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DAILY SERVICES AT GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL SUNDAY NEWS 7.40am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 10.15am Sung Eucharist with Children’s Church OCTOBER 2015 3.00pm Choral Evensong MONDAY - SATURDAY 8.00am Holy Communion 8.30am Matins 12.30pm Holy Communion 5.30pm Choral Evensong (said Evening Prayer on Mondays) (4.30pm on Saturdays) See our website for details of services and any changes or closures. A Gift Aid scheme operates at the Cathedral, which allows the Chapter to claim back 25p per £1 for donations. Many of you do so already, and we are grateful, but if you are a visitor who pays Income Tax in the UK, you could make your donation go further by doing this. There is a Donorpoint at the West end of the Cathedral where you can use your credit card to give a donation, and this can be gift- aided as well A Very Warm Welcome to Bishop Rachel Printed by Perpetua Press, 20 Culver Street, Newent, Glos. GL18 1DA Tel: 01531 820816 32 Gloucester Cathedral News The Editorial Team consists of: Richard Cann, Sandie Conway, Pat Foster, Barrie Glover, Mission Statement: Stephen Lake, Christopher and Maureen Smith. ‘We aim to produce a Christian magazine which is widely accessible and which informs, involves and inspires its readers.’ Editor: Maureen Smith The next Editorial meeting is on 14th October 2015 at 10.30am at 35 Colin Cathedral Chapter Road. Dean: The Very Reverend Stephen Lake "We are happy to receive articles, handwritten or typed. We regret that, due to the limited space available, and to enable us to continue to produce Canons: Lay Canons: a lively, varied and informative magazine, we can normally only accept Nikki Arthy Bernard Day articles of 400 words or less. Articles over 400 words will only be accepted Dr Andrew Braddock John Coates at the Editor’s discretion. Jackie Searle Paul Mason Celia Thomson Dame Janet Trotter The Editor reserves the right to alter articles as necessary, without losing the general sense. Contributions can be emailed to: Chief Operations Officer: Emily Shepherd [email protected] or you can leave them at the Cathedral Office. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You may also email Maureen Smith direct: [email protected] The Cathedral Office, 12 College Green, Gloucester GL1 2LX Disclaimer: We try very hard to make sure details are correct before going Telephone: 01452 528095 to print, but things can change! Please check with the Cathedral Office and Email: [email protected] the notice board. Please note that articles do not represent the opinions of the Chapter, the Church of England or the editor - only the writer! The Clergy may be contacted through the Cathedral Office at the above address and telephone number. The Editor for November is Maureen Smith. The deadline is the 5th October. Gloucester Cathedral News Subscriptions A year’s postal subscription for 10 copies of Gloucester Cathedral News may be obtained by cash or cheque for £12 made payable to ‘The Chapter of Gloucester Cathedral’ and sent to the Cathedral Of- fice at the above address. www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk Cover picture: Bishop Rachel pictured outside the Cathedral after her Inauguration Service on Saturday 19th September 2015. Photograph by: Chris Smith. 2 31 Sat 7 9.30am FEIG BRUNCH AND BOUNCE. CONTENTS 10.00am PUDSEY TEDDY BEAR PARACHUTING . The Golden Page Valley Kite Fliers. Bring along your teddy bears to Thanksgiving: Ending and parachute along a zip wire high in the Cathedral New Beginnings Celia Thomson 4 Nave and raise lots of money for Children in Need Sun 8 3.00pm ROYAL BRITISH LEGION SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE. The Inauguration Service for Gloucestershire gathers to recall those who made The Rt. Rev’d Rachel Treweek Maureen Smith 6 the ultimate sacrifice. Music Department Newcomers’ Profiles - Part 2. 7 Sat 14 11.00am COFFEE CONCERT by Students from Birmingham St Luke Richard Cann. 9 Conservatoire. 7.00pm GLOUCESTERSHIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT The Church in Uganda Barrie Glover 11 With Young Musician 2015 winner Rebecca McNaught. Conductor Glyn Oxley. (See page 25). Around the Community 12 Sun 15 3.00pm EVENSONG FOR ROAD PEACE. Join with us to Rugby World Cup 2015 remember victims of road accidents Juliet Reeve - A Personal Reflection Christine Bowyer 16 5.00pm SWITCH ON OF THE CITY’S CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. Wed 17 6.00pm JUNIOR VOICES PROJECT CONCERT. A Hugely Successful Cathedral Challenge Anabel Hayter 17 Sat 21 GLOUCESTER CROSS CHRISTMAS MARKET Book Review Maureen Smith 18 7.00pm GLOUCESTER CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT. Orff, WWI Centenary series: Bernstein & Brahms. (See page 25). i. It’s The Small Things That Thu 26 12.30pm ORGAN RECITAL by David