To feel a bit [hmm] about 'Christianity Day' at school

[nameforaday]

Regular MNer, namechanging because this identifies my son's school.

He is in year 7. Now their end of year exams are over there are a lot of special projects, away days etc...One of the compulsory events is 'Christianity Day' which as far as I can work out is a whole day run by these people...groovy young evangelical Christians who are basically doing missionary outreach work in schools - their aim is to bring more young people to Jesus.

I don't think it is appropriate; it is one thing to teach children about different religions, but another to give over teaching time and premises for an evangelical group to peddle their wares for a whole day. They didn't even send home a letter saying what they day was going to be, and giving people a chance to withdraw.

Any advice on what to do? If if it was primary school I'd go and have a chat with the Head, but secondary school is so much more intimidating! I don't think it will harm my son, I just think its a bit off.

As a practising ?liberal? Catholic (I always find that phase a bit strange- I mean do I take an exam?) anyway I digress ? my advice would be RUN ? RUN as fast as you can!!! They love to get their claws into teenagers. If that happened to my daughter she would have a headache that day. I have worked with people from these types of churches and will always remember one conversation:
?So xxxx you know I am a lesbian, what will happen to me when I die
Christian ?you will burn in hell? NICE!!!!
Personally as a teenager I loved it when the school brought spokespeople from outside groups into school, I particularly enjoyed it when I harassed the lovely woman from ?LIFE? who ran from the classroom after I reminded her that she was a jumped up middle-class woman who would be responsible for the murder of women ?mainly working class married women? and informing the entire year what actually happened in a back street abortion. We all cheered when she left. MY parents taught me that all extremists are dangerous and should be exposed at every opportunity.

YANBU at all.

I don't think that school should have any involvement with a child's spiritual beliefs unless it is a religious school. And if they have Christianity day with some evangelicals, then by rights they should have equivalent Buddhism, Islam etc days (which obviously won't happen). Yes, Britain is a Christian country, but evangelical Christianity is a whole different kettle of fish.