Acoustic Evening Friday May 18th - be there!

Acoustic Evening, March 16 @ 7.30 pm

This month we welcome Jack Turner, Izzy Cook & Phoebe Kent, and Ian Hacking to the Acoustic Evening at The Boston Tea Party. Be there or be a dodecahedron! £3 min. donation on the door will let you in to a marvellous night of entertainment.

Our next Acoustic Evening: January 20th 2012

On January 20th, at The Boston Tea Party, we have a fantastic Acoustic Evening in prospect. Gavin Tyte, a beatboxing rapper and winner of the Nativity Factor, will be amazing us and bringing a smile to our faces (see Gavin performing live here).

A 'veteran' of the Acoustic Evening, James Tucker will be bringing us some truly beautiful music and the effervescent Bethan Funning is returning to delight us all.

It really is an amazing line-up and all for a £3 (minimum) donation with Devon Air Ambulance the charity we will be supporting this time around.

Big thanks to everyone at The Boston Tea Party, such a brilliant venue, for all their support over the past couple of years. And a blessed Christmas and prosperous New Year to all who come along to our events.

Acoustic Evening on Friday November 11th.

Our next Acoustic Evening is on Friday November 11th and features an AE veteran Tim Gilbert, newcomers Carrie Hogan and Martin Chamberlain, and stand-up comedian Rob Thomas.
Our chosen charity this month is Asha, an organisation working with the poorest people in Delhi.

All this and great coffee, too! See you at The Boston Tea Party on November 11th, doors open at 7.30 p.m. and we request a minimum entry donation of £3.

September Acoustic Evening coming soon!

July's Acoustic Evening

This month's Acoustic Evening stars Ellie Campbell, Chris Perry and Mick Oldham upstairs at The Boston Tea Party, with Artist-in-Residence Jenny Hughes downstairs. Our chosen charity this month is Headway Devon.

Doors open at 7.30 p.m. and we ask for a minimum donation of £3. See you there!

Acoustic Evening, Friday June 17th 2011

Our next exciting Acoustic Evening extravaganza is on Friday June 17th at The Boston Tea Party (doors open 7.30 p.m.) and will feature Phoebe and Jeni Kent, James Turner, and Erin Matthews and Clare King Smith, so come along for a fantastic evening.

Admission is by a minimum donation of £3 and our chosen charity for the event is Surfers Against Sewage.

Friday March 25th, 7.30 - SPACE 2 TALK

This Friday at Wetherspoons on The Strand, SPACE 2 TALK offers an opportunity to come and talk about God, life, the universe and anything spiritual.

The two Daves (Hughes and Symons) will be there from 7.30 p.m., so come along and ... talk! We'll be somewhere near the front door.

Space 2 talk - Space 2 question - Space 2 be.

Next Acoustic Evening, Friday March 18th, 2011.

We've got a really exciting line-up at The Boston Tea party this coming Friday as we welcome musicians Jim Jones and Steve Nuth, and, in an exciting departure for the Acoustic Evening, poet Harry Baker, the European Poetry Slam champion for 2011.

Our chosen charity for this month is now to be SHELTERBOX, who are providing essential resources and aid to those in tremendous need in Japan - Surfers Against Sewage, who were to be our beneficiaries, fully support this switch and will instead be our chosen charity for the May event. Admission is by a donation of at least £3. Doors open at 7.30 p.m., so do come along and enjoy great entertainment together with fantastic refreshments.

Acoustic Evening, Friday January 21st

This month's Acoustic Evening features Clare King-Smith and Jack Turner. Our charity this time is the RNLI.

It's going to be a great evening, so we hope to see you at The Boston Tea Party on Friday January 21st at 7.30 p.m.

Next Acoustic Cafe Evening on Nov. 12th

Cafe Culture is pleased to announce that our next Acoustic Evening will be on Friday 12th November at The Boston Tea Party, beginning at 7.30 p.m.

We're delighted that Tim Gilbert & friends, Izzy Cook, and Bethan Funning will be performing sets during the evening, and that our featured charity is Street Pastors.

Cafe Culture are Christians from across the Churches in the Barnstaple area who encourage and promote local art and culture.

Come along and enjoy the buzz!

Acoustic Evening - September 17th!

The Acoustic Evening returns after the summer break with a hot line-up. We have Erin Matthews and Nick Parker playing wonderful music upstairs and house artist Jenny Hughes creating something beautiful downstairs. All this and great liquid refreshments, too!

