Welcome to the website for the Bromley Three Faiths Group (B3FG).
The B3FG was formed in 2016 through a culmination of a series of discussions with people from the three Abrahamic (Jewish, Christian and Islamic) faiths with a collective interest in sharing experiences and knowledge of our beliefs and practices to establish an interfaith group within Bromley.
Our primary objective is through promoting a greater understanding of each other’s faiths, both in belief and in practice, with the ultimate aim of nurturing a more harmonious and peaceful society. We plan to achieve this through community engagement, working together on shared goals, and enhancing mutual understanding through theological discussion.
For further details please contact us at Bromley3FG@gmail.com
Our 2023 programme
The first event of our 2023 programme was a round-table discussion via Zoom on Monday 16th January on the subject of New Year, New Start.
We then met on Tuesday 21st February and discussed together the theme of ‘Reflecting on adversities and what our faiths teach us’, especially in light of the recent devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
The final meeting of this season will be on Thursday 16th March, and for this session we are planning something rather different which we hope will have wide appeal – a Three Faiths Quiz Night!
Teams of 5-6 people, ideally with at least one representative from each faith community, will try to answer questions connected (however tenuously!) to our three faiths. Refreshments will be provided and there will be a small prize for the winning team.
Please EMail Bromley3FG@gmail.com by Monday 13th March if you are planning to attend.
Contact us
Please contact us (Bromley3FG@gmail.com) for further details or to join our mailing list. We are also appealing to all our members for ideas and suggestions for future B3FG events and discussion topics.
Links
| South London interfaith group (SLIFG) www.southlondoninterfaith.org.uk www.facebook.com/South-London-Interfaith-Group-111363220585312 |
18-20 November 2022: Inter Faith Invitation weekend
| Following on from the success of our invitation weekends in November 2020 and 2021, we ran a similar event from 18-20 November 2022 as part of the national Inter Faith Week celebrations. All members of the Bromley Three Faiths Group and their guests were invited to visit live or online acts of worship at Bromley Reform Synagogue, St John’s Church and the Al-Emaan Centre. A good number of people were able to participate and later shared their positive feedback. We hope to do the same again in 2023! |
A look back at our Autumn 2022 programme
Our autumn 2022 programme began on Monday 24th October with a round-table discussion via Zoom on the theme of Death, Funerals and Bereavement.
Our next event was another Zoom discussion on Tuesday 8th November, this time on the theme of Women and Faith.
Everyone attending our round-table discussions has the opportunity to speak, and we also warmly welcome anyone who wishes simply to sit and listen.
Our Autumn programme concluded with a meeting on Thursday 1st December at Bromley Reform Synagogue. This was our first live evening meeting since before the pandemic, and all B3FG members were encouraged to attend and to bring a guest. The theme for this meeting was the importance of Food in our faith communities, and a vast range of different snacks were brought along and shared, along with stories and a few recipes! All who attended agreed that it had been an excellent evening, and our friends at Bromley Reform Synagogue were warmly thanked for their generous hospitality.
About us
| Background The Bromley Three Faiths Group (B3FG) was formed in 2016 through a culmination of a series of discussions with people from the three Abrahamic (Jewish, Christian and Islamic) faiths with a collective interest in sharing experiences and knowledge of our beliefs and practices to establish an interfaith group within Bromley. Vision Our primary objective is through promoting a greater understanding of each other’s faiths, both in belief and in practice, with the ultimate aim of nurturing a more harmonious and peaceful society. We plan to achieve this through community engagement, working together on shared goals, and enhancing mutual understanding through theological discussion. Project examples Since the group’s inception in 2016, it has matured with regard to realizing its core objective. This is attested by the success of several inter-faith initiatives over the years including fundraising, via collections at the local churches, synagogue and mosque as well as a charity cricket match. We also supplied food and clothes to refugees in the Calais camps before they were dismantled by the French Government.Currently the group is involved with helping refugee families from war torn countries in the Middle East to settle in a neighbouring borough through close cooperation with the local authority and via providing families with welcome food hampers clothes, furniture, mobile phones and funds etc. Members have also provided families with DIY help, transport and have periodically made visits to their homes helping settle refugee families, via building trust and confidence to help them rebuild their lives. There have also been a number of successful theological discussion sessions organized at each place of worship with a truly inter-faith audience, lead by the heads of each faith, helping us understand the core messages of each faith that in turn bind us together in a global faith community, thereby allowing us to show compassion in an increasingly cynical world. Mother / Toddler groups have also been organized to help build new friendships and relationships to deepen the bond of the inter-faith community and show the strength of a people united by a common interest. An annual Peace Walk has allowed the Abrahamic faith based group to invite all other faiths and people of all backgrounds to share in an afternoon walk followed by tea and cake in the mutual understanding, of the need to strive for a more understanding and peaceful society. Steering Committee Governance The activities of the Bromley Three Faiths Group are supervised by a Steering Committee, whose members understand the primary objective of the group and the common interest that bind the group together. Membership of the steering committee comprises three people from each represented faith group (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) within the borough of Bromley. |