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This year the Heriot-Watt University Chaplaincy Annual Public Lecture is on-line, free and open to the public, and so is accessible to everyone!

The speaker, Professor Alister McGrath, is a renowned academic, author and public speaker, who regularly works with national and international media. His lecture on “Science, Faith and the Meaning of Life: Comparing Richard Dawkins and Albert Einstein”, which will be based on his current unpublished research, is to be live-streamed via Microsoft Teams Live at 7.30pm on Monday 8 February.

Please register via Eventbrite to receive access details or, if you are unable to access Eventbrite, please email ku.ca.whnull@ycnialpahc before Wednesday 3 February.

For those who have been awaiting information on safeguarding training:

The latest in a series of Regional Safeguarding Clinics, for those with safeguarding responsibility or interest in the areas covered, will be held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 16 February. This session includes a focus on neglect and self-harm. As always there will be the chance to ask questions about safeguarding or training. Feel free to email questions in advance to either Euan Morrison or Lorraine Darlow. Bookings end at midnight on 12 February.

A revised on-line version of the Foundation module – Creating Safer Spaces – is being offered to those within the Scotland and Shetland region who are either in new roles or who need to refresh after 4 years. Those who have to complete the Advanced module do not need to refresh this training but should attend if this module hasn’t yet been completed.

  • Day course:  10.30am–2.30pm on Saturday 20 FebruaryBookings are open until midnight on 17 February.
  • Evening course: 7.00–9.00pm on Thursdays 8 April and 15 April. Attendance on both evenings is required to complete the course. Bookings are open until midnight on 6 April.

Contact Lorraine Darlow (email ku.gro.hcruhctsidohtemnull@lwolrad, or phone 020 7467 5210 or 07799 900471) for enquiries or more information.

The Learning Network  are excited to bring you news about Bible Month for this year, which focuses on the Gospel of Mark. You can pre-order a printed copy of the new edition of Bible Month – 30 days with the Gospel of Mark – at this link, and the material will also be available for download soon.

This year Bible Month is being done differently – not just focusing on one event in the year, but offering a variety of different ways of engaging with the Gospel of Mark throughout the year. You will be able to join Rev Adrian Roux on a study guide of the Gospel, pray Taketime meditations, join Pioneers sharing stories around a (virtual!) campfire, be in conversation about how children and young people can engage with the Gospel, or listen to and join in some academic teaching, recorded conversations on modelling group bible studies and different hermeneutical readings of the key passages. And lots more – all throughout the year!  Sign up to the Methodist Bible Month Facebook page and join in the journey!

One of the resources available will be a monthly facilitated Taketime-together meditation on the last Friday of the month from January-June and September-November, with weekly links to meditations that you can use at home to walk through Mark’s gospel. Some of you will be very familiar with Taketime, but those who haven’t yet benefited from what it can offer will find an introductory video from Rev Clive McKie at this link.

“Lockdown Letters” were originally written as weekly pieces, sent to friends and acquaintances during the first five months of the national lockdown, following the spread of the global COVID-19 virus in March 2020. Personal reflections on the positive and negative effects of the lockdown, the letters are a kind of commentary on this strange time which has the potential to change our lives, society and the world, for years to come.

Profits from sales of “Lockdown Letters” will be equally divided between Medical Aid for Palestinians and The Fund for Human Need, a small, effective Methodist charity. Copies price £6.50 can be obtained from Warren Bardsley at moc.tenretnitbnull@93yelsdrab.w or 01543 255292. Note that this is a limited print run, and there will be a small discount on orders of five copies or more.

Between now and Lent, bring your Bible to three fortnightly study sessions, at which Rev Eddie Sykes will guide us through “Three Simple Rules for Christian Living”. Sessions are 10:30am–11:30am on Thursdays on Zoom. If you don’t have the meeting details, or are new to the study group, please email Eddie at ku.gro.tsidohtemhtysornull@retsinim for an access code.

Our topics will be:

  • 14 January    1. Do no Harm  (notes at this link)
  • 28 January    2. Do Good  (notes at this link)
  • 11 February   3. Stay in Love with God  (notes at this link)

The source material for these studies is: “Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living” by Rueben Job (ISBN: 978-0687649662) (©2007 Abingdon Press).

Before each session Eddie will email you a reminder of the joining instructions and some study material. The study material will also be linked to this post.

Coming up …
  • 28 March 2024 6:30 pm Sung Eucharist of the Lord's Supper
  • 29 March 2024 12:00 pm Good Friday devotions
  • 31 March 2024 9:30 am Sung Eucharist
  • 31 March 2024 11:00 am Morning Worship with Holy Communion
  • 7 April 2024 9:30 am Eucharist

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