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How can a community’s DNA be transformed?

The community life of this nation is deteriorating. The Christian message needs to break out of the churches to transform the DNA of our communities, if this downward spiral is to be reversed. Don...

gb09-31 Community & Change

There are five key components to a successful community; Aspiration, Parenting, Education, Employment and Community. David Lammy and Douglas Alexander will draw on their perspectives as politicians...

Development in a downturn

While growing global interdependence has accelerated, progress in fighting poverty, the global downturn coupled with threats from climate change and conflict could reverse this. But our very...

Turning the world upside-down: Thomas Traherne

Rescued from near oblivion by chance discoveries of lost manuscripts, this 17th-Century priest and poet is bursting with fresh appeal. Denise Inge is an Honorary Fellow in Early Modern Research at...

Clothing the naked Jesus – helping asylum seeking

Ever clothed the naked Jesus? Fed him? Given him a bed? ‘If you did it to the least… you did it to me'. Asylum seekers are bottom of the heap in the UK – come and find out how to love Jesus...
Speaker(s): Dave Smith

So what the hell should we believe?

Many people find their integrity challenged when expected to believe in a more literal interpretation of Scripture. A lot of these people find their way to Greenbelt where they feel they get a more...
Speaker(s): Dave Tomlinson

Church without borders

Dave speaks on how to create churches that are inclusive, liberating and mission-shaped. Dave Tomlinson is vicar of St Luke's in Holloway, North London, and the author of Re-Enchanting...
Speaker(s): Dave Tomlinson

Faith and politics with CSM

Why do so many Christians get involved in single-issue campaigns like debt but never do the harder work of joining a party? Why are they mostly shouting from the terraces rather than getting on the...

Spiritual Intelligence: a new way of being

We live in a spiritually dumb society, but Christian culture rarely seems much brighter. How can you rediscover your ‘spiritual intelligence' and use it to unleash your God-given...
Speaker(s): Brian Draper

Permaculture inspired spirituality

Permaculture is a design discipline that mimics maintenance-free, sustainable wild ecosystems. This workshop applies the same principles to us and our spirituality. Bruce is a life coach and project...
Speaker(s): Bruce Stanley

Shapers of Earth History

As participant creatures in the ancient and complex ecosystems of our planet, we carry a hope that embraces all creation. A call for a new community committed to a life more intune with the...

Shame and how to survive it

If Christ came to liberate us from shame, why do so many of us still suffer? A look at the differences between shame and guilt, and what to do when you just feel ‘wrong'. Clare Catford is a...

Is tax dodging making poverty history?

Tax dodging is estimated to cost the developing world at least US$160bn a year – that's almost twice the international aid budget. With 1.6bn people still living in extreme poverty, leading tax...

A vision of the Kingdom

What does the Kingdom look like? Exploring diversity, unity & equality through Revelation 7. Bev Thomas is a freelance consultant and lecturer on social justice and ‘race' issues. She was...

Christianity’s supreme vocation

Christianity's supreme vocation: economic transformation and the protection of creation We face a triple crunch: financial crisis, peak oil and climate change. Defending it against over-consumption...
Speaker(s): Ann Pettifor