SOFiA (The Sea of Faith in Aotearoa) is a network of people interested in the non-dogmatic discussion
of values, meaning and spirituality. We want to explore for ourselves what we can believe and how
we can find meaning in our lives.

SOFiA is not a church: it is a forum for discussing ideas, experiences and perspectives. SOFiA itself has
no creed; its members come from many faiths and from those with no attachment to any religious
institution.

If you are in sympathy with our aims, you are most welcome to join us; receive our Newsletter, attend
a local group and/or come to our Conferences. We follow similar organisations in the UK and Australia in taking our name from “Sea of Faith”, the 1984 BBC TV series and book by the British religious academic, Don Cupitt.

Our national Committee oversees the work of SOFiA.
Chairperson: Pete Cowley
prcowley@gmail.com
13 Leith St Gisborne 4010

Secretary: John Thornley
johngill@inspire.net.nz

Treasurer: Pete Cowley
prcowley@gmail.com

Membership Secretary and Webmaster: Pete Cowley

Local Groups Coordinator: Mary Ellen Warren
mewarren1@gmail.com

Editor: “So Creative Now”: Philip Grimmett
gimmetphil@gmail.com

Editor: Laurie Chisholm
email laurie.chisholm1@gmail.com
mobile 0212010302
Address: 62/68 Mountain Road
Mount Wellington
Auckland 1072

Copy Editors: Shirley Dixon, Maria Cash, Yvonne Curtis and Jocelyn Kirkwood.
Distribution is by Peter Cowley.

Sir Lloyd Geering ONZ, Don Cupitt (UK), Ian Harris, Suzi Thirwell, Yvonne Curtis, Peter Cowley and
Laurie Chisholm, John Thornley. Also (deceased): Fred Marshall, Noel Cheer and Norm Ely