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New Book from The Sibyls
A new book by Chris
Dowd and Tina Beardsley "Transfaith: a transgender
pastoral resource", published by Darton
Longman and Todd
This is Volume 2..... and it is
available now.
For more information and to order
Little did Christina Beardsley
think when she joined Michelle O’Brien in co-editing the
first Sibyls book, This is my body: hearing the theology of
transgender Christians’, that it would be Volume 1 of a
trilogy. But this is what’s happened! Volume 2 has now been
released. Volume 3, will be a very practical,
‘how to do it’ book for churches about making Christian
communities safe and welcoming for trans people and their
loved ones. It will be published by Jessica Kingsley.
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COUNSELLING
The Sibyls is a Christan
spurituality support group for all transgender people. We
offer spiritual and social nourishment, friendship, help,
company and advice, but we do not offer professional
counselling
If you want or need professional
counselling we would suggest the following:
Click on the Hyperlink to download
the website
Pink Therapy
Martin
Kelly Counselling
Psychology Today Directory
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Diary Dates
Breaking New Ground
26–30 June 2019, in London
The European Forum of LGBT Christian Groups is very
happy to announce that its 2019 Annual Conference will be
hosted by its UK-based member groups 26–30 June 2019, in
London
The Sibyls are part of the organising group. As well
as contributing to the main conference, we will be
organising a
transgender pre-conference as part of this event .
FOR BOOKING FORM AND MORE DETAILS INCLUDING THE
TRANS PRE-CONFERENCE
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Greenbelt 2019
Come and meet us at Greenbelt 23 - 26 August 2019
https://greenbelt.org.uk
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SIBYLS PURLEY CHASE WEEKEND
WEEKEND AT THE PURLEY
CHASE CENTRE, The Midlands, CV9 2RQ
www.purleychasecentre.org.uk/
27-29 SEPTEMBER 2019
FOR BOOKING FORM AND MORE DETAILS
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GOVENMENT PUBLISHED NEW LGBTI ACTION PLAN IN JULY 2018
The Government released its new LGBTI Action
Plan in July 2018. It is intending to ban all "Gay Cure" and "Reparative
Therapy" approaches
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
The Memorandum of Understanding signed by the major
professional medical Institutions in the UK regarding all
"Gay Cure" and "Reparative Therapy" approaches is available
here
NEW LOGO FOR THE SIBYLS
Many thanks to Robyn Golden-Hahn for creating it. This logo
will be appearing on all new documents and the website
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Sibyls London Evening Meetings
NEXT MEETING
11 April 2019
Meet at 6:00 p.m. on the
Second Thursday of every second month for a Service at St
Anne’s Church, followed by a meal together.
THIS
IS AN OPEN EVENT FOR ALL TRANS PEOPLE,
FRIENDS, SPOUSES
AND SUPPORTERS. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A SIBYLS MEMBER TO
COME
2019 London Evening Meetings
7 February, 11 April, 13 June, 8 August, 10 October, 12
December 2019
All Meetings
start at 18:00
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FORMAL NOTICE OF THE
ADOPTION OF A CONSTITUTION FOR THE
SIBYLS
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT GIVES
ADVANCE NOTICE THAT THE CONSTITUTION FOR THE SIBYLS WILL COME
INTO EFFECT ON AND FROM THE 1st OCTOBER 2019 SUBJECT TO
RATIFICATION AT THE SIBYLS TOGETHER MEETING DURING THE
SIBYLS PURLEY CHASE WEEKEND ON THE 27-29 SEPTEMBER 2019,
During the previous period
of cosultation Sibyls members have had an opportunity to
suggest changes to the proposed constitution. These are now
being considered by the Committee and where appropriate
amendments will be included. This period of consultation
Is now closed.
Any member of the Sibyls
who cannot attend the Sibyls Together Meeting during the
Purley Chase Weekend and who wishes their views to be
presented should email them to
enquiries@sibyls.co.uk
at least two weeks before
the meeting
The draft constitution, which
was available for conultation (and has been legally checked
by a QC) can be
downloaded by clicking on the link below.
The final version will be
available shortly
The Sibyls has been run as an informal
organisation consisting of a group of members, without any
structure in place. In recent years, that informality has
led to increasing difficulties, as legislation, financial
requirements, legal protection, insurance requirements and
safeguarding issues increase.
The constitution has been
written in a way that seeks to make its regulation as light
as possible. As an organisation which
needs to protect the confidentiality of its members,
provisions for dealing with breaches in confidentiality also
need to be put in place.
The turnover of the Sibyls
is too small for it to be appropriate to formally register
as a charity: however having a constitution which clearly
defines its objectives in the required way, should enable it
to apply to the Inland Revenue so that donations to the
Sibyls which are eligible for gift aid may be made.
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About Us
The Sibyls is a UK-based
confidential Christian spirituality group for transgender people, their
partners and their supporters. We also welcome intersex people.The
Sibyls offers companionship along the
journey, and information/advocacy to churches.
All who support us are welcome. The Sibyls is an inclusive Christian group.
We just ask that you abide by the ethos and
purpose of the group and are on the same spiritual journey.
No subscription is asked for. No conformity with specific faiths,
creeds or doctrines is required.
If you need help, or to ask to join, please email us in total confidence at
enquiries@sibyls.co.uk
Sibyls members if they choose can use an email group and a
secret facebook group to communicate with each other.
For more details
PROTECTING DATA AND CONTACTING YOU
Click on the boxes if you would like us to be able
to contact you, and to find out how we use your data
NB If you are already a Sibyls member but have not
yet completed a consent form you MUST also complete the
above
TranschristianUK
An independent Open Forum and Public Facebook Group
which is sponsored by the Sibyls to discuss
transgender and intersex matters in the context of Religious Faith
The group is open to everyone who supports its aims,
you do not need to be a Sibyls member or have any other
involvement to join
Please note that any views expressed on the forum
are not necessarily those of the Sibyls or of any Sibyls
member
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