Recent figures show that less than 50% of people in the UK believe in God. [1] This is a huge shift from a few generations ago when Christian faith and morality were fundamental values in Britain. An increasingly secularised society has led to greater scepticism and overt rejection of...
We have an exciting update! We are delighted to announce the appointment of Tim Skene as our Project Lead for the Birmingham Wellbeing Alliance (BWA). This is the new name for what we had been calling the ‘City Wellbeing Initiative’ as we felt that this name better reflects the focus...
Lighting Up Eternity – City Women and Van Gogh After a long haul through pandemic restrictions, our summer City Women meeting “with a difference” focused on Van Gogh’s art and spirituality for inspiration. “Lighting up Eternity in the Midst of Work and Life: A time of visual and verbal reflection...
Many men have been taught to display strength even when they don’t feel it. But it’s OK to not be OK. Kim who heads up City Men gives us some good tips for managing stress. When you’re stressed, your body believes it’s under attack and switches to what’s known as ‘fight or flight’...
My job is to use this platform to make a difference. We had the privilege of having Stephanie Boyce, the President of the Law Society of England and Wales speak to us at our special City Legal Leaders event. Stephanie reflected on the issues of diversity and inclusion in the law profession but...
Building community is so important to our wellbeing and our continued development. This development takes place in shaping both our individual and group identities. The lockdown has had an enormous impact on the wellbeing and identity of many people around the world; it has disrupted our built-in...
Faith and science – perhaps not two topics you would normally put together! Since 2017 we have been partnering with other churches to put on high quality city centre events exploring this topic with various guest speakers. If this is an area you’re interested in you can watch the video...
How long is it since you’ve been in to Birmingham city centre? I’ve been there just two or three times in the last year – most recently for the City Women “Wander in Wonder”, a lunch-hour city centre walk, as pandemic restrictions ease to allow us to walk in sixes again. Although we have...
We had a fantastic Spring Gathering event as part of our Week of Prayer and Giving (22nd – 27th March). Our theme for the week was ‘shalom’ a Hebrew word meaning wholeness, peace, completion. After hearing from Sarah and Steve about our exciting City Wellbeing Initiative which forms part of our...
Walking Well in 2021 With all that is changing around us at work – reshaped by the pandemic, Brexit and other factors – what adjustments do I need to make to keep patterns sustainable? Our most recent City Women session offered the opportunity to take stock, exploring a framework for intentional...
What a start to January this year – embracing the implications of the Brexit deal and of the latest lockdown and the mix of worrying information on infection levels for Covid and encouraging information on the rollout of the vaccine. Against this backdrop, I wonder what the January outlook...
Our October combined City Women / City Men Zoom lunchtime event was led by Rev Dr Sharon Prentis, Intercultural Mission Enabler and Dean of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Affairs in the Diocese of Birmingham and Revd Calvert Prentis, Diocesan Director of Ordinands and Vocations Development in...
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