What's On
November 2009
Afghanistan: What Next?
WATERLOO
Afghanaid and Christians Aware present an inter-faith evening at St. John's Church, Waterloo from 6.30pm
Includes information about British NGOs working in Afghanistan, including Afghan Connection, Afghan Action and Afghanaid and presentations followed by a panel-led discussion.
There will be Afghan arts and crafts for sale.
Wine, Juice and Snacks £2. 00 / person
A flyer with more details can be downloaded here
Enquiries: awarner@stjohn'swaterloo.co.uk info@afghanaid.org.uk barbarabutler@christiansaware.co.uk
Breaking Through
REDHILL
'Breaking Through' at St Matthew's Church. 7.30 for 8.00pm.
Speaker: Nicholas Owen - Broadcaster and local resident: 'The changing face of the media.'
Lunchtime Concerts at St Matthew's Church
REDHILL
Chamber Music - ‘Capella'
1.10pm. Free, but donations welcome
Organ recital at St Michael & All Angels
CROYDON
Thierry Escaich (Organist, St Etienne du Mont) at St Michael & All Angels at 7.30pm
Admission charge: £12 (£10 in advance); students/concs £10.
Christmas Bazaar
WELLING
Christmas Bazaar at St Mary the Virgin (Fri. 7- 9pm, Sat. 12-3pm).
Loads of fun for all the family. Visit from real reindeers on Saturday.
For further info visit: www.stmarythevirgin.net
Messy Church
PURLEY
A day to explore Fresh Expressions of church for children and families with Lucy Moore of BRF (for information about Messy Church see www.messychurch.org.uk) at Christ Church, Purley.
Further details and booking form can be downloaded from this link.
Concert
CATERHAM HILL
Concert 12.5pm - Jane Kahn (mezzo soprano) and Audrey Thomas (accompanist).
Free admission. Bring sandwiches
St Matthias Christmas Fair
RICHMOND
St Matthias Christmas Fair - many stalls, light refreshments, trips up church tower for view of Richmond & London
10am - 4pm - free entry
Is There an Anglican Tradition of Social Justice?
LONDON EC2
‘Is There an Anglican Tradition of Social Justice?' - Christian Social and Political Thought Lecture
6.05pm - 7pm at St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside.
Free Fairtrade wine and fruit juice afterwards.
Lunchtime Concerts at St Matthew's Church
REDHILL
Dunottar Chamber Choir
1.10pm. Free, but donations welcome
Franck Organ Works - Part I
CROYDON
Complete Franck Organ Works in two parts (Part I, second part Thursday 19 November) played by D'Arcy Trinkwon at St Michael & All Angels at 7.30pm.
Admission £12 ; students/concs £7.
The Magic of Operetta
MOTTINGHAM
Intimate Opera present the Magic of Operetta.
Friday 13 & Saturday 14 at 7.30pm at St Andrew's Church.
Tickets £8 (concs £6) at the door
All the Psalms in One Day
LONDON, EC3
St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace and leading early music ensemble The Clerks will be hosting a unique event - a communal public reading of the complete Book of Psalms. All 150 of them!
The reading - which will be recorded - is the first stage in a new, collaborative project between St Ethelburga's and The Clerks which will result in a sound installation which celebrates the daily ritual of prayer in Christian, Islamic and Jewish worship.The installation, called The Hours, will be launched in March 2010 and will last 24 hours. It will incorporate live elements, concluding with a performance by The Clerks.
The reading will begin at 11.00 am at St Ethelburga's and will end at approximately 6.00 pm. Admission is free.
Participants and listeners from all faith traditions and none are welcome, and you can drop in for as much or as little time as you like.We are interested in readers of all ages, nationalities and languages; as solo readers and to contribute to "chorus" sections.
