16-18 September
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CROSS CREEK WEEKEND with
Colin Gibson
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4 September
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Topic: "Mountains" Liturgy
Presenter: Jim Cunningham
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21 August
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Topic: Stories of
Under-heard people
Presenter: Adrienne Jansen
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7 August
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Topic: Science at the edge
Presenter: Murray Jansen & Trish
McBride
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17 July
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Topic: An evening with John
Dominic Crossan (video)
Presenters: Ian Harris (DB), Ian
Harris (Tawa), Rob Wilkinson
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3 July
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Topic: Wesley Community
Action
Presenter: David Hanna
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19 June
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Topic: Our Universe:
Ourselves: a liturgy for Matariki
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15 May
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Topic: Wellington City
Mission - those living on the edge
Presenter: Murray Eldridge
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1 May
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Topic: I've been thinking
(session two)
Presenters: Ian & Karen Harris, Jenny
& Gavin Watson, Rob Wilkinson |
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17 April
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No Meeting - Easter weekend
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3 April
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Topic: Three Days: Ephesus
Liturgy for Easter
Presenter: Jeanette Brunton
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20 March
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Topic: I've been thinking
(session one)
Presenters:
Trish McBride + Murray and Vicki –
promotion of Trish’s book ‘It’s a Love Quilt,
Later Faith Patches’
Wendy Matthews – ‘The Power of
Now’
Ian Harris(Tawa) – ‘Symbolism of the
Braided River’
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6 March
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Topic: What is the
Gospel? Is there a gospel for the modern
world? If so, what is it? If a young
person asked you “What is the Gospel”, how would
you answer? Just a sentence or two will
suffice.
Presenter: Ian Harris (Days Bay) with input
from the Westar Institute’s Christianity Seminar
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2021
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Program for
the year
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5 Dec
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Topic: An Ephesus Christmas
Liturgy
Presenter: Volunteers - TBA
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21 November
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Topic: Funerals – planning
– Creative Farewells
Presenter: Jim Cunningham & David
Simmers
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7 November
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Topic: Growing Old
Gracefully!
Presenters: Jeanette & Rob
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17 October
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Topic: Hymns will always
come and go, but there will always be Songs of
Praise - session 2, bringing us up to date.
Presenter: Bruce Cash
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3 October
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Topic: Free Speech?
Hate Speech?
Presenters: Rob and Ian (Tawa)
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19 Sept
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Topic: This is New Zealand" - who were
we in 1970 - where are we now?
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Starts at 5pm, No supper, please
wear a mask and keep social distance
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Presenter: Karen
Harris and Adrienne Nichols |
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5 Sept
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No meeting due to COVID
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15 August
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No meeting due to COVID
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1 August
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Topic: What are the
political roadblocks to addressing inequality,
poverty and housing?
Presenter: Greg O'Connor, MP for Ohariu
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18 July
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Topic: Experiencing our
spirituality through creativity
Te Puna Wairua - releasing the spirit through
creativity
(art, poetry, writing, tapestry, photography)
Presenter: Margaret Rushbrook
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4 July
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Topic: Liturgy on Jonah
Presenter: Fina McDougall
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20 June
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Topic: Workshop on Climate
change recommendations, political and personal
actions we can take/adopt
Presenter: T.B.A.
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6 June (QB weekend)
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Topic: 21 Lessons for the
21st century - Yuval Harari – a further indepth
study.
Presenter: Jenny & Gavin Watson
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23 May
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Topic: Hymns will always
come and go, but there will always be Songs of
Praise - session 2, bringing us up to date.
Presenter: Bruce Cash
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9 May
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Topic:
Hand in Hand: Blending Secular and Sacred to
Enlarge the Human Spirit. A celebration and
presentation of Ian Harris’s new book.
Presenter: Ian Harris (Day's Bay), Richard
Randerson
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18 April
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Topic: Autumn Harvest
Liturgy
Presenter: Graham Millar
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21 March
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Topic: Loss and Resiliance
Presenter: Trish McBride
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7 March
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Topic: Easter - The Last
week
Presenter: Jim Cunningham
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2020 |
Program for the year |
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6 Dec
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Topic: St. Nicholaus story
Presenter: Adrienne, Rob and others
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15 Nov
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Topic: Bring and Reflect
Presenter: Maxine
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1 Nov
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Topic: "All those Pauls" ctd
Presenter: Jim, 2 Ians and Jeanette
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18 Oct
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Topic: "All those Pauls"
Presenter: Jim, 2 Ians and Jeanette
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4 Oct
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Topic: Cobid-19 and the
Sabbath
Presenter: Rob with Jim and Jeanette
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20 Sept
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Topic: Book reviews
Presenter: Maxine
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6 Sept
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Topic: Heroes, Heroines and
Saints
Presenter: John Maindonald
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16 Aug
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Topic: Loss & Resilience
Presenter: Trish McBride
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July 31 -
Aug 2
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Ephesus Weekend Cross
Creek
Presenter : John Thornley, Palmerston
North, who will share his knowledge of popular
music. "Straddling the spiritual and secular
opens up depths in the faith journey."
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July 5
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Ephesus 30th Anniversary Dinner
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June 21
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Topic: Midwinter Liturgy
Presenter: with Graham Millar
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June 7
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Topic: Living with the gods
Presenter: Sirley Dixon
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May 18 (virtual mtg)
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Topic: Do I want things to
go back exactly the way it was before lockdown?
