Once you’ve learnt a little about Hanukkah, the audacity of Jesus’ ‘I am the light of the world’ speech really hits home.
Later, after a meal where people share their insights and questions, drama teacher and filmmaker Catriona Heatherington rounds off the evening with an extravagant retelling of the story of Esther.
“I don’t know of any other people doing this kind of thing,” Steve Broughton, a new Christian, tells me. “I’ve had to alter my diary because Sunday evenings are now strictly for this.”