Librarians' Christian Fellowship
Christians in Library, Information
and Archive Work
Annual Public Lecture
Attendance is often relatively high, as subjects are chosen for wide appeal, and sometimes, for their controversial nature. The lecture is usually published in the following issue of Christian Librarian.
The lecture takes place on a Saturday in Autumn each year, and has no settled venue. It has been held in places as diverse as Cardiff, Manchester and Oxford.
2010 Annual Lecture
Date: Saturday, 23rd October 2010
Time: 2:30pm
Venue: Manvers Street Baptist Church, Bath
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Alan Garrow, Vicar Theologian
at Bath Abbey,
an authority on the Synoptic Gospels and author of 'Revelation' and
'Matthew's dependence on the Didache' will speak on 'The
Five Lord's Prayers'. This lecture should be of interest not only to librarians
but to all those
interested
in
the
life of
Jesus, Christian history and the development of the New Testament
text.
We will be making an informal visit to Bath Abbey, starting at 11 am, and having lunch at a local restaurant before the lecture. We are also invited to attend choral evensong at the Abbey beginning at 5:15pm.
For further information or if you are planning to join us for the visit to Bath Abbey or lunch please contact our Secretary, Graham Hedges.
2011 Annual Lecture
Dave Roberts, author of The Twilight Gospel will be our guest speaker at the lecture at the RISC centre in Reading on the afternoon of 1st October 2011.
Previous lectures
2009 Changes and Challenges in Literature Outreach
The 2009 lecture took place at the Church of Christ the Cornerstone in Milton Keynes. The speaker was Alan Howell, manager of the Kitab bookshop which provides Christian resources for the Asian and Muslim communities.
2008 Get A Life – Winning Choices for Working People
The 2008 lecture took place in Winchester on Saturday 18th October. The speaker was Paul Valler of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity .
On the morning of the visit a group of LCF members visited the library of Winchester Cathedral.
2007 The Darkness of an Author's Mind
The 2007 lecture took place in York on Saturday 6th October. The speaker was the Rev. G. P. Taylor, children's wrtier and author of the best selling novels, 'Shadowmancer', 'Wormwood' and 'Tersias'.
For more information on G. P. Taylor have a look at the official Shadowmancer site.
A group of LCF members visited the library of York Minster on the morning of the lecture.
2006: Making Words Work
In 2006 0ur lecture last year took place at New Road Baptist Church, Oxford on 21st October. The speaker was the poet and broadcaster Stewart Henderson who spoke about his work and read some of his poems.
On the morning of the lecture a group of LCF members visited the library of Wycliffe College in Banbury Road.