Economic growth, climate change, political change etc
Author: The Meeting Place
First Thursday November 2012
This is the summary of the First Thursday discussion, November 1st, 2012
Permaculture Debate
On Wednesday, January 30th, Margaret Linggood spoke about Permaculture: Permanent (ie Sustainable) Culture.
Remembrance Sunday sermon
This is the sermon preached at Wymington Chapel on Sunday, November 11th, 2012. Any comments and discussion would be very welcome.
First Thursday discussion October 2012
Do Unemployment and Poverty ever make people “turn back to God”.
Operation Noah Declaration
On Ash Wednesday 2012 Operation Noah issued this Call to the Church to take Climate Change and Global Warming seriously.
Faith and Sustainability
Faith and Sustainability At the First Thursday meeting on April 5th 2012 we began some discussions on this topic, looking at what various world faiths and philosophies have to say about human responsibility for the future of the planet.
Accompaniment in Palestine and Israel
The work of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel
Yarl’s Wood Befrienders
On Tuesday 13th September 2011 Heather Jones, the Co-ordinator of Yarl’s Wood Befrienders, spoke about their work. Yarl’s Wood is the Immigration Removal Centre at Twinwoods, north of Bedford, and houses women the United Kingdom Border Agency wishes to deport. Click http://www.ywbefrienders.org/ to see more about the work of the Befrienders.
Where have all the morals gone?
On October 20th, 2009, Stephen Heap led a session on the theme ‘Where have all the morals gone? Trying to decide what is good in Britain today’ The idea for the session came from the 2009 Reith Lectures, given by Professor Michael Sandel, a professor and political philosopher at Harvard University.