Urban Gospel Coffee Time

Urban Gospel Coffee Times:  Monday, 9 December 2024 10.30-11.30am (on Zoom only) Hosted by Andrew Crowley (Chair of Sheffield Interfaith, RC Deacon) This group will meet monthly online at 10.30-11.30am on the 2nd Monday of the month, where the conversations will be on the coming Sunday’s common lectionary Gospel reading. These will be hosted by … Read more

2nd Doctoral Seminar: 26 November 2024

UTU’s New Doctoral Seminar Tuesday, 26 November 2024 11.15am -12.40pm Lower Hall, Victoria Hall Sheffield S1 2JB Please join the 2nd UTU Seminar Day on Tuesday, 26 November, 11:30 to 12:30, for thoughtful presentations on topics that challenge as well as inform. All welcome. Arrival 11.15am for coffee/tea. Speakers for this seminar: Ruth Weston Born Stroppy: Make change … Read more

AGM 16 November 2024

Urban Theology Union’s AGM 16 November 2024, 2pm Lower Hall, Victoria Hall, Sheffield S1 2JB-in person or on Zoom If you have not already done so, please RSVP, or to request the Zoom link contact, Jill: office@utusheffield.org.uk/0114 2709907 Speaker (via Zoom): Revd Dr Alex Clare-Young Alex Clare-Young is a minister in the United Reformed Church, … Read more

Urban Gospel Coffee Times

Urban Gospel Coffee Times! starting on 16 November 2024, 10.30-11.30am (on Zoom) Hosted by Andrew Crowley (Chair of Sheffield Interfaith, RC Deacon) Share experiences of the joys and challenges of interfaith conversations and encounters. This group will then meet monthly online at 10.30-11.30am on the 2nd Monday of the month, starting on Monday 9 Dec, … Read more

Sheffield Church Action on Poverty 15th Urban Poverty Pilgrimage

Dear friend,  SHEFFIELD CHURCH ACTION ON POVERTY Sheffield Pilgrimage 2024 flyer V2-0 15TH URBAN POVERTY PILGRIMAGE –  TO THE NORTH WEST OF THE CITY CENTRE I am taking the liberty of writing to let you know about our forthcoming Urban Poverty Pilgrimage, so that you can put the date in your diaries if you are … Read more

Theology Reading Group

Save the Date: Theology Reading Group   If you’re thirsty for some deep reading in small portions with supportive community, consider joining the new Theology Reading Group which will be meeting on the second Tuesday of the month, beginning on Tuesday, 8th of October, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. by Zoom.         The … Read more

UTU Mental Health Day – 5 Oct 2024

UTU MENTAL HEALTH DAY   Listening to Others – Listening to Ourselves   mental health day UTU Saturday, 5 October 2024 10am-3.15pm Come along and join us for all or part of the day at Central United Reformed Church, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 2JB

Before The Days Draw In by Mary Kissell

Mary Kissell: Before the days draw in; my ordinary journey to an Extraordinary God.  Instant Apostle Watford £8.99    In this book, Mary shares something of her life and journey and her experiences of God through prayer.  I have to confess that I found the opening chapters a bit of a meander.  We seem to move … Read more

Mission 3vangelical for a Post-Christian World

Mission 3vangelical for a Post-Christian World Have you experienced the saving health of Jesus and, at the same time, felt dread at the “E” word (E-for evangelism)? Or felt as if “mission” is hopelessly entangled with the violence of its colonial and imperial past? The Urban Theology Union’s Mission 3vangelical for a Post-Christian World is … Read more

‘Beginning Unlimited’ by Liz Grier

Liz Grier: Beginning Unlimited: Diary of a Church Plant; Instant Apostle Watford, £8.99.     Moving from Harborne in Birmingham to Rural Devon feels like a culture shock and moving from a thousand-member charismatic Anglican church (St John’s Harborne) to 5 rural parishes and a remit to begin a youth church appears daunting, if not impossible.  But … Read more