Most of the organizations are fairly small; unless otherwise noted, their websites include basic information on their purpose, events, available publications, subscription rates, and contact details. A number of other organizations attended but do not have a web site; these include CANA (Christians Awakening to a New Awareness), the British Teilhard Association, the Alliance of Radical Methodists, and the National Association of Christian Communities and Networks (NACCAN).
The Modern Churchpeople's Union, www.modchurchunion.org, is one of the largest and oldest organizations for liberal Christians. Their web site includes lead editorials from recent issues of their journal "Modern Believing", but no other articles. SoFers should note that MCU's 90th annual conference, on 16-19 July, will include a talk by Hugh Dawes, author of "Freeing the Faith".
The National Retreat Association, www.retreats.org.uk, is an umbrella organization linking together retreat associations and retreat houses throughout the UK. Their web site is a good entry point for exploring the web sites of specific retreat houses. It does not include their invaluable consolidated schedule of UK retreats, but you can order the full schedule from the web site. One of their retreat centres, the Omega Trust at www.winfordmanorretreat.com, is also part of the Roundtable.
The Center for Progressive Christianity, at www.tcpc.org, focuses on "people who find organized religion irrelevant, ineffectual, and repressive" -- not surprisingly, several SoF members are also members of TCPC! They have recently relaunched their website with an elegant new design, full searching capacities, numerous articles, and copies of their workshop materials for churches and groups seeking to explore and define their positions on key issues of faith and morals. TCPC's website is the most substantial and rewarding of this group, and is well worth in-depth exploration. 19 Sof 53 may 2002 Greenspirit, www.greenspirit.org.uk, is "a movement which celebrates all existence as deeply connected and sacred", and is the UK arm of the Creation Spirituality movement. Their site is one of the few that includes a collection of papers and other resources.
The Living Spirituality Network, www.living-spirituality.org.uk, focuses on networking between small Christian communities, projects and networks on and beyond the fringes of the churches throughout Britain and Ireland, and exploring new ways of understanding spirituality and prayer for unity. It was formed in 2000 by a merger between the Fellowship for Prayer and Unity and the Ecumenical Spirituality Project, the Living Spirituality Network is committed to exploring ecumenical spirituality and to praying for unity.
ONE for Christian Renewal, at www.gn.apc.org/one, is a British network for radical Christians, which is committed socially as well as theologically. Their web site includes a few samples of published articles; more useful is their quarterly folder, which collects <) together articles of interest from a variety of other publications.
Catholics for a Changing Church, at www.c-c-c.freeserve.co.uk, supports continuing change in the Roman Catholic Church in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council. The web site includes copies of their newsletter "Renew" since September 1998, edited by SoF-er John Challenor. We Are Church, www.we-are-church.org/uk/, is also a progressive Catholic organization. Activists for peace and justice should note their extensive calendar of events related to the promotion of peace and justice in the UK.
The Alister Hardy Society, www.alisterhardytrust.org.uk, is a research centre on religious and spiritual experience associated with the University of Wales, Lampeter. The web site explains their research program and other basic information. Readers who have had a spiritual experience are invited to submit a description by email form; a selection of these are available for browsing on the site. The Churches Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies (CFPSS), at www.cfpss.freeserve.co.uk/, also focuses on the study of religious experience. ee The Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer, www.fcpuk.fsnet.co.uk, is an organization of about 800 MEETI people who met regularly to practice contemplative prayer. In addition to information on NGS publications and events, the web site includes an archive of the "sayings for stillness" for 2001, and a qx" sample of their newsletter. The Julian Meetings, at www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~franba/, also focus on contemplative prayer. nl dditions to our own web site, www.sofn.org.uk Y site; if you link from our site to Amazon.co.u and retreats is on the web site, and includes | an find more information about the events | sof 53 May 2002 20 Send your letters to: