Briefing Meetings take place four times a year.
We usually have one or two
invited speakers to introduce a specific topic of current concern,
followed
by questions, discussion and contributions from members.
Meetings start at 2·0pm and finish by 4·15pm.
This is an open invitation.
Venue for ordinary meetings:
The Library, Archbishop's House, 150 St George's Road, London SE1
| Thursday 8 July 11am - 4.30pm | Annual General Meeting, to be held again in the Swedish Church, 6 Harcourt Street, London W1H 4AG
map Bishop Matti Repo, of Tampere in Finland, will be the main speaker. He writes: "There seem to be at least two topics for the meeting, the one concerning church-state relations and the other the ecumenical relations of the churches. I have to admit I feel myself much more secure on the latter than the former theme, taken my previous post in the Church Department for the International Relations until 2008. But of course, the ecumenical situation in Finland is also influenced by the fact that the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Orthodox Church occupy a much stronger position in the society than the other Christian Churches or denominations, due to their close relations to the state. The two topics of your meeting are thus interlinked, and I would need to touch them both." The second speaker will be Bishop William Kenney, Catholic bishop of Stockholm from 1987 to 2006, currently serving the Archdiocese of Birmingham during the episcopal vacancy. |
| Tuesday to Thursday 12-14 October | Annual Residential Conference at Swanwick. The focus of the conference is to look at aid and support initiatives by western church-related organisations towards Ukraine and Belarus in the context of the EU's neighbourhood policy, with consideration of theecumenical dimension. A number of speakers have been approached, notably Prof. Antoine Arjakovsky, an Orthodox Frenchman working in the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. Amongst others are Peter Pavlovich (formerly of CEC), Neville Kyrke-Smith (Aid to the Church in Need), Roland Smith and Philippe de Suremain (respectively British and French Ambassadors to Ukraine). If you wish to attend, please email Philip Walters (philip.max.walters@gmail.com) or telephone 01993 771 778 with your name, address, phone number and email address. The full conference will be from tea on Tuesday until lunch on Thursday inclusive. If you cannot stay for the whole time, please indicate how long you will be present. A full programme with costs and a bookin form will be sent out when arrangements have been finalised. |