BRINGING TRUTH TO LIGHT
An Urgent Announcement from the following AFC Tutors:
Ministers: Bill Thompson, Colin Bates, Libby Clark, Simone Key
Officiants: Angie Morris, John Johnson, Kitty Woud,
Diploma Holders: Anne-Marie Bond, David Schiesser, Pauline Silver, Shelley Youell
Certificate Holders: Andrew Manship, Andy Byng, Chris Drew, Lillian Steiner, Lynn Probert, Mia Ottosson, Sandie Baker, Sharon Harvey, Tony Stockwell.
Due to the current working conditions at the Arthur Findlay College, our position at the AFC has become untenable: we are no longer able to work under the current leadership of the SNU, or under the direction of the current Collegiate Committee. The conditions that we are facing at the AFC are not, we believe, conducive to creating a truly spiritual environment that our students can flourish in, nor do they support us, your tutors, in delivering world-class teaching and a genuine spiritual community during our teaching weeks.
Each of us loves the Arthur Findlay College, we have each dedicated the vast majority of our lives to the institution, and we genuinely care for our students. While each of us wants to temporarily withdraw our weeks and teaching services from the AFC with immediate effect, we also recognise that we have a responsibility to our students, and we want to make sure that the immediate impact on students is as minimal as possible.
As such, we are announcing today that until significant changes take place to the working culture at the AFC, and the leadership of the SNU and AFC, we will be temporarily withdrawing our weeks, and participation on weeks, at the college from 24th August 2024.
Please know that we have done everything in our power to avoid this situation, and we would not temporarily withdraw our services without good reason. As a group we are standing up for our rights, and we are doing what we believe is in the best interests of the Spirit World, and Spiritualism in general, in the long-term. Our pioneers stood firm, and had the courage and foresight to stand up and be counted when it mattered, and it would be remiss of us if we did not muster that same courage to stand together at this time. Please understand there is a reason we must remain silent as to the exact reasons we are temporarily withdrawing our services at this time, but also maintain the hope, as Martin Luther King, Jr. famously declared that ‘Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to the light’, and suffice to say that is exactly what we are doing at the moment.
We remain hopeful that we will be able to work in partnership with the SNU and AFC leadership to resolve these issues amicably, but for now we have no other option but to act in unison.
If you have booked a course at the AFC from 24th August onwards, and no longer wish to attend then we encourage you to contact the AFC immediately to see what your options are. You can find the AFC’s booking terms and conditions here (https://www.arthurfindlaycollege.org/terms-and-conditions/), and you can contact the AFC at bookings@arthurfindlaycollege.org or +44 1279 813636
We hope you will stand with us during these dark times, and help us to bring Truth to Light.
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