Christ Church Morningside

At Christ Church we are committed to life-long learning for all ages and all learning styles, and for providing opportunities for questioning and deepening our faith. For some this is a matter of open enquiry, for others ‘faith seeking understanding’. Throughout the year a number of formal and informal opportunities are offered.   These are the events we have had since September 2009.  To find out what’s on for any particular date, and to check for last minute information, look in the calendar.

First Sunday Conversations

5th September, The Hidden Christians of Japan,

led by Kirk Sandvig,University of Edinburgh

First Sunday of Month, 11.30-12.15 p.m.

Rebecca Aechtner leads a conversation on Christianity and Humanism.

As a congregation Christ Church is rich in its membership, with people drawn from many different walks of life and experience. We meet on the first Sunday of each month from 11.30 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. in the Church Centre over coffee to talk over some topic of interest, in an extended and open conversation led by a member or friend of the congregation.

6th June 2010 The Eric Liddell Centre: Nick Bowry Director of the Centre and member of Christ Church

2^nd May 2010 Palliative Care and Hospices: Joan Adam, Nurse Lecturer at St Columba’s Hospice and member of Christ Church  

7th March 2010:  Beer and the Bard: Fortunatus, an early Christian hymnwriter

7th February 2010: “Are WE the church overseas?” – Howard Moody

1^st November 2009: The Place of the Youth in the life of our church – Anderson and others

Third Sunday Workshops

19th September, Communication in Pastoral Care, Part I

by Joan Adam

11.30am – 12.30pm in the Church Centre

Meetings to deepen our understanding and practice in different areas of the church’s life and ministries.

21st March, 2010                  Volunteering overseas

21st February, 2010              Readers

17th January, 2o10               Readers

15^th November, 2009           Sides Team Leaders, Wardens and Head Welcomers

11^th October, 2009                Area Visitors: please note this is a second Sunday and the meeting will be from 11.30am to 1.30pm to include lunch.

Fifth Sunday Lecture Series

29th August, Theology and Opera by Michel Fuller

On the fifth Sunday of a month, we have a preacher who introduces a subject, and this is followed by a Lecture in the Church Centre from 11.30am to 12.30pm with time for questions and discussion

30th May 2010 : Apocryphal Gospels – Fact or Fiction? Dr Paul Foster

31st   January 2010: Climate Change and the Communion of Saints: Prof. Michael Northcott

29^th November : Theology from the Broken Middle: Anderson Jeremiah

Faith in Dialogue

Sundays at Sung Eucharist 11.30-12.15 a.m.

As part of our engagement with wider society, four times a year we invite speakers to address a contemporary issue in the course of the 10 a.m. Sung Eucharist.  Afterwards we move on to the Church Centre for about 45 minutes, for an open discussion over coffee.

25th April 2010:  The Media – Revd Dr Jolyon Mitchell, Senior Lecturer in Communication, Theology and Ethics; Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI);  Convenor of Theology and Ethics Subject Area;  at the university of Edinburgh School of Divinity

To date we have engaged Faith in Dialogue with

• Asylum Seekers and Refugees
• The Palestinian/Israeli conflict
• The Edinburgh Festivals
• The Politics of the Food Chain
• Medical Ethics
• Psychology
• Homelessness
• Creation & Ecology
• The writings of Richard Dawkins
• Spirituality & the Arts
• Faith & Science
• Christian Muslim relations