THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Sunday 17 September 2017

Transcription

1 Welcome THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Sunday 17 September 2017 LECTIO DIVINA takes place today at 8.45am in the Library. An informal opportunity to reflect on scripture together in a contemplative way for about 15 minutes. All welcome. No need to attend every session. SUNDAY SCHOOL takes place in the Library during the 9.45am Eucharist. There are soft bags of toys for under 3s available from the Stewards. For services in the Nave, hymn books and Books of Common Prayer can be found behind the kneeler on the seat in front of you. Following the Cathedral Eucharist, tea coffee and biscuits are served at the back of the Cathedral. GIVING: Regular worshippers are asked to join the Planned Giving Scheme. For more information please ask a Steward. This greatly helps the Cathedral with financial planning. Visitors and UK taxpayers are asked to use the Gift Aid envelope for their offering towards the work and worship of the Cathedral. Please complete the details on the envelope to enable us to claim back the tax as Gift Aid. (Cheques to Guildford Cathedral.) It is not necessary for non-taxpayers to use the envelopes. COMMUNITY: If you have been worshipping here for a little while, and are beginning to feel at home and would like to know more about playing your part in the life of this community, please get in touch via welcome@guildfordcathedral.org. If you have been a regular at the Cathedral for six months or more, please ensure that your name is added to the Cathedral Community Roll forms available from the Stewards. NEWS SHEETS: The last six editions can be viewed from the website reception@guildford-cathedral.org

2 TODAY S SERVICES 8am Holy Communion PRESIDENT The Reverend Neil Vigers READINGS Genesis ; Matthew am Cathedral Eucharist PRESIDENT Canon Julie Gittoes SETTING Missa brevis in D K194, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( ) HYMN 89 COLLECT Almighty God, whose only Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pure hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. OLD TESTAMENT READING Genesis read by John Mitchell Realizing that their father was dead, Joseph s brothers said, What if Joseph still bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong that we did to him? So they approached Joseph, saying, Your father gave this instruction before he died, Say to Joseph: I beg you, forgive the crime of your brothers and the wrong they did in harming you. Now therefore please forgive the crime of the servants of the God of your father. Joseph wept when they spoke to him. Then his brothers also wept, fell down before him, and said, We are here as your slaves. But Joseph said to them, Do not be afraid! Am I in the place of God? Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today. So have no fear; I myself will provide for you and your little ones. In this way he reassured them, speaking kindly to them.

3 PSALM The Lord is full of compassion and mercy : slow to anger and of great kindness. He will not always accuse us : neither will he keep his anger for ever. He has not dealt with us according to his sins : nor rewarded us according to our wickedness. Response. For as the heavens are high above the earth : so great is his mercy upon those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west : so far has he set our sins from us. As a father has compassion on his children : so is the Lord merciful towards those who fear him. Response. NEW TESTAMENT READING Romans read by Richard North Welcome those who are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of quarrelling over opinions. Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables. Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgement on those who eat; for God has welcomed them. Who are you to pass judgement on servants of another? It is before their own lord that they stand or fall. And they will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make them stand. Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds. Those who observe the day, observe it in honour of the Lord. Also those who eat, eat in honour of the Lord, since they give thanks to God; while those who abstain, abstain in honour of the Lord and give thanks to God. We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. Why do you pass judgement on your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgement seat of

4 God. For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God. So then, each of us will be accountable to God. GOSPEL READING Matthew Choir Alleluia, alleluia. All Alleluia, alleluia. Choir Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life. All Alleluia, alleluia. Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew. Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times? Jesus said to him, Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times. For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him; and, as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions, and payment to be made. So the slave fell on his knees before him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything. And out of pity for him, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the debt. But that same slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow-slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat, he said, Pay what you owe. Then his fellow-slave fell down and pleaded with him, Have patience with me, and I will pay you. But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison until he should pay the debt. When his fellow-slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. Then his lord summoned him and said to him, You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. Should you not have had mercy on your fellow-slave, as I had mercy on you? And in anger his lord handed him over to be tortured until he should pay his entire debt. So my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart.

