15 February 2015 The Sunday Next Before Lent

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1 15 February 2015 The Sunday Next Before Lent Welcome to Guildford Cathedral In residence: Canon Thistlethwaite ( ) The Canon in Residence is the first point of contact for pastoral or sacramental needs Sunday School for children aged 3 to 12 is taking place today during the Cathedral Eucharist. It takes place in the Cathedral library, to which Stewards can guide you. Please accompany your child to the library to meet the Sunday School leaders. For details of the regular youth group 'BOB', for those aged 12 upwards, please contact Canon Julie Gittoes on julie@guildford-cathedral.org Hymn books can be found behind the kneeler on the seat in front of you. Large print versions of hymn books, service sheets and news sheets are available, please ask a Steward. The Cathedral Office is normally open Tuesday to Friday 8.30am to 1pm reception@guildford-cathedral.org or Tel: Full details of all services, events, news and much more can be found at: Your collection gift - UK tax payers only If you are an occasional worshipper at the Cathedral or don t use the planned giving scheme, then please use a green gift aid envelope for your collection money. By completing the front of the envelope you will enable us to increase the size of your gift by 25%. Thank you.

2 TODAY S SERVICES 08:00 HOLY COMMUNION (BCP 1662) Lady Chapel Celebrant: The Revd Mark Heather 09:45 THE CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST (Order 1) Nave Altar Celebrant: Canon Andrew Bishop Hymns: 445, 466, 248 Psalm 50: 1-6 Missa in honorem Sancti Josephi Flor Peeters Sicut cerbus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Reader: Geraldine Wright Preacher: The Sub Dean Intercessor: The Sub Dean Organ voluntary: Prelude in E minor (BWV 548) Johann Sebastian Bach 11:30 CHORAL MATTINS Responses: Sanders Hymns: 401, 569 (1 st tune) Psalm 27 Jubilate Deo in F Thomas Cook O Jesu Christ, meins lebens Licht Johann Sebastian Bach Preacher: The Revd Professor David Martin Organ voluntary: Fugue No 1 on BACH Robert Schumann 18:30 CHORAL EVENSONG Responses: Smith Hymns: 491, 474, 494 Psalm 2 Evening Service in F Clive Osgood O clap your hands Orlando Gibbons Preacher: Canon Andrew Bishop Organ voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in B minor Healey Willan The Cathedral Choir is taking a half term break and will return to sing next Sunday s services. This morning s services are sung by the Guildford Cathedral Singers and Evensong is sung by Surrey Voices. Katherine Dienes-Williams is away in the USA this week where she is taking choral workshops at Trinity Church, Asbury Park, Delaware and Christ Church, Rye, NY. Clergy preaching away The Dean is preaching at St John, North Holmwood this morning. Amongst those who are sick we remember in our prayers Colin Bridges, Barbara Brown, Sam Deller, Jennifer Fields, Graham Flemming, Clive Hunt, Richard Lawson, Kenneth Pantry, Karen RIP Michael Perry (priest), Christopher Campion-Smith Year s Mind Margaret Billimore

3 LECTIONARY TEXTS FOR TODAY S CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST Communicant members of all Christian churches are welcome to receive Holy Communion. If you are not a communicant and would like to receive a blessing, please inform the clergy by bringing this leaflet to the Altar Rail. COLLECT FOR THE DAY Almighty Father, whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross: give us grace to perceive his glory, that we may be strengthened to suffer with him and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. OLD TESTAMENT READING 2 Kings 2: 1-12 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel. But Elisha said, As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel. The company of prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, Do you know that today the Lord will take your master away from you? And he said, Yes, I know; keep silent. Elijah said to him, Elisha, stay here; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho. The company of prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha, and said to him, Do you know that today the Lord will take your master away from you? And he answered, Yes, I know; be silent. Then Elijah said to him, Stay here; for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan. But he said, As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you. So the two of them went on. Fifty men of the company of prophets also went, and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan. Then Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up, and struck the water; the water was parted to the one side and to the other, until the two of them crossed on dry ground. When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, Tell me what I may do for you, before I am taken from you. Elisha said, Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit. He responded, You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it will be granted you; if not, it will not. As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven. Elisha kept watching and crying out, Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen! But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

4 PSALM 50: The Lord, even the most mighty God, hath spoken : and called the world, from the rising up of the sun, unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Sion hath God appeared : in perfect beauty. 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence : there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him. 4 He shall call the heaven from above : and the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my saints together unto me : those that have made a covenant with me with sacrifice. 6 And the heaven shall declare his righteousness : for God is Judge himself. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. GOSPEL READING Mark 9: 2-9 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark. Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him! Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

5 This is the Gospel of the Lord. MOTET: Sicut cervus Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus. As a hart longs for the flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God. Text: Psalm 42 v1 Music: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ( ) POST COMMUNION PRAYER Holy God, we see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ: may we who are partakers at his table reflect his life in word and deed, that all the world may know his power to change and save. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. MATTINS ANTHEM TEXT O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, mein Hort, mein Trost, mein Zuversicht, auf Erden bin ich nur ein Gast, und drückt mich sehr der Sünden Last. O Jesu Christ, light of my life, my strength, my stay, my daystar brigh, on earth I have no home or rest, by all my grievous sin oppressed. Music: Johann Sebastian Bach ( )

