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SCM Summer Retreat 16rH - 18rH Jurur 2000 BntNEseuRv Housr, nrnn BnrH Only f 1-0 TIME TO de-stress from exams and treat yourself to a relaxing weekend in the countryside. Join us for the SCM Summer Retreat in Bainesbury House, a selfcontained cotta$e with beds and showers (hurrah!) in the grounds of Downside AbbeY, near Bath. A relaxed programme will be on offer but the idea is to rest, natter and eat $ood nosh to$ether. Bookin$ forms are available are available from central office. ? d I I notes from the \ {l - I i t. 1 The volunteer student: a declining sPecies? CATACOMBS John Field writes; Anxieties about college funding have put pressure on most students to spend a larger part of their vacations working for pay. Voluntary organisations have suffered a loss of suPPort in consequence. For examPle, ARC, a EuroPe-wide organisation which provides 3-4 week residential courses linked with cathedrals, had almost no applicants in 1998' but began to recover slowly in 1999. lts communities, for those of student age (20- 26) are ecumenical, and offer the opportunity for people from many nations to live together in Christian commitment, to learn the history of their host cathedral, and to take small groups of summer visitors on , -..,}} NEWS from scM in Britain and beyond guided tours in their native languages. Rev Lucy Winkett, Chaplain at St.Paul's Cathedral, who provides pastoral support for the community there, is a great enthusiast. "ARC is a tonic," she comments. "The presence of these young people is good for us all, for it leads us to re-examine our relations with one another." ARC communities are usually held at Florence, Siena, Cologne, Trier, Speyer' Reims, Tours, Troyes, Bordeaux, Antwerp, Utrecht, CanterburY, SalisburY and Westminster Abbey, as well as at St'Paul's. Accommodation, food and pocket money are provided, so the only cost to a participant is the return fare. { tt you are interested contact the director of ARC England John Field at Callaly Mill' Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 4SZ or CallalyField@hotmail.com. Mark Depew, who are You? hl l;T,';Sr',:",lo;liilT'HTi* El ffi:Y, i 3fi ;:: ;;f i'.?:i:* tTffJ"?l il?i' 0 """, " 0 and lead fundraising strategies, to manage the distribution of <strong>Movement</strong>, and devise ingenious methods of convincing greater numbers of individuals to join the SCM family' The burning question is, however, who is Mark Depew? Since finishing my first degree in Politics/Economics at Assumption College in the United States back in 1987, I have had a whirlwind of exPeriences' I have been married for thirteen years and have two daughters' My wife and l, worked together in Northern lndia for just over a year in 1989-90, where I taught English and researched human rights abuses against the Sikhs. Upon our return, life took a strange changeoringingmeintoseniorRetailManagementforthenextfive rn po,t and at mv desk y""r"l Ftot 1S9S-SZ, I returned to full-time education at Birmingham movement 2 University to read for a Masters Degree in lnternational Studies' Following my studies, I went to work for Christian Aid and the Jubilee 2000 Coalition, bringing to Birmingham the world's first Human Chain. Principally, over three years I have researched, spoken and advocated debt and development issues to a broad range of groups. As a fund+aiser, I have increased Christian Aid Week giving by 62% in my local church. t proOuceO 'Taking Stock', a report identifying progress made by Britain's leading supermarkets in producing and implementing ethical codes of conduct for suppliers in the developing world' ln my personal life I strongly link my commitmentto serving God withsocial,peaceandjusticeaction'Whichhasbeenmanifestedin my recent work as well as my voluntary work and commitment to social issues in my local community' Over the next two years I look forward to meeting, with and working on behalf of all of You. .l
