Situation vacant: Near Neighbours co-ordinator for east London

The Contextual Theology Centre is seeking to recruit a Co-ordinator for the Near Neighbours programme in East London - an exciting three-year, full-time post.  Details are online here - the application deadline is noon on 23rd May.

Beyond Disability: Creating a more inclusive and enriched Church

Wednesday 8th June 9:45am - 3.30pm

At Salvation Army HQ, 101 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EH

The aim of the day is to help Christian groups and churches better understand physical and learning disabilities and develop positive and appropriate responses to disabled people. We will explore the need to value inter-dependence and to work hard to ensure churches are truly inclusive communities. The day will include teaching from experienced practitioners,

Cost £30 per person, including hot lunch

Book and pay online, this is essential

For more info contact Jill Clark on 020 7452 2018

This training event is being jointly hosted by Livability and Through the Roof.

Refugee Protection: Policies by number or a creative welcome?

Saturday 4th June 2011 11am - 5.00pm
At St James' Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J

Churches' Refugee Network with Migrant Voice
Annual Conference 2011

Speakers:-

Anna Rowlands
Researcher in Asylum and Immigration, Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, University of Cambridge

Frances Webber
Human Rights, immigration and Refugee Barrister, GardenCourt Chambers

Full programme and booking

The Living Wage and the Church

Tuesday 24 May 10:00 am - 2 pm (including lunch)

London Diocesan House, 36 Causton Street, SW1P 4AU

Keynote presentations from:

• Jerold Waltman

Baylor University, Texas and author of “The Case for a Living Wage”

• Deborah Littman

Unison and Vice-Chair of the London Living Wage Campaign

• The Revd Dr Angus Ritchie

Director of the Contextual Theology Centre

• Dr Paul Morrison

Joint Public Issues Team for the Methodists, Baptists and URC

"Our aim is to gather, inspire and challenge church leaders and others to promote the Living Wage in their own churches and the wider community." (Niall Cooper, National Coordinator, CAP)

This workshop is free to attend. For further details and to register online, go to: http://livingwagechurch.eventbrite.com/ or contact Tom Sefton (tom.sefton@cuf.org.uk or 020 7898 1141).

Route 2050 Climate Action Programme

Monday 9th May 2011 3:00-6:30pm
St Peter Eaton Square, Belgravia,SW1

Keynote by The Lord Bishop of London Dr Richard Chartres KCVO

Responses to Church and Earth - The Church of England’s Plan for Climate Change and the Environment (launched at Windsor Castle with HRH the Duke of Edinburgh and His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon, November 2009)

Climate Action Programme - launch of outputs from:
Environmental Audits
Generic Building Solutions - Schools, St Paul's Cathedral, pasonage houses
Energy-saving Benchmarking

Route 2050 - a 40 year vision and roadmap for long term action

Also, presentation by a London primary school, music, time for networking, and refreshments.

All are welcome, with colleagues, partners, spouses, friends. Admission free.

Make sure you register with:
Brian Cuthbertson, Head of Envirionmental Challenge, brian.cuthbertson@london.anglican.org
More information: (020) 7932 1229

Young People and Religion Day

At King's College London on Wednesday 18th May is a free event but you must register by Monday 18th April

There are sessions on Religion and Growing up in Britain; Young Religious Identities; Christian Youth now and then and a practioner panel. Speakers, representative of various faiths, are drawn from KCL and univertisties in Leeds, Durham Edinburgh and Newcastle.

Full details and registration form

April update

Courses in inter-religious relations: Our sister centre in Leicester, St Philip’s has asked me to publicise their courses beginning from September – do-able from London (and now accredited by DeMontfort University)  You can download a leaflet with full details.
 
JustShare Lecture on Christian Social & Political Thought: ‘Let your Yes be Yes – the Christian imperative to change the voting system’, given by Jonathan Bartley (Founder and Co-Director of Ekklesia) Wednesday 13th April at 6.05pm, at St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside EC2V 6AU and at the same venue Tuesday 26th April at 1.05pm, Cheapside Debate‘Value for your vote: the AV arguments rehearsed with questions answered’, featuring Mark Field MP and Andrew Duff MEP.

Scriptural Reasoning - Money, debt and Justice: A limited number of tickets are available from the Contextual Theology Centre for an exciting event with Cambridge Interfaith Programme and Citizens UK. On the morning of May 2nd, 150 Christians, Jews and Muslims will be reflecting on Biblical and Qu'ranic texts on money, debt and justice - before Citizens holds a 2000 person assembly to celebrate ten years of its Living Wage Campaign. The Scriptural Reasoning event is at 11 for 11.30am at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. To book a place, email Angus Ritchie (director@theology-centre.org)

The Big Society:

- The write up of a recent conference with Community Development South East can be downloaded from Zedakah

- A range of events from the Contextual Theology Centre on this theme in May

Working with Volunteers: Joanna Cox; National Adviser in Lay Discipleship and Shared Ministry recently included several useful resources in her Friday mailing.  She gives some advice on the technicalities, as does Your Church and the Law, by David Parrott - see Chapter 19 on Working with Volunteers  Please contact Susanne Mitchell (pen@theology-centre.org) for more on this subject.

Transforming Clergy Leadership: Annual Conference for clergy and those who train them is run by The Grubb Institute 6 – 10 June 2011 this year at Sarum College. This comes too late for the early bird booking saving but there are still places