Honest Faith
6.30 - 8.30pm first Sunday of the month in the Lecture Hall
Our next 'Honest Faith' session will be on Sunday 5th May at 6.30pm. One of our own church members here at Shrewsbury URC, Richard Breakell, has kindly agreed to be our guest speaker. Richard will speak and lead our thinking on the subject of 'Radicals, Reformers and Independents' - to be followed by questions and discussion.
The period 1400 to 1750 saw profound religious, economic and social changes in England. Some of these changes are illustrated in the lives of Shrewsbury people, some of whom had a national as well as local impact. The talk will also detail the early emergence of “independents” in Shrewsbury who were the forebears of the congregational churches and Shrewsbury URC.
Some people sense that at its core, Christianity has something good to offer humanity. At the same time many have a sense that they are alone in being a "thinking" Christian and that "salvaging" Christianity is a hopeless task. What is needed is a safe environment where people have the permission to ask the questions they've always wanted to ask.
The DVD courses we follow seek to provide opportunities to explore the Christian faith for today's world considering a range of different topics with honest discussion where we are free to express differing views - thereby trying to offer an open-minded alternative to courses which attempt to give participants all the answers.
Some of us support 'Progressive Christianity Network Britain' which provides help and resources for groups such as ours - please see their website: www.pcnbritain.org.uk
Sessions are held monthly on the first Sunday evening of each month in our Lecture Hall - please check our monthly Church Newsletter for up-to-date information and news etc. If you would like to join us you would be very welcome to come to any (or to all) of the sessions. Each session is complete in itself so don't worry if you can't come every time. A warm welcome with refreshments from 6.30pm (a voluntary donation of £2 per person towards general costs suggested) with the aim of finishing by 8.30pm.