,r :trf,H ,,:r-,&ffi Justin Whelan is a gtobe-trotting Australian who found himsetf at this year's ecumenical conference Solace in Solihull a rrrf,":L:tr=#3:,?,;"ffi 5:'"?,r I f I aTrarrs ano conTerence gorngs-on f|| of the Australian scM, it shourd come as no surprise that one of the first connections I made after landing in London was with the SCM in Britain. And that, of course, led me to the upcoming Ecumenical conference, with a Taiz6 theme no less. Being something of a Taiz6 hack I had no excuse not to attend. This, coupled with a growing sense of spiritual unease prompted by an absence of religious activity, saw me on the 6:55 to Solihull. There must be a rule somewhere in SCM H.Q. that decrees thou shalt sit in a circle and say thy name to the group, followed by a quirky fact about thyself, for it happens the world over. lt sure does make a great welcome, and as a Catholic who claims some pride in the universality of the Catholic mass (if it's 9:15, we must be up to the first reading), a great comfort. The idea that one will remember more than one or two of the sixty names called out represents the high point in SCM idealism. I love it. The weekend itself, from this participants' perspective, was a great success. I generally believe the success of an ecumenical gathering can be measured by the ignorance of each others denomination (and in this case, student movement as well) as it means people don't find themselves forced into self-criticism (as a Catholic!) before they express their opinions. The quality of singing improved over the weekend as people learned their parts and sang more loudly and by the end a joyful sound was indeed being made unto the Lord. Personally I found the weekend an important time for stopping and letting go. I took a couple of opportunities for silent prayer, meditating on Brother Roger's Letter in which he writes that the desire for faith is already the beginning of faith - comforting words in a time of existential confusion. The disco was a great success. Brother Paulo's clumsy dancing was a treat. And I found out my partner knows all the words to Madonna's LiRe A Prayer. What more is there to safr Y tt you have always wanted to go to Taiz6 but didn't want the hassle of arranging it all, then here's the hassle-free way to do it. A couple of curates in the Birmingham Diocese are arranging a trip, open to anyone wherever you live. The dates are 19- 28th August and it will cost 912$9150, Contact Richard Wharton on OL2t 4763990. movement 3 Congratulations to Carrie Styles, SCM's coordinator, who is pregnant. And also congrats to her husband Rob. See page t4 for Rob's thoughts on advantages on the internet when it comes to ultrasound scans and family ties. Here's how to get hold of DIALOGUE, the lnternational Journal for Buddhists and Christians, edited by Dr. Aloysius Pieris SJ (see p.8). Annual subscnptions cost US $70.OO (or equivalent) inclusive of airmail postage. Contact the Secreta ry, Ecu menical /nstltute for Study and Dialogiue, 490/5 Havelock Road, Colombo, Sri Lanka. ecumenel@s ri. I a n ka. net Some intriguing looking events over the next few months... * A one day conference called Virtual Faith - The Spiritual Quest of Young Adults: Lessons from the US. For "anyone interested in the theological meaning of music video, film, body piercing and popular culture." lt is led by Tom Beaudoin who wrote a ground-breaking book on the 'irreverent spirituality of Generation X'. lt is at Klng's College, London, on 27th May, 11am-3pm and costs f15. Contact Pete Ward on O2O7 8483L2O. * Greenbelt - the biggest and best of Christian arts festivals - is on 25th-28th August. At one point it billed itself as the third festival in the Christian calender with Christmas and Easter and is settling in at its new home in Cheltenham Race Course, and August. (See advert inside front cover) * The Sea of Faith is offering concessionary places for f'30 to students at its annual conference in Leicester (25Ih-271h July). SoF is about "exploring and promoting religious faith as human creation." So if you want to get your brain cells tickled over those long summer months. Contact John Pearson, 3 Belle Grove Place, Spital Tongues, Newcastle- Upon-Tyne NE2 4LH. * The Lesbian and Gay Christian <strong>Movement</strong> are having a European Conference on 'Forging a Dialogue with the Churches' in Edinburgh 3-7 May 2000. Speakers include James Alison, John Bell and Prof Elizabeth Stuart. Also Pride takes place on 2 )uly and their LGCM's Annual Pride 'Mardi Gras' Service takes place in Hinde Street Methodist Church at 3pm.
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