URC THAMES NORTH SYNOD

DIARY

2010

September, 2010

3rd September - 5th September TLS Developing Community Experiences Week-end 1 at Westminster College, Cambridge with Ann Morrisy More details here and Here

6th September - 8th September Lay Preachers & Worship Leaders at Westminster College, Cambridge More details here

6th September URC Golf Day on 6th September, 2010 at Bromsgrove Golf Centre

7th September London Central & North Area Committee

8th September - 10th September Lay Preachers & Worship Leaders at Westminster College, Cambridge More details here

8th September Chiltern Area Committee

9th September West London Area Committee

10th September - 12th September Lay Preachers & Worship Leaders at Westminster College, Cambridge More details here

11th September

Synod Executive.

Mini Series Organ Recitals, All Saints Church, Innmans Row, Woodford Green, IG8 0NH

FAITH IN MAINTENANCE TRAINING DAYS (spab) 10am-16:00 Radnor Hall, Wesley's Chapel and Laysian Mission, City Road, London, EC1& 1AU

13th September London Interfaith Centre September's book group 12:00-14:-- considers Terry Eagleton's "Reason, Faith and Revolution" Donations invited for sandwich lunch. PLease, let us know you are coming.

14th September Leadership Development Group Away Day

15th September St Albans Area Committee

16th September Mission Initiaitves Group

18th September Synod - St Thomas' Watford

19th September London Interfaith Centre Companions in Service led by Brian Ball of Palmers Green URC. There will be a light lunch afterwards.

21st September

Lea Valley Area Committee

Grants, Loans and Property Committee

22nd September Youth and Children's Work Committee

26th September London interfaith centre. Mike King talks about his book, "Postsecularism" 15:00-17:00

28th September

"Welcome to Thames North Synod at Ipalo House" 09:30-16:30

Roding Area Committee

October, 2010

2nd October

"URC Musicians' Guild Annual Celebration Day - Saturday 2nd October Within this mailing you will find details of a workshop, organised by the URC Musicians' Guild, to be held at Palmers Green United Reformed Church on Saturday 2nd October.  This promises to be an excellent and stimulating day.  "Challenging Worship Today" will remind participants of the purpose of gathering for worship, how music can unite our praise and enhance our prayer and how those who are responsible for the different components of worship may work together more effectively.  Revd Dr John Bradbury, lecturer/tutor in theology and church history at Westminster College (and gifted musician), will lead the morning sessions and other workshops will explore situations relevant to our contemporary church life, so different from the world in which traditional patterns of worship developed.  All those who love music in our worship are welcome to attend.  Palmers Green church is within easy walking distance of Palmers Green station on the line from Kings Cross to Hertford North."

Mini Series Organ Recitals, All Saints Church, Innmans Row, Woodford Green, IG8 0NH

4th October Listed Buildings Advisory Committee

5th October London North & Central Area Committee

6th October Nominations Committee

9th October

Joy in Service Elders' Training Conference at United Free Church Leytonstone 10:00 - 18:00 For further details, please, contact Sandra Ackroyd after on 020 8279 0533 or e-mail

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11th October London Interfiath Centre "Abrahamic Scriptural Reasoning" 10:15 for 10:30

14th October

28th October London Churches Refugee Network

30th October Urban Churches' Support Group Church Secretaries' Consultation at Southern Synod Crossway URC, 10:30-13:00 "How to make my church a volounteer magnet!" A follow-up to the previous session on 5th June with a view to looking at the multicultural dimensions to teh issue. More detail in UCGS Spring Newsletter here

31st October London Interfaith Centre Multi Faith Scriptural Reasoning 15:00-17:00

November, 2010

1st November

Youth and Children's Work Committee

Listed Buildings Advisory Committee

2nd November Central & North London Area Committee

4th November Mission Initiatives Group

6th November Synod

11th November

West London Area Committee

Finance Committee

13th November

Mini Series Organ Recitals, All Saints Church, Innmans Row, Woodford Green, IG8 0NH

16th November

Lea Valley Area Committee

Grants, Loans and Property Committee

17th November St Albans Area Committee

18th November Chiltern Area Committee

23rd November

Roding Area Committee

Tuesday, 23rd November

IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES.   Next Asylum Carer's Evenings at Westminster Abbey- Tuesday 23rd November 2010.   I am writing to give you early warning of the next evenings for those who care for Asylum seekers which will be held in Westminster Abbey. Canon Sagovsky hopes as many of you who can will join us. Please forward this email as widely as you can to anyone else who may be interested in attending, as we would like to welcome as many as possible.   The details of the evenings are below. I would be grateful if you could confirm whether you are able to attend or not, there is of coarse no charge, we just need to know numbers for the catering of the evening. My contact details are at the bottom of this email.  

