Interactive Community Calendar
The Programme for December 2023 – April 2024 can be found here.
The Newsletter for December 2023 can be found here.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMME
APRIL 2024
Sat 27th 10am Act of Consecration for the Dead for Simon Hanks
Sun 28th 11.30am Alexander Scriabin – Life, Light, Struggle a talk with musical illustrations – with Christian Lillicrap and Eurythmy performance
MAY 2024
Fri 3rd 7.30pm The Michael Prophecy and the Years 2012 – 2033 Talk by Steffen Hartmann
Sun 5th 11.30am Jacques Lusseyran – talk by Michael Willey
Sun 5th 7.30pm JS Bach – The Well-Tempered Clavier in connection with the 12 Zodiacal Moods Concert with explanatory introductions given by Steffen Hartman
Ascension Day Thu 9th
10am Act of Consecration of Man
11.30.am Empathy and the After Image – an exploration with Aaron
Sat 11th No Service at 9am
Sat 11th 10.30am Act of Consecration of Man for Fred Dowle
Sat 11th 9.30am Social Alchemy: Re-Imagining Threefold Societal Dynamics, from Phenomena to Essence Workshop organised by Martin Large and George Perry
Sun 12th 11.30am Ascension Sunday exploration with Liza
Sat 18th 9am Act of Consecration of Man in German
11-4pm SPRING FAIR
Whitsun
Whit Sunday 19th May
11.15 for 11.30am Children’s service followed by Whitsun Festival, including readings from the John Prologue in many languages
Whit Monday 20th May
10am Whitsun Act of Consecration of Man
11.30am What have I to do with thee? – tracing the Sophia in the John Gospel; Talk by Michael Steward
Whit Tuesday 21st May
10am Whitsun Act of Consecration of Man
11.30am Her infinite variety – tracing the Sophia in the works of Shakespeare Talk by Michael Steward
Sat 25th 9am Act of Consecration for the Dead for Anna Meuss
10.30am Christian Community Musicians Conference – 4.30pm all welcome.
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Funeral Fund
We have created a special fund for those who wish to pay for their funerals ‘in advance’ so to speak. The idea is that one pays in an amount to the fund to cover the anticipated cost of the funeral (currently +- £4000) and any additional sum to become a special sacrament donation to the church in the event of the funeral. It remains a loan for which there is a signed agreement with the church which can be found here. The agreement can be cancelled and the money withdrawn with 2 month’s notice if need be. The idea is that the congregation takes on all the financial dealings with the Funeral directors and crematorium etc, which liberates the family from having to do so, and it serves as a loan which earns interest for the church and which the church can use for capital development until the time the money is needed. For instance this financed all the alterations in the annex to allow for the building project a few years ago. We currently have a good number of members with money in the fund. If you are interested in pursuing this further contact one of the priests or Paul Abel who manages the fund, via the church email stroudchristiancommunity@gmail.com
Make a donation
We are a not-for-profit organisation. If you wish to support the church please donate to the below account. All donations will be gratefully received. Do let us know if you are eligible for Gift Aid.
The Christian Community in Stroud Sort code – 30-98-29 a/c no – 00091757
St Bride’s Fund
We are beginning to really enjoy the versatility of our new spaces and also St Bride’s Hall. We always said we would like to transform St Bride’s into a worthy and practical multi-purpose space for ourselves and others who rent. In this way we could do our best to support the social and cultural life of our community and beyond. With this in mind a small group – Ian Bailey, Piet Blok and Aaron Mirkin have made some initial steps towards making this happen. Please read the full letter here. Donations can be made into our regular church Lloyds account using the donate button above with the reference ‘St Brides’. Good news is, thanks to the fund, we already have the new blinds, the new loop system for hard-of-hearing, new projector screen and backdrop rails. – and most recently are about to have the old roof finally cleaned of the thick moss. Next in our sights is to upgrade the access between the hall and the kitchen and build a new porch roof outside the Annex. Thanks to all who have donated to the fund so far.
Our new church
Our new church was officially opened and consecrated in October 2019 and continues to be a source of renewed joy and strength for our sacramental work.
Video of the new church – Here is a video interview about our new church that was very generously and kindly done for us by Peter Richardson in December 2019. He also did the Spring Fair video that is linked on our website. He is one of the co-founders of Stroud Community TV.
Here also is a recent article written in the De Zeen architecture magazine describing the innovative architecture of our new church.
Here is another article from ‘Architecture Today’ describing our new building.
and…
Our new building was shortlisted for the 2021 Structural Awards
We came in as runners up!
Awarded for excellence in the structural design of projects with a construction cost of less than three million pounds.
Click here for more informationThe Christian Community in Great Britain is a registered charity in England & Wales
Charity number 210029.