What's On October

[Owen Spencer-Thomas]

What’s On

October

Saturday 1st                             8.00 pm Remember Remember – the
tragedy of the gunpowder terror.  New play about Guy Fawkes presented by
Riding Lights Theatre Company to mark the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder
Plot. Held at The Priory Centre, St Neots. Tickets £8 (£5.50 concessions).
For details call 0845 961 3000 or email www.ridinglights.org
Tuesday 4th                             7.30 pm Eucharist at St Bene’t’s
Church to mark the departure of the Franciscans from Cambridge.

Tuesday 4th                            7.30 pm  Early Christian Ethics in
Context – Slavery, Sabbath, War and Women.  Part of a weekly course led by
Dr Justin Meggitt of Cambridge’s Maddingly Hall. Held at St Augustine's
Centre, Wisbech. Cost £67 Concessions £52.50.  Contact Revd Neil Gardener
01945 585850.

Wednesday 5th                       10.00 am – 4.00 pm One Day Basic Godly
Play Study Day held at Trumpington  Vicarage, Cambridge.  Cost is £15/20
includes lunch, handouts and materials. Call Gill Ambrose on  01223 511717
or gill.ambrose at ely.anglican.org <mailto:gill.ambrose at ely.anglican.org>

Thursday 6th                            10.00 am – 4.00 pm. Advent Christmas
and Epiphany using Godly Play Stories.  Held at Trumpington Vicarage,
Cambridge.  Cost is £15/20 and includes lunch, handouts and materials.   For
more information call Gill Ambrose on  01223 511717  or
gill.ambrose at ely.anglican.org <mailto:gill.ambrose at ely.anglican.org>

Thursday 6th                            7.30pm Vocations Workshop at St
Barnabas Church, Huntingdon.  An opportunity to explore what it means to
hear God's call, and to look at the range of ministries within the church.
Contact Kate Aylmer on 01223 871084 or Ally Barrett on 01480 450852 or email
vocations-team at ely.anglican.org <mailto:vocations-team at ely.anglican.org>



Friday 7th  -

Sunday 9th                               Coming Home - Simple Attention to
God in Stillness and Silence.  Reflection and meditation weekend at Bishop
Woodford House, Ely.   Led by Robin Burgess, Director of the Westminster
Cathedral Centre for Spirituality.  Full board: £95, Saturday only: £35.
Meals included.  Details from Patricia Nutbrown on  01223 563617

Saturday 8th                           Thorpe Park trip organised by
Diocesan Youth Council for church youth groups, followed by worship at All
Saints’ Church, Milton.  Coach pick-up points at Peterborough, Huntingdon,
Ely and Cambridge.  Cost £25 per person –  must be 11 or over and
accompanied by clergy or youth leaders.  Contact Youth Officer, David Waters
on  07815 899545 or e-mail David.Waters at ely.anglican.org
<mailto:David.Waters at ely.anglican.org>

Thursday 13th                         7.45 pm Son et Lumière: the Story of
Ely held at Ely Cathedral.  Tickets £15 available from
box.office at cathedral.ely.anglican.org
<mailto:box.office at cathedral.ely.anglican.org>  or call 01353 660349


Saturday 15th                          10.00 am – 3.30 pm Mental Health
Awareness Conference.  Exploring current concerns in mental health, the
changing legislation and issues facing the church and the individual.
Keynote address by the Professor Stephen Sykes, former Bishop of Ely, now
Principal of St John’s College, Durham.  Held at St Luke’s Church,
Cambridge.   Admission free.  Separate children’s activities provided.
Bring own lunch.  For details call Philipa King on 01223 361919


Monday 17th                            11.15 am St Etheldreda's Day Sung
Eucharist
5.30 pm St Etheldreda's Day Festal Evensong both held at the Cathedral

Sunday 23rd                             3.45pm 200th Anniversary Battle of
Trafalgar Service held at the Cathedral

Monday 24th                                      7.30pm Face to Face - does
the Bible forbid sexual relations between people of the same sex?  Debate
between the  Revd Dr Mike Thompson, Vice Principal, Ridley Hall Theological
College and  the Revd Michael Beckett, vicar of St Paul’s, Cambridge, Author
& Greenbelt Speaker. Held at Ely Cathedral.  Free admission.

Tuesday 25th                           10.00 am – 4.00 pm Seven Whole Days -
The Why, What and How of Daily Prayer.  Led by the Revd Gilly Myers,
Succentor, Durham Cathedral and co-author of Using Common Worship: Daily
Prayer.  Of interest to those who use some form of daily office or who would
like to explore doing so.  Held at Bar Hill Church.   Cost £20 includes
lunch and refreshments.  For details call 01245 294482 or 294481, or email
to: precentor at chelmsfordcathedral.org.uk
<mailto:precentor at chelmsfordcathedral.org.uk>

Thursday 27th                         7.30 pm  Forgotten People in Forgotten
Lands.  The Inaugural Etheldreda Lecture at Ely Cathedral. Speaker: Baroness
Cox, Chief Executive, Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust.  Admission free.








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Owen Spencer-Thomas
52 Windsor Road
Cambridge
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01223 358448

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