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  • 23/04/2013Money Matters!

    13 May 2013, 9:30 AM
    Location: Leech Hall, St John

    Are you involved with Money & the Life of the Church?

     A new course module from Cranmer Hall and The Wesley Study Centre, St. John’s College, Durham

     

    TASTER DAY 13th May 2013

     

    Subjects to be covered during the day:

    Biblical, historical context for considering financial issues

    Church Accounts – how to read them, what they reveal

    The Charity Commission framework within which the Church has to work

    Money, Mission and Risk

    Case studies integrating theology and practice

     

    Coordinating Team

    Dr Jocelyn Bryan

    Canon Dr Alan Bartlett

    Rev Rick Simpson

    Roger Pinchbeck FCA (Deputy Secretary & Treasurer Diocese of Sheffield)

    Robert Scott-Biggs M.A., ACIS

    The Taster Day, which aims to provide an overview of the course subjects, will commence with registration at 9.30 a.m. and end by 4.00 p.m. A nominal charge of £10.00 will be made to cover the cost of lunch and refreshments.

    To reserve a place on the Taster Day contact:

    Val Strickland

    Cranmer Hall/Wesley Study Centre

    St. John’s College, 3 South Bailey Durham DH1 3RJ Tel: 0191 334 3894 

     Email:  v.e.strickland@durham.ac.uk

    Taster Day flier

     Note: It is possible to undertake the module as a stand-alone module or as part of the MATM, PGDip or PGCert programmes on offer at St John’s College.

  • 27/03/2013C K Barrett Lecture

    15 May 2013, 7:30 PM
    Location: Leech Hall, St John

    C K Barrett Lecture
    Speaker: Professor Ben Witherington III (a former student of Kingsley Barrett)
    Title: ‘“Almost Thou Persuadest Me”: Why reading the New Testament Rhetorically is Essential’

    Poster

  • Explore: Study Days on the Bible

    17 May 2013, 10:00 AM
    Location: Leech Hall, St John

     

    Venue: Leech Hall, St John’s College, Durham Speaker: Professor Ben Witherington III
    Title: ‘Did the Canon Misfire? Why these Gospels and not the Gnostic ones’

  • Cundy Lecture

    29 May 2013, 7:30 PM
    Location: Leech Hall, St John's College, Durham DH1 3RJ

    Speaker: David Wilkinson
    Title: ‘Phoenix or Dying Swan?: Learning to Cope with Failure in Ecumenical Relations’