St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace

Tuesday 1st October | 6.30-8.30pm | St Ethelburga's Centre Anna Mudeka uses song and storytelling to share the oral stories of Zimbabwe which she learned from her Grandmother, Uncle and mentor Baba Simba. Join us at Listen to the World for Anna's performance of ‘Music of our Ancestors’. Prepare to be immersed in the rich songs and stories of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. Book your tickets here: https://ow.ly/1fjh50TkBh5 #ListenToTheWorld #BridgingDivides #CommunityAcrossDifference #RefugeesWelcome #ShonaCulture #Zimbabwe #Mbira

Our spiritual ecology workshop carousel day is well underway with four immersive and rich workshops on the roster. #SpiritualEcology #Morethanhumanworld #LovingEarth

Tuesday 1st October | 6.30-8.30pm | St Ethelburga's Centre Join us for 'Music of our Ancestors' an evening with Zimbabwean singer, songwriter and storyteller Anna Mudeka. Anna will be performing on both the Mbira and Nyunga Nyunga and immersing listeners in songs resonant with the rich culture of the Shona culture of Zimbabwe. Free tickets for refugees and asylum seekers. Book your tickets here: https://ow.ly/lstf50TkwyN #ListenToTheWorld #BridgingDivides #CommunityAcrossDifferences #RefugeesWelcome #ShonaCulture #Zimbabwe #Mbira

Have you booked your place? Last day for booking! With Nature in Mind 4 Weeks; 4 Sessions: 4 Themes: - Being alive to nature through the senses - Appreciating nature's beauty - Our emotional bond with nature - Compassion for ourselves, each other and nature. With Nature in Mind is a nature-connection programme offering people seeking sanctuary and local Londoners a chance to come together, slow down and feel in greater harmony with themselves, with each other, and with the rhythms of life and the natural world. The programme is a collaboration between St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace and Camden and Islington Recovery College, and based a Kentish Town Community Centre. BOOKING: https://ow.ly/vbsS50TjtLA #RefugeesWelcome #NatureConnection #BridgingDivides #KentishTown #Reciprocity #AtHomeInNature

Watch René August’s keynote: Peacemaking to Heal Humans and Landscapes Caught in Conflict, from our Spiritual Ecology Conference now. Visit: https://lnkd.in/ejm8y3WP

"I connected with nature in a way I have never done before, and it was an amazing feeling." Course participant, With Nature in Mind. Join us on 12th September as we begin another 4-week nature-connection programme offering people seeking sanctuary and local people a chance to come together, slow down and feel in greater harmony with themselves, with each other, and with the rhythms of life and the natural world. A free course in collaboration with Camden and Islington #RecoveryCollege. Find out more: https://ow.ly/Mxxj50Tg4j3 #NatureConnection #AtHomeInNature #RefugeesWelcome #CamdenandIslington #BridgingDivides #CommunityAcrossDifference #Reciprocity #CultureRepair

Join the St Ethelburga’s staff team alongside facilitators from Dialogue for Peaceful Change and Solutions Not Sides on 21st October for a day of participatory workshops on practices for inner and outer peacemaking. This is an opportunity to take a deep-dive into conflict transformation and peaceful change with leaders in the field. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eiJBDG_D

We have bursary spots left on the upcoming Spiritual Ecology Workshop Carousel day! Claim your bursary spot now to experience four engaging, knowledge-packed and hands-on workshops on the following themes: - Re-membering Indigeneity (Delivered by Angharad Wynne) - Co-creating Hope: Including more-than-human intelligence in human decision making (Delivered by Dr Justine A. Huxley) - Faith and Moral Courage: seeking faith in what unites us, and courage to depolarise (delivered by St Ethelburga’s Facilitators) - Spiritual Ecology in Practice (delivered by St Ethelburga’s Facilitators) Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/dnAMQBNS Image is of a Robin perching on one of the eastern-style grill windows in St Ethelburga’s courtyard garden, which you’ll have the chance to enjoy if you join us on the 14th of September. To apply for a bursary spot, simply email [email protected]

Contemplative Practice at St Ethelburga’s is back! Join us for a peaceful evening of contemplation on 10th September, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. In a time of heightened tensions, polarisation and division, we will be sharing prayers for peace, social cohesion, and inter-religious community. This is an open invitation to all, regardless of your faith or background. Please register here https://ow.ly/Az5s50T38LO #contemplativepractice #contemplative #peace #silence #meditation #london

“The God of the Christians is a scandal. He's born an outcast, he dies an outlaw. He is this extraordinary countercultural force, the shock of which we're still dealing with 2000 years later. The extraordinary. How on earth could I have gone to church for 17 years and not received the memo? How could that possibly have happened? I think partially it happened because I went to a wonderful church, Upton Vale Baptist Church in Torquay. But the centre of power in that church, certainly as a young guy, seemed to be the pulpit, not the altar. And it was the charisma of the teachers and the sermons where you were to draw all your spiritual residue for the week. Someone once said to me, how do you see Christ? I said, he's a figure out of the corner of my eye, moving between trees. I can't see him clearly, but that is enough for this lifetime.” - Martin Shaw, Seeking God in Wild Places Image: The Trinity, c. 1460. Laurent Girardin