Join us for a time of reflection in Kew Gardens & St Anne’s Church, ending with Choral Evensong. This event will be led by Dr Martin Hodson, plant scientist & environmental biologist, & Rev'd Margot Hodson, vicar & environmental theologian. See below to buy your ticket (price £10 to cover the cost of lunch) and for further details of the day.
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Details of the Day
The day starts and ends at St Anne’s. The general timings are as follows.
9.30am: Said Eucharist
10.00am: Coffee and Registration
10.20am: Welcome, Rev’d Canon Dr Giles Fraser
10.30am: Stations of the Trees in Kew Gardens
13.00pm: Lunch
2.00pm: Reflection, Dr Martin Hodson & Rev’d Margot Hodson
4.00pm: Choral Evensong
Stations of the Trees
Stations of the Trees: A series of spiritual meditations around Kew Gardens prepared by Rev’d Canon Dr Giles Fraser, Vicar of St Anne's, provides a semi-curated tour round the gardens with a reflection and prayer linked to 14 locations.
Afternoon reflection
Psalm 148 is an amazing Psalm where the whole creation praises our Creator. It describes a world where humans and the rest of nature live in harmony. Sadly our world today is far from this ideal - climate change, biodiversity loss and a host of other problems threaten life on Earth. Christians are called to wonder, explore and respond. Martin and Margot Hodson will lead us to examine aspects of the environmental crisis, including the impact of climate change on plants. They will help us discover pathways forward through the themes of lament and hope. We will find that positive ways to respond are at the heart of Christian discipleship.
Biographies
Dr Martin Hodson is a plant scientist and environmental biologist, and a former Principal Lecturer, and now Visiting Researcher at Oxford Brookes University. He is also Associate Member of the Institute of Human Sciences at the University of Oxford. Martin has over 100 publications, mostly in international science journals. He has been Principal Tutor of Christian Rural and Environmental Studies (CRES) for 20 years.
Rev’d Margot Hodson is Director of Theology and Education for The John Ray Initiative, an educational charity with a vision to bring together scientific and Christian understandings of the environment in a way that can be widely communicated and lead to effective action. She is an Anglican priest and is on the board of Grove Ethics Editorial Group.
The Hodsons live in Oxfordshire.
