JOHN BELL EXPLORES "CHRISTIAN PROTEST" (or the lack of it)

Tuesday 18th November from 7.30pm - 9.30pm at the Sporting Lodge, Low Lane, Stainton, Middlesbrough TS17 9LW. (For directions click here)

The is a suggested donation of £5 to help cover the costs of this event.

In an evening of words and music, John will explore the theme of "The Strange Silence of the Song of Protest." He will be looking at this from a historical perspective, using protest literature from other, non-European traditions, looking at the Psalms of Protest and the dearth of material both in secular and religious songs, which deal with either the global ecological crisis or the incursions of western powers into the Middle East. s

The evening will conclude with opportunity for questions and answers.

About John Bell:

John is an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland and a Member of the Iona Community. After a period in the Netherlands and two posts in church youth work, he became employed full time in the areas of music and worship with the Wild Goose Resource Group (Click here for web link).

 In 1999 he was honoured by the Presbyterian Church of Canada and the Royal School of Church Music which bestowed a Fellowship on him, and in 2002 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Glasgow.

John has produced (some in collaboration with Graham Maule) many collections of original hymns and songs and two collections of songs of the World Church. These are published by the Iona Community in Scotland.

He is an occasional broadcaster, lectures in theological colleges in Britain and U.S., but is primarily concerned with the renewal of congregational worship at grass roots level.

The is a suggested donation of £5 to help cover the costs of this event.