Quarterly EEFC Meetings take place at St John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WS . The meetings commence at 5.15pm with light refreshments beforehand and usually conclude at about 7.15pm. Invitations are sent out approximately 4 weeks in advance with information about guest speakers and presentations.

Meeting dates for 2012 are:

Thursday 22 March

Tuesday 12 June

Thursday 27 September

Thursday 13 December

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS

22 March 2012

Our theme of exploring the different faith traditions’ approach to inter faith work continued at this meeting with a presentation from Dr Murray Corke, a lay member of the Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing and a Dharma teacher of that tradition. Dr Corke gave the meeting a brief overview of Buddhism and one perspective on the Buddhist position on inter faith work following the Buddhist ideals of non-violence and sustainable living.

Our second speaker at this meeting was Molly Blackburn who gave an account of her work with the Open Out scheme, supporting victims of hate crime.

Both speakers included thought provoking question and answer session.

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15 December, 2011

We continued our exploration of the different faith traditions’ approach to inter faith work with a presentation from Ramesh Pattni, Chair of Interfaith, Hindu Forum of Britain, who spoke on Hindu Perspectives on Inter Faith Dialogue.

2011 celebrates the centenary of the visit to Britain by ‘Abdu’l-Baha, son of the Founder of the Baha’i faith, and Wendi Momen told us more about this very significant occasion for Baha’is; Kathleen ben Rabha also updated us on initiatives in the region relating to mental health and spirituality.

The Minutes of this meeting are available as a pdf by clicking here

21 September, 2011

This meeting followed the Annual General Meeting, which reported on finance and activity and included a presentation on faith and public policy from Revd. Dr Malcolm Brown, Director of Public Affairs for the Church of England.

The regular quarterly meeting followed our usual format. The guest speaker was Dr Ed Kessler MBE, Founding Director of The Woolf Institute, who continued our series of different views of working with other faiths, with a talk on The Jewish perspective on inter-faith dialogue. There was also an extended opportunity to ‘Meet your neighbour’, and a report on recent EEFC activities.

The Minutes of this meeting are available as a pdf by clicking here