Anglican Ways Group

Minutes of a Meeting of the Anglican Ways Group held in the Sunday School Hall of St John the Evangelist Church Bishopdale, on Wednesday 13 September 2006, at 11.00 am.

CHAIR: Fr Bob Peck.

OPENING PRAYERS: Bob.

PRESENT: Bob Peck, Jenny Daniels, Michael Ladd, John Fisher, Jillian Fisher, Charlie Batterbury, (minutes), Bernard Richards.

BUSINESS:

1. Change “from ‘precious’ meeting, to ‘previous’ meeting”, on the Agenda.

2. General discussion as to why Anglican Ways has slowed down.
We should email minutes to Hugh Bowron, Lawrence Kimberley, and David Moore, any others?
What can we do to enliven interest, especially among younger people?
How to interest people in the seminars.
Us few can actually run it ok- do we need more people at these meetings?
It is not a numbers thing.
Our advertising has not been high powered. And we are more the leaven, and educational.
We need to do a few things and do them well.

3. These minutes could also go to Archdeacons, Mother Judith and the Community, and Latimer Fellowship, via Wally Behan.

4. Question we asked via the minutes, on thoughts on the Evening Services we have been holding, none.

5. Next Seminar, possibly Saturday 11 November 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.
General discussion on possible topics:
- Is the Church Militant or Moribund?
– Islam and Christianity.
– Sport and Religion.
– What is a Liberal?
– Future of Three Tikanga Church.
– What is Mainstream?
– Gay issue, ordination of gay people.
– Split to two parts of the same Church.

6. We should put the minutes on the Website.

The meeting closed at 12.36 pm.

NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 18 October, here.