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The page links below are intended to provide access to an assortment of helpful resources for liberally-minded Christians to explore. Each carries a brief description to aid selection.

Thoughts and Prayers The URC's 'Vision 4 Life' programme has 'Prayer' planned as the 2010 study topic; this new FTB booklet contains contributions from members intended to broaden discussions on this difficult subject, beyond the boundaries of traditional church thinking.

The link above opens a pdf file for home printing as a booklet, using Adobe Reader 8 (freely downloadable) as follows. Set the File Print menu to Page Scaling and select 'Booklet printing'. Under 'Booklet' select 'Front side only' and tick the 'Collate' box if printing more than one copy, so that each set is correctly ordered. After printing, reverse pages in printer as you normally do for double-sided printing, select 'Back side only' and print again. You should then have a complete set of correctly numbered pages ready for stapling and folding as an A5 booklet. If you have any difficulty with this, just email me here with your postal address and I'll send you a copy free of charge.

A Liberal Faith Martin Camroux describes the genesis of Free To Believe and its perceived role in revitalising the Christian faith.

What makes a Vital Liberal Congregation? Martin again, with four suggested characteristics of a liberal church.

The Bible A challenging sermon for Bible Sunday preached at Southernhay URC Exeter by the Revd Iain McDonald.

Bad Language? Possibly a more helpful paraphrase of some of the language used in the traditional URC Communion Service

Called to Praise A review of Donald Hilton's last worship anthology.

Reconnecting With God A series of five study sessions by Martin Camroux for groups or individuals originally published as an FTB booklet, now out of print but available as a download by double-clicking the title.

New items of interest are added constantly, so come back soon.

Listen to Ken Ken Forbes has been Minister at Lion Walk URC in Colchester since November 2003. The church records its services for those who are housebound or otherwise unable to attend; and a number of Ken's liberal sermon podcasts, preceded by relevant readings, are now available to download from the Lion Walk website

In Search of Paul A report on the FTB Reading Party at the Windermere Centre from 8^th to 11^th June 2009.