It's all at our favourite venue, The Boston Tea Party, on Friday September 17th, starting at 7.30 p.m. and our benefitting charity this month is Living Hope. It's £3 to get in - an absolute snip!

No excuses ... be there!

Acoustic Evening - Friday July 16th

Our next fantastic acoustic evening is this Friday at The Boston Tea Party, beginning at 7.30 pm. This time our performers are the great Tim Gilbert, the wonderful Chris Perry, the hugely talented Phoebe Kent and Sam Ashcroft, and we have house artist Steve Jones creating as the evening progresses.

Our chosen charity is Young Devon (http://www.youngdevon.org/) who are in the business of "changing the odds in favour of young people!"

Entrance is by minimum donation of £3. If you haven't been before, you just wouldn't believe what you've been missing!

WELCOME!

Welcome to the Cafe Culture / Acoustic Cafe Evening website. Here you'll find information about the events and other things which are going on at local churches which may be of interest.

If you have attended one of the acoustic evenings, do let us know what you thought of it by leaving us a comment (use 'Comment' feature below).

We look forward to seeing you at our next event.

The Team.

JIM JONES at Cafe Culture's Acoustic Evening on May 21st at The Boston Tea Party!!!

The next Cafe Culture Acoustic Evening is on Friday 21st May at 7.30 pm with North Devon music legend, the amazing Jim Jones, and the wonderful Jack Turner on the bill. As usual it's at The Boston Tea Party.

In addition, this time we have a 'house artist', Mim Latimer, who will be creating as the evening progresses.



Our highlighted charity for May is Amigos (see www.amigos.org.uk/) and admission is £3 (extra donations welcome!).

Come and join Barnstaple's Cafe Culture!

Bible 4 Beginners

FILM CLUB

On the 2nd Sunday of every month, we go to the cinema and then have a drink in Wetherspoons afterwards to discuss the film, the issues it raises, and how it might connect with our lives, wherever we are. If you like watching films, talking about them, or both, then come and join us.

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Film Club is going to be supporting the Directors Chair series of films that Barnstaple Cinema are showing on Monday nights- we’ll be attending ‘The Mark of an Angel’ on Jan 18th, ‘Before the Rains’ on Feb 15th, and ‘Conversations with my Gardener’ on March 15th. After we’ve watched each of these films we’ll gather for some informal discussion about the issues that the film raises, and how they relate to our own perspectives on things (whether we come as a Christian or any other faith background).

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For more details on the films go to http://www.scottcinemas.co.uk/ or for more details on Film Club contact Andy on 371068.

SOUL CAFE - Worship with a different flavour!

Soul Cafe is a different kind of worship gathering. We meet at Barnstaple Baptist Church on the third Sunday evening of the month (6.30 p.m.) in a cafe-style setting to enjoy each other's company, drink great coffee (other drinks available!) and learn more about God.

It's all very laid back, with lots of stuff on DVD and an emphasis on discussion round your coffee table. Come along and enjoy a warm welcome (and a great cup of coffee!).

CHURCH OUTSIDE

Church Outside - on Sunday 26th September, we are going for a bike ride to Braunton followed by a drink at the Tarka Inn. Meet up at Barnstaple Civic Centre carpark for a 10am start (bring your own bike!). Further dates are: Sunday 25th October (walk at Wistlandpound) and November 22nd (details to be confirmed). We aim to get outside our church buildings and enjoy being in the natural world, coming together with those who also enjoy being active outdoors and would like to explore the Christian faith. Go to http://churchoutside.blogspot.com/ for further details

Messy Church @ BBC

Barnstaple Baptist Church, Boutport Street, Barnstaple.

Messy Church

On the first Saturday morning of each month.

A place for parent/carers and children to enjoy sharing food, craft, cookery, toys and time together.

9.30-10.00 breakfast
10.00-11.00 craft, cookery, time to play
11.00-11.15 songs, Bible story and time to think
11.15-11.30 drinks and cakes

Our aim is to give families the opportunity to have a special time at Barnstaple Baptist Church.

Parent/carers will need to remain with their children throughout the session and are responsible for them at all times.

Suggested donation : £1.00 per person for adults and children over three years of age.

For more details, see http://www.barnstaplebaptist.org.uk/