The Upper Itchen Benefice

LENT COURSE 2010

WHEN I SURVEY…… Christ’s cross and ours

A course in five sessions exploring the connection between Christ’s cross and our daily lives.

Sessions will be held at:
9.30am Mondays (Feb 22nd, March 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd)
at 3 Hinton Vale, Cheriton (home of Margaret Curtis)

10.30am Wednesdays (Feb 24th, March 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th)
at Estate Cottage, Tichborne (home of Margaret Pearce)

7.30pm Thursdays (Feb 25th, March 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th)
at ‘Rickaby’, Kilmeston (home of Mary Waterston)
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Lent Lectures at Winchester Cathedral:
SCHOOL FOR PRAYER

An opportunity to find ways of deepening and refreshing how we pray using creative imagination.  Lectures will be held in the Undercroft, The Close, Winchester.

25 February: Praying with the Scriptures
Abbot Giles Hill, Abbot of Alton Abbey

4 March: Praying with Creation
Martin Palmer, Secretary General, Alliance of Religions and Conservation

11 March: Praying with Poetry
Canon David Scott, Rector, St Lawrence and St Swithun, Winchester

18 March: Praying with Music
Canon Gary Philbrick, Vicar of Swaythling, Winchester Royal College of Church Music

25 March: Praying with Art
Sophie Hacker, Art and Exhibitions Consultant at Winchester Cathedral

Further details at:
http://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/events/3/

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Space in the City Lecture Series
MAMMON'S REVENGE
The global finance crisis, its roots
and its results

A series of lectures by Rt Revd Dr Peter Selby, formerly Bishop of Worcester and Bishop to HM Prisons, now President of the National Council for Independent Monitoring Boards. Followed by discussion with Debbie Thrower

Wednesdays 12:30 – 13:00 at the United Church, Jewry Street, Winchester

Sandwiches available afterwards. Admission is free, but rely on donations to fund expenses (£3-£5 each). Further details at:
www.spaceinthecity.org.uk

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LInternational Women's Day Debate
Motion: 'This house believes in the right of the individual to choose assisted suicide'

Monday 8th March 2010
at The Stripe, Univeristy of Winchester 7pm Chaired by Debbie Thrower
Speakers:
Sandra Gidley, MP Romsey
Sarah Wootton, Dignity in Dying
Dr Tony Calland, BMA Ethics Committee
Revd George Pitcher, St Bride's Fleet St
Full details here:
http://www.siwinchester.co.uk/
See also Soroptimist website:
http://soroptimist-gbi.co.uk/winchester-and-district/
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