{"id":3,"date":"2014-05-18T20:47:23","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T20:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepaddingtontalks.org\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:08:13","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thepaddingtontalks.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddington Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p>The Paddington Talks are held at Huckster London, 4 Kingdom Street W2 6BD, and on Zoom. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sceptics, enquirers and Christians alike are warmly invited to join us each Wednesday for lunch and a short Bible talk. &nbsp;We begin at 13:10 and finish by 13:45.<\/p>\n<p>The Paddington Talks are run by a group of Christians who work in the Paddington area and attend different churches on a Sunday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The zoom link is:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/86520243665?pwd=QnRCSG9WRXpVZCtVVmUzRmtpYXNtZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/86520243665?pwd%3DQnRCSG9WRXpVZCtVVmUzRmtpYXNtZz09&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1633616964496000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFcHa_SuB331LOvU3B9XV4Gh38zEA\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/<wbr>86520243665?pwd=<wbr>QnRCSG9WRXpVZCtVVmUzRmtpYXNtZz<wbr>09<\/a>, Meeting ID: 865 2024 3665, Passcode: 291991<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3>Current series: 1 Corinthians: Whose Wisdom?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p>At the beginning of the year there are all sorts of people offering new hacks for how to make 2026 the best year of your life yet. With so many different ideas and philosophies, who has the secret to living a good life? Almost 2000 years ago, the apostle Paul wrote to a divided and messy church in Corinth, encouraging them to embrace God&#8217;s wisdom rather than the &#8220;wisdom of the world&#8221;. Join us to see what wisdom this ancient letter can offer us in 2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Our talk schedule for the term is below:<\/p>\n<p>07 Jan &#8211; 1 Corinthians 5 &#8211; The Pure Community<br>14 Jan &#8211; 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 &#8211; The Distinct Community<br>21 Jan &#8211; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 &#8211; The Holy Community<br>28 Jan &#8211; 1 Corinthians 7 &#8211; The Contented Community<br>04 Feb &#8211; Psalm 45 &#8211; The Glorious Wedding<br>11 Feb &#8211; 1 Corinthians 8 &#8211; The Selfless Community<br>18 Feb &#8211; 1 Corinthians 9 &#8211; The Free Community<br>25 Feb &#8211; 1 Corinthians 10:1-21 &#8211; The Blessed Community<br>04 Mar &#8211; 1 Corinthians 10:22-33 &#8211; The Thankful Community<br>11 Mar &#8211; 1 Corinthians 11 &#8211; The Generous Community<br>18 Mar &#8211; 1 Corinthians 12 &#8211; The Unified Community<br>25 Mar &#8211; 1 Corinthians 13 &#8211; The Loving Community<br>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<h3>Where<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>The talks are held in <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Huckster London, 4 Kingdom Street, W2 6BD.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>When<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The talks are held on Wednesday lunchtimes. The talk will begin at 13:15 and lasts&nbsp;15 minutes with time for discussion and questions afterwards. We will formally close the meeting at 13:45.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"column\"><strong>Previous talks&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div>Previous talks can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ststephens.london\/sermons\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>See the &#8220;previous series&#8221; tab for details of other past talks<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Paddington Talks are held at Huckster London, 4 Kingdom Street W2 6BD, and on Zoom. &nbsp; Sceptics, enquirers and Christians alike are warmly invited to join us each Wednesday for lunch and a short Bible talk. &nbsp;We begin at 13:10 and finish by 13:45. 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