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1 A Rocha Speaker From 09:30 until 13:00 Peter Harris, founder of A Rocha, speaks at the 9:30 and 11:15 services at Christ Church Abingdon.	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13 Chipping Norton Mothers' Union Big Brew From 10:30 until 12:00 Coffee Morning. Part of the 2009 Big Brew.	14
15	16	17	18 Woodley Big Brew Afternoon Tea From 14:30 until 16:00 Afternoon Tea with speaker. Part of the 2009 Big Brew.	19 Newport Pagnell MU Coffee Morning From 10:00 until 12:00 Sponsored by the Newport Pagnell Mothers' Union. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Location to be confirmed.	20 Conference: War Crimes -- Retrospectives and Prospects From 09:00 until 19:00 Speakers to include Lesley Abdela, Professor David Frase, Michael Kandiah, Frank McDonough, Hans Pawlisch, Dr. David Seymour, Prof. David Sugarman. Prospective themes include the implications of the use of national/international courts and tribunals, and the problems of jurisdiction; the role of the media in portraying war crimes, and the rhetoric used; legal issues, such as the nature of evidence in war crimes trials; witness perspectives; and case studies of individual cases and trials. Details of the programme and booking form to be available from http://ials.sas.ac.uk (Click on events) St Swithun's Pancake Party From 19:30 until 21:30 Pancake Party. Part of the 2009 Big Brew.	21 Chalfont St Giles Fairtrade Coffee Morning From 09:30 until 12:30 Part of the 2009 Big Brew. "Welcome the Stranger" Fundraising Meal for The Focus Trust supporting Zimbabwean Migrants From 19:30 until 22:00 Sponsored by the Banbury Justice and Peace Group. For details, contact frankgdavis [at] btopenworld.com.
22 St Mary's, Datchet, Kick off to Big Brew From 09:30 until 11:30 Refreshments after 9:30 am morning service and after 6:30 Evensong. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. The Church of the Holy Family, Blackbird Leys, Big Brew From 10:00 until 12:00 Service and Refreshments. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Holy Trinity, Wantage, Sunday Coffee Morning From 10:15 until 11:00 Organised after the 10:15 family service by the Wantage Mothers' Union. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. St Mary's, Haversham, Big Brew From 11:00 until 13:00 Join the parish for a Big Brew coffee after the 11:00 am service. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Wantage Big Brew From 11:45 until 12:30 Sunday Coffee Morning after the 10:30 am service, organised by the Wantage Mothers' Union. Part of the Big Brew 2009.	23 Global Poverty Prayer Week All Day Fair Trade Fortnight and Big Brew All Day St Francis, Terriers, Big Brew From 10:00 until 12:00 Coffee Morning. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Big Brew tea break From 15:30 until 16:00 Afternoon tea break at work, organised by the Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry Unit, University of Oxford. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. The Great Trade Debate: Is Trade Justice a Lost Cause? From 19:30 until 21:30 The Fairtrade Foundation sponsors a debate with confirmed speakers John Hilary, Director of War on Want; Harriet Lamb, Director of the Fairtrade Foundation; Edwin Laurent, Former Special Envoy to the EU from the Windward Islands; and Fiona Shera, Head of Trade and Development, DfID and BERR. To register online, click here . Download the poster below.	24 Global Poverty Prayer Week All Day Fair Trade Fortnight and Big Brew All Day St Michael and All Angels, Amersham, Shrove Tuesday Big Brew From 12:00 until 14:00 Big Brew with pancakes. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Cleaning up your Carbon Footprint -- how are our emissions calculated? From 20:00 until 22:30 A lecture by Dr. David Shipworth, looking at how emissions are calculated and why different carbon calculators give such different results . . . and assessing different ways of reducing emissions.	25 Global Poverty Prayer Week All Day Fair Trade Fortnight and Big Brew All Day Ash Wednesday: Beginning of "Carbon Fast," "Journey to Jerusalem" and "Count your Blessings" From 00:01 until 23:59 As Lent begins, Tearfund and Christian Aid start three different programmes that can help you to act and reflect throughout the forty days. The Carbon Fast gives simple ideas for reducing your carbon emissions every day. Journey to Jerusalem will take participants on an interactive tour of the Holy Land, listening to its people. And Count Your Blessings asks participants to be mindful of things many people in the UK take for granted -- a bath, a cookbook, a drink of milk -- and to contribute for the good of those who don't have such things.	26 Global Poverty Prayer Week All Day Fair Trade Fortnight and Big Brew All Day Hughenden Mothers' Union Big Brew From 10:00 until 12:00 Coffee Morning. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Marlborough Road Methodist Church Coffee Morning From 10:00 until 11:30 Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Thursday Club Big Brew Coffee Morning From 11:00 until 13:00 Sponsored by the Thursday Club, Lower Windrush Benefice. Part of the Big Brew 2009	27 Global Poverty Prayer Week All Day Fair Trade Fortnight and Big Brew All Day Bradwell Church Big Brew and Fair Trade Sale From 10:00 until 12:00 Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Easthampstead Mothers' Union "Tea and Chat" From 10:00 until 12:00 Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Wallingford Big Brew From 10:00 until 12:00 Coffee Morning organised by the Parish of Wallingford. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. St James Finchampstead Mothers' Union Big Brew From 10:00 until 12:00 Coffee Morning with Fair Trade stall. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Bourne End "Coffee Bean" Big Brew From 10:00 until 12:00 "Coffee Bean" organised by churches of St Mark's Bourne End and St Nicholas, Hedsor. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Christ Church, Long Hanborough, "Drop in for tea and cake" From 15:00 until 16:30 Part of the Big Brew 2009.	28 Global Poverty Prayer Week All Day Fair Trade Fortnight and Big Brew All Day Stony Stratford Methodist Fairtrade Coffee Morning From 09:00 until 13:00 Coffee morning in celebration of Fairtrade Fortnight. Faith and Food: Making the Connections From 09:30 until 16:30 How do we make connections between our food and our faith? How can we feed the world without destroying our planet? Why are so many people getting fatter when so many other people are going hungry? Keynote speakers include author Colin Tudge, theologian Canon Tim Gorringe, Brazilian campaigner Fr. Edilberto Sena, and Christian Aid organiser Jan Simmonds. Workshops on farming, fair trade, food and climate justice, food poverty, bread making and more. Cost £10.00/£7.50 to include lunch. Booking form attached below. St Denys Church, Stanford-in-the-Vale, Open House and Coffee Morning From 10:00 until 12:00 Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Buckingham Fair Trade Town Traidcraft Coffee Morning From 10:00 until 12:00 Refreshments to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight. There will also be a market stall in Market Hill, where Fairtrade provisions and crafts will be on sale. St Nicholas, Hurst, & St Mary the Virgin, Winnersh, Big Brew From 10:00 until 12:00 Coffee Morning. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. St James, New Bradwell, Big Brew From 10:00 until 12:00 Coffee Morning. Part of the 2009 Big Brew. St Mary's, Chalgrove, Fairtrade Coffee Morning From 10:00 until 12:00 Part of the 2009 Big Brew. Thatcham Mothers' Union Big Brew Fair Trade Cake Competition From 10:30 until 12:30 Organised by the Mothers' Union at St Mary's and St Barnabas, Thatcham. Come and try delicious cakes made with Fairtrade ingredients! Part of the 2009 Big Brew. St Francis Church "Tea at Three" Big Brew From 15:00 until 16:30 Tea at Three. Part of the 2009 Big Brew.

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