facebook.com/bristolcathedral News & Notes twitter.com/bristolcathedra The Fifth Sunday of Easter Sunday 24 April 2016 Welcome to Bristol Cathedral Whether you are a regular worshipper, or this is your first time visiting the Cathedral, you are most welcome. The service can be followed in the main booklet, while this week’s hymn numbers, the readings and prayers can be found on the sheet which accompanies this one. If you would like to know more about worshipping at the Cathedral, please speak to a volunteer or staff member, visit bristol-cathedral.co.uk, or find us on social media. Please do join us for coffee in the Chapter House after the service.  TODAY The Dean This morning the Dean is preaching at St Saviour’s, Coalpit Heath. The Revd Professor Martin Gainsborough This afternoon, Martin Gainsborough will be installed as an Honorary . Martin is a Professor of Politics in Bristol University and formerly the in charge at St Luke’s Barton Hill. He comes to the Cathedral as a Canon and member of Chapter to work with us in our engagement with the city and on questions of ethics and justice. Sacred Space Sacred Space takes place at 6.00pm in the candlelit Eastern Lady Chapel. The theme this evening is ‘The New Commandment’, and everyone is invited. At the end of May, Sacred Space will break for the summer, returning in the autumn.  THIS WEEK Henry V Following a highly successful run in the West End, award-winning theatre company Antic Disposition present their critically acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V here on 25 and 26 April. Tickets are available at anticdisposition.co.uk or by calling 0333 666 3366. Further information can be found on the Cathedral website. Lunchtime Recital On Tuesday 26 April, at 1.15pm, Lucy Hewson (violin) & Imogen Windsor (piano) will give a recital. All are welcome and admission is free. For details of this term’s recitals, please take a programme from the literature table.  NEXT WEEK Ascension Day On Thursday 5 May we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension with a Choral Eucharist at 6.00pm sung by the Cathedral Consort. All are welcome.  BEYOND Open Fellowship On Tuesday 10 May Canon Martin Gainsborough may widen our horizons by asking the question, The Problems of Development: can Theology help? It follows Evensong at 5.15pm with a shared light supper at 5.55pm. The meeting ends at 7.25pm. Trinity Lunch We are holding a Community Lunch on Trinity Sunday, our Feast of Title, on 22 May rather than on the first Sunday of the month as usual. We invite all our Volunteers to join us on this celebratory occasion. As this is a well-attended and event and numbers are limited, to assist with catering please sign up on the list in the Chapter House by Monday 8 May. There will be no charge for this lunch but any donations will go to the Working Hands charity supporting surgical work in Nepal.  GENERAL Friends of Bristol Cathedral By kind permission of the Dean and Mrs Hoyle, the Friends have been invited to drinks at the Deanery on Tuesday 24 May. There are a few spaces left, if you have yet to apply for a ticket. Please contact [email protected], 0117 946 8184. Keep the Date The annual Friends outing will take place on Saturday 24 September and will include visits to Bath, Dauntsey, Malmesbury, and Circencester. Further details to follow. To become a friend and support this magnificent building, its mission, and ministry, please pick up a leaflet from the literature table, and complete the application form. Annual membership £25, Joint membership £40, concessions £10, corporate £50. Did you know? If you are not already doing so, you can receive our monthly e-newsletter, with information of forthcoming events. To be added to the distribution list contact [email protected]. You can also receive News & Notes by email. To be added to that distribution list, email [email protected].

For your prayers Sick Edith Ann, Paul Benson, Chris Browne, Johnny Clark, Barbara Graham, Emily Grote, Margaret Hancock, Robin Harris, Yvonne Hoyle, Mimi Johnson, Elwyn Jones, Maria Knight, Moira Leadbetter, Jeremy Leighton, Yvonne Leighton, Max Marshall, Ernest Marvin, Kay Pincott, Evelyn Rees, Peter Warwick, Denise White, Lindsay Williamson R.I.P. Marguerite Gaiser, Pat Lukins, Sheila Gillett, Keith Nield, Peter Young Years’ Mind John Vincent (24th), Terry Fernandes (25th), Pat Feneley (27th) From the Porvoo Cycle we pray for Diocese of Gothenburg in the Church of Sweden; and the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway in the Scottish Episcopal Church. From the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer we pray for St Mary Magdalene, Hullavington; St Mary and St Ethelbert, Luckington; Christine Froude, of Malmesbury; All Saints, Norton; St Giles, Stanton St Quintin; and Malmesbury Abbey with the Upper Avon Group of Churches. From the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we pray for New Busa (Kwara, Nigeria); The New Guinea Island; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Westminster; New York; Western New York; and Newark (US).

This week’s services can be found on the Music List on the literature table, in the porch or on our website, bristol-cathedral.co.uk