Presenter: Maxine and four others for
discussion
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May 3
(virtual mtg)
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Topic: meet and catchup
session
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April 19
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No meeting - Covid-19 lockdown
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April 5
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No meeting - Covid-19 lockdown
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2019 |
Program for the year |
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Mar 3
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Topic:
Being Human
Presenter: Ian Harris (Days Bay)
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Mar 17
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Topic: Being
Human - making Meaning
Presenter: Jim Cunningham
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April 7
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Topic:
Easter Symbols
Presenter: Shirley Dixon
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April 21
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NO MEETING -
Easter Weekend
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May 5
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Topic:
Liturgy - Easter - Emmaus Road
Presenter: Ian Harris + Group
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May 19
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Topic: Exploring
Well-being Budget - Wellness Happiness
Presenter: Jeanette
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June 2
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Topic:
Film Evening "As it is in Heaven" 5:30
Presenter: Jenny & Gavin Watson at
their home
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June 16
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Topic:Being
Human - Mental Health
Presenter: Noel Tiano
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July 7
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Topic:
Psyche Shadow and Soul – Christendom from a
Jungian perspective
Presenter: Rev Dr Susan Jones
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July 21
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Topic: 'Reflections
on our own gathered wisdom, a reading and
theological reflection’
Presenter: Trish McBride |
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August 2 - 4
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Ephesus Weekend - Poetry
& the Religious Imagination. The moral &
theological challenge of climate change
Presenter : John Howell
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August 18
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Topic: Music
Presenter: Bruce Cash
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Sept 1
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Topic: Liturgy - The Season
of Creation
Presenter: Graham Millar
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Sept 15
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Topic: Biblical Literalism
- A Gentile Heresy
Presenter: Margaret Rushbrook & Maria
Cash
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Sept 22
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NO MEETING - 5th Sunday
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October 6
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Topic: The Patterning
Instinc
Presenter: Karen & Ian Harris
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October 20
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Topic: Neo-Confucianism
Presenter: Shirley Dixon |
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Nov 3
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Topic: A Christian
Progressive Voice?
Presenter: Ian Harris (DB) + others
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Nov 17
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Topic: A Question for the
21st Century
Presenter: Rob Wilkinson |
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Dec 1
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Topic: Christmas Liturgy
Presenter: Ian Harris (DB) with Group to
Plan
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2018
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Program for the year |
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Dec 2
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Topic: Christmas Liturgy and
Meal
Presenter: Maxine Cunningham
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Nov 18
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Topic: The Early Explosion
of Christianity - what can we learn?
Presenter: David Simmers
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Nov 4
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Topic:
There are so many issues for NZ children. Think of
the recently released report from UN on our very
poor place on the list of countries for school
children's achievement. Poverty was one of the
reasons offered.
What can the Commission do? What can we do?
Presenter: Children's Commissioner Judge
Beecroft
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Oct 21
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No meeting - Holiday weekend
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Oct 7
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Topic: Happiness
Presenters: Adrienne Nicholls and Maria
Cash
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Sept 16
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Topic: How to choose what
causes we contribute to - Part 2
Presenter: Archie Kerr
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Sept 2
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Topic: Musical masterpieces
confronting comfortable religion;Beethoven’s Mass
in D and Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem
Presenter: Bruce Cash
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Aug 19
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Topic: How to choose what
causes we contribute to
Presenter: Archie Kerr |
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Aug 5
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Topic: Digging Deeper into
the Lord’s Prayer. Has the Lord’s Prayer
passed its use-by date? Comments when the topic
came up in May suggest it has. Or is there a way
into it that may refresh it for a vastly changed
world?
Presenter: Ian Harris will build on
Kenneth Bailey’s insights in Jesus Through Middle
Eastern Eyes, and see where that leads. |
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July 15
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Topic: A closer look at
forgiveness - A woman’s reflections on personal
and professional experiences
Presenter: Trish McBride |
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July 1
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Topic: Christianity in the
21st Century
Presenter: Sir Lloyd Geering |
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June 17
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Topic: 'Speculative
(Science) Fiction & Religion' or 'Holy
Sci-Fi!'.
As preparation for discussion Rob suggests you
might like to read the attached 1955 short story
by Arthur C Clarke
called 'The Star'
Presenter: Rob Wilkinson |
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June 3
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No Meeting - holiday weekend
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May 20
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Topic: "Stories, Parables
and Teachings in the New Testament seen through
Mid-Eastern eyes" based on the work of Kenneth
Bailey.
Presenters: Jim Cunningham and Ian Harris
(Days Bay) |
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May 6
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No Meeting - Holiday weekend
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Apr 15
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Topic: “What makes me sad;
what makes me mad; and what makes me glad.” ( in
terms of our faith journey )
Several Ephesus members will kick start us on this
topic.
