Tag: scriptural reasoning

Sharing Our Scriptures – informal study groups comparing the Torah, New Testament, and Qu’ran

Dave Moskovitz

You are invited to come study our sacred texts together, normally on the third Tuesday of every month 7:30-9:00 pm in at a private home in Khandallah. These meetings are always face-to-face – personal interaction is a critical component of our kaupapa.

We’re in our tenth year of running Sharing our Scriptures, based on Cambridge University’ Scriptural Reasoning programme, and extended by the Wellington Abrahamic Council. In that time, we’ve covered topics including Abraham’s Journeys, Dreams, Riots and Rebellion, Gossip, Questioning God, Married Love, and many others.

At each meeting, we have Jewish, Christian, and Muslim members in a group discussion about how these topics are treated in our scared texts. The discussions are interesting and lively, and packed with personal and group insights based on the experience and knowledge of our diverse group. It’s a great way to meet interesting people from other religions in a safe and homely space, and learn about your own religion through the eyes of others.

All are welcome to these sessions. Our only requirement is that you come with an open mind and an open heart, and adhere to our Abrahamic Council Values.

We’ll kick off 2026 on the topic of “Abraham, our ancestor in faith” with readings from Genesis 17:19-27, Romans 4:13-17, and Quran 37:102-107 (As-Saffat) on Tuesday 17 February, 7:30 pm. (Note this is the second Tuesday, even though we normally hold our meetings on the Third Tuesday).

If you are interested in joining us, you can subscribe to our email list – just enter your name and email address at the bottom of our subscription page, and click “subscribe”. You can also contact Nick Polaschek on 020 479 7956 for more info, or contact us through this site.

Sharing Our Scriptures 2018

Dave Moskovitz

Sharing our scriptures: an Abrahamic interfaith dialogue

When: 7.30PM Tuesday 27 February and monthly thereafter
Where:
 Nick Polaschek’s home at 12 Everest Street Khandallah

You are invited to an ongoing informal discussion sharing our perspectives of the Torah, New Testament, and Koran.

The Wellington Abrahamic Council is again sponsoring a series of evening meetings to help foster understanding and friendship between people from the three Abrahamic faith traditions in Wellington.

Last year a group met monthly to reflect together on a theme expressed in a selected passage from the sacred scriptures of each of the three Abrahamic faith traditions. During the meetings each of us listens to the other participants sharing their understanding of the selected scripture from their faith traditions, in turn sharing our understanding of the scriptures from our own tradition.

Participants last year found the experience enriching and were keen to continue in 2018.

Our shared aim is to understand more deeply the perspectives of the other Abrahamic faith traditions and, in this light, to understand more deeply our own faith tradition. From this we hope to better recognize our shared understandings and values and appreciate positively our differences as faith traditions that come from Abraham, our father in faith.

The evenings will once again use Scriptural Reasoning, a tool for interfaith dialogue developed by the Cambridge University Interfaith Programme and now used in a number of countries. We will use the guidelines and text packs, available at their website.

The theme for our first meeting of 2017 is Encountering God, which can be found in the Resources section of the Scriptural Reasoning website.

Our shared aim is to understand more deeply the perspectives of the other Abrahamic faith traditions and, in this light, to understand more deeply our own faith traditions. From this we hope to better recognize our shared understandings and values and appreciate positively our differences as faith traditions that come from Abraham, our father in faith.

For more information, contact Nick Polaschek, nandlpolaschek@gmail.com or (020) 479 7956

Sharing our scriptures – a series of informal meetings

Dave Moskovitz

Sharing our scriptures: an Abrahamic interfaith dialogue

When: 7.30PM Wednesday 29 March and monthly thereafter
Where:
 Nick Polaschek’s home at 12 Everest Street Khandallah
RSVP: http://bit.ly/sos-rsvp

The Wellington Abrahamic Council is sponsoring a series of evening meetings to help foster understanding and friendship between people from the three Abrahamic faith traditions in Wellington.

We will meet in each others’ homes to reflect together on a theme expressed in a selected passage from the sacred scriptures of each of the three Abrahamic faith traditions.

Each of us will listen to the other participants sharing their understanding of the selected scripture from their faith traditions, in turn sharing our understanding of the scriptures from our own tradition.

The evenings will use Scriptural Reasoning, a tool for interfaith dialogue developed by the Cambridge University Interfaith Programme and now used in a number of countries. We will use the guidelines and text packs, available at their website.

For the first meeting we will use the first text pack, Abraham’s hospitality, which can be found in the Resources section of the Scriptural Reasoning website.

Our shared aim is to understand more deeply the perspectives of the other Abrahamic faith traditions and, in this light, to understand more deeply our own faith traditions. From this we hope to better recognize our shared understandings and values and appreciate positively our differences as faith traditions that come from Abraham, our father in faith.

Do consider coming along on Wednesday 29 March 2017 at 7:30pm, and don’t forget to RSVP.

For more information, contact Nick Polaschek, nandlpolaschek@gmail.com or (020) 479 7956