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Vic Thiessen (for Walter Wink)

***Due to serious illness Walter Wink is unable to attend, but the seminar is still going ahead with Vic Thiessen presenting Wink’s lectures and leading discussion on their content. Please contact the LMC for further information. 22/08/2006***

It is a special privilege to announce that Professor Emeritus Walter Wink, internationally-renowned speaker, Biblical scholar and author, will be our special guest for this seminar, which elaborates on material in his most recent book: The Human Being: Jesus and the Enigma of the Son of the Man (Fortress, 2002). Walter does workshops and lectures aimed at encounter with the biblical text that will be transformative for participants. His lectures are designed to be accessible to everyone, regardless of their previous biblical knowledge.


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Lesley Misrahi

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How does a Christian live out an ethic of public service and speak truth to the powers that be within today’s public services?

Many Christians go into education, the health service, local government, the civil service or other public organisations because we feel we have a vocation to serve. How do we do the job when ideologically-driven change and centrally-dictated bureaucracy seem to make things worse? How do we continue whole-heartedly when politicians and the media constantly say that we’re not doing well enough and that the private sector would do better? How can our faith help to transform the ‘powers that be’ in which we serve?


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Start: 09:30
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Dr Chris Hewer

In a world experiencing growing tensions between Christians and Muslims and in a country where a rapidly-growing percentage of the population is Muslim, it is vital that Christians understand Islam and learn about the issues involved in Christian-Muslim relations.

This seminar, led by Dr. Chris Hewer, will begin with an introduction to Islam in its own terms, looking at a Muslim world view and exploring key concepts such as prophecy, revelation, beliefs and practices. In the afternoon we will explore issues in Christian-Muslim relations, a combination of theological and practical issues that touch our lives as Christians in relation to Muslims.


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Start: 09:30
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Gareth Higgins and Vic Thiessen

Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski and German director Tom Tykwer are two of the most important European filmmakers of the past 25 years. While not all of their films have been unanimously embraced by critics, there is a spiritual element to their films that makes them fascinating for those interested in the relation between film and theology.


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Start: 18:30
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Kathy Thiessen and Dora-Marie Goulet

In November/December 2006, two members of the London Mennonite Centre staff, Kathy Thiessen and Dora-Marie Goulet, joined a Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) delegation to Israel/Palestine. CPT has had a team in Hebron since 1995, working with Palestinians and Israeli peace groups to develop action campaigns that expose the face of the Occupation, training in nonviolence, reporting on human rights, visiting families involved in the Campaign for Secure Dwellings and accompanying children to school.


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Start: 09:30
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Dr Tom Finger

Anabaptists are good at promoting peace theology and critiquing war but few relate this to what many historic Anabaptists called “inordinate attachments to creatures”: the grasping for material goods, power and social prestige which results in the world’s vast unjust inequalities, protected and expanded by violent force or the threat of it.


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Start: 10:30
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Jayne Docherty

Have you ever wondered what to do after tragic events like the London Tube bombings, or how to respond to increased tension in your community?


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Gareth Higgins and Vic Thiessen

Gareth Higgins writes: “Going to the cinema can be a spiritual experience akin to worship, which can inspire and convict as well as any sermon.” Discussing films, and the relation between films and theology, is all very good, but there is something magical, and potentially spiritual, about dimming the lights and watching films together before we move into discussion.


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Start: 18:00
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Gareth Higgins and Vic Thiessen

Gareth Higgins writes: “Going to the cinema can be a spiritual experience akin to worship, which can inspire and convict as well as any sermon.” Discussing films, and the relation between films and theology, is all very good, but there is something magical, and potentially spiritual, about dimming the lights and watching films together before we move into discussion.


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Start: 10:00
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Alan Kreider and Eleanor Kreider

How do Anabaptists pray? Recent research has explored the profound spirituality of the early Anabaptists. They had ways of singing and praying that were distinctive, and that used the Bible in surprising and creative ways. Christians today are appropriating these ancient Anabaptist practices as they sing and pray. This seminar will explore historic and contemporary Anabaptist song and prayer and will practice them together.


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Start: 18:30
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David Nussbaum

Corruption has become a topic of increasing conversation and debate in recent years. Stories about it range from domestic political scandals such as ‘loans for honours’ and the decision to call off investigations into some of the alleged bribery by BAe Systems, to international concerns about the effectiveness of international development aid and nepotism at the World Bank.



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Start: 09:30
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Shan Stephens

Responding to a frequent request, we are pleased to offer a special day-long workshop on Christian storytelling. The aim of the workshop is to envision people, showing them the many different aspects of storytelling and helping them to see its potential. We would like to release the gifts that God has given each one of us to share God’s story and our own stories. Our hope is that the day will equip and excite people enough to start storytelling or reawaken their gift.



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Howard Zehr

Through the medium of photography, this workshop will explore the importance of visual awareness and the meaning of light as an entrée to meditation and reflection.



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Start: 09:30
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Colin Patterson

Of the four evangelists, Matthew offers the most extensive information about the teaching of Jesus, and so his Gospel is the natural source-book for a life of discipleship. Anabaptists, among others, have studied extensively the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ (Chs. 5-7) and the discourse on community relationships (Ch.18) to find guidance for Christian conduct. From these texts emerge challenging precepts: forgo revenge, love your enemy, forgive without limit, be as little children.



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Stuart Murray-Williams
Stuart Murray Williams

Why are fresh expressions of church emerging in Britain and several other western nations? Are these creative missional initiatives incarnating the church into post-modern and post-Christendom culture? Or are they self-indulgent distractions from the task of mission in contemporary culture?


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Colin Patterson
Colin Patterson

This is a repeat of the well-received seminar run at the London Mennonite Centre in October 2007. It comes out of Colin’s own study of Matthew’s Gospel, looking for ways in which Jesus can be seen as a living demonstration of the way of life that he taught his disciples. Colin says:


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Start: 09:30
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Dr Chris Hewer

Dr Chris HewerFollowing up on his popular seminar in the autumn of 2006, in which he introduced us to Islam and Christian-Muslim relations, we are pleased to welcome back Dr. Chris Hewer to help us take a more in-depth look at Islam from a Christian perspective.


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Vic Thiessen

Gareth Higgins writes: “Going to the cinema can be a spiritual experience akin to worship, which can inspire and convict as well as any sermon.” Discussing films, and the relation between films and theology, is all very good, but there is something magical, and potentially spiritual, about dimming the lights and watching films together before we move into discussion.


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Andrea Lange

The Church is a community of both guests and hosts, and hospitality is a prominent feature of an Anabaptist-oriented church. Welcoming each other and welcoming the stranger (even the enemy), stretching out hands, opening doors and hearts; doing these things opens our eyes to the needs of people around us (the lonely and alienated living next to us who need shelter, a safe place to be). Hospitality offers challenges and surprises: the Bible tells us that we might even be accommodating angels. Both Martha and Mary (Luke 10) are needed to host Jesus.


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Dr. James Jakob Fehr

In the revolutionary atmosphere just before the outbreak of the First Jewish-Roman War (a.d. 66-70), one group of Palestinian dissidents opposing oppressive Roman rule gave witness to a pacifist understanding of faith in God. They were pious Jews from the Galilean countryside. Although they opposed Roman domination and the urban Jewish authorities who collaborated with their harsh rulers, their theological and political teaching and lifestyle nevertheless sought an end to the escalation of violence. Their leader was Jesus of Nazarath.


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Doug Hostetter, Hansuli Gerber et al

What is the responsibility of the international community when a state is unable or unwilling to protect its own people?

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