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IMPORTANT NOTICE

FROM JANUARY 2023 THIS WEB PAGE ONLY SHOWS ACTIVITIES WHICH SUSAN GILCHRIST IS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN. FOR INFORMATION ON ALL SIBYLS ACTIVITIES GO TO THE CURRENT SIBYLS WEBSITE AT
www.sibyls.co.uk

 
  
Sibyls Planned Dates for 2023

  
 Zoom Fellowship Meetings: all at 1900: Wed 25 January, Mon 27 February, Fri 24 March, Tue 25 April, Thu 25 May, Mon 26 June, Tue 25 July. Fri 25 August, Mon 25 September, Wed 25 October. Mon 27 November, Wed 20 December  

St Anne’s Meetings: all at 18:00: Fri 10 March, Mon 12 June, Mon 11 September, Fri 8 December  

  
Purley Chase 10-12 November

  
  
Sibyls Christmas Zoom Fellowship Celebration
Wednesday 21 December 2022
AT 19:00
Online Only

     
We begin with a short service then continue with celebrations discussion and chat
Wearing Festive Christmas Clothes and Decorations is welcome.
Bring mince pies and mulled wine to virtually share. 
This is an opportunity to meet and share conversation, tell each other what we are doing, share our plans, ideas and desires and enjoy each other’s company. 
   
The service will be led by Jenny-Anne Bishop
   
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SIBYLS LONDON CHRISTMAS PARTY AND MEETING
8 December 2022
WITH CHRISTMAS DINNER
6:00 p.m. at St Anne’s Church, Dean Street, Soho.

   
 AT THIS MEETING WE WILL ALSO REVIEW THE FUTURE OF MEETINGS AT ST ANNES PLEASE ATTEND IF YOU CAN  
   
Please inform us AS SOON AS POSSIBLE on
sibylslink@gmail.com if you plan to come, so that the appropriate booking can be made  

For the order of service  Click Here    


THESE ARE OPEN EVENTS FOR ALL TRANS PEOPLE, FRIENDS, SPOUSES AND SUPPORTERS. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE SIBYLS TO COME

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Sibyls Fellowship Meeting and AGM
Friday 25 November 2022
AT 19:00
Online Only
  
   You are warmly invited to the monthly Sibyls Fellowship Meeting and the annual general meeting of The Sibyls, to be held on Zoom at 7.00 pm on Friday 25 November
   
 
Transgender Day of Remembrance
     
Each year on the 20th. November, we memorialize and remember all those transgender people who, through persecution and attacks because of their identities, have taken their own lives, or died at the hands of others, during the previous year. We will remember these people in a short service.
  
Gilchrist, S. (2022): “Reflection for the Transgender Day of Remembrance 20 November 2022”: http://www.tgdr.co.uk/documents/SuP1120k-TdorReflection-2022.pdf
    
Gilchrist, S. (2022): “A Service for the Transgender Day of Remembrance 20 November 2022”: http://www.tgdr.co.uk/documents/SuP1120h-TdorService-2022.pdf

For list of Deaths www.tgdr.co.uk/documents/SuP1120n-TdoRDeathListSlides-2022.pdf

The Annual General Meeting will immediately follow this act of worship led by Susan Gilchrist. After the AGM there will be plenty of time for fellowship and chat.   More details are in the accompanying text.
    
 Alternatively, you may email enquiries@sibyls.co.uk  for joining instructions and other information
    
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Sibyls at Christmas  

Friday 25th November 7:00 pm on zoom, Sibyls Fellowship Meeting AGM and Transgender Day of Remembrance  

Thursday 8th.  December at 6:00 pm Sibyls Christmas Celebrations at St Anne’s Soho  

 Wednesday 21st December at 7:00 pm Sibyls Christmas on Zoom   Join us for these events

Details 


 If you are already a member of the Sibyls, you will receive an email giving detailed arrangements and joining instructions. Alternatively, you may email enquiries@sibyls.co.uk  for joining instructions and other information


Sibyls Purley Chase Weekend 4-6 November 2022

 Family Relationships
  

The Midlands, CV9 2RQ www.purleychasecentre.org.uk/

 
The Sibyls' Purley Chase Weekend was held from the 4th to 6th November  2022. This was a face to face event for members only.
 