Presenter: Margaret Rushbrook |
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Apr 1
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No Meeting
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Mar 18
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Topic: Easter Liturgy
Presenter: Maxine Cunningham & helpers
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Mar 4
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Topic: One hundred and
still notching up the score: Honouring Lloyd
Presenter: Jim, Ian (Days Bay) &
Helen
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2015 |
Program for the year |
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July 5
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Topic: A
mid-Winter Liturgy
Presenter: Adrienne, Ian (DB),
Jeanette, Robin
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July 19
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Topic: "Here we
stood" - a German religious miscellany
Presenter: Shirleyt, Noel and
granddaughter
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Aug 2
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Topic: The Seven
Signs of a Jewish Mystic
Presenter: Ian (DB)
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Aug 16
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Topic: Art in
the Chapel
Presenter: Dr Chris Longhurst
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Sept 4 - 6
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Topic: Cross
Creek Weekend
Presenter: Colin Gibson
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Sept 20
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Topic: The Act
of Forgiving
Presenter: An Ephesus working group
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Oct 4
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Topic: DVD
Presenter: Ian Harris (Tawa)
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Oct 18
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Topic: Impact of
and Responses to the new Pope
Presenter: Jim Lyons
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Nov 1
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Topic:
"Reasonable Enthusiast" - John Wesley
Presenter: Frank Hanson
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Nov 15
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Topic:
Restorative Justice
Presenter: Kim Workman
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Dec 6
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Topic: Christmas
Session
Presenter: Jim and Maxine Cunningham
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2014 |
Program for the year |
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Mar 2
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Topic: What life is
like living in Saudi Arabia as a Christian
Presenter: Rodney Harris
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Mar 16
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Topic: Response to
two speakers at VUW's Writer's Week in March.
Diarmid MacCulloch and Francis Spufford - Having
Faith in the 21st century
Presenter: Jeanette Brunton
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Apr 6
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Topic: An Easter
Liturgy chosen from Jill's resources
Presenter:
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May 4
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Topic: Post-Easter
bible study on "Searching the Old Testament to
find meaning in the death of Jesus"
Presenter: Lloyd Geering
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May 18
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Topic: Robin:
Calvin's contribution to our world view
Presenter: Jim Cunningham
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Jun 8
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Topic: What do you
think about God? Members are encouraged to bring a
symbol/object that speaks to you about God in some
way
Presenter: Maxine Cunningham
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Jun 22
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Topic: Pete Segar's
Gospel
Presenter: Ralph Pannett
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July 6
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Topic: Lionel
Sharman, author of 'Matter and what matters'
Presenter: Adrienne Nichols
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July 20
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Topic: Cross
Creek Weekend - Exploring the issues NZ is
facing this election
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Aug 3
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Topic: Rabbi James
Cohn's book 'Minds of the bible"
Presenter: Margaret Pannett
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Aug 17
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Topic: A Liturgy
chosen from Jill's resources
Presenter: Adrienne Nichols
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2012
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Program for the year
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March 4
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Topic:
Bibliodrama - Robin Lane
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March 18
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Topic:
A Feast of good news story telling and
liturgy
Last session we
experienced one form of story
telling for a purpose. The bible is
full of stories which show people
trying to understand their place in
the world, living sometimes
recklessly, bravely or foolishly. 21st
century people can discern motives,
meanings, actions that illuminate
lives now.
Our turn for
story-telling now. In all our lives,
there probably have been events
which have jolted us out of our
normal pattern, or events which,
when we look back on them, we see
them as turning points, as impellers
of change in thinking, in our way of
seeing the world.
An example. Eight years
after my husband died, I went back
to the Northland beach where my
parents had camped with their
children for several years. I sat
under my father’s ‘laughing tree’,
where he rested, recovering from
angina episodes. I became aware of
my decision to change my name back
to my birth name, and to shift to
another house, which would be the
first one that I alone had chosen
and owned. I realised later that
this decision had a deeper meaning
than a name and a home change. I was
taking a major step along the way to
becoming more fully my own person.
(Though that process never ends, of
course.) Becoming fully human is one
way I understand the Good News that
Jesus brought us.
Over
this
week,
how
about
reflecting on some key events in
your life? Pick some out that have
helped you arrive at your current
understanding of Good News/Gospel.
Be ready to tell others in a small
group.
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1 April
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Topic: Ressurection
come to life: Myth and Ritual
Jill & Ian Harris
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15 April
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Topic: What
Book, Film or Music has moved your heart?
Betty
Knight
Rachel Carson The Silent
Spring
Currently, what are the issues in Aotearoa New
Zealand that cause concern with regard to the use
of chemicals or certain technological methods? Do
we need further controls in place?
Ivan
Frost
Kahil
Gibran
The Prophet
Something to think about: "When you are joyous
look deep in your heart and you shall find only
that which has given you sorrow that is giving you
joy. When you are sorrowful, look again in your
heart and you shall see that in truth you are
weeping for that which has been your delight."
David Simmers Joseph
Conrad Lord Jim
What characteristics of Lord Jim have the quality
of myth? That is, what qualities in the story help
us navigate our way through life?
David Patchett
Personal reflection on
Auschwitz
Noel
Cheer
Richard Holloway Leaving Alexandria
In light of the recent resignation of Rowan
Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury, do you think
he might have concerns about the state of the
church similar to those of Richard Holloway.
Jill
Harris
Paul
Tillich
from chapter 7: Shaking the
Foundations
The name of this infinite and inexhaustible depth
and ground of all being is God. That depth is what
the word God means. And if that word has not much
meaning for you, translate it, and speak of the
depths of your life, of the source of your being,
of your ultimate concern, of what you take
seriously without any reservation. Perhaps in
order to do so, you must forget everything
traditional that you have learned about God,
perhaps even the word itself. For if you know that
God means depth, you know much about Him. You
cannot then call yourself an atheist or
unbeliever. For you cannot think or say: Life has
no depth! Life itself is shallow. Being itself is
surface only If you could say this in complete
seriousness, you would be an atheist; but
otherwise you are not. He who knows about depth
knows about God.
