Lent2005


Every year the Churches together in Loughborough pool resources to provide a series of talks for lent, focusing on various aspects of Christian life.

Courses are offered on five consecutive Wednesdays, beginning 16th Feb with courses A&B taking place in the mornings from 10:30 'til 12noon at the and courses C-F being in the evenings from 7:30-9:15. All courses are at the Baptist Church, Baxter Gate. Additional courses [G&H] are being run at the United Reformed Church, Frederick Street on Mondays and Fridays during Lent.

For further information and to sign up [deadline 7th Feb] see the flyer.

These are the courses available for 2005:

Course A : Listening to the Teacher: Devotional readings in the five blocks of teaching in Matthew’s Gospel – set in their context of Church and Mission:
The Law of the Kingdom – chs 5-7:        Ambassadors of the Kingdom – ch 10
Parables of the Kingdom – ch 13 :          Relationships in the Kingdom – ch 18
The coming of the Kingdom – chs 24-25              Leader: Michael King

Course B : Better Together?: A discussion course using input from audio tapes from York Minster featuring the Abbot of Ampleforth, Nicky Gumbrel, John Bell, Jane Williams & Dr David Hope. The topics include, Family Relationships , Church Relationships, Relating to Strangers, Broken Relationships, Our Relationship with God    
Leaders: Richard Meredith & Mike Limb

Course C : Act Justly: Using Christian Aid Material, this course will look at the theological perspectives of the 2005 campaign "Making Poverty History", which concerns issues of Aid, Trade and International Debt.     Leader: Anne Speight
 
Course D : Spirituality and the End of Life: An exploration of the variety of ways in which people of faith approach death and bereavement. The sessions will include input from people of different churches and other faith communities with plenty of opportunity for discussion.     Leader : Stephen Cherry
   
Course E : Mission-Shaped Church: The course will engage with the Church of England report – "Mission-Shaped Church" which looks at fresh expressions of church in a changing context. There will be some fieldwork as we seek to understand mission in today’s world and how to move from a church-shaped mission to a mission-shaped church.     Leaders: David Newman & Chris Hodder
 
Course F : Issues Facing Christians Today:
Negotiating the Moral Maze; Homosexuality;
Making Poverty History With Revd Michael Taylor (Former Director of Christian Aid)
Gene Experimentation – a God-given opportunity or a genie in a bottle?
Following Jesus in a Violent World     Leader: David Grainger

Course G : Jesus in the Movies: Using various portrayals of Jesus to challenge and enrich our understanding of Jesus and his life, as well as exploring what these cinematic versions tell us about how our society views him [Mondays 7:30-9:00 pm @ United Reformed Church, Fredreick Street]:
1. Why study Jesus and Film
2. Finding Our Jesus in Film
3. Enhancing our Jesus by Film
4. Challenging our Jesus with Film
5. Worshipping Jesus through Film
Leader:  Matthew Page

Course H : Political Perspectives: Three evenings when prospective parliamentary candidates are invited to engage in dialogue about representative democracy with Christians in Loughborough [Fridays 4th, 11th and 18th March 7:30-9:00 pm @ United Reformed Church]: Liberal Democrat, Conservative, Labour     Leader: Bob Griffiths