Learning Groups
Learning Groups are focused discussion groups exploring faith, encouraging curiosity & engaging our questions.
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The Big Questions
The Big Questions Learning Group is a 4-week teaching & discussion group helping us explore our embedded beliefs on the biggest and most complex questions we have about Life & Death, Heaven & Hell, and everything that makes us Christian.
Key theological questions covered include: Is God a God of love? If God is a God of love, then what about the wrath of God, how do we make sense of Old Testament violence, the violence of the cross, Hell and the End Times in the Book of Revelation?
The group will explore this through a mix of teaching input & discussion in a safe space. There will be some homework including a weekly 60 teaching video to watch.
Everyone Welcome. Register Now. Spaces are Limited.
When: Thursdays: 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd May 2025
Format: 4 sessions, 1 per week
Facilitated by: David Armstrong
Registration Open
Other Learning Groups to look out for in future:
Evolving Faith
What happens when the beliefs you once held dear don’t seem to work any more or you feel you’re losing the certainty you once knew?
The Evolving Faith group is for those who have found their faith being challenged — either by their lived experience, by skepticism or by the seeming irrelevance of it in a modern, secular world — and yet still have a desire to hold onto it. This group will explore this through a mix of sharing & discussion in a safe space with some input along the way.
Prayer
What is the purpose of prayer? How can we have a deeper experience of prayer? What prayer practices can help us pray well?
The Prayer learning group is for those looking to learn how to pray well and go deeper in prayer. The group will spend some time thinking about and sharing our experiences of prayer, learn about different aspects of liturgical, contemplative & intercessory prayer and explore the prayer practices that help shape a sustainable daily prayer rhythm.
Sexuality & Inclusion
What does the bible and faith have to say about our sexuality? How should the church approach unity, diversity and the inclusion of all brothers and sisters?
The Sexuality & Inclusion learning group is for those seeking to understand more about human sexual diversity and the vision of a more inclusive church that is rooted in the ancient, radical gospel of Jesus.
Relationships Course
The Relationship course is for those dating, engaged, or married who want to explore healthy relationships in the way of Jesus. Over dinner each couple will explore topics such as family of origin, looking back so you can look forward, communication, conflict, emotional availability and spirituality within a healthy relationship.
During the course the team will offer input from a fantastic range of resources as well as sharing their own lived experience.
Understanding Scripture
Where do we begin when it comes to reading and understanding the bible? Is there one correct right way to read it?
The Understanding Scripture group is for those seeking to open themselves up to the ancient, sacred text of the Church and all it’s perennial wisdom, respecting aspects such as context and genre and learning how we might apply its truth to our lives today. The group will explore this through a mix of teaching & discussion.