Notices for Sunday 7 October 2018 Notices should be sent to Nigel Sharp by 10am on Wednesday for inclusion in the following Sunday s service sheet. Please make your contribution brief. : T. 01452 508214. E: nigel.sharp@gloucestercathedral.org.uk Notices and Sermons on the website The Notices are also available for download from the Cathedral website please visit www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/community/notices When available, sermons preached in the Cathedral may be downloaded from the Cathedral website. Go to www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk and click on Worship. For Your Prayers As a community we pray every day for all those who work in the diocese; for Rachel our bishop; for Robert Bishop of Tewkesbury; for the life of the City of Gloucester and for those who are ill. Please be assured of our prayers for the following, even though their names may not be read out in our worship: Philip Barlow, Sheila Brassell, Sandra Cook, Brenda Davies, Bob Hanson, Mark Kay, Ian King, Holly Lewis, Joyce Palmer, Elizabeth Reeves, Tony Stocks, Lorraine Wyman, Glynnis, Tom, Bernice, Suzie; Today SERVICES FOR THIS WEEK 3.00 Festal Evensong celebrating the centenary of the death of Sir Hubert Parry, with a procession to the Parry Memorial. Monday-Friday 8.00 Holy Communion 8.30 Morning Prayer 12.30 Holy Communion 5.30 Evensong (not Wednesday) Wednesday 3.30 Evensong live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Please be seated by 3.15pm Saturday 8.00 Holy Communion 8.30 Morning Prayer 12.30 Holy Communion 4.30 Evening Prayer Sunday 14 October Twentieth Sunday after Trinity 7.40 Morning Prayer 8.00 Holy Communion 10.15 Harvest Eucharist with Cathedral Junior Choir Bible Readings Joel 2.21-27 Matthew 6.25-33 3.00 Evensong
Chorister Parents Cake Sale next Sunday The Chorister Parents are holding a cake sale next Sunday after the Eucharist in the Chapter House. Proceeds support the outreach work of the Cathedral Choir. Harvest Eucharist next Sunday There will be a retiring collection for Harvest for the work of Christian Aid in Ethiopia, Malawi, Honduras and Burkino Faso. Christian Aid is supporting women s groups in these countries to use solar energy to create business opportunities. Every 1 you give will be worth 5 thanks to European Union match funding. Thank you. Canon Richard. Monday Lunchtime Meditation Due to the difficulty in creating quiet space for this weekly service at 1.05pm on Mondays, it s been decided not to hold the Meditation until we have the screening at the west end of the Lady Chapel in place. We will advertise the Meditation once again as soon as we have a suitable date. Pilgrim: A Course for the Christian Journey Please note this has been postponed until the New Year. Sip & Study 2018 Sip & Study is a small, friendly and welcoming group meeting on Tuesday afternoons at Robert Raikes House in Southgate Street, where we use the ancient practice of Lectio Divina to explore the coming Sunday s Gospel reading. The process of Lectio, used by Benedictine monks, is very much about quiet and listening to God and to one another. Although the practice may be ancient, we find much to reflect upon through it about our lives today. Anyone can come along; you don t need prior experience of Lectio as we learn the process through experiencing it. Sip & Study starts at 2.30pm and finishes at 4pm, and we will be meeting on 25 September, 2, 9 and 16 October before taking a break for half term and recommencing on 6 November.
