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Keeping in Touch | November 2019 | November Touch in Keeping THE CENTENARY ARRIVES Celebrating 100 years this November Keeping in Touch Contents Dean Jerry: Centenary Year Top Five 04 Bradford Cathedral Mission 06 1 Stott Hill, Cathedral Services 09 Bradford, Centenary Prayer 10 West Yorkshire, New Readers licensed 11 Mothers’ Union 12 BD1 4EH Keep on Stitching in 2020 13 Diocese of Leeds news 13 (01274) 77 77 20 EcoExtravaganza 14 [email protected] We Are The Future 16 Augustiner-Kantorei Erfurt Tour 17 Church of England News 22 Find us online: Messy Advent | Lantern Parade 23 bradfordcathedral.org Photo Gallery 24 Christmas Cards 28 StPeterBradford Singing School 35 Coffee Concert: Robert Sudall 39 BfdCathedral Bishop Nick Baines Lecture 44 Tree Planting Day 46 Mixcloud mixcloud.com/ In the Media 50 BfdCathedral What’s On: November 2019 51 Regular Events 52 Erlang bradfordcathedral. Who’s Who 54 eventbrite.com Front page photo: Philip Lickley Deadline for the December issue: Wed 27th Nov 2019. Send your content to [email protected] View an online copy at issuu.com/bfdcathedral Autumn: The seasons change here at Bradford Cathedral as Autumn makes itself known in the Close. Front Page: Scraptastic mark our Centenary with a special 100 made from recycled bottle-tops. Dean Jerry: My Top Five Centenary Events What have been your top five Well, of course, there were lots of Centenary events? I was recently other things as well: Rowan Williams, reflecting on this year and there have Bishop Nick, the Archbishop of York, been so many great moments. For Icons, The Sixteen, Bradford On what it’s worth, here are my top five, Film, John Rutter, the Conversation in no particular order. between Faiths, the Centenary Festival and the EcoExtravaganza to name but 1. Diane Pacitti’s poems about ten! Bradford and the cathedral. Diane has been our poet-in-residence and It has been a great year and it is not has captured this place and the faith over yet, so if the Centenary has not required to engage with our context really gripped you so far please try and beautifully. access some of the remaining events. Of course, it all comes to a crescendo 2. Bishop John Pritchard’s Lent Course on Sunday 24th November and our - The Elusive God. Three stunning Centenary Service at 4pm. This will addresses resourcing Christians for coincide with the launch of a special challenging times. Centenary project appeal. Dean Jerry: My Top Five Centenary Five Events Top My Dean Jerry: 3. The German choir connection. This Next year, 2020, is a national year is a bit naughty because I am rolling focussing on cathedrals and pilgrimage. two events into one but there is no We are designing a programme for doubt that in a Brexit dominated that and aiming to build on this year’s Britain the project of music making great work. has built bridges. In the visit of the Augustiner-Kantorei choir from There will be other occasions for me Germany and our own choir on tour to say ‘thank you’ to staff, volunteers in Germany in May something special and partners who have made 2019 happened. such a wonderful year but at this moment I am hugely grateful to God 4. Eva Mileusnic’s porcelain feet, for the life and vitality of this Christian symbolically moving around the community and its engagement with cathedral. It captured the people so many, of all ages and backgrounds, movement that has made Bradford across this City and area. such a diverse community. In the words of Diane Pacitti. 5. City of London Sinfonia and our our vocation is ‘to work with all Choir performing the Fruit of Silence that is suppressed and choked - a stunning evening of sacred music and bring it into light; to site a that used the space in a really creative crossing; to site hope.’ 4 and spiritual way. Join us for our Centenary Sunday Sunday 24th November | 10:15am Centenary Sunday Eucharist With the dedication of the kneelers Sunday 24th November | 4pm Centenary Sunday Celebration There will be a full congregation of people who have played a part in the life of the cathedral, past and present, and we give thanks for everything that this cathedral has given to the city and West Yorkshire in the last 100 years. The Rt Revd Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds, will be our preacher. Booking essential for the 4pm celebration bradfordcathedral.org/whats-on at the cathedral office | by calling 01274 77 77 20 Worship at the Cathedral The Cathedral provides a your comments and Mission variety of opportunities for suggestions which inform The 73rd Bradford people to gather together for the choices that are made worship each week. in developing our shared These times of worship are worshipping life together. Festival of always evolving and, over time, changing to best meet Please speak to me or Remembrance the needs of those attending. telephone or email me. Thank you. Sunday 3rd November 2019 | 5pm Please speak to me if you have any comments