‘Asylum Carers Evening’

by kind invitation of

The Dean and Chapter of Westminster

to be held on

Tuesday 23rd November 2010

6 - 8.30 pm

An opportunity to meet for refreshments in the Jerusalem Chamber and for some peace and quiet in the Abbey ending with Compline.

 Entrance, Great West Door, 6pm prompt; if later, direct to Jerusalem Chamber via Dean's Yard and the Deanery Courtyard

Advance Booking through Alice Cullen, Assistant Visits, Westminster Abbey

Phone: 020 7654 4889, email: assistant.visits@westminster-abbey.org

25th November

Synod Quiet Day for Advent led by The Revd Ray Adams and The Revd R Andrew Prasad, officiating at Holy Communion

(evening) Synod Executive

26 November - 28th November TLS Developing Community Experiences Week-end 2 at Emmaus House, Bristol More details here and Here

28th November First Sunday in Advent

December, 2010

7th December

Central & North London Area Committee

Leadership Development Group

8th December St Albans Area Committee

2011

PILOTS PARTY at 60!!!!!!!

February, 2011

27th February London Inter Faith Centre Third follow-up consideration of Hindu and Christian Texts 15:00-17:00 from 24th October

March, 2011

12th March Synod meeting

25 March - 27th March TLS Developing Community Experiences Week-end 3 at Luther King House, Manchester More details here and Here

May, 2011

17th-19th May Mission Council, High Leigh

22nd May London Inter Faith Centre Final follow-up consideration of Hindu and Christian Texts 15:00-17:00 from 27th February

June, 2011

17th June - 19th June TLS Developing Community Experiences Week-end 4 at Westminster College, Cambridge with Fran Beckett More details here and Here

20th June - 23rd June

"Renewing Preaching is scheduled to take place at Westminster College between 20-23 June 2011.  Do please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.  We're working on a leaflet which will included information about each of the speakers and the schedule of events.  If you're interested in receiving this once it is complete, please just let me know.   Kind regards, Emma Daniels College Office Manager PA to the Principal e-mail: ed365@cam.ac.uk phone: 01223 743 067 WESTMINSTER COLLEGE Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB0AA Reg. Charity no: 311449

September, 2011

24th September

Synod meeting

Multi Cultural Celebration at Carrs Lane URC, Birmingham

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to inform you that the next Multicultural Celebration will be held on September 24th 2011 and the venue will again be Carrs Lane United Reformed Church, Birmingham as almost all of the participants found the venue very convenient and accessible.

The theme will be: “Feast: Celebrating our Life Together” and there will be some changes to the programme to include a number of exciting and hands-on workshops (feasts).

May I kindly ask you to consider the following?

• 1.       Please note the date in your diaries and advertise the event on your Synod webpage
• 2.       While we had a great attendance of over 350 people, we need to ensure representation and participation from across all the Synods. Your help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
• 3.       If you are aware of a URC group or an individual that we should invite to participate in the cultural part of the programme, kindly let me know.
• 4.       For the last Multicultural Gathering (2009) the West Midlands Synod made a financial contribution towards the cost of the event. For 2011, I want to invite all of our Synods to consider making a contribution towards the event and would be happy to discuss this with colleagues as this can take a variety of creative ways. Please do not be scared off by this – as the invitation is more about ownership of a very significant event in the life of our Church than huge sums of money!!!

With thanks for your kind consideration and continuing support of the rjmm work

With warm wishes,

Michael j

Michael N. Jagessar (Revd Dr)
Secretary - Racial Justice & Multicultural Ministry (Mission Department)
The United Reformed Church
86 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9RT
(44)207 691 9872

http://www.urc.org.uk/what_we_do/rjmm/racial_justice_and_multicultural_ministry

November, 2011

5th November Synod meeting

25th-27th November Mission Council, Swanwick