10.30       Opening Prayers

10.45       Annual Council

•                      This will include 
•                               2022 Accounts,                                
                                A new constitution for the Fellowship 
                                Conversation about the life of the Fellowship.
                                Trustee Elections

12.30       Buffet Lunch 

1.30pm-2.45 pm   Countering Strongman Politics – Learning from Women Peacebuilders with Anthea Sully.       
                                  The afternoon talk is in association with Church and Peace. 

Countering 'strong man' politics. The culture of the 'strong man' has been a feature of war and violence and social injustice for centuries. Today we see it in Putin, Trump and Netanyahu. We will be considering the challenging question of how we counter these dangerous and violent dynamics. Anthea will speak from her own Christian and secular experience of speaking into this space and will draw on all our perspectives to see if we can find hope within our current troubled times.

Anthea Sully is currently Chief Executive of White Ribbon UK, a national organisation working to prevent violence against women by engaging with men. She is also a member of the coordinating committee of the Ecumenical Forum of European Christian Women. Anthea's varied background has been as a church leader and in organisations outside the faith arena. She is a campaigner, social entrepreneur, and former local politician and has led several high profile human rights campaigns. She has spoken at national and international events. For five years Anthea led on social justice, national and international affairs for the Methodist Church in Britain and was moderator of the Conference of European Churches, Church and Society Commission.       

2.45         Closing Worship

3.00          End