![]() The performances will be held in Anderson Chapel. Tickets and showtimes can be found at t he following link. Regents Theological College is amongst the foremost Pentecostal Bible Colleges in Europe, and one of the largest in the UK. Social progress, like scientific progress, can be hard to see when one is trapped among earthly complications Henrietta Leavitt and her female peers believe in both, and their dedication changed the way we understand both the heavens and Earth. The true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. As Henrietta, in her free time, attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure of her life on Earth, trying to balance her dedication to science with family obligations and the possibility of love. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. This inspiring drama explores the determination, passion and sacrifice of the women who redefined our understanding of the cosmos. With roots in the Evangelical and Pentecostal. Situated on the Selly Oak Campus of Birmingham University, BCC has former students serving all over the world. “All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.” – Ralph Waldo EmersonĪ decade before women gained the right to vote, pastor’s daughter Henrietta Swan Leavitt and her fellow women “computers” transformed the science of astronomy. BCC is a training college for Christian Ministry and Mission where men and women are modelled to become faithful disciples of Jesus Christ in the church, society and the marketplace. ![]() “He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.” – Psalms 147:4 ![]()
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