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May 6
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Topic:New
Atheism - Alain de Boton
Noel Cheer
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May 20 |
Topic:Calendar
for Aug-Dec
Hymn Writing for Ephesus
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June 17
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Topic:Fairy
wings and lipstick? Feminist theology and ideas
about good social roles for young women in C21
Maxine & helpers
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July 1
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Topic:Sacred
sites - stones, mountains, visits to sites
Bronwyn
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July 15
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Topic:Economics
prequel (including sustainability)
Ian
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August 5
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Topic:TBA |
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August 19
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Topic:TBA |
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September 2
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Liturgy:
Wilderness, Exile, Salvation
Jill
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September 16
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Topic:TBA |
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October 7
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Topic:TBA |
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November 4
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Topic:The
Writing on The Wall: Artist as Prophet
Ralph
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November 18
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Topic:Open
session - artists as prophets - bring & share
group discussion and liturgy
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December 2
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Christmas liturgy
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2011
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Program for the year
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Feb 6
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Topic: Planing
session
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March 6
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Topic: Centering
ourselves - Bronwyn White
Discussion and setting some our programme for the
year
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March 20
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Topic:
Precis
and discussion about the book: The Spiritlevel
Betty Knight
and Archie Kerr
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April 3
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Topic: Understanding
the moral mind (Jonathan Haidt) (video &
discussion)
Peter Cowley & Ralph Pannett
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April 17
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Topic: Palm Sunday
liturgy
Jim and Maxine Cunningham
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May 1
|
Topic: Quilting (Part
1) (I don't think this is all about
needles and thread!)
Shirley Dixon
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May 15
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Topic: Quilting (Part
2)
Shirley Dixon
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June 5
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Topic: The
Death and Resurrection of Jesus - What
significance do they have (if any) for
progressive Christians?
Lloyd Geering
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June 19
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Topic: Life
as
Gesamtkunstwerk
(change
to
programme
advertised
earlier)
Ralph Pannett
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July3
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Topic: Playing
your ˜best song" on an island near mars
Bronwyn White
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July 17
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Topic: Planning
the rest of year programme
Jeanette Brunton
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August
5
-7
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Ephesus
Weekend
Away at Cross Creek
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August 21
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Topic: What
am I passionate about? This is an opportunity for
you to hear and explore the fascinating interests
of some of our members. There may be some
surprises.
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September 4
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Topic: Session
centred on the 400th anniversary of the King James
Bible, which has been called the most influential
book in the English language. How come? What makes
it so? In an age where new translations stream
from the presses, does this version matter any
more?
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September 18
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Topic: Lloyd
Geering will be presenting - What is our Gospel?
This topic was originally intended to be follow-up
to my last presentation, which seemed to undermine
traditional Christianity. So does the Church have
a Gospel anymore? For the Gospel to be Good News
it must be relevant to the changing cultural
situation. This presentation will show how the
'Gospel' has changed very much in the past and
then offer some suggestions for today.
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October 2
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Topic: A
Christian view of community in relation to current
political priorities.
And your Homework is: We are beginning a series of
pre-election sessions focusing on vulnerable
children.
The topic includes the issues of the effects of
poverty, violence and inequality.
These, along with Rowan Williams on Christian
community and politics, were the top topics you
identified at our planning session that you wanted
to explore.
As a frame for this exploration, we start with
considering our understanding of Christian
community. How different is it from New Zealand
now? Archbishop Rowan Williams gives us a good
starter. We have invited Grant Robertson, MP for
Wellington Central to give his take on the New
Statesman leading article, and to comment on the
politicians’ comments following. Noel Cheer will
chair the discussion. I am sure there will be a
lot of it!
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October 16
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Topic: Getting
to grips with some answers to these questions of
October 2.
Colleen Davey will tell us what it’s like at the
‘coal face’ of her job, and we shall explore some
information from one of the many reports recently
published about children.
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November 6
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Topic:
We shall hear
about a GP’s experience on the front line, and
consider what we could do in response to the
issue of children, their future and ours.
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November 20
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Topic: Robin Lane
will be leading the following presentation: A
Fresh Approach to Prayer
This session will look at prayer in a fresh way. I
think it is a basic human activity. It’s origins
lie in our biological and cultural past. My hunch
is that it comes from the human activity of
wishing!
We will explore:
- What is prayer for you? Try writing in down in
no more than 25 words.
· We will look at the worlds of physics and
psychodrama (its notion of tele) to suggest an
understanding of prayer.
· Please bring a photo, a picture or a drawing as
aid to contemplation.
· I suggest you dress in comfortable clothes.
Here is a thought to contemplate: “Attention is an
act of love”
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December 4
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Christmas Liturgy
and Celebration
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2010
|
Program for the year
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March 7
|
Topic: Shirley &
Lloyd geering in Iran
Facilitator: Shirley Dixon
|
|
March 21
|
Topic: Pains of glass
and bitter paradise (an Easter reflection)
Facilitator: To Be Advised
|
|
April 4
|
No Meeting (Easter) |
|
April 18
|
Topic: Exposee of
plans for the rest of the year! based on
three interweaving themes.
Facilitator: |
|
May 2
|
Topic: Adam, Eve and
Oedipus as examples of myths that
a) lost their power through being literalised
b) were revived and made relevant through
psychology.
