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Cambridge University Christian Graduate Society
From StudentWiki
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Founded in 1986, the Christian Graduate Society (CGS) exists to make Jesus Christ known to the graduate community in Cambridge. CGS seeks to present Christianity as reasonable, credible and life-changing, as well to encourage Christian postgraduates as they seek to relate their faith to academic study.
These twin aims are reflected in the diversity of CGS events. The society organizes termly international food evenings, as well as an annual garden party, which offer culinary delights and fine company, and include short, informal introductions to Christianity. The society also organizes several weekly Bible studies, appropriate for those investigating the Christian faith.
One highlight of the CGS calendar is the graduate forum, in which a Christian academic is invited to deliver a talk and lead a discussion on the interaction between Christianity and academia in their particular domain of expertise. The most recent talk (June 2007) was delivered by Dr Denis Alexander, director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, on his experience of being a Christian in science.
CGS takes seriously the Biblical mandate to welcome the stranger within our midst, and to this end has created an International Student Welcome sub-committee to help new international students settle into life in Cambridge by offering a friendship, practical help, and a wide variety of events to introduce international students to British life. Past events have included pudding parties, cream tea and punting on the Cam.
To view our official website, please visit www.socities.cam.ac.uk/cgs.
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