6 EVENSONG ANTHEM TEXT O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph, For the Lord most high is terrible: he is a great king over all the earth. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our king, sing praises; For God is king of all the earth; sing ye praises everyone that hath understanding. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. Sing praises unto our king, sing praises. Text: Psalm 47 Music: Orlando Gibbons ( ) THE COMING WEEK During term time the Cathedral Choir sings Choral Evensong every day (except Wednesdays and Saturdays) and at the Cathedral Eucharist and Choral Mattins on Sundays. During holiday time the services are said or sung by a visiting choir. MONDAY 16 08:30 Holy Communion (said) Children s Chapel 10:30 Visit All Saints Guildford holiday club TUESDAY 17 Janani Luwum, archbishop, martyr, :30 Holy Communion (said) Lady Chapel 19:00 Appeal thank you reception Nave WEDNESDAY 18 ASH WEDNESDAY 08:30 Holy Communion (said) Lady Chapel 19:00 Ash Wednesday Eucharist Nave THURSDAY 19 08:30 Holy Communion (said) Lady Chapel 18:30 Catherine Clancy Art Preview Nave FRIDAY 20 08:30 Holy Communion (said) Queen s Chapel 14:30 Funeral of Christopher Campion-Smith Nave

7 SATURDAY 21 08:40 Mattins (said) Lady Chapel 09:00 Holy Communion (said) Lady Chapel 17:00 Evensong (said) Lady Chapel 19:30 University of Surrey Concert Nave SUNDAY 22 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT 08:00 Holy Communion (said) Lady Chapel 09:45 The Cathedral Eucharist Nave Altar Preacher: Canon Julie Gittoes 11:30 Choral Mattins Preacher: The Dean 18:30 Choral Evensong Preacher: The Revd Canon Jonathan Gough, Chaplain to the Forces NOTICEBOARD Congratulations to Canon Nicholas We are delighted that Nicholas is one of three recipients of the 2015 RCO Medal, the Royal College of Organists highest honour. This is awarded in recognition of his distinguished achievement in organ scholarship, specifically his research on the history of organ-building in the United Kingdom. He will receive his medal on 14 March. More details about the award and Nicholas achievements can be found at Community Roll membership All members of the Community Roll should have received an or letter asking them to confirm if they wish to renew their membership for a further 3 year period. Thank you to those who have already replied. If you and your partner share the same address you may have received only one , for which we apologise - please ensure you have responded for both partners. To have your name on the updated Roll, your response should be received by Friday 13 February. If you think your name is on the current Roll and you have not been contacted, or to check if you are on the current Roll, please ask Trish Lambert, Community Roll Officer, after the Sunday morning Eucharist, or at commroll@guildford-cathedral.org as soon as possible. The Virgers also have a copy of the existing Roll in the Sacristy which can be checked for membership. If you are not yet on the Roll and would like to have your name added, please complete an application form which can be found on the table at the back of the nave. Members of the Community Roll receive cathedral information, and are eligible to vote or stand in the May 2015 elections for Cathedral Council, Chapter, Community Committee and Deanery Synod Representatives.

8 LENT AT THE CATHEDRAL Whatever you are taking on as your Lenten discipline there is opportunity at the Cathedral to share with others in study, fellowship and prayer traditional Lenten practices. Dates for your diaries: Ash Wednesday Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes - 17 February 8.30am (said) and 7.00pm (sung by the gentlemen of the Cathedral Choir). Theological Book Group Sunday 22 February 11.30am (Refectory) David Ford s recent book The Drama of Living: Being Wise in the Spirit. David is one of the leading theologians of his generation; and a thinker who invites us to engage with faith with heart and mind. In this book he explores how we respond to the complexity of daily life, by drawing on John s Gospel, poetry and his own experience. Copies of the book will be available from the Cathedral Bookshop. More information from Canon Julie Gittoes julie@guildford-cathedral.org. Art Exhibition 'Do Not Be Afraid' by Catherine Clancy - 17 February to 6 April Catherine s work is heavily influenced by the poets St John of The Cross, Rainer Maria Rilke, Pablo Neruda, T S Eliot and Paul Celan. The exhibition is concerned with the emergence of the image at surface, strongly inspired by the ideas held in alchemy she has taken these ideas and engaged with The Dark Night of the Soul (St John of the Cross) and The Return of the Spirit. Catherine studied sculpture at Central St Martins, then went on to study in Paris with Jean Touret who did the altar piece in Notre Dame. She recently completed a PhD in Fine Art (Painting) and Philosophy at UOAL/Surrey University. Lent Talks 2015 Thursdays at 7.45pm This year s series is entitled 'Do not be afraid' to coincide with the Lent Art exhibition. Each of the speakers will engage with themes that emerge from Catherine Clancy's work in a way which will resonate with the season of Lent, and the challenges of our Christian discipleship. All welcome admission free. 26 February: The Very Revd Dianna Gwilliams - 'Be strong, take heart' 5 March: Canon Derek Holbird - 'The clouds ye so much dread' 12 March: The Revd Dr Steve Summers - 'All things bright and beautiful?' 19 March: Canon Dr Andrew Bishop - 'Ark from the ocean's roar' 26 March: Canon Dr Julie Gittoes - 'All my hope on God is founded' Organ Recital and Readings - Saturday 21 March 7pm Readings and music for the beginning of Passiontide. Paul Provost, Sub-Organist playing music which reflects upon a variety of poetry and prose. All welcome admission free. BOB the Cathedral Youth Group Sundays 1 March and 29 March at 4.00pm Meets at 4 Cathedral Close for Lenten goodies and conversation. For more information contact julie@guildford-cathedral.org