or Canon Paul suggestions as it is precisely Join us at Bradford Cathedral for the Service of Remembrance, with entertainment, community singing and the Parade of Standards Our Purpose Our Values To serve Jesus Christ • Hospitality with as a vibrant community • Faithfulness The Dishforth Military Wives Choir of worship and mission The Bradford Cathedral Choir enriching the City, the • Wholeness Diocese and further afield. City of Bradford Brass Band Useful Links Entry is FREE. Reserve your place at Diocese of Leeds: leeds.anglican.org festival-of-remembrance.eventbrite.co.uk A Church Near You: achurchnearyou.com/church/5746 or at the Bradford Cathedral office by phone or in person Visit Bradford: visitbradford.com “Bradford Cathedral” LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/bradford-cathedral/ Explore Churches: explorechurches.org/church/bradford- cathedral-bradford ChurchSuite Keep up-to-date with all the latest events, and news, by signing up to ChurchSuite. Login at login.churchsuite.com/ or e-mail [email protected] 6 bradfordcathedral.org 1 Stott Hill, Bradford, BD1 4EH 01274 77 77 20 StPeterBradford BfdCathedral The 73rd Bradford Festival of Remembrance Sunday 3rd November 2019 | 5pm Join us at Bradford Cathedral for the Service of Remembrance, with entertainment, community singing and the Parade of Standards with The Dishforth Military Wives Choir The Bradford Cathedral Choir City of Bradford Brass Band Entry is FREE. Reserve your place at festival-of-remembrance.eventbrite.co.uk or at the Bradford Cathedral office by phone or in person bradfordcathedral.org 1 Stott Hill, Bradford, BD1 4EH 01274 77 77 20 StPeterBradford BfdCathedral Cathedral Services Cathedral Services Sundays 10.15am - Holy Communion 8am - Holy Communion (St Aidan’s Chapel) (Lady Chapel) 5.30pm - Evening Prayer 10.15am - Choral Eucharist (Lady Chapel) (Nave) inc. Children’s Space. Prayer Ministry takes place on the 3rd Thursdays Sunday of the month. 8.30am - Morning Prayer 4pm - Choral Evensong (Nave) (Lady Chapel) 5.45pm - Choral Evensong Mondays (Chancel) 8.30am - Morning Prayer Fridays (Lady Chapel) 8.30am - Morning Prayer 5.45pm - Choral Evensong (Lady Chapel) (Chancel) 5.30pm - Evening Prayer (Lady Chapel) Tuesdays 8.30am - Morning Prayer Saturdays (Lady Chapel) 8.30am - Morning Prayer 5.45pm - Choral Evensong (Lady Chapel) (Chancel) 5.30pm - Evening Prayer (Lady Chapel) Wednesdays Choral Evensong takes place 7.30am - Holy Communion during term-time. Other services (St Aidan’s Chapel) subject to change. Please check the website calendar for any 8.30am - Morning Prayer (Lady Chapel) changes to this schedule. 9 Centenary Prayer Eternally present and ever faithful God, by whose grace a people have gathered here for over a thousand years to praise your name, and learn your ways. We bless you for this witness and now we give you thanks for one hundred years of worship and ministry as a Cathedral. Grant to us, whose lives are like the flowers of the field, the spirit of joyful gratitude for the past, generous welcome and witness in the present, and the longing for your creation to be made whole in this City and Diocese. May your future come, through the power of the Spirit of the Risen Christ. 10 Amen New Readers licensed at News Bradford Cathedral On Saturday 28th September four new Readers were licensed at Bradford Cathedral at the Admission and Licensing of Readers and Affirmation of Reader Ministry, led by the Rt Revd Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford. The candidates were admitted to Reader Ministry for the first time as they stood before the Bishop and presented by the deputy Warden of Readers Michael Pemberton. The new Readers were: Vivianne Brealey – Shipley St. Peter Sarah Margaret Maybury – Girlington, Heaton and Manningham Sharon Quinn – Oakworth Rita Denise Raby – Keighley Photos by Julie Bacon 11 Mothers’ Union brings greetings from Sudan as they introduce News themselves to the Bradford Cathedral congregation Mama Samira and Maya Hewaya from The Very Revd Jerry Lepine, Dean of the Leeds Sudan Link visited Bradford Bradford: Cathedral as part of their visits to various Yorkshire churches including “It was a pleasure to welcome our in Bentham, Shipley, Leeds, Ripon and guests Mama Samira and Mama Burley-In-Wharfedale. Hewaya on Sunday morning. We have a strong relationship with Sudan They brought greetings from the through congregation member Fiona Episcopal Church of Sudan and were Beevers, who is the head of Unity interviewed about their work during House School in Khartoum. the service. “It was great to hear about the work that the Mothers’ Union is doing in Africa. It’s such a strong institution supporting and leading the church in Africa.” 12 Bradford Cathedral to keep on News stitching in 2020! “Stitching the Cathedral” has grown on the Cathedral website or call the up! Now that we’ve completed the Cathedral Office – we look forward first project, the kneelers designed to meeting you.