April 26, 2012 at 1:47 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
The Oxford Group meets on Wednesday 9th May 2012 at 7.30am at the Four Pillars, Abingdon.
A full English breakfast is available.
The meeting fee is £12.
Please join us for our May breakfast meeting, where our guest speaker will be Charles Hippsey from LICC (The London Insititute for Contemporary Christianity). Charles is known to a number of our group, and promises to be an entertaining and thought-provoking speaker. If you have not been to one of our breakfasts for a while, please join us for this special event.
Charles is the Director of the LICC Work Forum. Included in the Work Forum are LICC’s Workplace Associates, PrayerWorks, Executive Toolbox and a range of other projects aimed at equipping Christians for their workplace context and helping local churches to support them in their calling. Previously, Charles worked in financial services as COO of a private equity investment company, and was Executive Director of a listed technology products and services business. He has lectured and led workshops on workplace theology and related topics and has been involved in church leadership for many years.
Charles lives in Oxfordshire with his wife, Mary, and they have two grown children.
For more information about LICC, please visit www.licc.org.uk
It would be great to catch up, pray and mutually encourage each other by sharing our experiences of what God is doing, both in our business and our lives more broadly.
Do come along to a session which should challenge and provide guidance to all of us.
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April 13, 2012 at 3:42 pm · Filed under Meetings, Stow
The Stow Group meets on Wednesday 18th April at 7.30am at The Fosse Manor Hotel, Stow-on-the-Wold..
The meeting fee is £12.
A full English breakfast is available.
We will be looking at the latest version of the “Business by the Book” DVD series. Theses DVDs are professionally produced and cover various aspects of business starting this month by looking at “who owns your business?”.
We are privileged to be previewing the newly updated series that is accompanied by a new and comprehensive work book with advice and questions to consider.
If you haven’t been to the meetings regularly then may be now is a good time to come along and see if together we can help each other to live a business life in accordance with Biblical principles.
If you would like to come, please email gary@cbl-uk.org or call 07773 396 928 .
April 5, 2012 at 9:09 pm · Filed under Meetings, Oxford
The Oxford Group meets on Wednesday 11 April 2012 at 7.30am at the Four Pillars, Abingdon.
A full English breakfast is available.
The meeting fee is £12.
Ethics in Public Life
Nowhere is the ethical crisis more obvious than in business. The financial services sector has been accused of being self-serving and greedy. And while companies are failing or barely surviving, executives are receiving lavish perks and bonuses. Is the current ethical crisis in business an inevitable result of an emphasis on greed peculiar to capitalism, or is it possible to build an ethical centre for business that will keep the market economy functioning properly? Ultimately, what is the purpose of business, simply to make money or is there something more it is supposed to be contributing to society?
‘Ethics in Public Life’ is the theme of this final part in the provoking ‘Doing the Right Thing’ DVD series from the Colson Centre for Christian Worldview.
Please join us for a stimulating discussion.
If you haven’t been to the breakfast for a while, I hope that the Easter break gives some of the opportunity to do so. It would be great to catch up, pray and mutually encourage each other by sharing our experiences of what God is doing, both in our business and our lives more broadly.
To book on for this meeting please click here.
February 1, 2012 at 1:19 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
The Oxford Group meets on Wednesday 8th February 2012 at 7.30am at the Four Pillars, Abingdon.
A full English breakfast is available.
The meeting fee is £12.
Ethics in the marketplace
Nowhere is the ethical crisis more obvious than in business. The financial services sector has been accused of being self-serving and greedy. And while companies are failing or barely surviving, executives are receiving lavish perks and bonuses. Is the current ethical crisis in business an inevitable result of an emphasis on greed peculiar to capitalism, or is it possible to build an ethical centre for business that will keep the market economy functioning properly? Ultimately, what is the purpose of business, simply to make money or is there something more it is supposed to be contributing to society?
‘Ethics in the Marketplace’ is the theme if this, the fifth in the provoking ‘Doing the Right Thing’ DVD series from the Colson Centre for Christian Worldview.
Please join us for a stimulating discussion.