Facilitator: Rob Wilkinson
|
|
May 9
|
Topic: Jesus as
Logos, Christ as Mythos
Facilitator: Ian harris (plus others)
|
|
May 30
|
Topic: Stardust and
time - Celebrating Mythos and Logos
Facilitator: Jill Harris and others |
|
June 20
|
Topic: Introduce
Segment 2 on Compassion, including Karen
Armstrong’s address to the TED conference in
2008 and the Charter for Compassion.
Facilitator: Other details to be arranged
|
|
July 4
|
Topic: Compassion in
action: Exploring the theme.
Facilitator: Allen Wright & Colleen Davey
|
|
July 18 |
Topic: Compassion in
action - Quality of life when time is limited.
Facilitator: Maxine Cunningham
|
|
August 1
|
Topic: Compassion:
the impossible dream?
Facilitator: Keith Carley
|
|
August 15
|
Topic:
Meditation/Liturgy rounding out the compassion
theme
Facilitator: |
|
August 27-29
|
Cross Creek weekend
away
|
|
September 5
|
Topic: In Pursuit of
Happiness: How do we live religiously in a
consumer-driven society?
Facilitator: Ian Harris & Maxine Cunningham
|
|
September 19
|
Topic: Community
responses to the sustainability challenge,
including transition towns
Facilitator: Frank Cook
|
|
October 3
|
Topic: Ian Pool will
lead the session following his paper to the Sea
of Faith conference on "Population,
Development and Wuality of Life: Compassion and
Sustainability"
Facilitator: Ia Pool
|
|
October 17
|
Topic: A liturgy on
nurturing the environment and the harmful impact
of consumerism on it
Facilitator: Jill
|
|
November 7
|
Topic: What is real
prosperity
Facilitator: Ian Harris & Rob Wilkinson
|
|
November 21
|
Topic: Practices and
disciplines that would help us walk the talk
Facilitator: Robin and Rob
|
|
December 5
|
Topic: Christmas
Liturgy, incorporating the Many Tables
reflection and communion.
Facilitator: Maxine
|
|
2009 |
Program for the year
|
|
March 1
|
Wotif? Tomorrow
Facilitator: Jill Harris, Presenter: Jill Harris
|
|
March 15
|
Is the Church really
necessary?
Facilitator: Ian Harris, Presenter: Richard
Randerson
|
|
April 5
|
Hoiw do we make sense
of Easter?
Facilitator: Robin Lane, Presenter: Jeanette,
Hilary, Archie
|
|
April 19
|
Post Easter liturgy
Facilitator: Jill Harris, presenter: Volunteers?
|
|
May 3
|
Jim Symons on US
religion
Facilitator: Ian Harris
|
|
May 17
|
The biological basis
of religion
Facilitator: Archie Kerr, Presenter: Archie kerr
|
|
June 7
|
Darwin's influence on
society
Facilitator:
Noel Cheer, Presenter: Noel Cheer
|
|
June 21
|
Ecclesiasties, nature
of God
Facilitator: Archie Kerr, Presenter: Lloyd Geering
|
|
July 5
|
Ecclesiasties - a
conversation
Facilitator: Archie Kerr, Presenter: Lloyd Geering
and Ken Irwin
|
|
July 19
|
Demonising people we
don't like
Facilitator: Ian Harris, Presenter: David Hanna
|
|
August 2
|
Compassion, human
rights and reconciliation
Facilitator: Robin Lane, Presentor: Robin lane
|
|
August 16
|
Bring a book to talk
about
Facilitator: Rob Wilkinson: presenter: Adrienne
|
|
August 21-23
|
How are ya going,
mate?
Facilitator: Jill Harris, presentor: Cross Creek
Planning Group
|
|
September 6
|
So much to be
thankful for - Spirit and faith in contemporary
music
Facilitator: Elizabeth, presenter: Bronwyn
|
|
September
20
|
New Growth -
Spring celebration
Facilitator: Elizabeth, presenter: Margaret
Rushbrook
|
|
October 4
|
Compassion continued
Facilitator: Rob Wilkinson, presenter: Alan Wright
& Coleen Davy |
|
October 18
|
A fresh look at Paul
Facilitator: Robin Lane, presenter: Jim Cunningham
|
|
November 1
|
Transforming moments
Facilitator: Rob Wilkinson, presenter: Robin Lane |
|
November 15
|
The
Postcolonial
Turn: Reading the Bible in Aotearoa New Zealand in
Conversation with Achsah.
(Judges 1, 11-16) and (Joshua 15, 15-19)"
Facilitator:
Adrienne, presenter: Dr Judith McKinlay |
|
December 6
|
A Christmas “event”
Facilitator: Elizabeth, presenter: Margaret
Pannett |
|
2008 |
Program
for the year |
|
|
|
|
March 2 |
On "My name is
Judas" by C K Steed
Facilitator: David Simmers
|
|
March 16 |
Is Christ
redundant?
