These are our CHRISTIAN FOCUS events for Autumn Term 2009.

Events are usually in Eliot Chapel at 7.30pm, unless otherwise specified.

Please note that there will also be a coach day trip to Oxford on Saturday 6^th March;

and our WEEKEND AWAY is 29^th-31^st January!

Thursday 21st January

VIDEO AND PIZZA NIGHT: Arrive at 7.30pm; watch a video and eat pizza (film to be announced nearer the time).

Thursday 28th January (7pm in Grimond LT 1)

‘Vital or Vulnerable; The English Church in the Late Medieval Ages’ Professor George Bernard, University of Southampton. Followed by ‘social’ in the Gulbenkian Café.

Thursday 4^th February

Cathedral Evensong: The service of Evensong at Canterbury Cathedral, sung by the Cathedral Choir, is one of the great highlights of life in Canterbury. Evensong takes place at 5.30pm on weekdays. Meet at Eliot College entrance by 4.30pm. We walk down, get our seats by 5.20, enjoy Evensong (which lasts about 40mins) and then go to Pizza Hut for an evening meal.

Thursday 11^th February:

Joint Prayer Week …shared with other Christian Societies. Details to follow.

SHROVE TUESDAY 16^th February

Pancakes and Plonk at St John Stone House, by kind invitation of the Catholic Society. From 7.30pm.

ASH WEDNESDAY 17^th February:

12.30 Ash Wednesday Service in Eliot College Chapel.

Thursday 25^th February

Lent Sessions begin with a Bible Study based on themes from US TV Serial ‘Friends’. Lent series also on 4^th, 11^th, 18^th, and 25^th March: the form it takes will depend on popular preference.

Sunday 28^th March:

12noon Morning Prayer (no lunch)

7pm: Communion Service for the start of Holy Week, followed by ‘Agape’ (authentic ‘Last-Supper’-style) meal.

Friday 2^nd April

GOOD FRIDAY: Walk of Witness and Open Air Service in Town: details follow.

Saturday Night, 3^rd April

HOLY SATURDAY: Late Night Easter Vigil Service in Canterbury Cathedral, with the Archbishop of Canterbury

Sunday 4^th May

CHOICE OF EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES