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SUMMARY:IRCA Oceania 2025
DESCRIPTION:Listening to One Another\n\n\n\nSharing Struggles and Joy as Rural Churches in Oceania\n\n\n\n\n\nCalling all people with an interest in the church and things rural …….You may be :- \n\n\n\n\nA farmer\n\n\n\nA teacher in a small town\n\n\n\nAn employee of Landcare\n\n\n\nA person with an enthusiasm for making church happen in smaller centres\n\n\n\n\n\nIRCA Oceania 2025\n\n\n\n\n\nMatthew 11:15 Let anyone with ears listen!\n\n\n\nPhilippians 2:4 Let each of you look not to your own interests\, but to the interests of others.\n\n\n\n\nNamoli Methodist Church\n\n\n\nLautoka\, Fiji\n\n\n\nMonday 26 May to Friday 30 May 2025\n\n\n\n\nMonday 26 May 2025 – Arrival and Welcome LOTU\,\n\n\n\nTuesday 27 May – Conference\n\n\n\nWednesday 28 May – Conference\,  \n\n\n\nThursday 29 May – Local Church\, Community Visit\, Farewell LOTU and DINNER\n\n\n\nFriday 30 May – Departure\n\n\n\n\nThere may be options for those who want to stay for the weekend to visit nearby areas\, attend worship with a local congregation (offers to preach will be welcome)\, or visit other parts of Fiji. \n\n\n\nGuest Speakers\n\n\n\nRev Dr Semesi Turagavou\, President of the Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma \n\n\n\nRev James Bhagwan\, General Secretary – Pacific Conference of Churches Secretariat \n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\nThe programme will focus on Veitalanoa – hearing stories from around the region\, prioritising Pacific Stories and with time for input from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Contributions will include from people working with\, and those directly impacted by\, issues like Climate Change\, Economic Colonisation and Self-determination\, Seasonal Workers to Australia and New Zealand\, the incursion into Fiji of international drug cartels\, modern day slavery\, and safety and well-being of women and families.
URL:https://nzlpa.org.nz/event/irca-oceania-2025/
LOCATION:Nadi\, Nadi\, Fiji
CATEGORIES:Conferences,International Rural Churches Assoc (IRCA
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma":MAILTO:infor@methodistfiji.org
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SUMMARY:Extending the Way of the World: Western Christianity from Constantine to the Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION:In the final lecture of the series\, Professor Gregory traces the evolution of Western Christianity from the era of Constantine to the present Anthropocene epoch.  He analyses how religious developments have influenced and been influenced by broader societal and environmental changes. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Brad Gregory is the Henkels Family College Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame\, Indiana\, USA. He is the author of several books including Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther\, the Reformation\, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World; The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society; and Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe. He is currently working on a major project about the relationship between Western Christianity and the long-term formation of our current global environmental realities\, the working title of which is The Way of the World: Power\, Wealth\, and Civilization from the Last Ice Age to the Anthropocene. \n\n\n\nThe event will be livestreamed – join the livestream by clicking the “Watch” button below. \n\n\n\n\nWatch
URL:https://nzlpa.org.nz/event/extending-the-way-of-the-world-western-christianity-from-constantine-to-the-anthropocene/
LOCATION:Archway 4 Lecture Theatre\, Archway Lecture Theatre Complex\, Dunedin North\, Dunedin\, 9016\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Seminars & Workshops,Theology Programme
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ORGANIZER;CN="Theology Programme%2C The University of Otago":MAILTO:theology@otago.ac.nz
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