ThirdSpace operates on a seven week cycle. We meet for six weeks and then not on the seventh which is our Sabbath week.

Three of these Wednesday evenings are held at a pub. We met for a long a time at the Crown in Crown Square in Matlock, but currently we are meeting at the Red Lion at Matlock Green. The idea is that we are visible and approachable. We currently have three types of evening there:

One is called ‘Headspace’. This embraces any topic for discussion and lately has been characterised by pulling questions from a hat in turn and giving initial responses before opening it up to general debate. Questions have ranged from the political to the theological to the ridiculous – have a look under the ‘News’ page to find specific examples!

A second evening is ‘What the papers say’ with someone leading discussion around something from the news that week.

The third evening is ‘Banter at the pub’ which is a light-hearted evening based around  ’Room 101′ or ‘Manifesto’ or something like that. Whatever we do – it’s fun!

These three evenings in the pub are interspersed with meetings at a home. These too take on one of three types of meeting:

One is always a meal. This is an important part of being a community and gives us an opportunity to talk, listen, laugh, debate and usually pray around the table.

A second evening is called ‘Inspiring Texts’ and can take any form of teaching input - either from a particular biblical passage or we’ve also used Richard Rohr CDs and Rob Bell DVDs.

A third evening in the home is set aside for prayer / reflection / meditation. This, too, is central to the health of the group.