Brave New Worlds
You are very welcome to come and hear the views of our preachers within the beautiful setting of Evensong on Sundays at 6.30pm.
This term our preachers will address an aspect of the future: considering what the future might hold in a number of vital areas of life.
The Future of Education
Preacher: The Rev’d Dr Victoria Johnson
Dean, St John's College, Cambridge
For the Dean's own page click here.
The Future of the Church
Preacher: The Rev’d Andrew Hammond
Chaplain, St John's College, Cambridge
For the Chaplain's own page click here.
The Future of Medicine
The Future of Christian Mission
Sunday 19 May 2024
Preacher: The Rev’d Dr Duncan Dormor
General Secretary of USPG
Duncan became General Secretary of USPG in January 2018. Duncan is an Anglican priest, a published author, teacher and public speaker. Before joining USPG, Duncan spent nearly twenty years at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he served as Dean of Chapel and President (Head of the Fellowship) and taught anthropology and sociology of religion. He has degrees in Human Sciences, Theology and Demography. Duncan is currently a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland’s Mission and Theological Advisory Group.
The Future of Prayer
Sunday 26 May 2024
Preacher: Catherine Coldstream
Writer, author of ‘Cloistered’
Catherine Coldstream was born in London, and grew up loving music, words, and books. After converting to Roman Catholicism in her twenties, she spent twelve years in a Carmelite monastery where she lived the life of a silent contemplative nun. Since leaving her community she has studied at the Universities of Oxford, East Anglia, and London, and taught theology, philosophy, and ethics in schools. The effects of her years as a nun have never left her and continue to inspire and inform her writing.
The Future of Being Human
Sunday 2 June 2024
Preacher: Canon Dr Eve Poole OBE
Writer; Lay Canon of York Minster and Third Church Estates Commissioner
Canon Dr Eve Poole OBE has a BA in Theology from Durham, an MBA from Edinburgh, and a PhD in Theology and Capitalism from Cambridge. She is the author of several books, including Robot Souls, Capitalism’s Toxic Assumptions, and Buying God. Her early career involved working for the Church Commissioners and for Deloitte Consulting, where she specialised in change management in the Financial Services sector. She then taught leadership at Ashridge Business School for 15 years. She was Third Church Estates Commissioner from 2018-2021 and the first female Chairman of the Board of Governors at Gordonstoun School from 2015-2021. Her recent roles have included Interim CEO for the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, and Interim CEO of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Eve lives in Edinburgh and has twin girls. She was awarded an OBE in the 2023 New Years Honours list for services to education and gender equality, and was made a lay Canon of York Minster in January 2024.
The Future of Worship
Sunday 9 June 2024
Preacher: The Rev’d Imogen Nay
Vicar, St Paul's Church, Cambridge
Prior to joining St Paul's Church in Cambridge, Imogen had ministered in parishes in South London and the Midlands, and was a residentiary Canon at Chelmsford Cathedral. Prior to ordination she worked with the vulnerably housed, those suffering from addictions, and worked to find safe routes for women out of sex work in the east end of London.
She studied to be a priest in Cambridge. She has a husband and twin boys. Imogen is a committed Christian environmentalist and longs to see deeper integration in our lives, which have become disconnected and fragmented. She has a deep sense of love for children and young people and believes they have much to teach us about God. She is also passionate about teaching and preaching, and believes that the arts have a significant role to play in helping us live vibrant lives connected to our loving God.
The Future of Life
Sunday 16 June 2024
(this service is at the earlier time of 6.00pm)
Preacher: The Rev’d Andrew Hammond
Chaplain, St John's College, Cambridge
For the Chaplain's own page click here.
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