2018
From 17th October – 28th November, St Stephen’s offered a six-week study on Wednesday evenings.
The theme of the study was ‘Drawing Near to God’.
The study was held from 7.00-8.15pm, concluding with Compline.
Topics covered each evening included:
17th October – Preparing for the Journey
24th October – The Gates of Thanksgiving
7th November – The Court of Praise
14th November – The Altar of Sacrifice
21st November – The Holy Place
28th November – The Holy of Holies
2017
From 11th October through 22nd November, St Stephen’s offered a six-week Bible Study on Wednesday evenings, from 7.00-8.15pm.
The course, called ‘Discovering the Psalms’, was held in the Vestry and focused on the following topics:
11th October Psalms of Praise/ Thanksgiving
18th October Psalms of Lament
25th October Psalms ‘for a King’
8th November Psalms of Wisdom
15th November Psalms of Cursing
22nd November Psalms of Confidence and Trust
The studies lasted for one hour and concluded with the Office of Compline.
From 7th June through 12th July, St Stephen’s offered a six-week Bible Study on Wednesday evenings, from 7.00-8.15pm.
The course, called ‘People of the Creed’, was held in the Vestry and focused on the following topics:
7th June – ‘What are the Creeds?’
14th June – ‘God as Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit’
21st June – ‘Fully God and fully human’
28th June – ‘Crucified, risen and ascended’
5th July – ‘I believe in the Holy Spirit’
12th July – ‘One holy, catholic and apostolic Church’.
The studies lasted for one hour and concluded with the Office of Compline.
2016
In October and November 2016, Fr John Moore and Fr Marc Trickey led a weekly Bible study on ‘The hard sayings of Jesus’.
If you would like copies of the material used in these studies, please contact Fr John at frjohnbishopmoore.gmail.com or on (01481) 720268.