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events at Ferrar House, Little Gidding
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Ferrar House, Little Gidding

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For further details about any event, to book a place or to book your own event, please contact Tony and Judith Hodgson
Ferrar House, Little Gidding. Huntingdon, Cambs., PE28 5RJ
Tel: 01832 293 383
email:info@ferrarhouse.co.uk

Open events at Little Gidding 2008

Ferrar House hosts various events throughout the year. Please contact us for more details if you are interested in holding your event at Ferrar House.

On the second Sunday of each month at 3 p.m.
There will be an informal service in the Eliot Room
Poetry evenings will continue to be held at 7.30 p.m. on the 13th of each month.
The programme is as follows:
Thur. March 13th Charles Causley
Sun. April 13th Sarah Wardle will talk about her own poetry
Tue. May 13th Lotte Kramer will talk about her own poetry
Fri. June 13th Malcolm Guite will talk about his own poetry
Sun. July 13th Beryl Johnson will talk about her own poetry
Wed. Aug. 13th Open evening for unpublished poets
Sat. Sept. 13th William and Dorothy Wordsworth
Mon. Oct. 13th Stella Davis will talk about her own poetry
Thur. Nov. 13th War poetry
From January 2008 the poetry evenings will usually be followed by a day of prayer on the 14th of the month. These will last from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The themes will be:
Fri. March 14th Asylum seekers and refugees
Mon. April 14th The homeless
Wed. May 14th People in debt
Sat. June 14th People working in industry
Sun. Sept. 14th Care for creation
Tue. Oct. 14th Farmers
Fri. Nov. 14th Peacemakers
There will be Quiet Days led by Ken and Guinette Davies on the following dates:
Tue. April 1st Towards Christian Maturity
Tue. July 1st Introduction to writing a journal
Sat. Nov. 1st His love for me
Tue. Jan 6th 2009 A pit stop – preparation for the next lap
Regular services at St. John’s Church, Little Gidding:
March 30th 3 p.m. Quarterly Evensong
June 29th 6 p.m. Quarterly Evensong
Aug. 31st 6 p.m. Quarterly Evensong
Nov. 30th 3 p.m. Quarterly Evensong
(at Steeple Gidding)
Meetings and other special events will be held on the following dates:
Sat. March 15th 2.00 p.m. AGM of the T.S. Eliot Society
Thur. March 20th 7.00 p.m. Passover Celebration
Sat. May 17th T.S. Eliot Festival
Tue. June 3rd Start of walk from Little Gidding to the Pilsdon Community in Dorset to celebrate its 50th anniversary
Sat. July 12th Annual Pilgrimage
Sat. Oct. 11th 10.30 a.m. Day on T.S.Eliot’s Little Gidding Download PDF leaflet
Thur. Dec. 4th 11.00 a.m. Eucharist for Nicholas Ferrar Day
Sat. Dec. 6th 11.00 a.m. AGM of Friends of Little Gidding
On the second Sunday of each month
Informal service starting at 3 p.m. in the Eliot Room. The pattern of the service will usually be as follows: a time of singing, a time to give thanks, a time of prayer and lighting of candles, followed by refreshments. After that there will be a time of study leading to discussion.
Days of Prayer will begin in January on the 14th of each month.
On each day there will be three points of prayer together at 10 a.m., 12 noon and 3 p.m. and they will usually be led by local people with special knowledge of the subject. There will be a sharing lunch at 1 p.m. You are welcome to join in any part of the day which you can manage. Donations invited.

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