The Partridge Group

The Partridge Group was named when it met in the training room, now used for B&B, at the Pear Tree pub in Hildersham.

Since 2009, it has moved to Abington. It now meets in the Terrace Room at the Abington Institute in the High Street, after gathering from 8:00 pm in the Three Tuns pub opposite.

The group meets on Wednesday evenings, in January and February. The meetings are for the exploration and free discussion of aspects of the Christian (or other) faith, open to any man who can drink beer (or other beverage) and talk religion at the same time.

 

THE PARTRIDGE GROUP FOR MEN
2012 SEASON - Provisional Programme

8:00 for 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday evenings

Date

Speaker

Topic

11 January

Nick Humphrey

http://www.humphrey.org.uk/

Soul Dust – not only an evolutionary history of consciousness but also an attempt to explain the 'Meaning of Life'

18 January

Sarah Mandel, Co-Chaplain for Jewish students at Cambridge University

http://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/people/profile.asp?ItemID=104

Being Jewish in 2012

Sarah studied at Oxford University, before moving to Israel to work in political research. 6 years and 4 children later, Sarah returned to the UK as co-Chaplain in Cambridge.

25 January

Allen Brent, Visiting Professor, King's College, London and Professore Invitato, Augustinianum (Lateran University), Rome
http://www.allenbrent.co.uk

 Why I became a Catholic Priest
Professor Allen Brent was born in the East End of London at the outbreak of the Second World War and was educated in the universities of Cambridge and London in the 1960s. Formerly an Anglican, he was ordained to the Catholic Priesthood in June, 2011.

1 February

 

Keith Milns, Hospital Liaison Committee for Jehovah's Witnesses

 

Our Faith and Point of View

8 February

Bob White, Fellow of the Royal Society and Professor of Geophysics, Cambridge University

http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/faraday/Biography.php?ID=6

Bob has written and lectured widely on the scientific and theological aspects of climate change and sustainable living.

Global Climate Change: Moral and Ethical Responses

If we carry on business as usual, burning fossil fuels at increasing rates, predictions suggest dire consequences for millions of people as a result of climate change. Those most strongly affected will be people in low-income countries such as Africa and East Asia, who did not themselves contribute to climate change. So it is a moral and ethical issue for those of us in high income countries, with high standards of living built on using cheap energy from fossil fuels.

15 February

Rev. Anne Aldridge, teacher and Anglican priest.

Faith and medicine

Anne worked for several years in the Addenbrooke’s ecumenical chaplaincy. She will explore the work done by the chaplains and how it helps people deal with the various challenges and traumas encountered in hospital.

Subject to change in the light of weather and other unpredictable circumstances!