There are at least 300,000 Gypsies and Travellers in Britain (not counting the Roma) though the overwhelming majority never these days travel. Even so, their access to education and health services is poor. Though often struggling financially, they can be subjected to violence and protection rackets by organised crime. Yet our perceptions of them are often clouded by misleading (and sometimes downright dishonest) reports in the newspapers and on TV and they are regarded as pariahs, modern day lepers. Even the Church has at times added to their persecution and few Church people are willing to get involved in a cause seen as somehow ‘not quite nice’. This day course aims to explain and educate.
Saturday 22nd September 2018
Robert Dawson
(Hon President of Britain’s largest Gypsy Traveller organisation) £22.00
(including lunch and refreshments)
10.00am-3.30pm
To book or for more details, contact:
Beth Harper, The Mirfield Centre, Stocks Bank Road, Mirfield, WF14 0BW
Tel: 01924 481920 e-mail: bharper@mirfield.org.uk www.mirfield.org.uk
Director: Revd Canon June Lawson Administrator: Beth Harper
Flyer Gypsies and Travellers 22.09.2018
Poster Gypsies and Travellers 22.09.2018
Foundation of the Community of the Resurrections 125th Anniversary Lecture
The Community of the Resurrection is a monastic community strongly involved in mission, education and engagement with society. Founded in Oxford 125 years ago by Charles Gore and 5 others, its commitment to social justice led to a decision in 1898 to move to Britain’s industrial heartland in West Yorkshire. Walter Frere, the first Superior, was a leading liturgist in his day, and Mirfield has remained a strong centre of liturgical studies: the Mirfield Liturgical Institute was founded in 2008.
Friday 5th May 10.30am-12.00pm Free: Booking essential
Lecturer: Paul Bradshaw: Professor Emeritus Notre Dame University, USA
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The Community welcomes parishes, groups and friends from around the world to celebrate the common life of the Church. The day will focus on the rehallowing of the Community’s church, making the completion of its reordering and refurbishment. See website for booking details in due course.
Cost: FREE – there is small charge for lunch
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The community once again opens its doors to local people for a day of fun, family-friendly activities including:
Bouncy Castle, Play Your Cards Right, Spin the Wheel, Face painting, Welly Wanging, Horse Shoe Tossing, Beat the Goalie, Hook a Duck, Darts, Tombola and more…
Refreshments available including Hot Dogs, Sweet shop and Ice Creams!
All welcome to explore the grounds and take a tour of the church.
Cost: FREE
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Join the Community as we prepare to give thanks for the Incarnation of Christ, reflect on our shortcomings and look forward with praise and joy.
Cost: FREE
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Lectures on F.D.Maurice and Christian Socialism, Charles Gore, the Christian Social Union and Neville Figgis, William Temple and his successors and recent Anglican social theology including Rowan Williams when Archbishop of Canterbury.
Leaders:
The Revd Jeremy Morris
Canon Prof Paul Avis
Canon Dr Stephen Spencer
Canon Malcolm Brown
Prices from £84
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Whether we like it or not, our attitudes to the bible and the biblical text affect and are affected by current realities in the Middle East, and specifically in Israel and Palestine. It is an area where difficult questions are far more apparent than easy answers. This short course offers the opportunity to explore several interrelated biblical themes which contribute to the tensions.
Leader: Dr Clare Amos
Prices from £175
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Exploring Your Inner and Outer World Through Writing
Writing is good for you!
In this one-day course you will use the power of the written word to help promote your wellbeing. Through short, simple guided writing activities, you will explore your inner and outer world. The emphasis will be on the process, not the end product. Just bring along some paper, a pen, your enthusiasm and your curiosity. The day will be interspersed with short Mindfulness meditations and prayers to aid the process of being fully present in each activity and reflecting on your experiences.Through a series of simple, guided creative writing activities you will explore the world around you, as well as your inner world. Discover how sharing your stories can help you to reflect on your life and spirituality and bring healing to mind and body.
Leaders: Revd Anne Wood and Judith Boardman
£20 – includes lunch and refreshments
Flyer Wellbeing 04.07.17
Poster Wellbeing 04.07.17
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