Beyond Difference Inter-faith

Beyond Difference would love to welcome you to our upcoming event on Sunday 19th May, discussing “Faith in Justice” ⚖️

All are welcome, no pre booking required. Please do not hesitate to contact us at:
[email protected]

We hope to see you there!

Beyond Difference would love to welcome you to our upcoming event on Sunday 19th November.

All are welcome, no pre booking required. Please do not hesitate to contact us at:
[email protected]

We hope to see you there!

Beyond Difference were privileged to be involved with Peace in the Park this past Saturday. What a wonderful and important event for our local community!

This looks like a very worthwhile event! Check out Chapter Two for further information.

📕Book Launch: Tomorrow Evening 📕

Chesham author and poet Valerie Jack will be talking about her new book “Living with Death Without God” with Ray Ashley-Brown from the Hospice of St Francis tomorrow evening at 7pm

Tickets are £10 and are available from the shop or at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-living-with-death-without-god-by-valerie-jack-tickets-654728008097?

Thank you to everyone who attended or supported our recent event at the Chesham Town Hall last Saturday. It was brilliant to witness such positive engagement whilst discussing issues of faith and prejudice and other such interfaith matters.

Please do stay in touch for information about future events or email us at [email protected] to be added to our mailing list.

What a brilliant event this weekend. Thank you to everyone who attended!

It was great supporting our friends at Beyond Difference at Town Hall last Sunday, as they work to bring our diverse communities together through and events, discussions and activities.

Thanks to Arabella Norton, Chair, for her vision and dedication to community . Looking forward to further engagements with .

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Chesham Town Council
Chesham Town App
St Mary's Church, Chesham
Chesham Mosque

Beyond Difference would love to welcome you to our upcoming event on Sunday 2nd July.

All are welcome, no pre booking required.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at: [email protected]

We hope to see you there!

Beyond Difference Inter-faith was delighted to be able to support the ‘Broken Gospel?’ book launch event at Chapter Two!

It is a sign of great maturity that our inter-faith discussion is able to look at the incredibly difficult topic of Christianity and the Holocaust and that we can respectfully disagree with each other’s views.

Huge thanks to Rev. Dr Peter Waddell for presenting the arguments from his book and to Yossi Eli who responded to him from a Jewish perspective.

Thank you to all those who attended and we look forward to welcoming everyone to our future events!

We would love to see you there this evening!

Book Launch 23rd May 📚

Tomorrow evening author Peter Waddell will be discussing his new book Broken Gospel? with Yossi Eli of Beyond Difference.

The event starts at 7pm . Refreshments provided.

Tickets are £10 and available in the shop or at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-broken-gospel-by-peter-waddell-tickets-617010173037

Broken Gospel? is an exploration of the role of the Christian church during the Holocaust and its legacy. This event is presented in association with Beyond Difference, the interfaith group based in Chesham

On Thursday the 27th of April many of the Beyond Difference Committee members attended the Proud of Bucks Award. We were shortlisted for the Community Group Contribution which recognises and celebrates a group in the Community Board area that has made a clear and positive impact in their local community during 2022.

We were so pleased to have been part of such a wonderful event and many congratulations to the winners!

Just a reminder of our upcoming event in collaboration with Chapter Two. We would love to see you there!

Book your tickets now at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-broken-gospel-by-peter-waddell-tickets-617010173037?fbclid=IwAR2F5_Wi14Bcsvzs3xZlSwOfaScrRAYX3CyV7GxcPVNiodBvyM1jv75wdbc

All proceeds from the event will go to the Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted.

As always, please get in touch with us at [email protected] if you have any queries.

We would like to take a moment to share a previous event that Beyond the Difference held at Chesham Mosque in November 2022.

At this Q&A style event guests were given the opportunity to write their question on a postcard as they entered and then, after a period of socialising and refreshments, the questions were presented to the panel of faith leaders. This consisted of Rabbi Neil Janes (South Bucks Jewish Community), Ibrahim Ameen (Chair of the Chesham Mosque committee) and Reverend Jeremy Moodey (Curate at St Mary’s Chesham and member of General Synod – the governing body of the Anglican church.

Some of the questions asked ranged from ‘Who was Jesus?’ to ‘What do you believe happens after death?’ to ‘What do you believe about forgiveness?’ to ‘What do you believe about the role of men and women?’ and many more besides.

This event encapsulated the purpose of Beyond Difference which is to work out where there is common ground and build upon this and yet also acknowledge and respect the distinctive differences between the faiths.


Thank you to everyone who came along and we look forward to sharing details of our upcoming events with you!

Prayers of Remembrance for Holocaust Memorial day at Keble college Chapel, Oxford.

A number of Beyond Difference committee members and their family attended a Service of Remembrance for the Holocaust at the end of January. This was held at the beautiful grounds of Keble College Oxford. It was a truly moving service and the speech given was especially inspirational.

Here is a link to the service if you are interested: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RE3WaB6qBBc

Welcome to Beyond Difference page! We are an inter-faith group that attempt to connect faiths, beliefs and philosophies throughout the Chilterns and South Bucks. We aim to find common ground and promote harmony in the community by sharing knowledge and developing friendship, trust and understanding.

Please get in touch with us at [email protected] if you have any queries.