Grace Vincent in the Guardian
A big thank you to Ashram and UTU member Alice McGregor for writing an obituary for Grace Vincent which has been published in the Guardian here.
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Book Launch: “The Servant of God in Practice” by Rogerson and Vincent (Eds)
11th July 2017 12:30 pm At the Urban Theology Unit, S1 2JB “The Servant of God in Practice” is the latest in a series of books by Deo Publishing on ‘practice interpretation ‘ and we’re delighted to be able to launch it at our UTU Summer School. Other books in…
Book Launch: “Mission With” by Paul Keeble
Wednesday 12th July 2017 12:30 pm At the Urban Theology Unit, Sheffield, S1 2JB “Mission with: Something out of the ordinary” by Paul Keeble is a remarkable book that comes out of many years of intentional Christian presence in inner-city Manchester by the founder of Urban Presence who followed God’s…
Our Final Birmingham Post-Graduates Signing off – By Robin Pagan
We met with students of the final Birmingham University cohort together for the last time this week; a chance to reflect on the many changes we had been through together. One of the students had made her regular trip from Hamburg (losing 10 degrees centigrade in process weather-wise), another appeared…
Saying Goodbye to Staff Members
We are really sad to be saying ‘Good bye’ to two of our staff members at UTU: Kate Thompson and Rachel O’leary. We are a small and close knit team and will feel the loss both personally and professionally. However, both insist that they aren’t ‘going’ anywhere as they are…
Community in the New Testament – Summer School
Each summer the Urban Theology Union work with the Ashram Community to put on a Summer School. This year the theme is Community in the New Testament and we gather from 5:30 pm 10th to 3:00 pm 12th July in Sheffield. Our Radical Christianity series of book (Sent free to…
Election Night
If you’re planning to be up all night, watching the General Election results come in, here’s a handy crib sheet for you: Election Night Score Card! It’s easy to use and gives you the mostly likely swing seats (according to Survation) and the time you’ll see them come in. It shows…
Grace Vincent
Grace was recently diagnosed with cancer and died at home on 25th May. John and her children were with her. Grace has touched many lives in UTU and in the Ashram Christian Community for the last fifty years and has been a member at the heart of UTU since it’s…
Work With Us!
The Urban Theology Union is a member-led learning organisation of Christians in UK urban contexts. Our long-serving, retiring lead administrator saw us through the transition from a residential centre to our city-centre teaching unit. We are looking to employ a well-organised people-person as Office Manager for our next phase of change…
No Security without Justice
History tells us that if the elites upset the people they will kick back and national loyalty will not always keep them passive and patriotic. This may make some sense of the US situation. In 410 Alaric and his Visigoths sacked Rome, despite its 18 km wall that in some places…
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Book Launch: “The Servant of God in Practice” by Rogerson and Vincent (Eds)
11th July 2017 12:30 pm At the Urban Theology Unit, S1 2JB “The Servant of God in Practice” is the latest in a series of books by Deo Publishing on ‘practice interpretation ‘ and we’re delighted to be able to launch it at our UTU Summer School. Other books in…
Book Launch: “Mission With” by Paul Keeble
Wednesday 12th July 2017 12:30 pm At the Urban Theology Unit, Sheffield, S1 2JB “Mission with: Something out of the ordinary” by Paul Keeble is a remarkable book that comes out of many years of intentional Christian presence in inner-city Manchester by the founder of Urban Presence who followed God’s…
Our Final Birmingham Post-Graduates Signing off – By Robin Pagan
We met with students of the final Birmingham University cohort together for the last time this week; a chance to reflect on the many changes we had been through together. One of the students had made her regular trip from Hamburg (losing 10 degrees centigrade in process weather-wise), another appeared…
Saying Goodbye to Staff Members
We are really sad to be saying ‘Good bye’ to two of our staff members at UTU: Kate Thompson and Rachel O’leary. We are a small and close knit team and will feel the loss both personally and professionally. However, both insist that they aren’t ‘going’ anywhere as they are…
Community in the New Testament – Summer School
Each summer the Urban Theology Union work with the Ashram Community to put on a Summer School. This year the theme is Community in the New Testament and we gather from 5:30 pm 10th to 3:00 pm 12th July in Sheffield. Our Radical Christianity series of book (Sent free to…
Election Night
If you’re planning to be up all night, watching the General Election results come in, here’s a handy crib sheet for you: Election Night Score Card! It’s easy to use and gives you the mostly likely swing seats (according to Survation) and the time you’ll see them come in. It shows…
Grace Vincent
Grace was recently diagnosed with cancer and died at home on 25th May. John and her children were with her. Grace has touched many lives in UTU and in the Ashram Christian Community for the last fifty years and has been a member at the heart of UTU since it’s…
Work With Us!
The Urban Theology Union is a member-led learning organisation of Christians in UK urban contexts. Our long-serving, retiring lead administrator saw us through the transition from a residential centre to our city-centre teaching unit. We are looking to employ a well-organised people-person as Office Manager for our next phase of change…
No Security without Justice
History tells us that if the elites upset the people they will kick back and national loyalty will not always keep them passive and patriotic. This may make some sense of the US situation. In 410 Alaric and his Visigoths sacked Rome, despite its 18 km wall that in some places…