Women’s Inter-Faith Workshops

Redbridge Faith Forum was delighted when a member offered to host a coffee morning in her home to celebrate the 2019 International Women’s Day. About 35 women came together to enjoy conversation, wonderful refreshments and a discussion about some of the women who have been inspired us. These included Barbara Castle who as Transport Minister…

This is the new theme for our Women’s Interfaith Workshops.  Our first workshop looked at this life event from Hindu and Buddhist viewpoints.  Other faiths will feature in future workshops. It proved to be very interesting to discover similarities but also differences between the ceremonies, customs and traditions that surround pregnancy and birth in these…

A group of 12 women enjoyed a very interesting and informative walk around Bow to celebrate International Women’s Day. Led by Registered Tour Guide Eli Bloom we heard inspirational stories from the lives of influential women who worked selflessly to promote social justice in their lifetimes. We heard about political pioneers, philanthropists, suffragettes and social…

We were glad to give a warm welcome to the women who made it through the snow and the bitterly cold wind to join us in St Andrews Church Hall on Wednesday 28th February for our workshop taking  continuing our theme of “Weddings: – Ceremony, Custom & Tradition” Having heard about Baha’i, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish…

Thirty five Women from a range of faith communities met for a lively and informative workshop at the South West Essex & Settlement Reform Synagogue  (SWESRS) on Wednesday 22nd November. The theme for the workshop was ‘Weddings~ ceremony, custom and tradition’. Excellent presentations were given from two faith communities: Jewish and Sikh. This session of…