See our calendar for details of events. Freshers and regulars are also especially welcome at our houseparty in September, when we will run off with some other colleges for a few days get back together and ready for the term ahead, featuring games, activities, bible study and training. There is also a some university-wide information for freshers. Do get in touch (see below) with Daniel or Donna the reps to find out more; some freshers do come, and they all enjoy it.
The Peterhouse Christian Union is a group of students with a love of Jesus who want to share with our friends the wonderful truths of his life, death, and resurrection. We believe what God teaches us through the bible: that God made the world initially perfect, and placed us in it to live wonderful lives to praise him, but since we are all imperfect, we do not manage this, which angers God. Because he is just, we deserve punishment, but right from the start God knew what would happen, and throughout history was preparing the Jews, his chosen people, for the coming of his one and only Son, Jesus, who is fully divine. By being born as a human, Jesus can represent us before God, and chose to die on a cross to take the punishment we deserve, if we accept his offer. Having done so, we are saved from God's anger, and are free to live the lives that he designed us for, since the Holy Spirit is now in us, enabling us to do what God wants (though we still fail to live fully as God wants now), but also placing the heavy responsibility on us that if we know and love Jesus we have to stop doing bad things as the only possible response to his amazing sacrifice on the cross. On the other hand, we know that for Christians death is ultimately not sin's victory over us, but instead the final stage in our old lives on this earth, and that through it, God is able to ultimately make us perfect again to live under his rule in the new heavens and new earth, where finally there will be nothing separating God and us.
This is such a wonderful, amazing way to live our lives, with the promise of all of God's riches, that we need to share it with our friends, and we put on various talks and events as part of the wider Cambridge Christian Union (CICCU), where there is a chance to hear more about this, and on a college level, we are always happy to chat through hard questions, or look over the bible with anyone interested. For more information, email our reps Daniel (drt24) or Donna (dmg38). Our members come from all sorts of subjects, and we welcome people to join us from any background. International students might wish to contact David (dsr25) our international rep. All addresses are @cam.ac.uk.
Our main weekly meetings in college, intended for Christians, are on Wednesday nights at 18.45 (for tea and cake; and 19:00 for bible study). in TBA, and we meet for prayer on Fridays, 08:00 in TBA.