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Carol service dates 2024

CUs across Great Britain have spent the last few months warmly welcoming new students and helping them to settle in and explore something of Jesus for themselves. They've run events to introduce them to the gospel, answered their questions and opened the Bible with them. What better way to end the term than by helping them consider the reality of the Christmas story through carol services, Christmas meals and other celebrations?

This December, we’re praying that many will be convicted of the truth they’ve been hearing.

Will you pray with us?

Little Leeds CU's joint carol service last year

You can use this list of dates to pray for each CU carol service as they happen:

* indicates CU Christmas events which are not carol services

2 December

  • Bath, Bath Spa & Norland CUs, at Bath Abbey

3 December

  • Plymouth CUs, at Plymouth Central Methodist Hall

9 December

  • Exeter ECU, at St James's Park Football Stadium, Exeter
  • Falmouth & Exeter Penryn CU

11 December

  • Gloucestershire CU, Francis Close Hall Chapel, Cheltenham

12 December

  • Bristol & West of England CUs, at Broadmead Baptist Church
  • Bath CU beer and carols event

28 November

  • Surrey CU, on Stag Hill campus

29 November

  • Southampton CU, beers and carols on campus

2 December

  • Sussex CU, on Falmer campus

6 December

  • Royal Holloway CU, on campus
  • Solent CU, in The Spark Building

7 December

  • Southampton CU, traditional carols on campus
  • Southampton CU*, internationals Christmas celebration

9 December

  • Chichester CU, in a local church

10 December

  • Canterbury CUs

11 December

  • Bournemouth CU, at Lansdowne Church

12 December

  • Reading CU, in a local church
  • Portsmouth CU

13 December

  • Brighton CU, carols and dinner together

16 December

  • Winchester CU, at Christ Church, Winchester

28 November

  • Royal Academy of Music (RAM) CU, in the RAM Canteen

29 November

  • King's College Guy's and Stand CUs, Guys Chapel
  • Trinity Laban, in the Students' Union bar

3 December

  • St George's CU, on campus
  • City CU, Christmas worship night on campus

5 December

  • UCL and SOAS CUs, at Euston Church
  • Kings College CUs* joint Christmas meal

6 December

  • Royal College of Music CU* Christmas Quiz, in BarCM
  • Imperial College and RCM CUs, at Holy Trinity Church, South Kensington

9 December

  • St Mary's Twickenham, ecumenical service in their University chaplaincy

10 December

  • Bart's and Queen Mary CUs, location TBC
  • Roehampton CU, on campus

11 December

  • Kingston CU, on campus

12 December

  • London School of Economics (LSE) CU, at Euston Church

3 December

  • Brunel CU, on campus
  • East Anglia (UEA) CU, in the LCR music venue on campus

4 December

  • Oxford CU, in the Sheldonian Theatre (two services)

5 December

  • Cambridge CU, Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge (two services)
  • Hertfordshire CU, on campus

8 December

  • Oxford Brookes CU, in the Sheldonian Theatre

9 December

  • ARU Chelmsford CU, on campus

10 December

  • Essex CU, on campus

Date still to be confirmed

  • Anglia Ruskin CU* bring and share Christmas meal with talk from Emma Penwright

West

27 November

  • Coventry CU, at Holy Trinity Church, Coventry

28 November

  • Birmingham CU, in the Great Hall on campus

4 December

  • Aston and Birmingham City CUs* Christmas celebration,
    in a cafe near campus
  • Keele CU, on campus
  • Warwick CU, on campus

5 December

  • Worcester CU, in the Hanger Bar on St John's campus
  • Harper Adams CU*

13 December

  • Staffordshire CU*

East

29 November

  • Loughborough CU, at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough

2 December

  • Nottingham Trent Brackenhurst CU, on campus
  • Sutton Bonington CU, on campus

3 December

  • Nottingham Trent CU, on City campus

5 December

  • Leicester and De Montfort CUs, at the University of Leicester campus

6 December

  • Nottingham Trent Clifton CU* Christmas meal with an evangelistic talk
  • Northampton CU* Christmas Celebration on their campus

9 December

  • Nottingham Trent Brackenhurst CU* Christmas celebration

10 December

  • Lincoln CU, at Alive Church, Lincoln
  • Nottingham CU, in the Great Hall at University Park campus
  • Nottingham Trent CU* Christmas celebration, on campus

12 December

  • Derby CU* Christmas Celebration

2 December

  • Swansea CUs, at Christchurch, Swansea

5 December

  • Cardiff CU, Heath Evangelical Church
  • Cardiff CU* international student Christmas meal
  • USW Treforest CU, on campus
  • Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama CU, in the Foyer of the main building

6 December

  • Aberystwyth CUs, at Holy Trinity Church, Aberystwyth

9 December

  • Cardiff Met CU* Christmas meal with a message

11 December

  • Bangor CU, location TBC

28 November

  • Lancaster CU, at Lancaster Priory

2 December

  • Manchester city-wide carol service at the Royal Northern College of Music concert hall
    [This carol service marks 10 years of Manchester-wide mission]

3 December

  • UCLan Preston CU*, Gingerbread House competition with evangelistic talk

4 December

  • Liverpool, Liverpool Hope and Liverpool John Moores CUs, in the Guild, Mountford Hall
  • Carlisle CU, carols around the piano, on campus
  • UCLan Burnley CU, at the coffee mill, Burnley

5 December

  • Lancaster CU, acoustic carols in a pub on campus

6 December

  • Chester CU, venue TBC
  • UCLan Preston CU, on campus

9 December

  • Cumbria (Lancaster) CU* Christmas meal

12 December

  • Edge Hill CU, on campus

25 November

  • Durham CU, in Durham Cathedral (two services)

28 November

  • York & York St John CUs, in York Minster

2 December

  • Leeds CU, on campus
  • Little Leeds CUs (Arts, Beckett, Conservatoire & NSCD),
    on Leeds Beckett University campus

6 December

  • Newcastle and Northumbria CUs, at Jesmond Parish Church

10 December

  • Huddersfield CU* Christmas acoustic cafe

12 December

  • Teesside CU, at St Barnabas Church, Middlesbrough

13 December

  • Sheffield and Hallam CUs, at City Church, Sheffield

25 November

  • Edinburgh CU* ceilidh with testimonies, in a local community church

29 November

  • Stirling CU* Christmas quiz and evangelistic talk

2 December

  • Edinburgh Napier CU* Jazz Christmas event at the Carrubbers Christian Centre

3 December

  • Little Glasgow CUs (Strathclyde, Caledonian, GSA, RCS), location TBC
  • St Andrews CU, Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews

4 December

  • Edinburgh CU, in Greyfriars Kirk

5 December

  • Dundee & Abertay CUs, in St Peter's Free Church, Dundee
  • Queen Margaret CU* Christmas 'Story Supper' on Musselburgh campus

6 December

  • Aberdeen & Robert Gordon CUs, in Gilcomston Church, Aberdeen
  • Glasgow CU, location TBC

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