As well as running courses in a central location, BELIEF is happy
to bring
courses to you. We have two courses we can do this with at present:
1. Christian Decision Making.
There are so many decisions we need to make day by day. Some we
probably make
without thinking about them. Some we do give more thought to.
As Christians, one
thing we will want to do is to ask what God requires of us as
we make decisions. This
course introduces an aid to Christian decision-making which has
been used by many
Christians all over the world in recent years. It helps us to
analyse the situation we are
facing, to set out options, to look at the Bible and other parts
of Christian tradition, to
dig deep into them for guidance about what God requires and encourages
us to act on
the basis of what we have learned.
This course can be done over four or five evenings, or on a Saturday
or Sunday.
We try to be as flexible as possible in adapting to local circumstances.
Fees are negotiable, but £50.00 for an evening and £200.00
for a Saturday is a
guide-price. For more details and to discuss how we can deliver
this in your church,
house-group, fellowship of churches etc, please contact
us,
via the contacts page.
2. Christian Responses to Islam.
We now live in a multi-faith, multi-cultural society, and Islam
is part of that. What is
a Christian response to Islam and to Muslims? In this course,
we visit a Mosque (usually
in Queen’s Park in Bedford, but there are other possibilities)
and learn something about
Islam from Muslims. We spend time reflecting on what we have seen
and heard, and then
turn to the Bible and to passages which help us reflect on what
God calls us to be and do
as we work, study and live alongside Islam and Muslims. The course
is led by Rev’d Jay MacLeod, Parish Priest in Queen’s
Park, Bedford, and Interfaith Adviser to the Bishop and Diocese
of St. Albans. The
emphasis is on Christian responses and we offer it as such rather
than making claims to
be experts on Islam, though both of us do have wide experience
of working with Muslim
people and have read and thought about that faith and about what
it means to be Christian
alongside Muslims.
This course can be run in All Saints Parish Room in Queen’s
Park, as well
as in your local situation. It can be done over a number of evenings,
or on Saturdays. Fees
are flexible, but £50.00 for an evening, and £200.00
for a Saturday are guide-prices. For
more details and to discuss how we can deliver this course in
your church, house group,
fellowship of churches etc, please contact
us, via the contact page.
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