The magazine of Southwell Minster

Sept/Oct 2016 Autumn Edition £1.50

Southwell Minster welcomes The Very Revd Nicola Sullivan as its new Dean.

Takes up office on 17 September.

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Autumn News & Information from Southwell Minster www.southwellminster.org.uk CONTENTS… What is in a name?

What is in a name? Answer; “Quite a lot”. Letter from the Editor 2 We have had many suggestions of a name for the Key Dates 3 renewed “Minster Magazine”. They have ranged from the frankly light-hearted Pig and Acorn (both feature Letter from Nigel Coates 4 in the Chapter House carvings) to others much more focused upon our identity as a community of church- Bishop Paul welcomes Nicola 4 goers. However, what came up time and time again was attachment to “Leaves”. This was not necessarily Area Dean Welcomes Nicola 5 nostalgia for an earlier incarnation of the magazine, but an acknowledgment of our stonework’s most famous feature and of course a gentle bit of word-play. The Music Department 6/7 When the magazine production team considered the question of a name it was clear we all wanted to hold Sacrista Prebend 8 on to this but at the same time avoid going backwards. We also wanted to be outward looking and present the Groups welcome Nicola 9-11 magazine as something for the town as a whole … a town that is undoubtedly defined by The Minster even Exclusive Interview though it plays many different parts in the many lives of those who live here. As a result, we had little with Nicola Sullivan 12/13 difficulty agreeing on what you have probably already seen: Southwell Leaves. The magazine of Southwell The Education Department 14 Minster. We hope that doesn’t displease too many, and if there is a barrage of objections then in the spirit of a What’s on 15-18 truly community based publication, we can reconsider.

Mission Partnership Group 19 This issue is clearly a chorus of “Welcome Nicola”. It really has been warming to find how readily so many groups and individuals have come forward with a few The Community of the Cross of Nails 20 words about themselves and of welcome, and in many cases a vivid illustration. We are setting out to print in House Groups 21 colour and that is sure to make good use of these great pictures. Bramley Apple Festival We have chosen to solicit and publish advertising. There of Food & Drink 22 are obvious financial reasons for this but it also provides connections between our publication and the town. We The Choral Pilgrimage 23 are selling Southwell Leaves for £1.50 and as a result we expect to break even, over all. Groups welcome Nicola 24-27 Many thanks for the many comments and suggestions Heritage Open Days 25 we have received. Hopefully most have been acknowledged and addressed. In particular the service Outdoor Cinema 28 diary is included and so too is a list of contacts. Although the latter is as accurate as the Minster Office can ascertain the community is an organic, living being. Births, Marriages & Deaths 29 Roles, addresses and telephone numbers do change, sometimes unannounced. If you note inaccuracies, let us Contact Information 30/31 know so that they can be corrected.

The Cathedral Shop 32 The next issue will cover November and December 2016. The plan is to settle into a pattern of publishing on the first Sunday of alternate months. Copy deadlines will be set accordingly and so let’s hear from you by October 21st in readiness for publication on November Front Cover: 6th. West Door taken by Richard Jarvis Hugh Middleton Music in the Great Hall all 7.30pm:

2016 marks 40 years since the Friday Lunchtimes in the Cathedral series began.

all 12.15pm: 11 September Andrew Ashwin Songs of Travel 9 September - Joel Newsome (trumpet) and Award winning baritone returns to perform Simon Hogan (piano) programme of Schumann Lieder and Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel.

23 September - Loveden Quartet 9 October Southwell Minster School musicians. MIGH 7 October - Richard Hinsley (piano) was originally founded as a showcase opportunity for the young people of 21 October - Charlotte Rowan (violin) Southwell. In the spirit of such a platform an evening of music from students at Southwell Minster School.

