Logo

 

Banner Image:   Baptist-Times-banner-2000x370-
Template Mode:   Baptist Times
Icon
    Post     Tweet

Grant award for Re:Think Worcester

A new series of science and faith presentations in Worcester has been awarded a grant from a national scheme

Nasa700Scientists in Congregations, a grant scheme open to all mainstream Christian churches, recently unveiled the successful recipients of its second wave of funding.
 
Re:Think Worcester was awarded funding for new a series of presentations on science and faith aimed at 16 to 25 year olds from both church and non-church backgrounds. Re:Think is an inter denominational group made up of members of Worcester churches with scientific and technology backgrounds.
 
The project is run by Dr Kim Stansfield, member of the World Mission Task Force at St Peter’s Baptist Church in Worcester and Senior Lecturer in Systems Engineering at Warwick University, and Jim Smith, a Methodist from Bromsgrove.

Also awarded funding was Exploring Science and Christian Faith in a Rural Setting, a series of monthly events on science and faith topics, including debates, with speakers drawn from universities in the North East.

It is run by Professor William Clegg, a chaplain at Newcastle University and a member of Stocksfield Baptist Church, and supported by the Revd Peter Jorysz, Bill's minister. It intends to draw in people from congregations west of Newcastle and Tyneside. The funding has enabled them to draw in leading experts from Cambridge and Warwick Universities.
 
Science in Congregation winnerThe projects are among 10 to receive funding of up to £10,000 as part of the second wave of Scientists in Congregations, a grant scheme open to all mainstream Christian churches. It is aimed at helping churchgoers engage confidently with science, raising the profile of Christians whose vocation is science-related and changing the debate about science and faith in churches and communities.
 
Outdoor walking ‘eco’ services, a play based on nature imagery in the Book of Job and Evensong with science experiments were among the other projects awarded funding.
 
Scientists in Congregations is part of Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science, a three-year Durham University project run in partnership with the Church of England.
 
The Rt Revd Dr Richard Cheetham, Bishop of Kingston, and one of the co-leaders of Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science, alongside Durham University Professors David Wilkinson and Tom McLeish, said, ‘I have been very excited and encouraged by the range and quality of these local projects – they bear witness to the widespread and vibrant desire to enable a fruitful and stimulating conversation between science and faith which is much needed in contemporary society.’
 
The Revd Dr Kathryn Pritchard, Scientists in Congregations project leader, said, ‘We have been hugely impressed by the innovative and creative approaches demonstrated in this second wave of Scientists in Congregations projects and the calibre of the scientists who will be supporting this work. 
 
‘We are confident that these projects in churches and cathedrals will not only help raise the profile of scientists within Christian congregations but will promote greater understanding of science and faith issues in wider communities across the country.’

Picture: Nasa | Unsplash
 


Related: A project that will help Messy Church leaders use science to explore aspects of the Christian faith is among the first recipients of new funding that's aiming to change the debate about science and faith in churches and communities

 

 
 

Baptist Times, 10/03/2017
    Post     Tweet
HEBA Home Mission Stories
Examples of how Home Mission funds are being used in the Heart of England Baptist Association
SubArticleD2019
'A sensitive mix of teaching, reflecting and challenge'
Disciple-making and the character of the young David were explored at two recent small church hub gatherings
‘I went home feeling refreshed and hopeful for our church’s future’
The latest Small Church Connexion hub was planted at an event wonderfully hosted by Perry Beeches Baptist Church, North Birmingham
'Making the word of God and the Christian message available to its local community'
A Birmingham Baptist church is bringing people together in its busy high street coffee shop, thanks to a grant from Baptist Insurance
Spreading the message of peace in Rugby 
Since 2004 the garden at Rugby Baptist Church has been a haven of peace in Rugby town centre. Now it is home to the first ‘Peace Pole’ in the town – a pole inscribed with the message "May Peace Prevail on Earth'' in several languages
From silver to gold 
How Fernhill Heath Baptist Church continued its Eco Church journey and became the second Baptist church to achieve the gold award
Baptist minister's Park Run challenge for the BSL Bible Translation Project 
Baptist minister the Revd Susan Myatt aims to raise £1500 for the BSL Bible Translation Project, which will provide 'an invaluable, long-awaited resource' to the Deaf Community and the wider church
     Regional News 
    Posted: 01/03/2023
    Posted: 12/11/2021
    Posted: 06/10/2021
    Posted: 27/08/2021
    Posted: 12/01/2021
    Posted: 02/12/2020
    Posted: 12/07/2019
    Posted: 15/01/2019
    Posted: 22/10/2018
    Posted: 19/09/2018