The Gospel According to Everyone
How come in church we only ever hear the gospels of four men in Palestine 2,000 years ago? What about the gospels of the people sitting right next to us: the woman who gave up her child for adoption,...
Speaker(s): Martin WroeFinding Hope for Peace Amid the Palestinian Israeli Conflict
Jonathan Herbert spent three months living in the Palestinian village of Jayous and experienced at first hand the cruelty and injustice of the Israeli occupation. In this session he will tell of how,...
Speaker(s): Jonathan HerbertIf I Am Only For Myself, Who Am I? The passage of a Jewish boat To Gaza
Flying the banners of the alternative voices of US, Canadian and European Jews, the boat Irene demonstrated to the world an implacable opposition to the Israeli occupation as it took part in a...
Palestine and the Arab revolution: An overview of current events in the Middle East and the future for the Palestinians
A review of the recent changes in the Arab world and their effect on the Palestinian question. This session will give a picture of the current political situation, assess the significance of the...
Poetry as a dream of peace
The Corrymeela Community tells a story of a woman who came to its house for refuge. In her luggage she brought a small hatchet. She was ready to believe they were people of peace, but just in case,...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó TuamaAll Families Are Psychotic
Perennial Greenbelt favourite Dr Andrew Tate leads literature lovers on a journey into the homes of famous families from fiction who are dysfunctional, oppressive and downright nightmarish. Tate's...
Speaker(s): Andrew TateChildren’s & family lineup for GB17
Greenbelt is an inter-generational festival like no other. It's not just that we have lots of children and families onsite. We do. It's that as well as their parents and carers, often their...
Exclusivity & hope: a view from Bethlehem
This blog is a long read. You might want to grab a cuppa. It's written by Greenbelt's Creative Director, Paul Northup. I'm writing it from the little town of Bethlehem; the place where, as a...
Reaching the Summit
Mustard Seed vs McWorld… creating new ways to put first things first
Creativity time... In this seminar we will show you imaginative new ways you can both advance God's purposes and engage tomorrow's challenges... in your lives, congregations and God's world. Come...
Speaker(s): Tom SineWhy aren’t there any women speakers?
is it just us, or does everyone struggle to find women contributors? Does it matter? What's stopping the wider participation of a more diverse range of people in church? How can we make sure there is...
Speaker(s): Jenny BakerMustard Seed vs McWorld… Rediscovering God’s purposes for the global future
God's vision for the global future is a very different one than the one driving the global economy and stressing too many of our lives. In this seminar we will call for a re-awakening of biblical...
Speaker(s): Tom SineMustard Seed vs McWorld… one world ready or not!
Overnight we have become a part of a new one world economic that works well for the wealthy but nearly as well for those at the margins. In this seminar we will describe new challenges from the...
Speaker(s): Tom SineAlternative Worship – grit in the church’s shell
Alternative Worship has carved out an innovative and creative space in and on the margins of the church in the UK over the last decade, reimagining the possibilites for worship and church. But what...
Speaker(s): Jenny BakerStrike a Light
Lenin wrote in his Letters On Modern Atheism : 'I made a mistake. Without doubt the oppressed multitude had to be liberated. But our method only provoked further oppression - and atrocious massacres....
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews