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St Martin’s Centenary Lectures

As part of the Centenary celebrations, St Martin's is holding a series of Centenary Lectures.

The first lecture was given by the Dean of Worcester, the Very Reverend Peter Atkinson.
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The Rector of St Martin’s, Canon Ken Boyce, explains:

“As part of our commemorations of St Martin's Centenary, we have invited various speakers, each with a particular interest or expertise, to reflect on significant developments of attitudes or theological thought during the last hundred years. But first, the Dean of Worcester asks us whether anything at all can be learnt from the past …”

The Centenary Lectures are to be held in St Martin’s Church and are open to everyone commencing at 7 pm – admission free - details as below;
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a) Wednesday 19th January at 7.00pm in Church The Very Revd Peter Atkinson   Dean of Worcester
 Learning the Lessons of the Past – can it be done?  (see the transcript) . Click here to download.

  b) Wednesday 23rd March – The Revd Canon Dr Georgina Byrne, Worcester Diocesan Director of Ordinands and Dean of Women’s Ministry – ‘A Century of Women in Church and Society’

 c) Wednesday 11th May – The Revd Andrew Fisher, Hospital Chaplain – ‘Designing a Church for Liturgy: Fellowes Prynne and St Martin’s’

 d) Wednesday 6th July – The Revd Dr John Polkinghorne, former Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge – ‘Science and Religion’

Centenary Archive Exhibitions