7 or 77 (particularly the latter), ye canny resist them, so don’t even try!

A chance to update ourselves and reflect critically upon the crucial United Nations discussions on climate change in Copenhagen this December – billed as the last chance for an agreement to prevent runaway climate change.

At thePROJECT:2, ‘In The Flesh‘, John L. Bell will be leading this workshop called ‘10 Things They Never Told Me About Jesus’.

John explores facets of the personal life, relationships and ministry of Jesus which are seldom the stuff of preaching or conversation, but which are all rooted in the Gospels and are necessary if we are to freed from the fetish of passive stereotypes which still dominate the thinking about Christ. What John will offer is rooted in encounters with people on the periphery of religious life and in situations where politeness are not a prerequisite for discussing faith.

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At thePROJECT2 : ‘In The Flesh’, Stewart Cutler & Julie Wilson are leading a workshop called  ‘A seed…or a weed‘

Apparently the kingdom of God is like a seed… or a weed or something. So who’s planting? And what’s sprouting and growing and developing and emerging around Scotland? There is more growing out there than you might imagine. No gardening experience required but bring your sightings of these shoots of growth to share.

Click Here for the Emerging Scotland website

At thePROJECT2 : In The Flesh, Beki Bateson is leading a workshop called – Alternative Futures, how art can capture the imagination. Click here for Beki’s biography information.

Walter Brueggemann suggests

“Every totalitarian regime is frightened of the artist. It is the vocation of the prophet to keep alive the ministry of the imagination, to keep on conjuring and proposing futures alternative to the single one the king wants to urge as the only thinkable one”

Having visited various human rights and justice projects around the world as well as working with and funding UK initiatives Beki Bateson has seen firsthand how art has the potential to transcend despair and capture the imagination of the people suffering injustice, poverty and oppression; how it gives voice to the voiceless and casts light on the forgotten. This interactive session will explore the prophetic role of the artist and the alternative futures art can perhaps hint at, why this is central to Greenbelt’s mission (and equally that of thePROJECT) and how we can all help create just spaces.

He was also a founder member and driving force in the innovative Late, Late Service in Glasgow and co-author with Jonny Baker of the influential ‘Alternative Worship’ book (published by SPCK) and “Gordon Brown and his Presbyterian Moral Compass” – Forthcoming in Scott, P & Graham, E. ed. Remoralising Britain (Continuum, 2009).

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At thePROJECT2 : In The Flesh, Stewart Cutler is leading a workshop called – A seed…or a weed. Click here for details.

Stewart Cutler is a Youth and Children’s Work Trainer with over 15 years of experience working with volunteers, students and professionals in the Christian Church and in communities around Scotland.

Stewart’s background is in Community Education and he is currently studying for a Masters in Social Research at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has a range of professional interests including social media, communication technology and learning as well as emerging church, fresh expressions of worship and theology to go alongside playing golf, swimming, taking photographs (not nearly often enough) and trying to kick an obsession with Mario Kart!

More details on Stewart’s workshop coming soon.

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Ross Loveridge is an Associate Lecturer in Environmental Policy with the Open University.

At thePROJECT:2, ‘In The Flesh’, Ross will be leading a workshop on the issue of Copenhagen 2009

Ross has Ayrshire roots, but no-one should hold that against him.