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The Farncombe Lectures

Each year a lecture, named after the founder of the Friends, is organised. The Farncombe Lecture has, since its instigation, taken the style of an erudite address by a person nationally recognised as an authority in his or her own right.

The 2008 Farncombe Lecture will be given by Dr Stuart Burgess, the Rural Advocate, in Pershore Abbey on Thursday 25th September, and is titled "What Future Rural Communities".
Reception 6.30pm - Lecture 7.30 pm - Debate 8.40pm - Tickets £10

Previous Farncombe Lectures
26 July 2007 Sir Roy Strong "Has the Country Church got a Future"
06 July 2006 Mr William Dalrymple "From the Holy Mountain" - Christianity, Islam and Judaism in the Middle East
15 June 2005 Ms Paula Griffiths "Change and Decay in All Around I See"
29 July 2004 Mr Michael Reardon "An Image of the Heavenly City"
01 Oct 2003 Taurus Voice A dramatisation of the Gospel of St John
20 June 2002 Dr Harry Bramma "The Musical SevernValley! A Legacy from the Benedictines?"
28 June 2001 Dr Peter Doll "Common Worship and the Use of Sacred Space"
08 June 2000 Mr Richard Morris "The Foundations of Faith" - Archaeology and the Parish Church
20 May 1999 Canon David Bishop "Art for God's Sake"
09 July 1998 Canon Richard Giles "Re-pitching the Tent" - The Evolution of Church Architecture & Furnishings
12 June 1997 Dom Aidan Bellenger "Pershore in the Wider World of the Benedictines"
23 May 1996 Dr John Physick "Monstrosities in Marble"
08 June 1995 Mr John Wheatley "Experiencing Churches, Are we missing the point?"
07 June 1994 Mr Peter Gibson "Reflections on Stained Glass"
13 May 1992 Dr Malcolm Thurlby "Detective work in the study of English Medieval Architecture"
- - 1992 Dr Esther de Waal "The Life and Rule of St Benedict"
28 June 1991 Dr Ann Williams "Sponsors and Spoliators, the Early History of Pershore Abbey, 683-1066"
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