UPDATED - Morning Service: The First Liberal

UPDATE: Rev CJ McGregor will speak on the topic of The First Liberal instead of Reinterpretation.

The serpent in the Garden of Eden was the first liberal, and I am proud to claim his questioning ways for myself. This piece of biblical text causes me to contemplate not only what was lost when Adam and Eve were exiled from the garden but also what they gained. Is there another way of interpreting the fall of humanity that offers us something rather than only taking it away? Our liberal tradition says yes.

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Bright Lights children's programme:

Bright Lights is not meeting during the month of August.

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You can also watch online via our YouTube Channel. 

You are also invited to join us afterwards for a virtual social gathering, Virtual Side Aisle, at noon via Zoom. Details and the Zoom link are on our weekly update email. You can also find the Zoom link on YouTube – in the Service description, under the video. Click the Connect link and it will take you to Zoom.

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Collection

Can be made as cash or contactless donations during the closing music. You can also donate to the Chapel online. Our collections in August, with the exception of online donations, will be shared with the Good Cause of the Month, StreetDoctors! StreetDoctors empower young people at risk with the skills to become part of the solution to violence, rather than just being seen as ‘part of the problem’. Any Gift Aid claimed by the Chapel will go wholly to support the Chapel.

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