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The Role of the Church in the New Political Situation
A last meeting with LCTiM, celebrating its work with speaker John Battle. Thursday 9th July 7pm at LCI. Please email [email protected] or phone 0113 391 7928 if you wish to attend.
Four Seasons in Harehills
Join with a group of Christians engaged in mission in the city for a reflective retreat. Together we will be open to encounter God in the people and places of Harehills, and reflect together. We begin the morning with prayer and theological engagement, then we spend...
Latest group diary
Diary: there is NO WCR in August, and the September date, to finish this year's cycle, is Saturday SEPTEMBER 12th. See more dates below. Please let me know if you no longer wish to receive emails from me. I have just been speaking with Helen about the future of Wild...
Drink with a Chimp Review – a remarkable piece of theatre…
Review from The Public Reviews Performance: Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds, 5th June 2015 Lead Writer: Daniel Ingram-Brown Director: Simon Brewis Reviewer: David Gann Drink with a Chimp is a remarkable piece of theatre. It is well written, acted and directed, but most...
Lunchtime Conversations: Christianity and Contemporary Politics 2
Tuesday 7th July12.30-2.30 at LCI, 20 New Market Street, LS1 6DG Christianity & Contemporary Politics by Luke Bretherton. We will be looking in depth at chapters 3 'Immigration and Asylum' and chapter 4 'Fairtrade' . Session led by Dr Helen Reid. A light lunch...
The Leeds Big Bookend Festival and LCI
Stories from the Forests of Leeds Saturday 6th June,11am-4pm at the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Parkinson Building, Leeds, LS2 9JT Imagine Leeds as a forest-a complex, diverse place with no wide landscape, just roads threaded between buildings connecting people...
Book Review of Finding Mr Goldman
Book Review by Linda Casper Title: Finding Mr Goldman (A parable) Author: David Rhodes Publisher: SPCK Publishing In true parable fashion, Rhodes doesn’t waste a word in this novel which leads the reader through a series of vignettes...
An Evening of Subversive Peacemaking
By Stroma McDermott LCI were delighted to be part of the book launch of Clive Barrett’s new book Subversive Peacemakers at which both Clive Barret and Lindis Percy shared their perspectives of conscientious objection and resistance to war making. Clive concentrated on...
Philippa Lester & Diane Saunders: From the Leylands to Leeds 17
Philippa Lester and Diane Saunders: From the Leylands to Leeds 17 Sat 6th June @ 2.30pm – 4.00pm Leeds Church Institute, LS1 6DG Free but booking is recommended. To book, phone 0113 391 7928 or email [email protected] Published in November 2014 and...
Max Farrar: Islamism & Terror: A Western way of doing Politics?
Max Farrar: Islamism & Terror: A Western way of doing politics? Sat 6th June @ 2.00pm-3.30pm Leeds Church Institute, LS1 6DG £3 from http://www.bigbookend.co.uk/events/ Max will be looking at the ‘who, how and why’ of what we call terrorism and our responses to...