Ruth Valerio, of A Rocha UK, speaking on consumerism at St Mary's Beaconsfield on Wed evening June 24th.
Dr. Ruth Valerio, Churches and Theology Director of A Rocha UK (one of our mission partners) and author of’ L is for Lifestyle’, will be speaking on 'Consumerism' at St Mary’s Beaconsfield on Wednesday 24th June, 8pm. This is part of their summer lecture series. Tickets are £5 (and include refreshments) and can be purchased on arrival at the church. For more details email office@stmarysbeaconsfield.org.uk or ring the Parish Office at 01494 676690
Ruth is Churches and Theology Director for A
Rocha UK, http://arocha.org.uk Living Lightly http://arocha.org.uk/our-activities/living-lightly She is also a Director of Cred Jewellery,
the world’s first fairtrade jewellery company.
Ruth
has a theology degree from Cambridge and an MA from the London School of
Theology, and has recently completed doctoral studies at Kings College
London, looking at simplicity and consumerism.
She
has written extensively on justice, environment and lifestyle issues, as
well as writing Bible study guides for Scripture Union and CWR.
Concerned to ‘practice
what she preaches’, she has an allotment, runs a food cooperative and
a pig-keeping social enterprise with friends. She is also very involved with Transition Chichester and runs the Chichester Garden Share scheme. She
writes a regular column in Families First magazine, as well as writing for magazines such
as Christianity and Third Way.
She lives with her husband and two daughters in Chichester, where she is part of Revelation Church, leading a cell group and preaching regularly.
