Regular Seminar in May

38th Regular Seminar
My Story : My quest for feminist theology

Presentation : Isshiki, Yoshiko (Serving member of our CFTMJ and chairperson of the board of trustees of Keisen University)
Time & Date : May 9, 2009 from 2-4 p.m
Fee: \500 for members (\700 for non-members)

Place : Japan Biblical Theological Seminary
            (3-14-16 Shimoochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)

Direction for the Centre for Feminist Theology and Ministry:
Come out of Mejiro JR station. You will be standing on a bridge. Turn left and walk for about 5 to 10 minutes until you reach a Peacock's supermarket followed by a koban. Turn left at the koban and walk for about 20 metres. The Centre is in the Japan Biblical Theological Seminary

Plans for 2009

36th Regular Seminar  (January 10, 2009)
What is Love : Reading Ruth from a Sexual Minority Perspective
by Usui, Kazumi

37th Regular Seminar (March 14, 2009)
My Understanding of "Communion" : From "Communion" to Baptism
by Takayanagi, Tomio

38th Regular Seminar (May 9, 2009)
My Story, by Isshiki, Yoshiko
Workshop on Our Story

2009 Summer Intensive Seminar in commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of CFTMJ (July 11, 2009)
Introduction to Feminist Theology
by Kinukawa, Hisako and Yamaguchi, Satoko

39th Regular Seminar  (September 12, 2009)
Dialogue Between the Religions (tentative title)
Speaker undecided

2009 Liturgy   (Nov. 14, 2009)
Rainbow Liturgy and Party
by Goto, Kaori

Regular Seminar in March 2009

37th Regular Seminar
My Understanding of "Communion" : From "Communion" to Baptism

Presentation : Takayanagi, Tomio (Pastor of Nakano Momozono Church)
Responder : Inoue, Mutumi (Serving member of the Center for Feminist Theology and Ministry in Japan)
Time & Date : March 14, 2009 from 2-4 p.m
Fee: \500 for members (\700 for non-members)

Place : Japan Biblical Theological Seminary
            (3-14-16 Shimoochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)

Direction for the Centre for Feminist Theology and Ministry:
Come out of Mejiro JR station. You will be standing on a bridge. Turn left and walk for about 5 to 10 minutes until you reach a Peacock's supermarket followed by a koban. Turn left at the koban and walk for about 20 metres. The Centre is in the Japan Biblical Theological Seminary

2008 Liturgy

The Center will be holding its liturgy
on Saturday November 8, pm2-pm5.

<Pt . 1  LITURGY>

Theme : Yoga Liturgy : Mind, Body and Breath

Facilitator : Alison Gray

<Facilitator's Self-Introduction>
I first started doing yoga when I was 15.  But it was when  I was 32, pregnant and terrified of giving birth that I really started doing it seriously. After giving birth ( very easily ! ) to my son, I found a class that allowed mother's to do yoga with their children. When my son got old enough I started training to teach yoga, specialising in pre-natal and post-natal yoga. I taught mainly post-natal yoga at Shizen tudio in Kichijoji until time constraints forced me o take a break.

In my teaching, and in my own practice, my focus had always been on developing a feeling of being at home in our bodies, on emphasizing that yoga is not gymnastics or a competition, but a way of being more truly ourselves.

<Pt. 2 PARTY>

Fee: 1000 yen (member: 500 yen).

Place: Japan Biblical Theological Seminary

Direction for the Centre for Feminist Theology and Ministry:
Come out of Mejiro JR station. You will be standing on a bridge. Turn left and walk for about 5 to 10 minutes until you reach a Peacock's supermarket followed by a koban. Turn left at the koban and walk for about 20 metres. The Centre is in the Japan Biblical Theological Seminary.

Regular Seminar in September 2008

35th Regular Seminar
Religious Dialogue (tentative title)

Presentation: Obata, Junko (Shinshu Otani-ha)
Responder: Yamaguchi, Masahiro (Serving member of the Center for Feminist Theology and Ministry in Japan)
Time & Date: September 13, 2008 from 2-4 p.m
Fee: \500 for members (\700 for non-members)

Place: Japan Biblical Theological Seminary

Direction for the Centre for Feminist Theology and Ministry:
Come out of Mejiro JR station. You will be standing on a bridge. Turn left and walk for about 5 to 10 minutes until you reach a Peacock's supermarket followed by a koban. Turn left at the koban and walk for about 20 metres. The Centre is in the Japan Biblical Theological Seminary