Facilitator: Ian Harris |
|
April 6 |
Post Easter
liturgy
For some people, the concept of the Christ
has become outmoded or suspect. With a change in
perspective, that need not be so. Following on
from the last session, Ian Harris will suggest a
way of understanding the Christ that he considers
not only intellectually and spiritually valid, but
also positive for the world of secular modernity |
|
April 20 |
Jung and
Ephesus
Facilitator |
|
May 4 |
Jung and
Ephesus
Facilitator: lloyd Geering |
|
May 18 |
Falling for
Science: Spirituality and Science
Facilitator: Bernard Beckett |
|
June 1 |
No Meeting |
|
June 15 |
Spirituality of
Aotearoa - Tuwhare, Hotare, Randerson
Facilitator: Ralph Pannett |
|
June 27-29 |
"Otaki"
Weekend, Theme: Our reaction to Lloyd Geerings
"Big Ideas" from the documentary "The Last
Western Heretic" |
|
July 6 |
Bring & Share - poems, art,
literature, etc |
|
July 20 |
Religious
themes in Country Music
Facilitator: Chris Nichol |
|
August 3 |
Reclaiming
liturgy
Facilitator: Maxine & Jill |
|
August 17 |
Movement in
Liturgy - Crow's Feet dance group
Facilitator: Jan Bolwell |
|
Sept 7 |
L. colo: I till
(to till * to till the earth * to cultivate the
Earth * to vandalise the Earth)
‘The
sedge
has
withered
from
the
lake,
and
no
birds
sing’ (Keats)
Facilitator: Jill |
|
Sept 21 |
GAIA Hypothesis
how it relates to our spirituality, conservation
and our way of life
Facilitator: Dave Lowe |
|
Sept 29 |
SOF conference
in Blenheim |
|
October 5 |
The view
looking back - Reflections on 40 years in the
Ministry
Facilitator: Jim Cunningham |
|
October 19 |
Engaging with
the next generation on "what matters"
Facilitator: Ken Irwin |
|
November 2 |
Public Interest
vs Common Good - with scenarios
Facilitator:Rob Wilkinson |
|
November 16 |
What do we tell
our grandchildren - Great stories to be
told
Facilitator: John McIntyre, kilbirnie Books |
|
December 7 |
Christmas
Liturgy "A Christmas Carol"
An exploration of a great Christmas Myth based
on Charles Dickens' story.
Facilitator: Adrienne Nicholls, Hillary
Hunter & Betty Knight. |
|
2007 |
Program
for the year |
|
March 4 |
Liturgy -
Leaves of our lives
Facilitator: Jill Harris |
|
March 18 |
Have you sold
out to the devil?
Facilitators: Ian & Jeanette |
|
April 1 |
Easter Liturgy
- Betrayal, defwat - yet the vast red dawn
Facilitators: Robin & Jill |
|
April 15 |
Human
accomplishment. If Christianity has
contributed largely to the advances of Western
civilisation in past 800 years, what will
happen as that base crumbles? (based on book
by Charles Murray)
Facilitator: Ian
|
|
May 6 |
Human accomplishment:
The Ephesus Questions
In
our
session
on
April
15,
Charles
Murray
offered
some
intriguing
observations
in
his
grand
overview
of
2750m
nyears
of accomplisment in nthe arts and sciences.
There are more intriguing observations to
come.
Iam harris will outline them this Sunday and then
we shall have the chance to discuss their
implications for the present day, and especially
their relevance to Ephesus. |
|
May 15 |
Human accomplishment.
If Christianity has contributed largely to the
advances of Western civilisation in past 800
years, what will happen as that base crumbles?
Or another angle...
The True, The
Good, The Beautiful
A look
back on 2750 years of the pursuit of
excellence in the arts and
sciences, as described by Charles
Murray in his book Human
Accomplishment - and a
look forward at the implications of his
findings for the future.
Facilitator:
Ian
Harris |
|
May 20 |
Reframing Her: Biblical
Women in Postcolonial Focus
(2004) by
Judith McKinlay
Betty Knight and Irena
Lowe presenting ideas from the book
|
|
June 17 |
Buddhism. How to
respond to the world we are living in? How
to deal with secularisation?
Facilitators: Camilla Browne, Soka Gakkai |
|
July 1 |
Creating a civil society
Facilitator: Robin
|
|
July 15 |
What is the most potent/revolutionary
idea of/for the 21st
century?
Facilitator: Noel |
|
July 27-29 |
Otaki weekend. Ethics.Civil, Civic,
Civilising: the art of living together
Facilitators: Lloyd,
Nicky Hager |
|
August 5 |
City of God: a
drama based on the novel City of God by EL
Doctorow introduces the story,
characters and ideas of a book which talks
about the modern reality of God and “a quest
for an authentic spirituality for the 21st
century” (reviewer). It is set in New York and
has been described as “the first Sea of
Faith-type novel”.
Facilitators: Jill and others |
|
August 19 |
Liturgy. The universe, ourselves.
Facilitator: Jill |
|
Sept 2 |
What do we tell the grandchildren?
Ethical wills. What’s left when you’ve left?
Facilitators: Ken and
Archie (info from Rob) |
|
Sept 16 |
What would an Ephesus funeral be like?
Facilitator: Ian |
|
October 7 |
Landfall after sailing
across the Sea of Faith
The
Sea of Faith conference can challenge, inspire
new thinking and infuriate. It's an opportunity
for like-minded and unlike-minded people to
debate, to make friends and to enjoy |
|
November 4 |
Liturgy: The
Continuing Story
Facilitator: Jill |
|
November 18 |
Exploring Meditation
- Linking modern knowledge and ancient wisdom
- Making meditation an element in daily
practice
- Practising meditation
Facilitator:
Robin
lane |
|
December 2 |
Christmas
Liturgy |
|
2006 |
Program
for the year |
|
Feb 19 |
Regathering and
socialising
18:00 at Jill & Ian's home at 9a Tui
Road, Days Bay, Eastbourne. |
|
March 05 |
"Lets bake a
cake"
Review of the 2005 session and forward
discussion.
