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| 'I'VE SEEN WORSE': A BIOGRAPHY OF IAN FRASER, as shared with Ian Cranston – AVAILABLE NOW. For details on how to order, and to read an extract from Ron Ferguson's preface, see here … |
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| An interview with John Bell, from Read the Spirit |
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| EASTER WITNESS FOR PEACE AT THE GATES OF FASLANE, 31st March, 2012 |
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| Latest Iona Community e-bulletin |
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| San Ghan'ny (We Shall Sing): An evening of music for Palestine, in Arabic, English, Scots and Gaelic, Saturday, Feb 4th, Edinburgh. Music from Margaret Bennett, Karine Polwart, Lisa Rigby, Penny Stone – more info here |
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| 'It's time to close the gap between rich and poor': Church Action on Poverty – Poverty Action Sunday – 5th Feb |
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About the Iona Community |
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Our movement
We are full Members, Associate, Youth and Staff Members, Volunteers and Friends of the Iona Community. What we share, expressed in many different ways, is an experience of the liberating power of Jesus Christ, and a commitment to the personal and social transformation that spring from the vision and values of the gospel.
Members share a common Rule which includes:
- Daily prayer and reading the Bible
- Mutual sharing and accountability for our use of time and money
- Regular meeting together
- Action and reflection for justice, peace and the integrity of creation
Members meet regularly throughout the year in local groups and in 4 plenary gatherings, including a week on Iona.
Our concerns
As well as serving on the decision and policy-making bodies of the Community’s corporate work, members particularly focus on a two-year theme which shapes and informs its programmes and publications. The current theme is Peace.
A commitment to Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation is an integral part of the Rule of the Iona Community, and a key aspect of our lives both as individuals and as a community. The Peace Working Group is currently conducting an audit of how we live out this part of our rule - as members, as local “Family”groups, and as a whole community. Members' involvement varies according to the area they live in and their individual circumstances, but it is clear that across the community there is an unwavering commitment to peace and justice, reflected in many types of activity, from quiet peacemaking in our neighbourhoods and families, to political lobbying and nonviolent opposition to weapons of mass destruction
There are also member-led groups working on:
There is a network of members engaged in inter-religious dialogue, and a Council-appointed group considering theological issues
Our organisational work
Although it maintains three island centres ( Iona Abbey and the MacLeod Centre on Iona, one at Camas on the nearby island of Mull), the Iona Community has its mainland home in Glasgow, the base for:
For further information on the Community and its concerns, please write to the Leader of the Community - Rev. Peter Macdonald, at:
The Iona Community, 4th Floor, Savoy House, 140 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3DH
Information for Students and Researchers - An Iona Community Reading list...more
Our Worship. more>
2008 Annual Report and 2008 Annual Accounts
2009 Annual report can be found in Spring 2010 Coracle. Click here to be redirected
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