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I am Assistant Curate at St John's Hyde Park, in the Paddington area, London. I'm married with two children and a cat. About 6 years ago, having always had anything but a green finger, I decided to start trying to grow my own vegetables. It was partly to try and reduce my food miles, partly to do something that forces me to be patient and partly because I thought it would save some money. Helen is vegetarian and loves to cook, so I also try to grow things that she can use.
Digital Chapter, Events

God and the Machine: God, Tech, and the Care of Creation

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Hosted by Lee Barford
Dates: 23 November & 7 December 2024
Time: 6 PM London | 1 PM EST | 10 AM PST
Humanity is called to be stewards of the Earth, not rulers. Over the past 200 years,
technology has enhanced human flourishing but at great environmental cost.
This two-part event explores the interplay of theology, environmental science, and
technology to address how humanity can reduce its environmental impact while
continuing to thrive. Our panelists will discuss key questions such as
– Can technology help reduce our environmental footprint?
– What can we expect from the already irreversible impacts of our past choices?
– How does our Christian duty to care for the Earth fit into our faith and practice?
– What more can we do?
Registration: http://www.sswsj.org/god-and-the-machine-2024.html

Southern Chapter

Southern Chapter October 2024

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1 October 2024

Speaker: The Reverend John Kerr
St Stephen’s Rochester Row

Coffee at 11am
Talk 11.30am
Eucharist 12.30pm, presiding, Revd. Graham Buckle
Lunch 1.30pm
Close 2.30pm
Optional pub

The Genesis Distortion: agnosticism and creation

SYNOPSIS: We engage in the so-called “culture wars” on an entirely mistaken premise; that there is one Biblical creation account “The Biblical Creation story”, and it is found in the first couple of chapters in Genesis. On that false assumption, a vast inverted pyramid of doctrine is balanced. There are at least seven vastly different Biblical creation accounts in the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament, as some still call it). In today’s brief presentation and discussion, we shall examine perhaps three of them, and see how our teaching has been skewed by the Genesis distortion.

Gatherings

Annual Gathering 2024

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18th June to 20th June 2024

Launde Abbey, Launde Road, Launde, Leicestershire, LE7 9XB

Speaker: Nicholas Spencer. Nick is Senior Fellow at Theos

Nick Spencer is the author of a number of books and reports, including ‘Magisteria: the entangled histories of science and religion’ (Oneworld, 2023), The Political Samaritan: how power hijacked a parable (Bloomsbury, 2017), The Evolution of the West (SPCK, 2016) and Atheists: The Origin of the Species (Bloomsbury, 2014). He is host of the podcast Reading Our Times. Outside of Theos, Nick is Visiting Research Fellow at the Faiths and Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London and a Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion. He tweets @theosnick

Gatherings

Annual Gathering 2023

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13th June to 15th June

Hinsley Hall, Leeds LS6 2BX

Speaker: Revd. Mark Bratton

He will be inviting us to reflect on the fascinating and complex interplay of ethics and theology with the rapidly advancing scientific and medical innovations of the modern day, and the challenges they bring.

Mark did his PhD at Warwick University explored judicial understandings of autonomy in ethically-contentious medical law cases. Following a short career as a barrister, which included a stint as a project research assistant at the Law Commission

Southern Chapter

Southern Chapter September 2022

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23 September 2022

Speaker Revd Dr Mark Siddall
St Stephen’s Church, Rochester Row, London

11.15 Arrival and Coffee

11.30 -12.30 Presentation 

12.30 -13.30 Sandwich Lunch (a donation of £5)

1.30 – 14.30 Questions and discussion

2.30 – 15.30 Eucharist followed by tea

Mark spoke about the climate crisis from the perspective of the Prodigal Son referencing a recent article he wrote for Theology, vol 125 (3) 197-204.