2.6.12
31.5.12
meeting Monday 11th June
On monday 11th June the Ipswich Sea of faith group will meet in Sudbury at 7.30 pm.
Richard Titford is going to speak to us on Julian of Norwich.
Our last meeting, in May, was devoted to a discussion, led by Jean Wardrop, of Alain de Botton's book "Religion for Atheists". It was a good open discussion, the book is very readable, and it was felt to be optimistic though raised some questions about the importance of religious education in schools, if people are to have the choice of selecting "the good bits"
Our July meeting is to be a shared meal with our own choice of music that inspires us.
Richard Titford is going to speak to us on Julian of Norwich.
Our last meeting, in May, was devoted to a discussion, led by Jean Wardrop, of Alain de Botton's book "Religion for Atheists". It was a good open discussion, the book is very readable, and it was felt to be optimistic though raised some questions about the importance of religious education in schools, if people are to have the choice of selecting "the good bits"
Our July meeting is to be a shared meal with our own choice of music that inspires us.
3.5.12
meetings May, June July 2012
We met in April to hear Don Hilton speaking on Humanism, a lively and interesting evening, very crowded, We are beginning to grow out of our meeting places!
On 2nd May a number of us attended the final discussion following Mike King's series of 4 talks on the reasons for the rise of secularism. A good evening with views from many directions.
At our meeting on 10th May, which will be in Ipswich, in the Suffolk Interfaith Resource room at University College Suffolk, we are going to discuss Alain de Botton's book "Religion for Atheists" led by Jean Wardrop. We have had some comments on the book from a SoF Group in northern Ireland ,which will add to our discussion.
On 11th of June we plan to meet in Sudbury, in the Institute, to hear about St Julian of Norwich from Richard Titford.
On July 3rd we plan a shared meal and an evening of our choices of music that inspires us.
On 2nd May a number of us attended the final discussion following Mike King's series of 4 talks on the reasons for the rise of secularism. A good evening with views from many directions.
At our meeting on 10th May, which will be in Ipswich, in the Suffolk Interfaith Resource room at University College Suffolk, we are going to discuss Alain de Botton's book "Religion for Atheists" led by Jean Wardrop. We have had some comments on the book from a SoF Group in northern Ireland ,which will add to our discussion.
On 11th of June we plan to meet in Sudbury, in the Institute, to hear about St Julian of Norwich from Richard Titford.
On July 3rd we plan a shared meal and an evening of our choices of music that inspires us.
6.4.12
monday 16th April. Humanism
Our next meeting is on Monday 16th April, 7.30 pm in Lower Holbrook.
The topic is Humanism and we are lucky enough to have Don Hilton to speak to us.
At our last meeting we discussed the Yougov Cambridge survey and what it revealed about the religious trends in the population>. John Nurser spoke to us about the complex need for change in communication within the churches so that the messages and discussions on current issues are able to be heard. We looked at the figures which suggest that people brought up in a tradition of church going are increasingly leaving that practice in adulthood.
Our meeting in May is on the 10th, when Jean Wardrop is going to lead a discussion of Alain de Botton's book "Religion for Atheists"
22.3.12
meeting tuesday 27th March 2012 You Gov
At our March meeting, in Chelsworth, we plan to discuss the results of the Cambridge YouGov survey of religious beliefs and practices.
In February The Revd Canon Simon Brown spoke to us about the Friends of the Church in China and his work there. It was fascinating indeed and encouraging to hear of the church flourishing.
We continue to attend Mike King's series of talks on the development of the Secular Mind. Getting more and more interesting and challenging. The last one is on 18th April.
In May we plan to discuss Alain de Botton's latest book "Religion for Atheists"
We are also planning a meeting devoted to music.
Some of us have been going to the Lent talks at St Mary le Tower Church in Ipswich on "The Arts, Imagination and God"
19.1.12
2012 first meetings 18th january, 20th february
A series of lecture-discussions with Dr Mike King has been arranged by Suffolk Inter Faith Resource (SIFRE). the title is "Faith and the origins of the Secular Mind" and the dates are 18th Jan, 15th Feb, 21st March and 18th April. Many of the group attended the first of these and plan to attend the others. Densely packed with ideas and information and leading to fascinating discussion, the first one was exhausting but stimulating.
Meanwhile we will hold our usual home meetings. The next one will be at Cherrytrees and we have the Rev Simon Brown coming to speak to us on China. Simon Brown spends a lot of time teaching English in China and will speak to us about the western faiths in China.
At the following meeting, in March, date and venue to be arranged, we plan to discuss the results from theYou-Gov Cambridge survey of religious beliefs and practices, researched in April and May 2011.
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