Mothering Sunday 14 March 2021 TODAY

Mothering Sunday As this morning’s Eucharist is live-streamed, our Education Officer, Fiona Dorman, has produced a short video demonstrating how to make paper flowers at home! Please visit our YouTube channel here.

Social Justice Group The Social Justice Group will meet today from 11.45am to 1.00pm. The Zoom code is unchanged from last time - please e-mail [email protected] if memory needs refreshing! We’ll consider the terms of reference for the group, amongst other things. LENT 2021 Lent Booklet 2021 A prayer resource is available to download from the website, with scripture and prayers to guide you through the remaining weeks of Lent. Details of the online Lent Retreat are below. Sermon Series during Lent Each Sunday at the 10.00am Eucharist the preacher will address the theme of that week’s Lent Group. Holy Week and Easter We very much hope that details of what we will be able to provide from Palm Sunday through to Easter Day will be available on the website and shared on social media by next Friday. Keeping in touch There are many ways to stay connected with the Cathedral. While you already subscribe to News & Notes, do you know anyone in the congregation who doesn’t but might like to. Do have them email Tim Popple: tim.popple@-cathedral.co.uk. We also periodically send out a (usually) monthly e-newsletter and, to subscribe to that visit https://bristol-cathedral.co.uk/mailing-list/ Finally, if you don’t already follow us on social media you can find our feeds by clicking the links in the following words Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube and then following or liking accordingly.

If you would like to receive this notice sheet by email each week, please email [email protected]. Online Lenten Retreat for the Diocese from The Road to Golgotha: A Journey of Place and Experience: Saturday 20 March A retreat day broadcast online for anyone and everyone in the Diocese and beyond exploring links between the Holy Land, different locations in Bristol Diocese and the road to Golgotha. There’s no need to book: simply visit our Facebook/YouTube page on the day.

Programme 9.45am Welcome and Introduction The Very Revd Dr Mandy Ford, Dean of Bristol Followed by music, images and brief explanation of how the day will work shown on screen.

10.00am Film: The Desert Reflection 1 The Revd Paul Langham, Vicar of Christ Church, Clifton, Bristol The Desert is the place of Jesus’s testing and is the place where we seek the presence of God. Reading: Luke 4:1-13

11.00am Film: The Water Well Reflection 2 The Revd Kat Campion-Spall, Associate Vicar, St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol The Water Well is the place of refreshment which is our Lenten search for the renewal of our lives and the earth. Reading: John 4:7-26

12.00noon Film: The Mountain Reflection 3 The Revd Lisa Wigmore, Priest-in-Charge, St Stephen’s Soundwell, Bristol The Mountain is where there are divine encounters and revelations which change our lives. Reading: Matthew 17:1-13

1.00pm Film: The Sea Reflection 4 The Revd Oliver Ross, Vicar of Malmesbury & Upper Avon The Sea is the place of turbulence and of calm where our fears are confronted and our hopes can take shape. Reading: Luke 4:35-41

2.00pm Film: The Road Reflection 5 The Revd Anjali Kanagaratnam, Curate, By Brook Benefice The Road which Jesus walked becomes the path which we must follow on our own pilgrim journey. Reading: Luke 19:28-47

3.00pm Film: The Garden Reflection 6 Fr Toby Boutle, of Swindon New Town The Garden is where Jesus seeks the will of his Father and prays for strength. Reading: Matthew 26:36- 56

If you would like to receive this notice sheet by email each week, please email [email protected]. COVID-19 Following the announcement of the third National Lockdown, the Cathedral remains closed to the general public. The pattern of worship provided online continues as follows:

BROADCAST WORSHIP Live-streamed at the times below, and available to watch afterwards Morning Prayer Choral Evensong Choral Eucharist 8.00am Monday – Saturday 5.15pm Friday 10.00am Sunday Services broadcast via Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

GENERAL Daily Hope – phone line A reminder that the has launched a dedicated phone line. Options available include materials also available digitally by the Church of England’s Communications team such as Prayer During the Day and Night Prayer updated daily, from Common Worship, and a recording of the Church of England weekly national online service. A section called Hymn Line offers callers a small selection of hymns, updated daily. An option entitled ‘Hymns We Love’, provides a hymn and reflection and is based on an initiative by the Connections group. The line – which is available 24 hours a day on 0800 804 8044 – has been set up particularly with those unable to join online church services during the period of restrictions in mind. Please tell any friends and family you feel might benefit from this service. Transforming Church, Transforming Cathedral The Church of England in our region is shaping a new vision and set of priorities for the coming years. We want to understand what we do well, what we can change for the better and create a positive way forward together. Be part of the journey, and help shape our direction by taking part in this short questionnaire. It should take about eight minutes to complete: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TCTquestionnaire

If you would like to receive this notice sheet by email each week, please email [email protected]. LENTEN GIVING Lent Appeal This year we are supporting two worthwhile causes: Jeel al-Amal Boys Home, in Bethany, offers a home to orphans and children from difficult domestic circumstances. In our own city, ‘Transforming Lives for Good’ (TLG) and Bristol Schools Connection, provide assistance for mentoring troubled youngsters, particularly those affected by lockdown, home schooling and lack of access to digital resources. Bank details: Sort Code: 56-00-05, Account Number: 00011355 Bank: Natwest, Reference: Lent Appeal 2021. Thank you. Bristol Churches Winter Night Shelter (BCWNS) This year Night Shelter guests are staying in a B&B with volunteers providing meals for them. The initiative is halfway through, and thank you for any donations made so far. Although the overhead costs of the project have already been met, usually our Social Committee would cover the cost of food in the weeks that the Cathedral volunteers are cooking. As there has been no opportunity to raise funds this year, perhaps you might like to contribute what you might have donated through Lent lunches, or other social gatherings? Please mark monetary donations “night shelter” and send them to the Cathedral care of Chrissie Graham: [email protected], by post to the Cathedral Gatehouse, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TJ, or by bank transfer: Bank details: Sort Code: 56-00-05, Account Number: 00011355 Bank: Natwest, Reference ‘Night Shelter’. Thank you. Support your Cathedral If you would like to assist the Cathedral financially, particularly during these difficult times, there is a new donate button on our website. To donate, visit here: tinyurl.com/cathedraldonate. Thank you.

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Cathedral Andrea, Barbara, Dilys, Ian, Keith, Nathan, Philip, Simon, Community Tanya, Tony, Sarah, Victoria and James, Yvonne We also pray Alexandra, Anne, Caroline, Elin, Jeffrey, Jeffrey, Joan, John, for Judy, Lily, Llinos, Maria, Philip, Stuart, Tom RIP Mary Watkeys, Timothy Wilson Year’s Mind Lyn Radwell (16th), Dylan Roberts (17th), Glyn David (18th), Barbara Nightingale (20th) CYCLES DIOCESAN ANGLICAN Sunday St Peter, Pilning Iglesia Anglicana de Chile Monday The Bishop of Bristol Awerial (South Sudan) Tuesday St Helen, Alveston Awgu/Aninri (Nigeria) Wednesday St John, Elberton Awka (Nigeria) Thursday St John Ancient Chapelry, Awori (Nigeria) Aust Friday St Mary of Malmesbury, Ayod (South Sudan) Littleton-on-Severn Saturday St Mary the Virgin, Olveston Badagry (Nigeria) Porvoo The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia, the Diocese of Lichfield, and the Diocese of St David’s in the

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