Facilitator & Coordinator: Norm Ely |
|
March 19 |
Are you a
Stoic and Don’t Know It?
A modern look at Stoicism
Presenter: David Simmers. |
|
April 02 |
Easter Liturgy
– Nature or Supernature
Easter 14th to 17th April, Anzac Day Tuesday 25th
April. |
|
April 23 (*) |
Bibliodrama 1
Presenter: Robin
* note different date due to Easter |
|
May 07 |
Bibliodrama 2
Presenter: Robin |
|
May 21 |
Bibliodrama –
Liturgy – ? |
|
June 11 (*) |
New Words out
of Old 1
Presenter: Rob
* Note different date due to Queens Birthday |
|
June 25 (*) |
New Words out
of Old 2
Presenter: Rob
* Note different date. |
|
July 09 (*) |
New Words out
of Old Liturgy – A Midwinter Liturgy - ?
* Note different date |
|
July 21-23 |
Otaki Weekend
--- Two forms of resistance to Hitler (A Modern
Interpretation), preceded by the Film “Downfall”
on the Friday
Presenters: Robin and Others |
|
Aug 06 |
Hiroshima Day
Presenter: Adrienne |
|
Aug 20 |
Winter Liturgy
Presenter: Jill |
|
Sept 03 |
What we owe to
anchient Iraq
Presenter: Lloyd Geering |
|
Sept 17 |
The search for
meaning
Presenter: Neville Glasgow |
|
Oct 01 |
SoF Conference at Marton. At
least 10 of our members will be attending
the SoF Conference
there
will be no meeting on this date.
|
|
Oct 15 |
Myth
Presenter: Kill Cunningham |
|
Nov 12
Note changed date |
Pakehatanga
Presenter: Ken Irwin
Exploring putting some
Maori frameworks into our rituals &
liturgies |
|
Nov 26
Note changed date |
Travelling
through Time and Space with Dr Who
Presenter:Adrienne.
What
is
the Time? Which Space? An opportunity for
Ephesus members to share personal times
and spaces with each other.
|
|
Dec 03 |
Christmas Liturgy
Presenter: Elizabeth Earnslaw and others |
|
2005 |
Program
for the year |
|
March 06 |
Where do I
Stand?
Over the years members of Ephesus have journeyed
along many paths of faith, mostly Christian.
Some withing Faith/Church communities, some
not. Where do some of those now stand?
Presenters: Adrienne Nicholls, Elizabeth Earnslaw,
David Patchett, Hilary Hunter, Noel Cheer, Gavin
Watson.
Facilitator and Coordinator: Norm Ely |
|
March 20 |
Where do we
Stand?
Following on from the March 05 session, the
question now arises do other members share the
same, similar or quite different views to the
presenters at the previous meeting.
Facilitator and Coordinator: Norm Ely |
|
April 03 |
Where do others
stand? Program 1
Presenter: Pushpa Wood, a Hindu, will speak
to us on 'Her personal journey into her faith"
Coordinator: Elizabeth Earnslaw |
|
April 17 |
Where do others
stand? Program 2
Presenter: Joellen Duckor, Para Rabbi
Coordinator: Elizabeth Earnslaw |
|
May 01 |
Where do others
stand? Program 3
Presenter: Rehaha Ali, a Muslim
Coordinator: Elizabeth Earnslaw |
|
May 15 |
Liturgy for
Pentecost
Coordinator: Maxine Cunningham |
|
May 29 |
Rituals around
Death, Celebration of Life. Program 1
Over the next three sessions we will look at
various aspects of the above topic.
Coordinator: Shirley Dixon |
|
June 19 |
Rituals around
Death, Celebration of Life. Program 2
Over the next three sessions we will look at
various aspects of the above topic.
Coordinator: Shirley Dixon |
|
July 03 |
Rituals around
Death, Celebration of Life. Program 3
Over the next three sessions we will look at
various aspects of the above topic.
Coordinator: Shirley Dixon |
|
July 17 |
An ethical
question?
Coordinator: Norm Ely |
|
Aug 07 |
Otaki retreat
weekend |
|
Aug 21 |
Amnesty
International - Current work in progress.
Presenter:Rev John Murray
Coordinator: Noel Cheer |
|
Sep 04 |
Re-imaging
traditional religious images: The Madonna
Our task is to look/re-look at some wonderful old
images of the Madonna (limited here to paintings)
mainly from the Renaissance Period.
We will consider the traditional Christian
content, investigate the surplus of meaning beyond
their original context and explore re-readings
from a radical or secular perspective. |
|
Sept 18 |
Film (Together)
and discussion |
|
Oct 02 |
WHERE MOUNTAINS
RISE TO OPEN SKIES
A session to involve us in singing, enjoying
ourselves and incidentally doing a race through
the aspects of: context, language, imagery, human
rights, peace, creation, the NZ component and
carols.
Also along the way, editors, alterations and
misprints, composers I have known and the amazing
NZ Hymnbook Trust
Presenter: Shirley Murray
Coordinator: Norm Ely |
|
Oct 16 |
The UN at 6-:
Still humanity's best hope
Presenters: Dame Lauri Salas and Joe
Connell
|
|
Nov 06 |
We live in a
new religious era
Presenter & Coordinator: Lloyd Geering |
|
|
Nov 20 |
Ephesus - We're
going on for 16 - let's bake a cake!