  
For full details of the weekend click here
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Sibyls Fellowship Meeting
Tuesday 25 October 2022
AT 19:00
Online Only
 

Join us for a short service, discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

The service will be led by Pauline Fleck

    

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Sibyls London Evening Meeting
At St Anne's Soho

Thursday 13 October 2022
AT 18:00
In Person Meeting
(note the different date)

 We meet normally on the Second Thursday of every second month for a Service at St Anne’s Church, Dean Street, Soho, followed by a meal together. These events are open to all trans people, their friends, spouses, partners, and supporters

    

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Sibyls Fellowship Meeting
Monday 26 September 2022
AT 19:00
Online Only
 

Join us for a short service, discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

The service will be led by Mary Deans

For the order of service Click Here

    

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Sibyls Fellowship Meeting
Thursday 25 August 2022
AT 19:00
Online Only
 

Join us for a short service, discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

The service was led by Richard Smith

For the order of service Click Here

     

    

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Sibyls London Evening Meeting
At St Anne's Soho

Thursday 11 August 2022
AT 18:00
In Person Meeting
This meeting will not take place. The next meeting is on the 13th October
  

Sibyls Fellowship Meeting
Monday 25 July 2022
AT 19:00
Online Only
 

Join us for a short service, discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

The evening service  will be led by the Rev. Diana Johnson. Please have some bread and wine (or another drink to hand)

For the order of service Click Here

     

    

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Sibyls Fellowship Meeting
Thursday 23 June 2022
AT 19:00
Online Only
 

Join us for a short service, discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom, led by Lorraine Milford 
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

For a standard liturgy Click Here

     

    

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Sibyls London Evening Meeting
At St Anne's Soho

Thursday 16 June 2022
AT 18:00
In Person Meeting
(note the different date)

 We meet normally on the Second Thursday of every second month for a Service at St Anne’s Church, Dean Street, Soho, followed by a meal together. These events are open to all trans people, their friends, spouses, partners, and supporters
 

    

    

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Sibyls Fellowship Meeting
Wednesday 25 May 2022
AT 19:00
Online Only
 

Join us for a short service, discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

For this evening service using material from Prayer at Night by Revd Jim Cotter, with the closing prayer from the Prayer Book of the Anglican Church of the Province of New Zealand Aotearoa Click Here

     

    

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Sibyls Fellowship Meeting
Monday 25 April 2022
AT 19:00
Online Only
 

Join us for a short service, discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

For a standard liturgy Click Here

     

    

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Sibyls London Evening Meeting
At St Anne's Soho

Thursday 7 April 2022
AT 18:00
In Person Meeting

 We meet normally on the Second Thursday of every second month for a Service at St Anne’s Church, Dean Street, Soho, followed by a meal together. These events are open to all trans people, their friends, spouses, partners, and supporters

Click Here for Fr Simon Buckley's Reflection 

    

    

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Sibyls Fellowship Meeting
Friday 25 March 2022
AT 19:00
Online Only
 

Join us for a short service, discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

For the order of service  Click Here

     

    

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Sibyls Fellowship Meeting
Friday 25 February 2022
AT 19:00
Online Only
 

Join us for a short service, discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

For a standard liturgy Click Here

     

    

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Sibyls Fellowship Meeting
Monday 25 January 2022
AT 19:00
Online Only
 

Join us for a short service, discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

For a standard liturgy Click Here

     

    

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2022 Services and Events
  

Sibyls Zoom Services and Fellowship Meetings will take place ONLINE at 19:00  on Tuesday 25 January, Friday 25 February, Friday 25 March, Monday 25 April, Wednesday 25 May, Thursday 23 June, Monday 25 July, Thursday 25 August, Monday 26 September, Tuesday 25 October,  Friday 25 November, Wednesday 21 December.

