CTiW AGM: Beyond Cop26 – What next? EcoChurch & other steps

The Churches Together in Westminster 2022 AGM took place on Monday, 17th January at 6pm via Zoom.

Following the AGM there were talks exploring how to make your church more environmentally-friendly following Cop26, including how to become an EcoChurch and how to get involved in Citizens UK Just Transition campaign.

Speakers were:

• Helen Stephens, Church Relations Manager, A Rocha UK introducing EcoChurch;
• Rev Simon Woodman, Minister, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, on Citizens UK JustTransition campaign;
• Rev Joan Ishibashi, St James Piccadilly on becoming an EcoChurch

For the video of the talks please click here or https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO43Y1gJDjYSsN_5knpJK45scuDcQkXOT.

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Linda Perhacs - Winds Of The Sky.

Beyond Cop26 - What next? EcoChurch & other steps

 

We are pleased to invite you to the Churches Together in Westminster 2022 Annual General Meeting On-line via Zoom at 6pm on 17 January 2022.

The AGM will be followed this year by talks on the subject of “Beyond Cop26 - What next? EcoChurch & other steps”. These will include how to become an EcoChurch and how to get involved in Citizens UK Just Transition campaign.

Speakers will include

• Helen Stephens, Church Relations Manager, A Rocha UK, introducing EcoChurch;
• Rev Simon Woodman, Minister, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, on Citizens UK Just Transition campaign;
• Rev Joan Ishibashi, St James Piccadilly on becoming an EcoChurch

See our website http://ctiw.london/2021/ctiw-agm-and-talks/. Register for the Zoom link at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-cop26-what-next-ecochurch-and-other-steps-tickets-224242554517.

We look forward to welcoming you.

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Chris Thile - Laysong.

Living God's Future Now: Week commencing 7 June 2020

Living God’s Future Now is a series of online seminars, discussions and presentations hosted by HeartEdge. They are designed to equip, encourage and energise church leaders, laypeople and enquirers alike.

'Thank you for all you are supporting and enabling - I absolutely love everything that comes out of HeartEdge.' The Rt Revd Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester

Sunday 7 June

• 2.00 pm (BST), Inspired to Follow: Art and the Bible Story, zoom meeting - Course using fine art paintings as a spring board for deepening one’s Christian faith. Topic: Luke 1:26-38 / ‘The Annunciation’ Fra Filippo Lippi. To receive a zoom invite email Jonathan Evens at jonathan.evens@smitf.org.

Monday 8 June

• 7.30-9.00 pm (BST), Biblical Studies class, zoom meeting. Lecture looking at the New Testament Epistles followed by discussion. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rc-msqD8sEtE7n_X9u17Jl6R5CvzjjI5e?fbclid=IwAR2_ls4p5ou_7PBBg0Xz31fcSVVYx9JvoQ93hvWbuTjbYVIa9FpfIPChmg8.

Tuesday 9 June

• 4.30 pm (BST), Sermon Preparation Workshop, livestream. Sam Wells and Sally Hitchiner discuss the forthcoming Sunday's lectionary readings in the light of current events. Livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/theHeartEdge/.

Wednesday 10 June

• 4.30 pm (BST), Community of Practitioners workshop, zoom meeting - Opportunity for ministers and other leaders to reflect on issues relating to congregational renewal through commerce, culture and compassion. Email jonathan.evens@smitf.org for an invitation.

Thursday 11 June

• 2.00 – 3.00 pm (BST), Wellbeing Group, zoom meeting. A reflective group providing opportunities to share thoughts and feelings as ongoing support in these unusual times. The group facilitator will be Kate Woodhouse. Join the group at https://bit.ly/2XyhFTe.
• 6.00pm (BST), Living God’s Future Now - HeartEdge monthly dialogue, zoom meeting. Sam Wells in dialogue with John McKnight. To receive a zoom invite email Ben Sheridan at ben.sheridan@smitf.org.

Friday 12 June

• 10.00am (BST), Renewal from the edge, zoom meeting. Azariah France-Williams, Helen Jacobi and Fiona MacMillan explore how lived experience of marginalisation can shape our prophetic and political thinking, enabling us to be most truly who we might be. To receive a zoom invite register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/renewal-from-the-edge-tickets-108142868230.
• 2.30 pm (BST), Seeing Salvation, zoom meeting. Jonathan Evens shares practical approaches to using art in church settings. Session 2: Art and contemplation. Email jonathan.evens@smitf.org for an invitation.

See www.heartedge.org to join HeartEdge and for more information.

Click here to view past Living God's Future Now sessions including the recent Imaging the Invisible interviews with the artists Sophie Hacker and Matthew Askey.

Azariah France-Williams, who will contribute to 'Renewal from the edge', was the preacher at St Martin-in-the-Fields this morning. His sermon can be heard here. The poem that begins his sermon can be found here. His blogpost "The death of George Floyd is the death of every black human" has been posted by SCM Press, the publisher of his forthcoming book Ghost Ship: Institutional Racism and the Church of England.

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Aretha Franklin - A Change Is Gonna Come.

HeartEdge workshops

HeartEdge is now offering three weekly online workshops - a Sermon Preparation workshop and a Community of Practitioners meeting live with Revd Dr Sam Wells and a Biblical Studies masterclass with Revd Dr Simon Woodman, all of which may be of interest to church practitioners.

Join Simon Woodman each Monday evening, 7.30-9.00pm for a Biblical Studies Masterclass: a lecture followed by discussion, with handouts. This will look at the New Testament Epistles; introducing the genre, looking at issues such as dating and authorship, and then working through each letter individually addressing key themes and issues. Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rc-msqD8sEtE7n_X9u17Jl6R5CvzjjI5e?fbclid=IwAR0mvzTZEfQfJW1Umk511vPeWG9ogpdHlEs_xbgQnPFphLDWdqGt-vwBvGw

Every Tuesday at 4.30pm there is a live Facebook preaching workshop focusing on the forthcoming Sunday's lectionary readings. Sam Wells and Sally Hitchiner discuss the readings in the light of current events and share thoughts on approaches to the passages. See the earlier discussions in the Videos section of this page.

Every Wednesday at 4.30pm on Zoom there is also be a Community of Practitioners workshop. This is an opportunity for ministers and other leaders of HeartEdge churches to meet together to reflect on issues relating to congregational renewal through commerce, culture and compassion. We read together the book 'A Future Bigger than the Past: Catalysing kingdom communities' and support one another virtually in these unprecedented times. Join HeartEdge at https://www.heartedge.org/main/sign-up and message us (jonathan.evens@smitf.org) asking for an invitation if you want to take part.

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Buddy & Julie Miller - Thoughts At 2AM.