Lunch (£10) and tea (£2) can be provided if you reserve places by Wednesday 11 November by e-mail: enquiries@stethelburgas.org
For further detailsclick here
Jazz Evening
HORLEY
Roger Hind and the Burstow Octet play the music of Duke Ellington and Count Basie including 'Take the A train' and 'It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)' at Newchapel Hall, Bones Lane, Horne, Horley RH7 6HR.
Start at 7:30 pm
Tickets £8 available from 01293 771817. Proceeds in aid of St Mary the Virgin, Horne
Anglo-Catholic Social Vision
ELTHAM
Anglo-Catholic Social Vision, a talk by Rev. Dr John Perumbalath, Rochester Diocesan Urban Projects Officer.
Organised by Affirming Catholicism at Holy Trinity, Southend Crescent.
Mass at 10am. Talk at 10.45 Bring and share lunch at 12 noon.
Autumn Fair
LINGFIELD
College of St Barnabas Autumn Fair, 10am-12 noon.
Stalls, raffles, gifts, cards, coffee etc.
Admission £1.
Morning for all who support older people
SOUTHWARK
Morning for all who support older people - organised by Southwark Mothers' Union at Trinity House.
Keynote Speaker: Ann Morisy from PSALM plus workshops.
Coffee from 9.30 a.m.
Tel: 020 7939 9549 to book leaving your name and contact details.
Exploring areas of Christian discipleship in multi faith contexts
LONDON, NW6
Exploring areas of Christian discipleship in multi faith contexts.
9.30am- 1pm at the London Inter Faith Centre 125 Salusbury Road NW6.
Worship, talks and discussions.
For details contact Susanne Mitchell 020 7780 1600
An Evening of French Music
CROYDON
An Evening of French Music with the Croydon Philharmonic Choir & New London Sinfonia 7.30pm at Trinity School
Fauré Requiem
Cantique de Jean Racine
Masques et Bergamasques.
Tickets £15 inc.refreshments (£7.50 u/18s & f/t students) from 07903 011477
‘Words and Music'
KINGSTON
‘Words and Music' a candle-lit Canbury Arts Concert in St Luke's Church at 7.30pm.
Poets, storytellers and musicians.
Tickets £10 inc. interval drinks, from the Parish Office 62a Gibbon Road Kingston upon Thames KT2 6AB or canburyarts@btinternet.com
Prisoners' Sunday
LONDON, EC3
With over 84, 000 people in prisons in England and Wales, join us to hear about the work of Prison Chaplains and about how you could help to support people on release.
All Hallows by the Tower, Byward Street, London EC3R 5BJ 2:30pm to 4.00pm
There will be readings from the Sacred Scriptures of six world Faiths and devotional music from each Faith.The event culminates in a joint declaration by chaplains of different Faiths to work together for everyone held in our prisons.
‘Enriching Life Through Belief'
Download poster for your noticeboard here
Concert & Cream Tea
CROYDON
Concert & Cream Tea by St. Peter's Choir and Friends in aid of Choir & Organ Funds.
Tickets: Adults £6.00 or children £3.00 at the door or from 020 8660 0913
Music and Mission
HARROW
Music and Mission at Harrow School in aid of USPG. Choral Evensong at 5.30 in the chapel followed by drinks reception and recital by school musicians.
Suggested donation £10. Details from maggier@uspg.org.uk or 01525 840790.
Lunchtime Concerts at St Matthew's Church
REDHILL
Recital - 19th & 20th Century Music for Two Guitars
1.10pm. Free, but donations welcome
Lecture on Mary Ward
SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL
Be lovers of truth and justice
2009 is the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation of Jesus and Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto Sister), an order of religious women, by Mary Ward.
Dr Gemma Simmonds CJ, Lecturer in Pastoral and Social Studies at Heythrop College, University of London will give a lecture on Mary Ward in the Garry Weston Library.
For further details contact alison.saunders4@virgin.net
Reception from 6.30pm; lecture starts at 7.30pm
Franck Organ Works - Part II
CROYDON
Complete Franck Organ Works (second part) played by D'Arcy Trinkwon at St Michael & All Angels at 7.30pm.