 

In person services and gatherings on Thursdays 18:00 at St Anne's Church Soho London,  on the 7 April,  16 June, 11 August, 13 October, 15 December 2022. These services and gatherings are NOT ONLINE


Sibyls Purley Chase Weekend 4 to 6 November 2022

Sibyls Christmas Service and Party
Tuesday 14th. December 2021 on zoom at 19:00
Come and join us for our Christmas Service and Party.
Led by Susan Gilchrist

Dress up in Christmas cheer or as you wish and regale us with all your Christmas Fun

For the order of service  Click here
For the reflection  Click Here             (With notes Click here)
 

   

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Sibyls Service for the Transgender day of Remembrance.
Thursday 18th. November on zoom at 19:00
 With Susan Gilchrist from England and Jo Inkpin from Australia  

Join us for a service and chat. Please note the change in date  
 The Transgender Day of Remembrance is held on the 20th. November each year. On this day, and in the Sibyls Service on the 18th, we will be remembering those transgender people who have been murdered or died because of who they are.
   

Click Here to access all of the Sibyls TDoR resources including, the reflections, video recordings, and the orders of service

   

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Sibyls Annual General Meeting: 7.00 pm on Wednesday 20 October 2021    

All Sibyls are warmly invited to attend, by zoom, the 2021 AGM which will be held at 7.00 pm on Wednesday 20 October 2021. A formal notice has previously been sent out to all Sibyls, and if you are Sibyls member the zoom link will be emailed or forwarded to you

 

Sibyls Purley Chase Weekend
The Sibyls' Purley Chase Weekend was held from the 24th to 26th September 2021. This was a face to face event for members only. More details of the event  including the presentations etc can be found here.
      

 

Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together

This meeting is open to everyone who is a friend, partner, or supporter.

You do not need to be a member of the Sibyls to come
Friday 10 September 2021 at 19:00

Led by Pauline Fleck.

 

For the order of service Click Here

 

          

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Sibyls Online Informal Meetings
Wednesday 25 August 2021
AT 19:00
 

Discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom at the Sibyls Bistro  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

     

    

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Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together

This meeting is open to everyone who is a friend, partner, or supporter.

You do not need to be a member of the Sibyls to come
Tuesday 10 August 2021 at 19:00

Led by Susan Gilchrist

 

Susan comes from an Anglican background. She is involved in St Martin-in-the-Fields, her local church, the Corrymeela Community and has experience of working for reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

 

For the order of service Click here

          

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Sibyls Online Informal Meetings
Monday 26 July 2021
AT 19:00
 

Discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom at the Sibyls Bistro  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

     

    

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Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together

This meeting is open to everyone who is a friend, partner, or supporter.

You do not need to be a member of the Sibyls to come
Thursday 8 July 2021 at 19:00

Led by Revd. Simon Buckley.

   

  

 Simon is the Rector of St Anne's Church, Soho. This has been the "Home" church of the Sibyls for many years.  

 

          

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Sibyls Online Informal Meetings
Friday 25 June 2021
AT 19:00
 

Discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom at the Sibyls Bistro  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

     

    

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Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together

This meeting is open to everyone who is a friend, partner, or supporter.

You do not need to be a member of the Sibyls to come
Thursday 10 June 2021 at 19:00

Led by Grace Oliver.

 

 Grace has lived half her life in the USA, her wife, who is Texan, loves her as a transgender. She has taught both science and philosophy, but she began her career as a social worker.  

 

Click Here for the order of service                            Music Links

          

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Sibyls Online Informal Meetings
For members, partners, and others invited
Tuesday 25 May 2021
AT 19:00
 

Discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom at the Sibyls Bistro  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

Susan Gilchrist will introduce a discussion on current issues including puberty blockers and conversion therapy.

    

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Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together

This meeting is open to everyone who is a friend, partner, or supporter.

You do not need to be a member of the Sibyls to come
Monday 10 May 2021 at 19:00

Led by Richard Smith, who comes from a varied church background.

