Recent events at Carrs Lane

'BEHELD - Exploring the Grain of Theology Today'

In November 2009 Carrs Lane hosted a major retrospective exhibition, celebrating the work of woodcarver Revd. David Moore (a retired Methodist minister who is a nationally renowned artist).

There is a preview gallery of 36 wood carvings on the Beheld Exhibition website - you can also click on About Me at the top for information about both artist and exhibits.  For further background information see the David Moore website.

The exhibition included some works from the Resisting Tyranny Exhibition - for a little background go to the Bonhoeffer web page.

Events during the week included workshops (craft, writing, drawing & print, and school activities), discussions, guided tours, and a social evening with live jazz.

The exhibition was sponsored jointly by Carrs Lane and the Methodist Central Mission, Birmingham.

URC National Multicultural Event

On 5th December 2009, 350 people of all ages and many ethnicities came to Carrs Lane Church from all over the country to celebrate diversity within the URC family.  There was a packed programme of prayer, poetry, song, dance, drama and story telling.  Participants shared holy communion and received congregational awards, expressing their love of God in ways that bore witness to their cultural heritages.

For a photo and more details about the URC Multicultural Day, and about the URC Department for Racial Justice and Multicultural Ministry, see the URC website report.