5 This is the Gospel of the Lord. SERMON Canon Mavis Wilson INTERCESSIONS led by Jonathan Neil-Smith HYMN 308(i) MOTET A Child s Prayer, James MacMillan (b.1959) Welcome Jesu, Deep in my soul forever stay, Joy and love my heart are filling On this glad Communion day. POST COMMUNION PRAYER Lord God, the source of truth and love, keep us faithful to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, united in prayer and the breaking of bread, and one in joy and simplicity of heart, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. HYMN 437 (tune 362) ORGAN Fugue in E flat (BWV 552.ii), Johann Sebastian Bach ( ) 11.30am Choral Mattins attended by the Worshipful Company of Woolmen See separate order of service 6pm Choral Eucharist with a farewell to the Archdeacon of Surrey See separate order of service PRAYERS Those for whom prayers have been asked: Edgar Aveling, Irene Devine, Gillian Doherty, Ineke Geusebrook, Josephine, James Luckey, Judy Morrison, Anne Rubin, Fiona Stephens, Margaret Willis Those who have recently died: Janine Bryer, Ned Townshend Years mind: Nancy Newman

6 THIS WEEK S SERVICES MONDAY Morning Prayer (said) Lady Chapel 8.30 Holy Communion (said) Lady Chapel Choral Evensong TUESDAY 19 Theodore, Archbishop, Morning Prayer (said) Lady Chapel 8.30 Holy Communion (said) Lady Chapel Choral Evensong WEDNESDAY 20 John Coleridge Patterson, Bishop, Morning Prayer (said) Lady Chapel 8.30 Holy Communion (said) Lady Chapel Evening Prayer (said) Lady Chapel THURSDAY 21 MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST 8.00 Morning Prayer (said) Lady Chapel 8.30 Holy Communion (said) Lady Chapel Choral Eucharist FRIDAY Morning Prayer (said) Lady Chapel 8.30 Holy Communion (said) Lady Chapel Choral Evensong SATURDAY Morning Prayer (said) Lady Chapel 9.00 Holy Communion (said) Lady Chapel Evening Prayer (said) Lady Chapel NEXT SUNDAY 24 September Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 8.00 Holy Communion Lady Chapel PRESIDENT Canon Julie Gittoes READINGS Jonah ; Matthew The Cathedral Eucharist PRESIDENT The Very Reverend Dianna Gwilliams PREACHER The Reverend Neil Vigers READINGS Jonah ; Philippians end; Matthew

7 11.30 Choral Mattins READINGS Isaiah ; Revelation Choral Evensong PREACHER Canon Andrew Bishop READINGS Ezekiel 33.23, ; Acts THIS WEEK S MEETINGS AND EVENTS TODAY SUNDAY 8.45 Lectio Divina (Library) Theological Book Group (Chapter House) MONDAY Diocesan Hospital Chaplains Meeting (Chapter House) TUESDAY Chapter Fundraising Committee (Chapter House) WEDNESDAY Cathedral Guides Meeting (Chapter House) SATURDAY and Tower Tours Tickets available on-line in advance or there may be some availability at the Cathedral Shop NOTICEBOARD Flowers in the Cathedral Thank you to Marlene Davis, Sharon Matthews, and Ash Floral Club for the beautiful flowers in the Cathedral this week. Prayer for Healing with anointing during Cathedral Eucharist Prayer, laying on of hands and anointing is offered today during the service. Please come to the Lady Chapel immediately after receiving Communion. You may want prayer for healing for yourself or another person or you may have some other concern for which you would appreciate prayer. Anyone with any request is welcome. Head Choristers and Deputy Head Choristers During the Cathedral Eucharist our Head Girl Chorister and Deputy Head Girl Chorister will be installed. They join the Head and Deputy Head Boy Choristers installed last Sunday. The Head and Deputy Head Choristers are elected by the choristers and installed by the Dean. They will lead by example in the