 

Click Here for the order of service

          

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Sibyls Online Informal Meetings
Monday 26 April 2021
AT 19:00
 

Discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom at the Sibyls Bistro  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

     

    

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Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together
Thursday 8 April 2021 at 19:00

 

Nicky lives in Pershore Worcestershire; She is a semi retired; an Anglican priest; has had three careers as a solicitor, a vicar and a family mediator. She now does some teaching- family mediation. She is a volunteer mountain leader and lead walking holidays for HFHolidays ltd in Wales and England. She enjoys racing her sailing dinghies on the River Avon. She identifies as non binary trans feminine and tries to express her gender variance as authentically as possible 

     

  Click here for the order of service
  

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Sibyls Online Informal Meetings
Thursday 25 March 2021
AT 19:00
 
Discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom at the Sibyls Bistro  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

     

    

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Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together
Wednesday 10 March 2021 at 19:00

with Susan Gilchrist

 

In memory of Elaine Sommers

Please click on the "Video" button for the recording of the service.

 

Susan will make use of her document "Thoughts, Poems and Reflections in a time of Pandemic",

available at: http://com.tgdr.co.uk/articles/sgthoughts.htm  

 

For the order of service, please Click Here     

      

   

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Sibyls Online Informal Meetings
Thursday 25 February 2021
AT 19:00
 

Discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom at the Sibyls Bistro  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

     

    

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Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together
Wednesday 10 February 2021 at 19:00

Led by Pauline Fleck, Pauline comes from a Roman Catholic Background

    

For the Order of Service click here
  

   

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Sibyls Online Informal Meetings
Monday 25 January 2021
AT 19:00
 

Discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom at the Sibyls Bistro  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

     

    

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Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together
Thursday  7 January 2021 at 19:00

Led by Yvonne Wood, Yvonne comes from a Quaker Background

  

For the Order of Service click here

   

   

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Sibyls Christmas Celebration, Evening Service and Get Together
Thursday  10 December 2020 at 19:00

Led by Revd Dr Christina Beardsleybells

 

Join us on Zoom for a Christmas Service and Celebration. Bring your Mince Pies, Mullled  Wine, Christmas Decorations, and Party Hats!

 

                       Click on this link for the order of service

   

   

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Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together for the

 TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
Friday 20th November 2020 at 19:00

Led by Susan Gilchrist and others

 

Information, Reflection and Order of Service for the Sibyls Transgender Day of Remembrance Service 20 Nov 2020

Reflection

Click on the links above to download the files

 

   

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Sibyls Online Informal Meetings
Thursday 4 November 2020
AT 19:00
 

Discussion, drinks and chat on Zoom at the Sibyls Bistro  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

     

    

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Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together
Thursday  8 October 2020 at 19:00

Led by Revd Simon Buckley, Rector of St Anne's Soho

 

Order of Service for the Sibyls Evening Service 8 October 2020

Click on the link above to download the file

 

   

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Sibyls Annual General Meeting on Zoom
Thursday 1 October at 19:00
 
Members were circulated

 

Sibyls Purley Chase Weekend Replacement Zoom presentation Saturday 26th September 2020 at 14:30

WE REGRET THAT THIS WEEKEND HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED HOWEVER ALEX CLARE-YOUNG GAVE HIS PRESENTATIONS ON ZOOM  ON THE 26th SEPTEMBER at 2:30 pm.  
  

 

Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together
Thursday 16 September 2020 at 19:00

From Kent

 

Order of Service for the Sibyls Evening Service 16 September 2020

Sermon 

Click on the links above to download the files

 

   

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Sibyls Online Informal Meetings
Thursday 3 September 2020
AT 19:00
 

Drinks and chat on Zoom at the Sibyls Bistro  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

     

    

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Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together
Thursday 13 August 2020 at 19:00

From North Wales

 

Note change in time

   

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Order of Service for the Sibyls Evening Service 13 August 2020

Click on the link above to download the file

   

    

 

Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together
Tuesday 14 July 2020 at 18:00

From Cambridge

 

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Order of Service for the Sibyls Evening Service 14 July 2020

Click on the link above to download the file

 

  
Sibyls Online Informal Meetings
Wednesday
1 July 2020 AT 19:00
 

Drinks and chat on Zoom at the Sibyls Bistro  
(bring your own drinks and refreshments)

     

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Sibyls Evening Service and Get Together
Thursday 11 June 2020 at 18:00

From London

 

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Click Here for the order of service    

Click Here for the reflection

 



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