If you haven’t been to the breakfast for a while, do please come this time. It would be great to catch up, pray and mutually encourage each other by sharing our experiences of what God is doing, both in our business and our lives more broadly.
To book on for this meeting please click here.
October 11, 2011 at 2:35 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
The Oxford Group meets on Wednesday 12th October 2011 at 7.30am at the Four Pillars, Abingdon.
A full English breakfast is available.
The meeting fee is £12.
This month we are starting a new DVD series called ‘Doing the Right Thing’ hosted by Chuck Colson and Robert George. The material is a six part exploration of ethics and the first session is titled ‘How did we get into this mess?’ How indeed! Maybe you can answer that question and others around the table on Wednesday, so please come if you can.
A full English breakfast is available.
To book on for either meeting please call 01865 784060 or email james.shand@cbl-uk.org.
April 11, 2011 at 11:49 am · Filed under Meetings, Oxford
The Oxford Group meets on Wednesday 13 April 2011 at 7.30am at the Four Pillars, Abingdon.
A full English breakfast is available.
The meeting fee is £12.
This month James Shand will be speaking on the subject of Christian Leadership.
To book for the meeting please call 01865 784060 or email james.shand@cbl-uk.org.
February 8, 2011 at 12:29 pm · Filed under Meetings, Stow
The Stow Group meets on Wednesday 16th February at 7.30am at The Fosse Manor Hotel, Stow-on-the-Wold..
The meeting fee is £12.
A full English breakfast is available.
We will be looking at God’s hand on our businesses through the testimonies of others. Mark Lloydbottom will be talking on “The Director You Can’t Do Without”
Mark’s 35-year professional career saw him qualifying as a chartered accountant with Deloittes in Southampton and then building three successful businesses including: an accountancy business that served over 1,000 clients in Bristol; Practice Track, which was to become the UK’s premier publishing and marketing company for accountants; and PracticeWEB, a company that provides content for, hosts and manages the websites of over 600 firms of accountants. When building these companies Mark presented his management and marketing lectures in over 200 venues throughout the UK and the US and for all UK accountancy bodies.
Mark and his wife Rhoda now lead Crown Financial Ministries in the United Kingdom. They have always been passionate about teaching others about what the Bible has to say about money, wealth and possessions. Mark and Rhoda live in Bristol where the Crown UK office is based
If you would like to come, please call 01865 784060 or email james.shand@cbl-uk.org.
February 2, 2011 at 10:11 pm · Filed under Meetings, Oxford
The Oxford Group meets on Wednesday 8th February at 7.30am at the Four Pillars, Abingdon.
A full English breakfast is available.
The meeting fee is £12.
John Kirkby is the founder and director of Christians Against Poverty, a well known debt counselling charity in the UK. He has written a book called ‘Nevertheless’ and that is the title of the talk he will be giving at our breakfast on Wednesday 9th February.
John will be sharing his inspiring story about hearing God’s call, whilst working in the consumer finance industry, to reach out to people suffering under the burden of debt.
To book on for either meeting please call 01865 784060 or email james.shand@cbl-uk.org.
January 13, 2011 at 9:42 am · Filed under Uncategorized
We were sorry to learn of the recent death of the Reverend Peter Seddon. Peter was a long standing member of CBL, our chaplain and a board member. Peter’s funeral is next Wednesday 19 Jan at 12 noon at the Church of St John the Baptist Whitchurch Hill RG8 7PA.
Directions can be found here.
We send our condolences to Peter’s wife and family.
January 13, 2011 at 9:36 am · Filed under Uncategorized
The Stow Group meets on Wednesday 19th January 2011 at 7.30am at The Fosse Manor Hotel, Stow-on-the-Wold..
The meeting fee is £12.
A full English breakfast is available.
This month, Mark Dancer will be leading us through ‘Stress and Work-Life Balance’, the fourth in the ‘God at Work’ series based on the book by Ken Costa and developed into a course by Holy Trinity Brompton.
If you would like to come, please call 01865 784060 or email james.shand@cbl-uk.org.
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