The Parish of Finchampstead and California is delighted to announce the speakers for our annual Lent Lecture series for 2012. The speakers come from a range of backgrounds, and are speaking on a variety of topics, we hope offering something for everyone.
The series begins on Tuesday 28th February with the new Bishop of Reading Rt Rev’d Andrew Proud speaking about his time with the Anglican Church in Ethiopia under the title “What We Can Learn From Africa”.
Following this on Tuesday 6th March our own Rev’d John Edwards talks about the 350th Anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer that falls this year in a lecture titled “Dearly Beloved – The Book of Common Prayer and the State of England”.
On Tuesday 13th March, Andrew Fellows of the L’Abri Fellowship in Hampshire talks about “Christians, Muslims, Atheists – the Struggle for the Heart of Europe”.
This year on Friday 16th March we are delighted to be able to host a sixth lecture presented by the well known presenter of Channel 4 News Jon Snow. Jon will be speaking on the subject of “The Media: Why the Worst May Be Over, and the Best is Yet to Come”.
On Tuesday 20th March we welcome Martin Cooper of inter-denominational organisation Navigators who is pioneering a new ministry aimed at those in their 50′s and 60′s named ‘Second Half Living’. His lecture is titled “I’ve Started, So I’ll Finish – Living as a Christian Through Middle Age and Beyond”.
The final lecture of the series on Tuesday 27th March is given by our own Martin Hughes, an Oxford Graduate in Ancient History and Theology and former lecturer at Durham University who will be speaking about “Is the Bible True? – The Battle for Ancient Israel”.
All of the lectures will commence at 8pm, with coffee being served from 7:45pm, and will finish by 9:30pm, and will be held in the St James’ Church Centre. For further details please contact the Parish Office on 0118 973 0133, or e-mailoffice@stjames.finchampstead.co.uk
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