Cafe International Annual Christmas Meal 9 Dec. 19.30

It is important that you reply early this week as we might reach our capacity.

Cafe International for International Students invites you to its annual

FREE CHRISTMAS MEAL on Tuesday 9th December.

- roast chicken meal with all the trimmings (stuffing, potatoes, vegetables, chipolata sausages)
- vegetarian alternative
- christmas pudding and cream or alternative
- coffee and after-dinner mints

with:
- an after dinner talk on The Real Meaning of Christmas
- carol singing
- christmas crackers

Cost: FREE!

(But please let us know if you are coming, and how many people you will bring with you, by emailing bathci@gmail.com - we will allow for more than we get replies from but
it would be good to know if you are coming, ideally by SATURDAY 6th DECEMBER, but if you see this late please still email us on Monday/Tuesday or come along.)

Venue: Widcombe Baptist Church, Pulteney Road, Bath (see here for directions)

Date: Tuesday 9th December starting from 19:30, food served around 20:15.

Activities: Table Tennis, Wii console, pool and table football all available from 19:30.

The Cafe International Team

Visit our official website for more information, pictures of past events, details of future events and a map to the venue.

St Andrew's Day 25 Nov. 19.30

Dear friends,

At this weeks Cafe we will be celebrating Scotlands national day; St Andrew's Day. We will have a traditional Scottish meal and a talk on Scotland and its culture, which might contain some Christian content. The usual games and activities will be available including table tennis, snooker and Wii.

As always, please e-mail us so that we have an idea of how many people to cater for.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday at 19:30.

Thanks

Café International Team

Chill Out Night 18 Nov. 19.30

Dear friends,

This week's cafe will be a "Chill Out Night" held at Widcombe Baptist Church, beginning at 19:30. The majority of the evening will be held in the coffee hall (where the Wii usually is) where a 3-course meal will served. We will have a jazz band playing for the majority of the evening.

The structure of the evening will be:

*Games from 19:30-20:00.

*First course of the meal ("starters"), followed by a short talk on what Christians believe (will contain a Christian message).

*Main course.

*Dessert.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.

As was mentioned in the last email, please e-mail us if you will be attending so that we know how many to cater for.

Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday,

Café International Team

Bonfire Night 4 Nov. 19.30

Dear friend,

Cafe International will be holding its 'Bonfire Night' at Widcombe Baptist Church tomorrow at 19:30, with food (hot dogs) being served at 20:00. If the weather is good enough then we will head out for a short walk at 20:30 to view some firework displays (after a short talk inside) and if the weather is poor we will stay inside for a slightly longer talk.

Whatever the weather, we will get to have fun with some sparklers!!

Also, a number of people said that they would be interested in coming to a group that will look through the Bible. The group will be informal and will be looking through 'The Gospel of Mark' to see what Jesus claims about himself.

If you are one of these people or would be interested in coming along to the group, please e-mail us so that a group could be organised.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!
Café International Team

Chocolate Fondue evening 21 Oct. 19.30

Dear friend,

This week we will be having our Chocolate Fondue evening at Widcombe Baptist Church. There will be a selection of food to dip, including fruit and marshmallows, into a hot chocolate sauce. The usual games will be set-up, including table tennis and the Wii, and will begin at 19:30. The chocolate fondue will be served at 20:15.

Please e-mail us if you will be attending so that we know how many to cater for.

Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday!

Café International Team

Pakistani evening 14 Oct. 19.30

Dear friends,

Next Tuesday (14th October) we will be having a cultural evening, focusing on the Pakistani culture. During the evening we will have the usual games available: table tennis, Wii, table football etc. The evening will begin at 19:30 and will finish at approximately 22:00.

The food will mainly be curry-based (spicy!) and vegatarian options will be available. Food will be served at 20:15, followed by a brief talk on Pakistani culture (including some content on Christianity in Pakistan) and then dessert will be served.

Please e-mail us to let us know if you are coming as all food is being home-made and preparations will have to be made for the amount of people being catered for.

Hope to see you on Tuesday!
Café International Team

We had some yummy cream tea!

Many attendants from this event told me they enjoyed the cream tea very much afterwards, especially the clotted cream. If this is your first visit to England from the far East, you might find many types of cream in this country. Here's the basic definition of different types of cream: (Wikipedia)

To find out more about the cream tea, please click here for reference.

Cream Tea 7 Oct. 19.30

Dear friends,

Next week's Café will be a traditional cream tea evening - scones with jam and cream, along with a mug (or two) of tea.

We will have the usual games set-up (table tennis, table football, snooker, pool), and the Wii.

The event will begin at 19:30 and food will be served at 20:15. Please e-mail us if you will be attending so that we know how many scones to prepare and how much tea to buy.

Hope to see you on Tuesday!

Café International Team

We had a great re-opening night!

On Sept 30th, Café International officially re-opened with a welcome buffet and talk on British culture on 30 Sept. We all had great fun and learnt a lot about British culture. I met many friends from my home country, and felt excited to see people from other parts of the world such as China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, etc. It was great to hear those new international students' expectations about their life in England and studies. I was like that 2 years ago! ;)

We'll have a traditional English Cream Tea evening next time! Can't wait!!

Cafe team warm up!

After a few months break, we were back to the Cafe tonight. We were very excited, but I missed my friends from Cafe who have gone back to their home countries. From this term, we have Keith and Matt with us. We're looking forward to working with them. We had great fun chatting and playing games such as table tennis - around the table, and Wii game (Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games.)

I enjoy working with these lovely people again, and welcome Keith and Matt. Hope you enjoy it, too.

