A newsletter filled with ideas, courses, events, and more!
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| Adventures in Faith March 2025
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Welcome to Adventures in Faith, where everyone in the Diocese of Edinburgh can explore, learn and grow in fullness of life. |
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| Finding Adventures in Faith Online |
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Homepage - Outlines what Adventures in Faith is, with links to other landing pages. Newsletter - Links to all previous newsletters and to sign-up for emails. Calendar - Events happening across the Diocese, in congregations and partner organisations. Courses - A list of courses and events happening all over the UK. Awareness - Awareness days that link in with our faith and Marks of Mission. |
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| The Bishop's Lent Appeal for 2025 is in support of Abraham's Children in Crisis. This small charity works with children and young people under 21 who face particular hardship and are in critical need. Their focus is on health, education, and welfare, with the determining factor being need rather than background or faith of the child. ▶ Learn more about this charity via their website. ▶ Donate to the Lent Appeal here. |
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| The BIG Day: Blessings on The Way! |
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Our 2025 Diocesan BIG Day is less than 2 months away! We are so looking forward to welcoming you to the Cathedral on Saturday 10 May, where we will be sharing together on the theme of "Blessings". We hope you will engage with your congregational input ahead of time, capturing blessings received and blessings offered. Moreover, please do make sure you sign up to join us, either via your congregation or using the link here, just to make sure we have enough lunch for everyone! |
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| The Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts |
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The programme for the 2025 Festival of the Sacred Arts has been published. It runs from Sunday 10 to Saturday 16 August and has a range of offerings from music to poetry, and architecture to textiles, all held in the context of opening and closing worship. Explore the variety of offerings on the Festival's website now, ready for the opening of ticket sales on Friday 4 April. |
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| Spring Within Us: A Quiet Day for Lent Saturday 22nd March, 10.30am-4pm. St Columba’s by the Castle. This Quiet Day is an invitation to spend some time with the gifts of spring in this Lenten season. Where is there growth in my life? What hopes am I quietly tending? What new things are being lovingly coaxed into life? |
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| HILLWALKING RETREAT FOR YOUNG ADULTS (18-25ish). On 26-28 May 2025, Claire Benton-Evans and Rev Dr Richard Tiplady will be leading this exciting retreat for young adults, to include a short night hike experience, an ascent of Mount Keen, and plentiful opportunities to explore faith through facilitated discussions in the peace of the Angus glens. This is an outreach activity which is offered by the Diocese of Brechin to any young adults in the Scottish Episcopal Church and beyond. It is especially recommended for university students - subsidised places are available. Please share! Full information and booking here: https://tinyurl.com/KEENINFO Booking deadline 27 April. |
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| In this section, we share a resource that might help you explore, learn, or grow in your faith: it could be a book, a podcast, an email subscription, or something else!
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Biblical Time Machine is a podcast which, metaphorically, takes listeners back in time to explore the history of the people, places, and events of the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament, the New Testament, and everything in between. Hosted by Edinburgh University's Prof Helen Bond and American writer Dave Roos, each week features a guest chatting about their work. Topics thus far have been wide-ranging: from the origins of sabbath to the madness of King Nebuchadnezzar, from wine and beer in Ancient Israel to the Roman punishment of crucifixion. You do not need to be a biblical scholar or historian to enjoy the discussions but they will help you see and appreciate the Bible and Christianity in a new way. Click here or on the image to find out more, or listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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| 😃 We hope you have enjoyed exploring this Adventures in Faith newsletter. 🔼 Check out the dedicated AiF webpages via the menu options above. 📧 Please forward this email to congregational friends, who can sign-up using the button below. 👈 Share the QR code via church magazines, noticeboards, pew-sheets, etc. |
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