Ecumenical Conference Centre, Dunblane, Scotland
Meeting points...
This monthly series of day events at Scottish Churches House brings together people from different spheres of life and belief to engage on issues which have significant impact on individuals, churches, other faiths and society in general. The cost for each event is £20.
The House Programme
Inscape
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Scottish Churches House Programme 2009
JANUARY
Thurs 29 – 4.00pm-8.30pm
Meeting-Points:
The European Dimension
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FEBRUARY
Wed 4 – 5.30pm-9.00pm
Grasping Nettles:
Peace in Israel Palestine?
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MARCH
Wed 4 – 5.30pm-9.00pm
Grasping Nettles:
The Sanctity of Food
Rev Prof David Atkinson
Thurs 5 – 10.30am-4.00pm
Meeting Points:
Nurturing our Children in Faith
Tues 17 to Thurs 19
Lent Retreat ‘Homecoming’
Dilly Baker & Alison Thompson
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APRIL
Wed 1 – 5.30pm-9.00pm
Grasping Nettles:
The Bible – literal truth
or metaphor?
Dr Helen Bond & Dr Michael Bird
Thurs 2 – 10.30am-4.00pm
Meeting Points:
The Bible – Transcending
Divisions
Mon 6 to Thurs 9
Asylum Seekers Break
In partnership with the YMCA Refugee
Service, we welcome a group of asylum
seekers and their children.
Tues 14 to Thurs 16
Spirituality, Creativity, Worship
and Mission
John & Olive Drane
Date: April (t.b.c.)
Music for a Spring Evening
Martin Davies & friends; 6pm dinner and
7.45pm concert
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MAY
Sun 3 to Wed 6
Painting Days
John Butterfield
Wed 6 – 5.30pm-9.00pm
Grasping Nettles:
Easeful Death?
Rev Prof Peter Brunt
Thurs 7 – 10.30am-4.00pm
Meeting Points:
A Church for All
Mon 18 to Fri 22
Senior Citizens Break 1
Mon 25 to Thurs 28
Roots, Rhythms and
Relationships – Caring for
the Carers
Community of Aidan & Hilda
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JUNE
Fri 5 to Sun 7
Affirming Diversity – Retreat
with Affirmation Scotland
Wed 17 to Fri 26
Individually Guided Retreat
with Epiphany Group
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JULY
Mon 13 to Thurs 16
RSCM Dunblane Singing Break
Sat 18 to Sat 25
International Workcamp
Mon 20 to Sat 25
Walking Week – Walking in the
Steps of Kings
Gill James & Eric Roycroft
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AUGUST
Mon 3 to Mon 10
Individually Guided Retreat
with Epiphany Group
Mon 17 to Fri 21
Senior Citizens Break 2
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SEPTEMBER
Wed 2 – 5.30pm-9.00pm
Grasping Nettles:
Was I an Embryo?
Prof Kenneth Boyd
Thurs 3
Meeting Points (details in next Inscape)
Mon 21 to Fri 25
Individually Guided Retreat
with Epiphany Group
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OCTOBER
Wed 7 – 5.30pm-9.00pm
Grasping Nettles:
Responding to the New Atheism
Rev Prof David Fergusson
Thurs 8
Meeting Points (details in next Inscape)
Thurs 18
Poetry and Emotion
Kenneth Steven
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NOVEMBER
Wed 4 – 5.30pm-9.00pm
Grasping Nettles:
Sharing One Table? Eucharistic
Hopes and Frustrations
Thurs 5
Meeting Points (details in next Inscape)
Tues 24 to Fri 27
Advent Retreat
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DECEMBER
Wed 2 – 5.30pm-9.00pm
Grasping Nettles:
Carbon Footprints
and Creative Possibilities
Thurs 3
Meeting Points (details in next Inscape)
Mon 14 to Thurs 17
Senior Citizens Christmas Break
Thurs 17 Christmas
Carol Service
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Inscape
To read about our new publication from Scottish Churches House which combines both the House Programme for the first part of 2009 with news items about the House. Click here >>
Or download the Inscape PDF (1MB) by Clicking Here >>
*Retreats are led by the Epiphany Group, a group of women and men working ecumenically across Scotland, committed in their work in Ignatian spirituality to being a force for transformation, and prayerful and supportive community.
Homecoming
A retreat for all literature lovers
with Dilly Baker & Alison Thompson
Tues 17 to Thurs 19 March
An opportunity to share thoughts and experiences of what it means to come
home – to ourselves, to one another and to our God. Participants are encouraged
to bring extracts from novels or poetry that resonate with the theme.
Spring Conference
Spirituality, Creativity, Worship & Mission
with John & Olive Drane
Tues14 to Thurs16 April
An exploration of how faith may be contextualised in post-modern
culture through the renewal of personal spirituality and church life.
In a highly interactive experience, based on our own homes, we visit
different rooms to offer a creative combination of insights from
the Bible and the wider Christian tradition with space for personal
reflection and renewal. This is a version of a highly acclaimed course
which John & Olive teach at Fuller Theological Seminary in California.
‘Grasping nettles’
Our new monthly series presents an opportunity for open-ended conversation to stimulate and challenge us. On the first Wednesday of the month, we explore theology underpinning difficult issues that confront church and society today.
The general pattern from 5.30 to 9.00pm:
light evening meal, presentation / questions / break / discussion / night prayer
in our beautiful medieval chapel. Cost is £15 per conversation or our special
offer of £50 for all four events in our Spring Programme.