Programme Information
Friday - Mill Hill Chapel
17.30 - Arrivals
18.00 - Opening Prayers
18.15 - Buffet Dinner
19.00 - Panel Discussion: Should We Keep Our Faith In Politics?
20.30 - Evening prayer
21.00 - Head to accommodation (option to go to the pub)
Saturday - St. George's Centre - Faith in Our Democracy Today: Project Bonhoeffer Conference
09.45 - Arrivals and Registration
10.15 - Gathering in small groups
10.30 - Welcome and Introductions
10.40 - Keynote Speaker, Prof Tom Greggs: Faith in Democracy Today; Thinking towards, with, from and beyond Bonhoeffer about salvation in an age of political turmoil, followed by a Q&A session.
12.00 - Small Groups Discussion
12.45 - Lunch
13.30 - Keynote Speaker, Revd Deirdre Brower Latz: Faith in a time of Democracy; Being thinkingly Christian - Disciples as carriers of deep progressive hope.
14.30 - Workshops, including time to talk with the keynote speakers; workshops from SCM; Migration, Asylum and Sanctuary; Renewing Democratic Politics Post Brexit.
15.45 - Tea and plenary session
16.30 - Departures and walk to train station
If you'd like to stay in Leeds for dinner after the conference, we will be going for food somewhere between the conference venue and the train station. Otherwise, feel free to head straight off at 16.30.
Speaker Details
Should We Keep Our Faith in Politics? will be a panel discussion on the place of personal belief in political sphere, how we as people of faith are called to engage with politics, and whether we should just give up on the whole thing. We will hear from Lucy Zwolinska, Gateshead Poverty Truth Commission and the Methodist church, and Jonathan Pryor, Local Councillor for Headingley and Hyde Park, as well as other panel guests.
Faith in Our Democracy Today will be a day conference organised by Project Bonhoeffer, covering Christianity in our 21st-Century secular and multi-religious world. Speakers include Tom Greggs, Professor in History and Doctrinal Theology at Aberdeen University, and Revd Dr Deirdre Brower Latz of the Nazarene Theological College, as well as workshops from SCM Regional Workers on Disagreeing Well and Bonhoeffer's approach to faith and action.
Venue and Practical Information
Friday: Mill Hill Chapel is a Unitarian chapel right in the centre of Leeds, just opposite the train station. We will be in the main church venue, which is wheelchair accessible. A buffet dinner will be provided. The address is Mill Hill Chapel, City Square, Leeds, LS1 5EB.
Accommodation: We will be staying at the Russell Scott Backpackers hostel, just a 10 minute walk from Mill Hill. There will be shared dorm accommodation available, and breakfast is included. If you require an accessible room, please let us know as soon as possible, so that we can ensure provision is made. The address is Russell Scott Backpackers Hostel, 1 Lisbon Square, Leeds, LS1 4LY.
Saturday: The St. George's Centre is a conference venue in Leeds City Centre, attached to St. George's Church. It is just a 10 minute walk from the hostel, and is wheelchair accessible. Lunch is provided by the Project Bonhoeffer conference. The address is St George's Conference Centre, 60 Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3DL.