8 understanding of the central importance of worship and the role of the gift of music in supporting the liturgy and of communicating the joy of the good news of Christ. Congratulations to all of them. Farewell for the Archdeacon of Surrey - This evening, 6pm People from across the Diocese will gather for Choral Eucharist in celebration of Stuart s service as Archdeacon of Surrey for more than 12 years. All members of the Cathedral community are welcome. Stuart is remaining in his role at the Cathedral as Sub-Dean. Welcome to the Worshipful Company of Woolmen The Worshipful Company of Woolmen is one of the oldest of the Livery Companies of the City of London tracing its roots to Originally it was the body that oversaw woolpackers and wool merchants to ensure consistent standards for wool producers and wool merchants throughout the wool industry. It now combines its ancient history and traditions with an active role in the global wool industry and, equally importantly, through its Charitable Trust supports research into appropriate wool related procedures and practices; provides bursaries for students of wool, textile, design, wool marketing and retailing and awards prizes and medals for sheep shearing at the major agricultural shows. The Company has a panel dedicated to them in the Livery Companies Window. This was designed by David Maile, made by his family firm, G Maile and Son and dedicated in Wool is an important of the history of Surrey and woolsacks are included on the arms of many of the towns within the county, including Guildford, Godalming and Farnham and on the Diocesan shield. Joining us for Choral Mattins is the Master of the Company, Christopher Thierry and members of the Company. Theological Book Group Today, 11.30am The group will meet in the Chapter House. The book for this session is Divine Sparks: Everyday encounters with God's incoming kingdom by Donna Lazenby (Tutor in Spirituality and Apologetics at St Mellitus College). For more information, contact Canon Julie on julie@guildford-cathedral.org or Ned Townshend We heard with sadness the news of Ned s death and send our condolences to Angela and their family. You are welcome to join Angela and the family for Ned s funeral to be held at Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Bramley GU5 5HD at 2.30pm on 26 September. Donations in Ned s memory may be made to Parkinson's U.K. and/or Christian Aid and may be sent to Gorringes Funeral Directors, 55 Hare Lane, Farncombe GU7 3EF or to Angela.

9 Choir Chaperones could this be you? It is lovely to have the choirs back after the summer holiday, especially now the Cathedral is scaffold free. Thank you to all who are already choir chaperones. In order to ensure the enjoyment and safety of all our choristers we still need a few more to join the team. Chaperone duties are on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays from 4.30pm finishing at 7.00pm at the latest. Training and support is provided. To find out more what is involved please speak to the Sub Dean or to Gill Thorpe our Volunteer Coordinator. Gill is available on or gill@guildford-cathedral.org. New photographs 17 September Nick Dunmur, great-grandson of Sir Edward and Lady Prudence Maufe, is a professional photographer and has been taking photos of all the activities taking place over the weekend, including worship. These will be used for the website and publicity purposes. Please make him welcome. Any questions to the Head of Fundraising, Susan Barry Hidden Secrets of Guildford Town - Tuesday 19 September, 5.30pm Come and explore the hidden secrets of Guildford Town with a highly experienced guide and then enjoy an (optional) evening supper in one of the town s pubs. 3 per person for the tour. For details and to book contact Lisa Hatherall, Friends Secretary: or friends@guildfordcathedral.org. A Week of Guided Prayer - 26 November to 1 December This will be an opportunity to grow and develop in prayer with the help of experienced Prayer Guides. Places are limited so please sign up as soon as possible. For more information please welcome@guildford-cathedral.org Come and enjoy a Tour There are slef-guided tours exploring many aspects of our Cathedral, including material especially for Children. Our experienced and friendly Guides provide regular scheduled tours (tickets required or booked on-line) and Tower Tours take place each Saturday at 2pm and 3.15pm. These tickets can also be booked on-line and there will sometimes be some available on the day in the Shop. Members of the Community Roll There is an envelope with information on our legacy project, Faith in the Future, for all members of the Community Roll. Please collect yours and it will help with postage if you were able to collect for friends who you might see during the week. If you ve been worshipping here for more than six months and not yet joined the Community Roll please collect a form from the Stewards.

