ISC Men's Group

Monthly on the first Monday of the Month, September to June

Usually the first Monday unless there is a public holiday - see calendar below

Join a supportive group of men considering faith & life.

In person at the ISC (and online if required)

• Exchange ideas
• Look at areas of importance to you
• Enjoy good fellowship & social time

Each evening will consist of prayer/reflection, presentation on the theme, discussion and fellowship.

The group starts at 20:00 (UK Time) and will finish by 21:30

Theme details for the 2025-26 Session are listed below.

Suggested donation: Give what you can afford to help with the Centre's running costs.

Date

Theme

Facilitator

Comment

2025

1 Sep

"Bread of Life" (& making fougasse bread!)

Pete Smith

Fougasse is a really simple bread in the shape of a leaf that bakers used to test their ovens to see if they were ready for the day’s baking.  We’ll go through all the steps of bread making together and bake Fougasse in the ISC kitchen on the day.  No special equipment required but please bring an apron if you have one. 

6 Oct

Stay Curious: Reaching Across the Divide in an Intensely Polarised World

Steve Innes

At a time when tribal divisions and polarized rhetoric seem to make navigating difficult conversations and conflict almost impossible, we need greater imagination for how conflict can be transformed into something constructive rather than simply destructive. Drawing from wisdom from philosophy, psychology, poetry and Judeo-Christian spiritual traditions, we will examine what it means to “welcome the Other”, and in doing so increase our desire and confidence to live in a community that is curious, open, and disagrees well.

3 Nov

Synodality

Lee Brown

A consideration of how synodality offers a paradigm for listening and discernment that can be used as we journey through life, explore spiritual questions, and address the issues of our age with others.

1 Dec

Advent Evening

2026

12 Jan

Space for Listening

Please note change of date

Joe Judge

2 Feb

Theme to follow soon

Seán Harty

2 March

Lent theme based on Joel 2:13

Dean Clarke

“Let your hearts be broken…”

An evening exploring the spiritual needs of our hearts. 

13 April

Watch an episode of The Chosen followed by discussion 

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE

Paul Matheson

Pope Leo states that the parables “help us to rediscover hope, because they show us how God acts in history. While Jesus' parables are taken from everyday life, their goal is to convey something more profound. They encourage us all to raise questions within us. Where am I in this story? What does this image say to my life?”

Watching ‘The Chosen’ raises those same questions in us: Where am I in this story? What does this scene say to my life? 

11 May

"He climbed a mountain"

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE

Mick Ashworth

Hills and mountains feature quite often in the Bible, including in the gospels, where they seem to have been a favourite place of retreat for Jesus. And Christianity is not the only religion to revere mountains. So what is it about high places, and why are some hailed as sacred?

1 June

Pizza and planning IN HOUSE

Pete Smith

An evening of fellowship and food followed by some discussion to plan next session: Sep'26 - June'27 ......Let’s make pizza together - Pete and Steve will bring pizza dough and their pizza oven, the ISC will provide the toppings.  We’ll make the pizzas for the meal at the the ISC before we sit down to plan next year.

No pizza making skill required, plenty of us know the drill already and we’re ready to show you how to make your own pizza on the day.  

If you have an apron, please bring it!