Admission £12 ; students/concs £7.
Visit to the Caribbean Hindu Temple
BRIXTON
South London Interfaith Group - Visit to the Caribbean Hindu Temple Ostade Road, SW2 12 - 2pm.
Lunch at 12.30pm.
Contact Alan Gadd to book 020 8678 8977. E-mail: secretary@southlondoninterfaith.org.uk
"be lovers of truth and workers of justice”
SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL
Mary Ward: "be lovers of truth and workers of justice” A lecture by Dr Gemma Simmonds CJ (Heythrop College) hosted by the Southwark Feminist Theology Group Reception from 6:30pm; lecture starts at 7:30pm followed by discussion
More information from alison.saunders4@virgin.net
Concert - Naiades Wind Quartet
CLAPHAM
Naiades Wind Quartet concert at St Paul's Church 7.30pm.
Music by Holst & Poulenc.
Tickets £9 (concs £6, u/12s £3) from 07806 614648 or at the door.
'in excelsis' - a celebratory concert of music for choir and brass
SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL
Starts: 7.30pm
Programme:
John Rutter - Gloria
Paul Patterson - Magnificat
C H H Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens
John Rutter - Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge
William Walton - Music from Henry V
Judith Bingham - The Snows Descend
conductor - Neil Ferris
organist - Michael Higgins
with Brass Adastra
Tickets: £15 (Main Nave), £10 (Side Nave, limited view), £10 (Students)
Box Office: Tel: 020 8605 2266, or e-tickets: wimbledon-choral.org.uk/tickets
Concert
STREATHAM
Concert at St Leonard's Church 7.30pm.
Stanford Mass in G; Schubert Mass in A flat.
Tickets £7, £5 conc.from 07952 762014 or at the door.
Concert - Dulwich Choral Society
WEST DULWICH
Dulwich Choral Society Concert 7.30pm at All Saints Church.
Benjamin Britten's St Nicholas.
Tickets £12 in advance (£5 for under 17s) from 0207 274 2349. (£14 on the door)
Christmas Bazaar
PLUMSTEAD
Ascension Church Christmas Bazaar, at Timbercroft School, Timbercroft Lane SE18.
Christmas Raffle, stalls and refreshments. 11am - 2.30pm.
Admission Free.
St Cecilia Concert
CROYDON
Annual St Cecilia Concert at Croydon Parish Church, 7.30pm.
Choirs of Croydon Parish Church
Tickets £10 (£8 concs) on the door.
Concert - Sutton Symphony Orchestra
CHEAM
Sutton Symphony Orchestra concert incl.music by Vaughan-Williams and Borodin.
7.30 pm in St Andrews Church Northey Avenue.
£10 on the door
Organ recital
UPPER NORWOOD
Organ recital - Adrian Adams. 4pm at St John the Evangelist.
Tickets £10 (concs. avail.).
Details from: Adrian Adams: adrian.adams@ukonline.co.uk or tel: 020 8653 3305.
Lunchtime Concerts at St Matthew's Church
REDHILL
Chantry Wind Quintet
1.10pm. Free, but donations welcome
Organ recital
CROYDON
Organ recital - Olivier Latry (Notre Dame de Paris) at St Michael & All Angels at 7.30pm
Admission: £12; students/concs £7.
Christmas Bazaar
SOUTH CROYDON
St Peter's Church Christmas Bazaar, 10.30am to 2.30pm at St Peter's Hall.
Concert - Croydon Bach Choir
UPPER NORWOOD
Croydon Bach Choir at St John the Evangelist Church, Auckland Road at 7.30pm.
Music by Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Purcell.
Tickets: £9 (in advance from 020 8768 0011 or at the door).
Festival of Christmas Trees
SELSDON
Festival of Christmas Trees at St John the Divine
Sat 28th 10am - 4pm
Sun 29th 12 noon - 4 pm
Christmas Fair: Sat 2-4.30 pm
Christmas Concert - Sat 7.30 pm