* What ingredients do you
want in the cake mix?
* What kind of a cake would you
like to eat?
Take a moment during the next few days to think
about how you'd finish the sentences:
"I keep on coming to Ephesus because ... "
"Ephesus is valuable to me when ...
Presenters: Jill and Ian Harris |
|
Dec 04 |
Matthew Tells a
Story - A recycled liturgy
Presenters: Jill & Ian Harris |
|
2004 |
Program for the year
|
|
March
7 |
Planning meeting |
|
March
21 |
Art & Myth
Visit "Signs & Wonders exhibition at Te Papa"
before the meeting and discuss.
Coordinator: Ralph Pannett |
|
April
04 |
Easter
Liturgy
"From Darkness to Light: Our Experiences of
Resurrection".
Coordinator: Bronwyn White |
|
April
18 |
Let's explore a myth
A mythic story will be told and then we will
deconstruct it.
Coordinator Jill Harris |
|
May
02 |
Shifting
Sands – Foreshore, Seabed and Treaty issues
A Special meeting arranged by the
Joint Churches in Johnsonville at
Johnsonville Uniting Church (our normal venue) |
|
May
16 |
So What? Where now?
What do we do?
Coordinator Elizabeth Earnshaw. |
|
May
30 |
Myths that shape NZ
today
What
are
the
most powerful myths that shape our lives?
Coordinators Norm Ely and Ian Harris |
|
June
20 |
Myths for our future in NZ
Myths that will Last; that we Need; that
will (or should) Die.
Coordinator Ralph Pannett
|
|
July
04 |
'The historical progression of
myth'.
A
sketch of the shape of myth from that
of ancient Babylon to
that of Marx.
Talk by Lloyd Geering
Coordinator Robin Lane
Also see book review of The
Eden Myth
|
|
July
18 |
Liturgical outcome
Coordinators Jill Harris, Maxine Cunningham, Peter
Cowley |
|
July
30 -
Aug 01 |
Power of Myth Videos; discussion; walks;
camaraderie.
Friday evening to Sunday afternoon at Otaki.
Accommodation on site or as you wish.
You can attend the whole weekend or any part
thereof. Details to follow. |
|
Aug
08 |
Perspectives on
aging.
A series of new explorations begins.
Coordinators Maxine Cunningham; David and Pauline
Patchett; Jill Harris |
|
Aug
22 |
To Be advised |
|
Sept
5 |
To be advised |
|
Sept
19 |
To be advised |
|
Oct
3 |
To be advised |
|
Oct
17 |
To be advised |
|
Nov
7 |
To be advised |
|
Nov
21 |
To be advised |
|
Dec
5 |
Christmas Liturgy
and Meal
Details to follow. |
|
2003
|
Program for the year |
|
March
2 |
Decisions to continue
meeting at Johnsonville..
Themes confirmed and planning groups arranged
up until mid-August. Further planning
group will be needed for ‘Exciting insights
from the world of Science” to begin
mid-year.
“Getting to know each other” exercises
to discuss who we are, where we come from and
what some of the important things are in our
lives.
Facilitator – Margaret Rushbrook.
|
|
March
|
Film evening at Lighthouse Theatre in
Petone, followed by takeaways and discussion
at Ian and Jill Harris, Days Bay. See my forwarded
email from Jill Harris – dates Friday 28 or
Sunday 30 March – reply to Jill
|
|
March
16 |
Spirituality as manifest in
the “New Zealand Anthology of Spiritual Verse”
Jill Harris
|
|
April 6 |
Session 1, “In Search of the
Sacred” Robin
Lane |
|
Easter |
No Meeting |
|
May 4 |
Sacred Space, Sacred Time (Ralph
Pannett) |
|
May 18 |
Session 3, Liturgy
– theme of “In search of the sacred” |
|
June - Queens
Birthday |
No Meeting |
|
June 15 |
Winter
festival dinner as part of a liturgy |
|
June 27-29 |
Otaki Weekend (Group
3 – to arrange) |
|
July 6 |
Bi-culturalism – The Way Forward
on Bi-culturalism - Group 4: |
|
July 20 |
Bi Culturalism -
Group 4 |
|
August 3
|
Liturgy
– on theme of Bi-culturalism
- Jill Harris
|
|
August
17
|
“The
Column” – Ian Harris
|
|
Sept 7
Sept. 21
|
“Constructing a
Believable God”.
Prof. Gordon Kaufman.
David
Simmers (From the
books of Professor Gordon Kaufman.) “Constructing a
Believable God”.* ctd.
|
|
Sept.
26-28
|
SOF
Conference. Inglewood
|
|
Oct. 5
Oct 19
|
Science
Series
(1) “Soil and
Soul”, Jeanette Brunton
(2) Exciting Insights
from the World of Science.
Ralph is coordinating ideas for this at
the moment with Ian Hunter, Maire, and
Jeanette and Elizabeth.
|
|
November
2
|
Prof.
Lloyd Geering – Fundamentalism.
Jim
Cunningham, Chairperson
|
|
November
8
or 9th
|
Spring
‘Happening” –
something outside – an outing – social
occasion – David and Pauline Patchett – more
later.
|
|
November
16
|
Soapbox
– what are
your passions? Noel
Cheer to coordinate helpers – need volunteers
soon.
|
|
Dec
7
|
Christmas
meeting - Liturgy, end of year. (Group 7 to
organize – will ask for volunteers at end of
October.)
|
