Network for Peace

Can conflict contribute to individual or collective spiritual growth? How can we respond more consciously to conflict and maximise the opportunities it holds? With the Ven. Rachel Treweek (Archdeacon of Hackney) and members of the Faith-based Conflict Resilience Fellowship. The event is part of a wider programme called Re-imagining the sacred.

How can an understanding or experience of the sacred be included in how we educate our young people? What new approaches are informing the spiritual and moral dimension of education? With Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh (Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha) and Scherto Gill (Guerrard Hermes Foundation for Peace). The event is part of a wider programme called Re-imagining the sacred.

An invitation to those who use personal narrative and story in their work to share best practice and learn from each other.

An experiential workshop with Debbie Warrener looking at the collective stories that have shaped our lives and identities. The workshop is for all interested in narrative, story, identity, peace and reconciliation. We will use these techniques to look at how we can step together into greater shared responsibility for our future.

A certificated three day training course in conflict coaching, for anyone dealing with workplace or personal conflict. 10am-5pm. Final session: 25 November - the third day of the course six weeks later is focused around practice, peer development, evaluation, and trouble shooting. Aimed at: anyone dealing with conflict in organisations or communities, HR and employee well-being professionals, mediators, generalist professional coaches, counsellors and spiritual advisors.

The Extraordinary Life Of Richard Francis Burton (1821- 1890) related by Giles Abbott with songs from Newroz.

An invitation to those who use personal narrative and story in their work to share best practice and learn from each other. 5.30-8.15pm.

A new style of event exploring the experience of conflict within different faith communities, and looking at how we can develop faith-based tools and approaches to improve our conflict resilience. Aimed at faith leaders, but also open to all.

An exploratory event looking at the need for dialogue within the City, in the areas of business sustainability, conscious capitalism, new models of leadership, ethics and values.
This event is aimed at those involved in business or leadership. 12noon – 2pm.

Faith traditions have often linked food with ritual, celebration and community. How is this relationship between food and the sacred experienced today? How might this be reflected in farming and food production? With Sandra White (Shumei) and Khalid Khadaroo & Soraya Ramjane (EcoPeace).

With Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg (New North London Synagogue) and Paul Kingsnorth (Dark Mountain Project).

An 8 month inter-spiritual and inter-disciplinary journey exploring our experience of the sacred. How has our understanding changed? How we can bring the sacred into every day life, in our relationship with the earth, money, food, education and art. Full calendar: http://www.stethelburgas.org/civicrm/event/info?id=558&reset=1

Buddhist inspired ideas for personal and social change. A weekend conference in Berkshire. St Ethelburga's and the Faith-based Conflict Resilience Fellowship will be contributing a workshop on the evolutionary potential of conflict. Programme: http://transformingconflictblog.wordpress.com/programme/

Exploring the magic of Brazil and Nigeria's music and Wallee's final concert. Doors open 6.45pm Music 7.30pm.

We welcome you to St. Ethelburga's to share a story, poem or song, reflecting on the theme 'A different kind of story'. A magical night of spoken word, music and mutual experience.
All proceeds go towards our fundraising appeal.

This September, the world’s arms dealers come to London. Please join us to plan international solidarity actions to shut them down. Share ways of supporting each others’ struggles, map the arms dealers and discuss action to shut them down. 7-9pm at Friends House, Euston.

Uniting for Peace Annual Conference. The speakers include: Lord Frank Judd, Former Minister for International Development. John Baron, Member of Parliament [tbc]. Prof. Jeremy Keenan, Author. Vijay Mehta, Chair, Uniting for Peace.

Designed to co-incide with the 50th anniversary of the original show and the 100th anniversary of the First World War.
Sat matinees at 14.30.

Showing, at 12noon of film: Hiroshima, Dir Hideo Sekigawa (1953) and Land of Hope Dir Sono Sion (2012).
Followed by discussion.

Stop the War groups can send up to four delegates and other affiliated groups can send two delegates. Conference is also open to individual members. Members must be paying a monthly or annual subscription - if in doubt please get in touch to check your membership status. Members who joined before 15th of July 2013 have full voting and speaking rights. Members who joined after this date can take part as observers. All delegates must register by Friday 7th of September.

This year marks the 70 anniversary of Franz Jaegerstaetters execution.
To mark this, we are planning an evening event in Euston, London with speaker Severin Renoldner from Pax Christi Austria. Severin has researched and written on Franz and is Head of Education and Culture for the Diocese of Linz. There will also be a liturgy and time to share food together. Leaflet attached.