The Cathedral Church of the Holy

Second Sunday before Lent Sunday 16 February 2020

Welcome to the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol 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. This week’s services can be found on the Music List on the literature table, in the porch or on our website. Please join us in the Chapter House for coffee after the service. TODAY Coronavirus We want to reassure you that we are taking the threat of coronavirus very seriously. To that end the priests in the Cathedral will now be using hand sanitizer before touching the bread or wine. For our safety, the Church of England has advised that intincting, or dipping the wafer into the wine is unhygienic, and it has therefore been banned. For the time being, receiving from the chalice is still permitted. Christ is present equally in both bread and wine, and you are asked to only receive the host if you have a cough or cold. We will be reviewing the situation as it develops, hoping further spread of the virus is contained. Visiting Choir Yesterday and today, we are grateful for St Mary’s Ecumenical Choir from Shropshire, who are singing our choral services this weekend while the Cathedral Choir is on half-term. THIS WEEK Senior Schools’ Art Exhibition This year’s celebration of the artistic talent of Bristol’s young people is sponsored by the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) for the first time. The exhibition runs from until 26 February in the Cathedral. Do take a few minutes to admire some of the outstanding talent on show. Crafty Cathedral Stuck for something to do with the little ones during half-term? Our popular Crafty Cathedral session returns on Wednesday 19 February from 10.00am to noon. The sessions are run on a pay-what-you-feel basis. BEYOND Ash Wednesday The great 40 days of Lent begins on Wednesday 26 February. The Imposition of Ashes will take place at three services during the day: 8.00am BCP Communion, 12.30pm Said Eucharist, and 6.00pm Choral Eucharist, which will include Allegri’s Miserere Mei sung by the Cathedral Choir. Lent Lunches Tickets are now available for the Lent Lunches which will take place on 1, 8, 15, and 29 March, and consist of home-made soup, bread, cheese, fruit, and coffee. £7 per head, or £20 for all four. All proceeds go to Christian Aid. The Acting Dean will give a short address at each lunch. Bishop’s Lent Reflections On Tuesdays in Lent, the Bishop of Bristol, the Rt Revd Vivienne Faull, will offer a series of reflections on the climate crisis, drawing on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book 2020 Saying Yes to Life (SPCK Publishing, 2019) by Ruth Valerio. The sessions will take place in the Chapter House at 6.30pm after Choral Evensong.

If you would like to receive this notice sheet by email each week, please email [email protected]. If you have any concerns please contact our safeguarding officer, [email protected], 0117 946 8172. For more information visit bristol-cathedral.co.uk/about-us/safeguarding. Reading Mark Right Through On Saturday 28 March there will be an opportunity to hear the entirety of Mark’s Gospel read by members of the Congregation. It will begin at 10.00am and last approximately 100 minutes. All are welcome. The last preparatory gathering is on Saturday 14 March at 10.00am – a Dress Rehearsal and time of encouragement, maybe especially for those who’ve not be able to come to the enjoyable meetings we’ve already held. And there’s room for more volunteers; please ring Canon Neville on 07502 225506. The Sixteen We are delighted that The Sixteen will be giving a concert in Bristol Cathedral on Wednesday 22 April at 7.30pm. With this concert they will complete the impressive feat of performing in every cathedral in the country. Tickets are £15-£30 and are available from our website, bristol-cathedral.co.uk. GENERAL Night Shelter In February we will be hosting the Bristol Churches Winter Night Shelter (BCWNS) again. Thank you to all those who have donated clothes and/or toiletries. We do not need any further donations at this stage. undivided In 2020 this series of talks and lectures looking at politics and the church in the current climate continues. We will be inviting distinguished speakers with theological expertise to help us reflect on today’s world and explore how the Church might be part of the solution given the challenges we face. Some of the talks will take place in the Cathedral (6.30pm after Evensong) but we are also looking to co-host the series with other venues in Bristol and elsewhere. To suggest speakers, pitch an idea or offer to host, please contact: Revd Canon Dr Martin Gainsborough, Diocesan Canon at Bristol Cathedral [email protected]. FOR YOUR PRAYERS Cathedral Barbara, Christina, Harmony, Jean, Jon, Keith, Nathan, Paul, Richard, Robert, Community Simon, Sue, Trevor, Yvonne We also pray Alexandra, Anne, Ben, Caroline, Elin, Jeffrey, Jeffrey, John, Judy, Lily, Llinos, for Maria, Philip, Stuart, Tom RIP Joan Davidson, Marie-Jeanne Pradalie Year’s Mind Kay Melvin (16th), David Perry (19th), David Cannock (19th), Anthony Balmforth (20th), Yvonne Hoyle (20th), Lily Walton (20th)

CYCLES DIOCESAN ANGLICAN Sunday St Bartholomew, Corsham The Province of Central Africa Monday St John Baptist, Gastard Maine, Texas St Cyriac, Lacock Maiwut (South Sudan), The Arctic (Canada), Tuesday Haiti St Philip & St James, Makamba (Burundi), Nyaboho (Primate), South Wednesday Neston Carolina St Paul, Clifton Makueni (Kenya), The Murray (Australia), The Thursday Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain St Saviour with St Mary, Makurdi (Nigeria), Thika (Kenya) Friday Cotham The Diocese of Kitgum Malabar (South India), Thoothukudi – Nazareth Saturday (South India), Hanuato’o (Melanesia) The Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe in the Church of Ireland, and the Porvoo Diocese of Roskilde in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark