Honest Faith
6.30 - 8pm first Sunday of the month in the Lecture Hall
Our next Honest Faith meeting takes place on Sunday 6th July at 6.30 - 8pm in the Lecture Room, Shrewsbury United Reformed Church (by the English Bridge) where we are delighted to have as our speaker Karen Williams from the Shrewsbury Food Bank based at Barnabas Community Projects, Longden Coleham, Shrewsbury, SY3 7DN (0742 174 5857). The Food Bank organises and gives parcels of donated food and household items to individuals and families every week and is open as follows: Tuesday and Friday (not open on Bank Holidays) 9.30am - 12pm, Wednesday Evening 5pm - 6.45pm.
Following our usual pattern we will have coffee and tea available from 6.15pm, then at 6.30pm we'll listen to what Karen has to share with us. There will then be opportunity for questions and discussion until approximately 8.00pm. All are welcome and, as always, our Honest Faith gatherings give us an opportunity to share our personal reflections on an issue, to extend our understanding through what others think, and we are free to express differing views.
Honest Faith in August: Our meeting on Sunday 3rd August at 6.30pm in the Lecture Room will be led by Ken Chippindale who will introduce the subject of how the Church should address its role to live out the Kingdom of God, in relation to the existing power structures of the world. We will be looking at the ministry of Jesus, at the time of the Emperor Constantine, and at the ideology of the regime in Russia under Putin.
We will have coffee and tea available from 6.15pm, then at 6.30pm we'll listen to what Ken has to share with us. There will then be opportunity for questions and discussion until approximately 8.00pm.
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.