GANDER at the calendar
Wild Goose Resource Group open events
A selection of open events for 2008. Local contacts in brackets, otherwise details from the WGRG office, 0141 332 6343; wgrg@iona.org.uk.
Nov 2008
30th Oct – 1st Nov : GLASGOW, St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral
’Stations of Grace’, Thurs–Sat art exhibition with contemporary work based on interpretations of Grace.
Sat 7.30pm Music for Worship with John Bell & James MacMillan (West End ACTS, Brett Nicholls, brettnic@btinternet.com)
15th-16th : DURSLEY Tabernacle URC, Glos As part of its bicentenary, John Bell will speak on ’Rediscovering our Roots’ & ’Rediscovering the Bible as the People’s Book’ Sat 10am-4pm, with a ’Big Sing’ Sun 6pm, donations accepted. Lunches available. (minister@dursleytab.org.uk, church office 01453 542344, www.dursleytab.org.uk)
18th : MIDDLESBROUGH ‘The Strange Silence of the Song of Protest’, John Bell explores Christian protest in an evening of words & music, 7.30-9.30pm, Sporting Lodge, Low Lane, Stainton, Middlesbrough TS17 9LW, suggested donation £5
(Galilee Network, www.galilee.org.uk, Val Sonley, V.Sonley@tees.ac.uk)
Dec 2008
1st - 5th : LYNTON, Nth Devon, Lee Abbey
’Rediscovering the Bible as the People’s Book’, looking at the Bible as a collection of literature through which God speaks to us intellectually, emotionally and imaginatively, led by John Bell. (www.leeabbey.org.uk, 01598 752621)
5th – 7th : LYNTON, Nth Devon, Lee Abbey
’Preparing to meet the man’ John Bell will use words and music to look at the journey through Advent to Christmas. (www.leeabbey.org.uk, 01598 752621)
11th : DUNKELD, Little Dunkeld Church
An evening of readings and songs for Advent with WGRG.
(Liz Paterson, lizpaters@yahoo.com, 01786 880307)
13th : PRESTON, Tabor Retreat House
’God Comes Tomorrow’, a celebration of Advent in song & praise led by John Bell.
(www.tabor-preston.org, 01772 717122)
Jan 2009
22nd : CUPAR, Fife
Evening, ecumenical workshop on congregational song.
(Rev Anne Haselhurst, annehaselhurst@talktalk.net, 01334 652982)
Feb 2009
23rd : EDINBURGH
Evening, Progressive Christianity Network, ’Words and Music for Tomorrow's Christian', with John Bell.
(Mary McMahon, mary.mcmahon@pcnbritain.org.uk, 0131 441 3337)
28th : NOTTINGHAM, Vine Centre
‘Travelling the Road to Easter – Songs for the Journey’, all-day singing workshop with John Bell.
(Info & to book places [£8 - seniors £6]: Paul Heppleston paul.heppleston@virgin.net, 01629 540969)
March 2009
3rd : MUNGRISDALE, Cumbria Evening, ‘Opening Doors’, part of series of sessions for local Christians ‘in exile’, led by John Bell, Mungrisdale Village Hall.
(Stephen Wright, stephen@sacredspace.org.uk, 017687 79000)
4th : University of NORTHAMPTON 7.30pm, Montgomery Trust Lecture, given by John Bell, ‘Work as a Communicator through Music’.
(Heather Greenwood, Chaplain, 01604 892488, heather.greenwood@northampton.ac.uk)
17th : LIVERPOOL, Christ Church, Linnet Lane Evening, celebration of first phase of renovation in music & song, with John Bell.
(Annette James, annette.james@wisewoman.org.uk, 0151 726 0272)
18th : LONDON, South Wimbledon, Holy Trinity Church 7.30pm, talk by John Bell on ’Green Faith’, part of Lent lecture series.
(Diana Thornton, diana.thornton@ht-sw.org.uk)
21st-22nd : BELFAST, Fitzroy Presbyterian Church Big Sing & workshops with John Bell. (Chris Blake, mcfarland.blake@googlemail.com)
24th-26th : DURHAM, St. John’s College International Conference on Scripture & Liturgy, keynote speaker John Bell.
(http://www.dur.ac.uk/st-johns.college)
28th : MILTON KEYNES John Bell leads a programme of seasonal singing.
(Alex Heath, NORES, 01908 233121, heath.nores@btconnect.com)
30th March – 2nd April : WINDERMERE Centre ’Psalms for more than Sundays’ led by John Bell.
(http://windermere.urc.org.uk, 015394 44902, windermere.centre@gmail.com)
John Bell will be working in the Netherlands 21st-24th November, North America 26th January - 19th February, Finland & Sweden 6th-11th March.
For details of North American engagements, please see NWF link http://www.iona-nwf.org/Schedule-JohnBell.htm
