Explorations


St Aidan's is strongly committed to a varied educational program covering:

  • biblical studies
  • theology
  • religious history
  • the environment
  • society
  • ethics
  • liturgy and music
  • other religious traditions
  • the arts

Presenters in the two formats below are the Minister, educators from the congregation or visiting experts.

Seminars at St Aidan's in 2009

Three seminars are to be conducted during the year and are open to the public. Everyone is welcome.

Lenten Series         -          Kerfuffle in Corinth
Interfaith Seminar    -         Varieties of Judaism
Spring Series        -           Countering Pharaoh and the Consumer-Production Society


Sessions are held on a Wednesday evening and repeated the following Thursday afternoon. Study materials are provided and there is a break for a cup of tea or coffee. A fee of $10 is charged for each series to cover costs.

Further details.


Sunday Evenings at St Aidan's

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT

Held on the last Sunday of each month - 5:30 - 7:30 pm

  • Talks and discussions to kindle your MIND
  • Soup and crusty bread to comfort your BODY
  • Evening Prayers to lift your SPIRIT

Further details

Publications

Our own Bell Tower Publications produces a series of occasional talks and papers from the programs above. There is a $5 donation for each publication to cover costs.

1.
St Aidan - His Life and Times
Bruce Steele
2.
Congregationalism and Philip Doddridge
Robert Sanderson
3.
Let There Be Light - Four Classic Hymns
Mary Steele
4.
John Wesley - His Life and Legacy
Robert Sanderson
5.
Angels
Mary Steele
6.
John Calvin and the Presbyterian Tradition
Elliott Forsyth
7.
The Cross in the Time of St Aidan
Bruce Steele
8.
Christian-Jewish Relations
Robert Anderson
9.
Four Hymns for Times of Trouble
Mary Steele
10.
Music and the Church
Bruce Steele
11.
Right and Wrong - searching for Moral Certainty
Hugh Mackay
12.
Beware Homo Fanaticus!  -  Causes and costs of fundamentalism
John Bodycomb
14.
World Affairs - not Foreign Affairs
  Stanley W. Johnston
15.
Perspectives on Euthanasia
  Christopher Wright
16.
Is Spong Wrong?
Nigel Watson
17.
What do I mean by G-O-D?
  John Bodycomb
18.
Progressive Christianity and Interfaith Relations
  Lorraine Parkinson
19.
The Church and its Schools
Joan Montgomery
20.
The Importance of the Rule of Law
  Timothy McCormack
21.
Biblical Women
Mary Steele
22.
Indigenous Culture: A Plea for Connection
John Bradley
23.
The Darfur Crisis
John Langmore
24.
Discovering Spirituality and Hope in Health Crises
Harriet Ziegler

For further information contact the Church Office.
Telephone: 9857 8412 or mail@staidans.org.au

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