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That time of year again!
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Women Bishops and a Free Province: How
. . . is the title of a Teaching Day, which Fr Geoffrey Kirk (with assistance) is prepared to come and run in your part of the country. As the time of reckoning draws ever nearer, it is essential that we communicate to all our people just what women bishops in the Church of England will mean, and why Forward in Faith is so determined to ensure that adequate provision is made for the third of our Church who will in conscience be unable to accept such a change.
Fr Kirk has set aside a number of days in his diary this year when he will be available to visit groups of Forward in Faith members and sympathizers in order to address just these issues. His programme has but few requirements: first, it needs not less than 40 and not more than 100 participants; second, it must be open to both clergy and laity; and, last, it should be planned to run for four hours, including time for group discussion, but excluding breaks for lunch etc.
And so it is over to you! Discuss the matter in your parish, your diocese and your region, so as to open the event to the sort of numbers that are needed. Choose a suitable venue, with easy access by public transport and good parking for those who travel by car. Then contact Fr Kirk direct on 020 8318 1295 in order to arrange a date and advertise the event as widely in your area as possible. Finally, contact the Director at Faith House with all the details, so that they can appear both on this page (see below) and on the Forward in Faith International website at www.forwardinfaith.com
Women Bishops and a Free Province: Where
Fr Kirk’s Study Days have been arranged as follows:
Saturday, 7 June at 10.30 am – Southwark Cathedral – Details: John Gant, 020 7708 5400 Please note change of date
Saturday, 14 June at 10.30 am – St John the Evangelist, Watford – Details: Yvonne Silver, 01462 683954 or John Worley, 01442 253465
Sunday, 6 July at 2.30 pm – St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, Queen Victoria Street, London EC4 (Tube: Blackfriars) Details: Fr Alan Griffin, 020 7248 7546
Saturday, 12 July at 10.00 am – St Mary, Hunslet – Details: Fr Graham Sanders, 01274 587896
Saturday, 2 August at 10.30 am – All Saints, Northampton – Details: Ken Briers, 01604 648680 or David White, 01327 361596
Saturday, 6 September at 10.30 am – St James, Oldham – Details: Fr Paul Plumpton, 0161 633 4441 or 0161 624 1534
Saturday, 13 September at 10.30 am – Central Methodist Church, St Saviour Gate, York – Details: Barry Taylor, 01904 679822
Saturday, 20 September at 10.00 – St Catherine’s, Burnley – Details: Fr Roger Parker 07977 291166
Saturday, 25 October at 10.30 am – Staveley Church Community Centre, Church Street, Staveley, Chesterfield – Details: Fr William Butt, 01246 472270
Saturday, 8 November at 10.30 am – The Ascension, Crownhill, Plymouth – Details: Fr Paul Hancock, 01752 783617