{"id":17,"date":"2010-07-13T16:23:25","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T15:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/?p=16"},"modified":"2018-01-03T13:46:06","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T12:46:06","slug":"speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 “Who Says you Can’t”"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Karin welcomed our speaker for the evening, Christina Rees, who is on the General Synod and was, until earlier this year, Chair of WATCH (Women and the Church).\u00a0 She has regularly appeared on Radio 4\u2019s Thought for the Day and Prayer for the Day.\u00a0 She has also appeared on NewsNight, Panorama, Big Questions etc . \u00a0\u00a0Christina campaigned for the ordination of women in the Anglican Church and WATCH was started in 1996 as a forum for promoting women\u2019s ministry in the Church of England and to provide a national network and support group for women priests.\u00a0
\nThis summer she will attend the Synod where they will discuss opening up the possibility for women to become Bishops.\u00a0 Many women have come into the church since 11th<\/sup> November 1992, when the church agreed to women priests, but \u2018Religion\u2019 is not a neutral place for women and she considers they have had to put up with a history of discrimination, and we have a background of centuries of women being viewed as the flawed half of the human being.
\nAristotelian biology proposed that women were just incubators and not good ones if they had girls.\u00a0 Tertullian believe that women were the \u2018devil\u2019s gateway\u2019.\u00a0 Thomas Aquinas believed that men who failed in this life would come back as women, and that women would come back as beasts. Augustine brought a move towards women by saying that in spirit and mind, women can bear the image of God.\u00a0 However, in reality 15\/16th<\/sup> century wise women and herbalists were treated as witches.
\nThe first ordination of a woman was in 1994 and in the first few years after that, women priests faced people saying that they were witches and should be burnt at the stake.\u00a0 Several priests were overheard saying that they would sooner ordain a cat or pork pie than a woman.
\nChristina pointed out that the church runs on an impressive group of volunteers, who every year, raise and give away more than is raised by Children in Need.\u00a0 Christina knows that Women in the Church have to move mountains, and every time the Church of England says \u2018you can\u2019t do that\u2019 we have to challenge and ask \u2018why\u2019. Women should be allowed to work on an equal status with men in the church, not to take over but to work alongside them.
\nChristina works with the Lee Ti Moy Foundation which gives support and education to women within their own country.\u00a0 Half of the women helped by the Foundation go on to be church workers or social workers.\u00a0 In 2003 she visited Uganda.\u00a0 At that time children were being sacrificed to bring good luck on building projects.\u00a0 Christina held two conferences inviting women to come to share what they need to be able to do their work. These were the women who were speaking out against genital mutilation of girls, of the need for education and literacy in local communities.\u00a0
\nQuestions followed covering;
\n– the support for women bishops by the Anglican bishops
\n– will there will be movement in other Christian churches if women bishops are allowed in the Anglican church,
\n– the concern from women themselves, worried about the prospects of women bishops,
\n– are there women ready to be come bishops<\/p>\n

IPP Pam gave a vote of thanks and said that we had been privileged to hear Christina speak.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Karin welcomed our speaker for the evening, Christina Rees, who is on the General…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive-2011-2010-2010"],"yoast_head":"\nSpeaker Meeting 7th June 2010 "Who Says you Can't" | News | Blog | Events | SI Hertford and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Hertford and District : Blog & News : Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 "Who Says you Can't" : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Hertford and District . Read more about Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 "Who Says you Can't" .\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 "Who Says you Can't" | News | Blog | Events | SI Hertford and District\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SI Hertford and District : Blog & News : Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 "Who Says you Can't" : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Hertford and District . Read more about Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 "Who Says you Can't" .\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SI Hertford and District\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-07-13T15:23:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-01-03T12:46:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"hertford-and-district\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"hertford-and-district\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/\",\"name\":\"Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 \\\"Who Says you Can't\\\" | News | Blog | Events | SI Hertford and District\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-13T15:23:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-03T12:46:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/255adfe90db38fb2de7e2ca1941bded8\"},\"description\":\"SI Hertford and District : Blog & News : Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 \\\"Who Says you Can't\\\" : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Hertford and District . Read more about Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 \\\"Who Says you Can't\\\" .\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 “Who Says you Can’t”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/\",\"name\":\"SI Hertford and District\",\"description\":\"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/255adfe90db38fb2de7e2ca1941bded8\",\"name\":\"hertford-and-district\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"hertford-and-district\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/author\/hertford-and-district\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 \"Who Says you Can't\" | News | Blog | Events | SI Hertford and District","description":"SI Hertford and District : Blog & News : Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 \"Who Says you Can't\" : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Hertford and District . Read more about Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 \"Who Says you Can't\" .","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 \"Who Says you Can't\" | News | Blog | Events | SI Hertford and District","og_description":"SI Hertford and District : Blog & News : Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 \"Who Says you Can't\" : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Hertford and District . Read more about Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 \"Who Says you Can't\" .","og_url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/","og_site_name":"SI Hertford and District","article_published_time":"2010-07-13T15:23:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-01-03T12:46:06+00:00","author":"hertford-and-district","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"hertford-and-district","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/","name":"Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 \"Who Says you Can't\" | News | Blog | Events | SI Hertford and District","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-07-13T15:23:25+00:00","dateModified":"2018-01-03T12:46:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/255adfe90db38fb2de7e2ca1941bded8"},"description":"SI Hertford and District : Blog & News : Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 \"Who Says you Can't\" : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Hertford and District . Read more about Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 \"Who Says you Can't\" .","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2010\/07\/13\/speaker-meeting-7th-june-2010-who-says-you-cant\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Speaker Meeting 7th June 2010 “Who Says you Can’t”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/","name":"SI Hertford and District","description":"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/255adfe90db38fb2de7e2ca1941bded8","name":"hertford-and-district","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"hertford-and-district"},"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/author\/hertford-and-district\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":695,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}