10 GraveTalk - Sunday 1 October, 4pm An informal opportunity to talk about death, dying, grief and funerals over tea and cake. At previous events, participants have found comfort and encouragement in being able to reflect together on the things we value in life, how our faith is reflected in funerals, our experience of bereavement and what support we have found helpful. The group begins at 4pm, prior to Evensong at 6pm. For more information or to reserve a place, contact Canon Julie on julie@guildford-cathedral.org Harvest Lunch Sunday 8 October The Community Committee are arranging a Harvest Lunch in Seasons after the Eucharist. The price for two courses is Please take this opportunity to support our new on site caterers by making a booking by to events@guildford-cathedral.org. A copy of the menu can be found on the Community page of the website Transforming Work - Saturday 14 October, 10am to 3pm A short day conference at St Paul s Camberley which aims to help foster a vision of transformed work. It s an opportunity to hear from Paul Williams, CEO of the Bible Society and to choose two from six interactive seminars with local contributors on topics such as Managing People Pastorally, Shaping Corporate Ethics and Working in Frontline Care. There ll be the chance to network with others, hearing and sharing stories of God at work in our workplaces and to gain fresh insight and resources. A light lunch will be provided. Individual tickets cost 20 but a group rate of 3 for 20 is also available. Canon Julie and Julian Roberts are facilitating one of the seminars. More information and booking details at Be a Chorister for a Day! - Sunday 15 October, 2pm to 6pm This fun event provides an opportunity for boys aged between 6 and 8 and girls aged between 8 and 11 to participate in choral singing for beginners, or for experienced singers. The day is organized and provided by Katherine Dienes- Williams. There is a small charge of 6 to cover materials and refreshments. Places are limited so please register your interest by contacting Carolyn Howard- Jones on or liturgymusic@guildford-cathedral.org Installation of The Reverend Dr Paul Smith - Sunday 22 October, 3pm We look forward to welcoming Paul as he is Installed as Canon Liturgist. He will be moving in during half-term and will begin work on Sunday 5 November. More details in due course but please put the date into your diaries now.

11 Reformation 500 Study Day - 8 November, 10.15am to 3pm The day will be of particular interest to students and historians and those with a passion for theology and the arts. We welcome Derek Wilson, respected speaker, author and historian, who will lead our study day on the historical context and the spiritual impact of the Reformation, and Bishop Christopher Herbert will be sharing his extensive knowledge of art history in the context of the Reformation. Admission Free. For information contact Canon Julie: julie@guildford-cathedral.org Adoremus at Walsingham Novmeber 2017 A weekend of Christian teaching and pilgrimage for students and young adults up to 35. For futher details please telephone or go to Coins Scheme 113 for Swiss currency remitted from Geneva has taken us through to 16,013. Many thanks to our contact there who also takes our Singapore stock. Donations of currency - any country, any age; obsolete or current - are always welcome to help with fundraising. CONTACTS The Cathedral Office is open for callers from 9am to 1pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday reception@guildford-cathedral.org The Dean s PA (including contact details for the clergy) deanspa@guildford-cathedral.org To contact a priest in an emergency please phone Emma Law (Monday to Friday) or Virgers (Saturday and Sunday) Cathedral Clergy The Very Reverend Dianna Gwilliams (o) (h) The Venerable Stuart Beake (h) The Reverend Canon Dr Andrew Bishop (h) (m) The Reverend Canon Dr Julie Gittoes (o) (m) The Reverend Canon Mavis Wilson (h) (m) Cathedral Reader Mr John Mitchell (h) Sermon blog Canon Julie s and Canon Andrew s sermons can be found on their blogs, and

12