Richard Dawkins, Britain's greatest public intellectual, shown here in meditation, will address the church groups via satellite link. This reverses his long held position that he will not speak to or otherwise acknowledge the existence of people of faith.
His speech will address the attitude they should adopt in the presence of superior beings such as himself so as not to annoy or otherwise give offence. He hopes to be able to help them someday be accepted into sophisticated society, in dimminished circumstances, of course.
He attributes his change of heart to a powerful vision he had several months ago after falling down a flight of stairs. Both he and his wife are appalled by this turn of events, she to the extent of refusing him sex, meal preparation, washing his socks and underwear, and other creaturely comforts.
Although usually a strong-willed person - he has been dubbed "Darwin's Rottweiller" in a play on Huxley's "Darwin's bulldog"- he finds the urge to reach out irresistible and occasionally hears a voice commanding him to do so.
Although he has rejected psychotherapy on grounds there is no psyche, he has taken up Tantric meditiation and hired a masseuse (you know what I mean), a cook and laundress in hopes of restoring some degree of normalcy in his life.