Jérôme from France ('06 up to now)

I joined cafe international in 2007. I was a bit reluctant to go in the beginning, but after I started going, I couldn’t stop. I met a lot of people there. We had great fun meeting and playing with friends. Tuesday evenings are "meeting friends" days for me. Also because this is for international student, we met people from all around the world and discover new life style. Sometimes, the new lifestyle comes into your life (I met a Taiwanese woman at café who became my wife in July this year). Café has great fun every week.

Also if you are interested, you can learn more about Christianity and if you feel like, why not going to church on Sundays.

Je suis venu au café international en 2007. Au début je ne voulais pas trop y aller, mais après y être allé quelques fois, je ne pouvais plus m’empêcher d’y aller. J’ai rencontrés beaucoup de personnes, passé d’agréables moments, rencontrer et s’amuser avec des amis.

Le mardi soir est maintenant réservé pour rencontrer des amis. Aussi ceci est principalement pour les étudiants internationaux, donc on rencontre des personnes des quatre coins du monde et on découvre différents mode de vie. Parfois ce nouveau mode de vie vient dans votre vie (J’ai rencontré une femme taïwanaise au café qui est devenue ma femme en juillet cette année). Le café c’est super chaque semaine.

Si vous êtes intéressés, vous pouvez apprendre plus sur le christianisme et si vous en avez l’envie, pourquoi ne pas venir à la messe le dimanche ?

I enjoy my time in Cafe International (Grace '06 up to now)

I came to Bath in 2006 for my Master degrees. Just before Christmas, I received an email from Cafe International via university mailbox. There was a place I could learn more about British culture and make friends! With curiosity, I visited "Cafe" at Widcombe Baptist Church. I've met a few good friends since then and it's also where I met my husband. ;) When I was struggling with my dissertation, friends from Cafe prayed for me, and helped me with my English. When I was desperate for a job, they prayed for me again, and gave me suggestions. When I was excited preparing my wedding, friends from Cafe International gave me lots of support. I can say coming to Cafe international has been one of the highlights in my life here. Here's one of the photos I love the best from the cafe event. (out to Swansea in Cardiff 02 June 2007)

For Cafe International from Irene ('06-'07)

I was an international student who did a master degree in the University of Bath from September 2006 to September 2007. During my stay at Bath, I was glad that I had an opportunity to join the International Café. Joining the International Café was just amazing. A variety of activities were held nearly every Tuesday in the International Café. From there, I learnt different cultures around the world and enjoyed yummy food from exotic countries. Sometimes we played exciting and interesting games. More importantly, I met many friendly people there and made friends with other students and local residents, and thus I had more chances to practice English with native speakers. I really had a wonderful time when I was in the UK. It is all because of International café!

Irene Liu

Some words from Candy ('06-'07)

I am a former member of the Café International at the Widcombe Baptist Church in Bath from 2006 to 2007. I joined this organisation few months later after I started my school life as a master student at University of Bath. The best thing about being part of the Café International is that I could get to know lots of interesting people from different countries and walks of life. We had lots of fun by playing many ball games or chatting and catching up with friends every Tuesday evening there. I also remember many of the special events, like Christmas and Chinese New Year, we spent together at Café. They have been the greatest memory of my UK life since I graduated and left UK last year 2007.

Café International is back! 23rd Sept. 19.30

Dear Friends,

On Tuesday 30th September, Café International will officially re-open with a welcome buffet and talk on British culture. However, for those of you who will be in Bath during Freshers week, we will be opening the doors of the Café for an informal evening this coming Tuesday (23rd September).

Pool, table football, table tennis, Uno cards and Wii should be available as usual.

Tea, coffee, soft drinks and light snacks will be provided but the will be no main meal this week, so no need to tell us your coming.

So if you are in Bath on Tuesday 23rd September then please join us from 19:30 till 22:30 and catch up with old friends as well as making new ones.

For more information about Café, please visit our website.

See you soon,
Café International Team

St George's Day Celebration - Tuesday 22/04/08 19:30-22:30

Dear Friends,

This coming Tuesday at Cafe International we will be celebrating Englands national day, St George's Day. Find out who St George was and how important St George's day is to English people. We will be having a traditional English meal of:

Cottage Pie and vegetables (with Vege alternative)
followed by
Eve's Pudding (apple sponge cake).

There will be a short talk on St George's day which might contain some content relevant to Christianity.

Pool, table football, table tennis, Uno cards and Wii should be available before and after the quiz.

As usual, the event is free of charge but we would ask that you email us to say that you are coming so that we have an idea of how many cater for.

Thanks,
Café International Team

Australian Culture Evening (Tuesday 8th 19:30-22:30)

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Dear Friends,

We hope you have had an enjoyable Easter break and feel refreshed and ready for the term ahead!

This coming Tuesday at Cafe International we will be celebrating the culture of Australia. An Australian family from Widcombe church will be helping us to explore aspects of the Australian culture and we will be having a typical Australian meal.

I will send details of the content of the meal when they have been finalised. As usual, there will be a short talk between courses with possible Christian content.

Pool, table football, table tennis, Uno cards and Wii will be available as usual.

The event is free of charge but it would be great to tell us that you are coming so that we have an idea of how many to cater for.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Café International team

Informal Games Evening (Tuesday 1st April 19:30-22:30)

Dear Friends,

Just to remind you that we will be opening the doors of Cafe International from 19:30-22:30 as usual this Tuesday evening for an informal evening of activities. There will be no set program so just come along and take part in the activities. Table Tennis, Games Console, Uno cards, Pool, Mini-Snooker and Table Football will all be available and snacks and drinks will be provided. You don't have to sign up for this event, just turn up.

Hope to see some of you there!!