Cathedral Book Club The Book Club meets on the 2 nd Monday of the month at 2 pm, almost always at 3 Miller s Green. Please let Canon Celia know if you or a friend would like to join us. The book for the next meeting on 8 October is Munich by Robert Harris. Please note that the December meeting has been moved from 10 December to 17 December. Cathedral Rule of Life From September, anyone interested in following, knowing more about or simply finding out about our cathedral Rule of Life will be welcome to come along to a monthly gathering on the first Tuesday evening of each calendar month. These informal evenings will be opportunities to reflect together on scripture and on some of the challenges and joys of seeking a more nurturing shape for our lives. We begin at 7.30pm with refreshments and end at 9pm after a short act of worship. Dates coming up before Christmas are Tuesday 6 November and Tuesday 4 December, and we meet at 19 Upper College Green at the home of Jon Glass. All are welcome. Dementia-friendly Songs of Praise at St Mary de Lode There will be dementia-friendly Songs of Praise at St Mary de Lode church at 2.00pm on Wednesdays 10 October, 14 November and 12 December. The services will last 45 minutes with tea and biscuits afterwards. There will be information from Mindsong and the Alzheimer s Society available at each service. The Dream of Gerontius, Elgar Saturday, 13 October The Gloucester Choral Society are performing Elgar s masterpiece The Dream of Gerontius in Gloucester Cathedral, considered by many to be his finest choral work. The Choral director is Adrian Partington, Director of Music at Gloucester Cathedral. Tickets: 25, 21, 18, 10 - Further details and booking at www.gloucesterchoral.com or from the Three Choirs Box Office 01452 768928
Dining Out on the third Sunday Sunday 21 October The date for September s Dining Out together in the Monk s Kitchen will be Sunday 21 October. Again, a large table will be set aside for us at 12 noon. If you d like to be included, just give your name to Barbara Merrick, either at coffee time after the Eucharist, or using the contact details below. Payment can be made individually on the day. We hope to make this a really enjoyable occasion, on the third Sunday of every month. barbara.merrick@talktalk.net/01452 504376 Safeguarding at Gloucester Cathedral Everyone has the right to attend the cathedral in safety. If you have any concerns regarding a child or anyone please speak to a member of the clergy or contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team. Contact details are available on the cathedral website or out of hours on 07944 680320. Evening Organ Recital - Wednesday 17 October 7.30pm Henry Fairs, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire All are welcome to join us for a pre-recital reception drink at 6.45pm Admission free with retiring collection in aid of Cathedral Music Annual Lecture - Wed 24 Oct at 2.30 pm The 2018 Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Lecture will be held on Wed 24 Oct at 2.30 pm in the Parliament Room. This year Mr Russell Weston will look at the Cistercian Abbeys on Gloucestershire; there were three very different ones. All are welcome you do not have to be a guide or a member of the Society. Gloucester Cathedral Ramblers - Saturday 27 October The next walk, on Saturday 27 October, replaces the two walks originally scheduled for Saturday 6 October and Saturday 3 November. As Peter Barrett will not be fit enough to lead a walk for some time, it will be led by Bruce Matheson. It will start in Chepstow and follow the spectacular Wye Valley Walk for 9 km to Tintern Abbey for lunch. After lunch, there will be the option of either using public transport to return home or walking back to Chepstow along Offa s Dyke (also 9 km). New ramblers are especially welcome. It is not necessary to worship regularly at Gloucester Cathedral in order to walk with the Ramblers. Please email Peter Barrett at gloucestercathedralramblers@gmail.com by Saturday 20 October if you would like to join the walk on 27 October or for details of future walks.
Requiem Eucharist - Friday 2 November 5.30pm All Souls Requiem Eucharist sung by the Cathedral Choir. We commemorate those who have died since the last Requiem by name. There is an extended period of silence during which we pray for all who have died and especially those we are remembering personally. If you would like the name to be read out of someone who has died since the 2017 Requiem (Friday 3 November), please hand the name written down in capital letters to one of the Clergy or to the Cathedral Office fao Nigel Sharp : please mark your envelope All Souls Day. Lay-clerks sing The Beatles Friday 16 November 2018, 7.30pm At Maisemore Village Hall, a group of Gloucester Cathedral lay-clerks will present a programme of Beatles music and other songs from the '60s. A hot supper in '60s style will be served, together with wine and soft drinks. Mini-skirts and flares optional! Tickets 25 (to include supper and one glass of wine) are available online at www.3choirs.org, by telephone on 01452 768928 and from Judith Holroyd or Judith Armiger. Proceeds from this event will go to support Gloucester Three Choirs Festival 2019. Lunchtime Organ Recital - Thursday 22 November 12.30pm Ben Collyer, Oundle Award Winner After attending the Oundle for Organists course, Ben was awarded recitals at both Gloucester Cathedral and Queen's College, Oxford. The programme is Simon Preston 'Alleluyas'; Frescobaldi 'Canzona Quarta'; J.S Bach D minor Trio Sonata (all 3 movements), and Messiaen 'Dieu Parmi Nous'. Admission to Organ Concerts/Recitals is free with a retiring collection in aid of Cathedral Music.
THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE Saturday 24 November 5.00pm - 6.00pm In the Quire of Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Cathedral Choir Conductor: Adrian Partington Organ: Jonathan Hope Ian King - The Christmas Truce Gabriel Fauré Requiem Gloucester Cathedral Choir performs the world premiere of Ian King s setting of Carol Ann Duffy s poem The Christmas Truce. This wonderful work tells the story of the unofficial ceasefire on Christmas Day 1914 on the Western Front. Paired with this is Fauré s beautiful setting of the Requiem Mass a perfect opportunity for reflection as the world commemorates the centenary of the Armistice. Tickets 20/ 5 (students and under 18s free) available from the Cathedral Gift Shop, 01452 768928
PROJECT PILGRIM Remembering the Fallen From Wednesday 17 October a giant waterfall of poppies will be on display in the Lady Chapel. Poppyfall was created by GCHQ staff and friends to launch the Royal British Legion s Gloucestershire 2016 Poppy Appeal. It was originally on display at the intelligence agency s Cheltenham HQ and is a testament to their continued support for the military and the Legion. We are particularly pleased that Poppyfall will be in the newly restored Lady Chapel. Its installation will be captured as a time lapse film and we ve learned from the transformation of Cathedral Green and the installation of our solar panels that timelapse is a great way to engage people in the life of the Cathedral. The Pilgrim Twitter account has similarly become a great way of sharing everything we are doing whether that is construction or events. Public engagement with Poppyfall will go further with some blank luggage tags tied to charcoal trees that will be in the Lady Chapel for people to write their prayers, thoughts and memories on. The Poppyfall makes a poignant addition to the World War One commemorations at Gloucester Cathedral which includes music recitals, services and performances as well as lighting the tower red for Remembrance. The Cathedral is keen to support Poppyfall s aim of promoting remembrance year round and offers a peaceful space for reflection with the War Memorial and the Memorial Chapel specifically linking to remembrance. The War Memorial works are nearly at an end and when the fencing is removed we will have a fully accessible and well-lit memorial that will be a fitting remembrance to all. Follow our twitter account @projectpilgrim1 for behind-the-scenes photographs and information. You can also sign up to the regular Pilgrim s Progress blog on the Cathedral website. Please do share this good news with your family and friends.
Support the Glory of Music Choral music has been an integral part of Cathedral life for almost 500 years and breathes life into our wonderful building and brings joy to us all. In Gloucester we are rightly proud of our musicians and the quality of our choirs. If you wish to keep our choral tradition alive, please support our choirs. The Youth Choir, Junior Choir, boy and girl choristers all depend on your support. Help Cathedral music to thrive by making a donation or leaving a gift in your will or by becoming a Music Patron for as little as 10 a month. If you would like more information about supporting music at Gloucester Cathedral, please contact our Development Manager, Theo Platt: Email: Theo.Platt@gloucestercathedral.org.uk Telephone: 01452 874963 Supporting the Cathedral The Friends of Gloucester Cathedral comprises many different people, all of whom have an abiding concern for the future wellbeing of Gloucester Cathedral, its community and its spiritual influence. Being members of the Friends enables people to support the Cathedral in many ways and at the same time to be part of a social group which enjoys many interesting events. Would you like to be a part of this interesting and important work? Please pick up a leaflet in the Cathedral, or if you would like more information please contact the Friends Secretary or visit the website. 01452 522419 / secretary@fogc.co.uk www.fogc.co.uk Registered Charity 209246 For further information please contact Cathedral Office, 12 College Green, Gloucester GL1 2LX Tel: 01452 528095 Fax: 01452 300469 reception@gloucestercathedral.org.uk www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk Gloucester Cathedral is a charity by act of Parliament Inland Revenue reference no. x9493/1 CCLI No. CCLI Licence No. 1299149 v3 August 2017