2010 LENT COURSE

"WHEN I SURVEY…….. CHRIST'S CROSS AND OURS"

The death of Christ is a dominant and dramatic theme in the New Testament. So it's not surprising that, over the centuries, the Cross has become the symbol of the Christian faith. But Christians do not honour a dead hero; we worship a Living Lord.

According to the Bible, the death of Jesus is not the end of a track - it's the gateway into life. His crucifixion gives rise to many key themes and we will explore some of these in this course including: the place of silence in our noisy world; despair and hope; a suffering world; the challenge of living as disciples when Christianity is no longer mainstream…

STUDY GROUP DATES

• Session 1 - Darkness at Noon ------------------------------ Tuesday February 23rd 8.00pm
• Session 2 - Into Great Silence ------------------------------ Wednesday March 3rd 8.00pm
  
• Session 3 - The Child on the Cross ------------------------ Wednesday March 10th 8.00pm
  
• Session 4 - Outside a City Wall ---------------------------- Wednesday March 17th 8.00pm
  
• Session 5 - Touching the Rock ----------------------------- Wednesday March 24th 8.00pm

 

PARTICIPANTS on the course CD

DR DAVID HOPE (Archbishop of York from 1995-2005) introduces the course CD.

GENERAL SIR RICHARD DANNATT GCB CBE MC - Chief of the General Staff and professional Head of the British Army until his retirement in August 2009.

REVD DR COLIN MORRIS - former President of the Methodist Conference and Head of Religious Broad casting at the BBC, Colin provides the Closing Reflection at the end of each session.

REVD JOHN BELL - sacred music specialist from the Iona Community and an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland.

CANON DR CHRISTINA BAXTER CBE - Principal of St John's Theological College, Nottingham and Lay Chair of the General Synod of the Church of England.

For further information please telephone 0114 237 7422 or

email the vicar.