Pope - Assistant Make One Gulp Barrie Glover 19 Director of Music, York Minster ii. Edith Cavell 20 Sun 29 6.00pm ADVENT CAROL SERVICE BY CANDLELIGHT. A The Rudhall Family - dramatic and majestic service to mark the Bellfounders of Gloucester George Marchant 22 beginning of the new Christian Year. Last Post! Norman Habgood 26 Jottings from the West End Humph ’n Harry 27 **************************************************************************** Diary of special services and events 28 BOOKING INFORMATION AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Full Terms & Conditions can be seen at www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk Online Booking – www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk Telephone Booking – 0845 652 1823 (Mon–Fri 10.00am–4.00pm) Booking in Person - At the Cathedral Shop or on the venue door, prior to start of the performance Please consider a voluntary donation of £1 to help cover the cost of this magazine 30 3 Thanksgiving: Endings and October special services and events: new Beginnings Sun 4 3.00pm COUNTY HARVEST FESTIVAL. All are welcome to give thanks for the gifts of God’s creation. t this time of year, when the harvest Mon 5 10.00am ENGLISH CHURCH MONUMENTS STUDY DAY. has been gathered in, it’s a good idea (See page 25). A to take stock and count our blessings. First Wed 7 11.30 - 2.30 Mosque and Cathedral Day. and foremost, we live in a land of peace and plenty. As we hear day by day about Sat 10. 11.00am COFFEE CONCERT by Abigail Sudbury. the increasing numbers of migrants who 6.00pm OUR BIG YEAR CELEBRATION. Ensemble Rustavi – Georgian Choir. Free admission but are trying to reach western Europe we find tickets must be reserved from it hard to imagine the situation they have www.strikealightfestival.org.uk left behind in their war-torn homelands of the Middle East. Our response to this crisis should be born out of thankfulness for the Mon 12 to Fri 23 - MAKE A WILL FORTNIGHT. (See page 24) stability of our own lives in this country. Thu 15 12.30pm ORGAN RECITAL by Anthony Daly Oundle Award Here in Gloucestershire we see the fruitfulness of the earth, the Winner. Admission free with retiring collection. abundance of God’s creation. The harvest psalm could have been written with our landscape in mind: “The folds shall be full of Sun 18 3.00pm ANNUAL CIVIC SERVICE. sheep: the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall Wed 21 5.30pm SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE NHS IN laugh and sing.” (Psalm 65:14) The wonderful colours of the apples GLOUCESTERSHIRE with the Caring Chorus and plums give me joy too. Sometimes they hang so thickly on the Community Choir. trees that whole branches break off under their weight. How very blessed we are. Thu 22 7.00pm CATHEDRAL CONVERSATIONS. Public Discussions on Faith & Life. Ann Morrisy: ‘Faith In The Common Good’. Admission Free Soon the trees will be turning, treating us to both swathes and glimpses of glorious colour in the landscape, signalling the year Fri 23 7.30pm ST CRISPIN DAY CONCERT. Commemorating the drawing to its close. Yet we know that after the winter, spring will 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt. come and the cycle of growth begin again. “Love is come again, like (See page 24). wheat that springeth green”, we sing at Easter. Sat 24 1.00pm INFORMAL CONCERT by Loud Crowd. Here at the Cathedral we have recently seen some endings and new Tue 27 - Thu 29 10.45am - 3.15pm Half-Term Family Fun. (See page 28). beginnings. The sudden death of our Archivist, Chris Jeens, in mid Wed 28 1.00pm - 4.00pm FELLOWS AUCTIONEERS VALUATION DAY. Free August has left a huge hole amongst our staff. Amongst the expert valuations of your unwanted Antiques, Jewellery and Watches in congregation we have also seen the deaths of Monty Charles, Juliet the Chapter House. Reeve and Margaret Norcott. May they all rest in peace. And of th Fri 30 Oct – Mon 16 Nov PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. course on 6 September we said goodbye and thank you to Canon The Cathedral tower will be lit purple to help raise awareness Neil Heavisides after his long ministry here. We are grateful to all of them for their contribution to the life of the Cathedral. Fri 6 5.30pm REQUIEM EUCHARIST: – Duruflé. Service to At the same time as we bid farewell to Canon Neil we welcomed our remember those who have died in the last year 4 29 have the wobbles in a big way and his jellies tasted awful. Poor Mr. new musicians at the beginning of the academic year. We also H. has been feeling far from well in the last few weeks and never welcomed Emily Shepherd, our new Chapter Steward, who started wishes to set eye on another mediaeval concoction for some work with us at the end of August. It is very good to have Emily now considerable time. in post and already she is making a difference behind the scenes.