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HOPE FOR OUR COMMUNITY?
Issues that affect all our lives
 

 
Thought-provoking presentations and debates covering topics relevant to our local community in Finchley. They take place in the church on Thursdays in February and March 2008.

 
Thursday 14th February
Film - An Inconvienent Truth
 

Climate Change -
Its implications for Planet Earth

Al Gore's acclaimed 2007 Nobel Peace Prize-winning documentary film 'An Inconvenient Truth' about Global Warming. A must see for all who are concerned about the future of our planet.

7:30pm for 7:45pm
 

 
 
Thursday 21st February
Three Faiths, Shared Values
 

Three Faiths, Shared Values

A panel of local religious leaders will discuss key values that Judaism, Christianity and Islam, seek to promote, what threatens these values and how each faith seeks to serve the wider community.

7:30pm for 8pm

Rabbi Neil Janes (Finchley Progressive Synagogue)
 
Mr Faisal Habib (Finchley Islamic Cultural Centre)
 
Rev Tim Atkins (Christ Church North Finchley)
 

 
 
Thursday 28th February
Values in Education
 

Values in Education

A panel of Finchley teachers share the personal values that motivate them as educators, how educational ideals are compromised by outside pressures and how the school and community serve one another.

7:30pm for 8pm

Mr Rob Allen (Head teacher at St Mary's C of E Primary School)
 
Mr Michael Whitworth (Head teacher at Wren Academy C of E Secondary School)
 
Ms Claire Murphy (RE Specialist at Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School)
 

 
 
Thursday 6th March
Medical Ethics Today
 

Medical Ethics

Does the end justify the means? Issues facing the medical profession and society.

7:30pm for 8pm

Rev Mark Bratton (Chaplain and Lecturer in Medical Ethics at Warwick University)
 

Light refreshments served from 7:30pm each evening
Presentations end by 9:30pm

Hope 2008 
The church will also be taking part in a number of other community and outreach activities during 2008 under the banner of Hope 2008. In north London the main event is 0808 which takes place place in August.
 
  0808

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