13 November Jeremy Jepson (counter-tenor) Former Cathedral Lay Clerk returns to Southwell to perform diverse mix of solo Nottinghamshire Historic Churches Trust works. Ride & Stride for Churches Please ride and stride in aid of your church! 10am – 6pm at Southwell Minster 10 September Organ Recitals all 7.30pm: Discovery Day Minster/

Archbishop’s Palace Tuesday 6 September 21 September – Simon Hogan .Historic Chapter Library workshops ‘Travelling in Faith’. (Maps and atlases from the collection) ‘Books for Celebrations.’ From 12 September – on display in the Chapter House Passage Roman Villa Guided Tours Tours last 30 mins and will led by Matt Beresford Saturday 10 September 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm.

Heritage Open Days Thursday 8 September , Friday 9 September and Saturday 10 September.

Free guided tours of the Minster, Palace and Education Garden and also tower tours weather permitting.

Tower tours £3.50 no children under 7 years old 1 – 4pm. Historic Chapter Library open 1pm to 4pm. “A welcome edition of

new magazine”

Dear friends,

Congratulations to Hugh and his editorial team in compiling the new look Southwell Leaves. After a period of consultation it is a pleasure to introduce our new look magazine and to do so at such a significant time when we welcome the Venerable Nicola Sullivan as our new Dean. Thank you to all who have contributed to her welcome in this magazine and to Kathryn Anderson whose previous editorial work laid the foundations for this new community style venture.

The open door of the splendid Norman arch is a wonderful front cover chosen to symbolise the Ministry of welcome and hospitality that is an evident part of Nicola’s vision. The title of the magazine also resonates with what we hope will be a new HLF project that will enable the roofs of the East End to be replaced and offer an exciting new interpretation of our famous chapter house. It is early days but I hope that there may be further news on this possibility by the time of the next edition.

Irrespective of any project, ‘leaves which do not wither’ (Psalm 1 v3) remain a powerful metaphor for life that is constantly renewed by the living water of God’s spirit. Southwell is a place of living wells and, as Nicola joins us, we look forward to a new chapter in the living story of the people of God who have been associated with this holy place.

With every blessing, Nigel Bishop Paul welcomes new Dean

It is with immense joy that I am delighted to welcome Nicola and Terry to the Cathedral Church of our Diocese.

Southwell sits at the centre of a diocese of 1.2million people, surrounded by beautiful countryside and yet within 15miles of one of the eight largest city economies outside of London. For centuries the Minster has served as an inspirational sacred meeting place for people of all ages from a diverse county with a proud history of turning radical faith into purposeful action.

Nicola becomes Dean at an energising season of opportunity for the diocese in its commitment to ‘growing disciples – wider, younger and deeper’, confident that there is nothing better anyone can do with their life than become a follower of Jesus Christ.

The Minster already plays a vital role in this mission and every year welcomes tens of thousands of people from all parts of the county and beyond. Nicola will be joining a creative and dedicated team in the Minster as we look to further extend our hospitality and introduce new generations to the story of Jesus.

With a truly hopeful and engaging vision for the ministry of the church today, Nicola brings considerable experience of Cathedral and diocesan life after 17 years serving churches and communities in Somerset. She is an inspirational communicator of the faith, through her example of clear and humble leadership and in her teaching of the gospel.

Reflecting on the generous welcome we have received as a family since moving a year ago to Southwell, I am certain that Nicola and Terry will soon feel very at home and settled among us. “A special place in my heart”

I would like to say that the Minster has always had a choir, evensong without the special place in my heart, but that would not strictly choir, the Christmas Carol speaking be true. I have to confess that for the first Service, the Chrism Eucharist in thirty years of my life I had never heard of it! But Holy Week and had many then I was born in Devon and had lived in the West valuable personal quiet days Country or London until then. at Sacrista Prebend; in these and many other ways the Minster and its community That changed when I moved to Nottingham to train have brought me an awareness of God’s presence for for ordained ministry at St John’s College. One of the which I am most grateful. modules needed pictures of churches – and so I came to the Minster for the first time. I love visiting So it was a great joy when I was invited to be an Cathedrals but I vividly remember my first visit to Honorary Canon in 2014 and it is a great privilege to Southwell because Time Travelling was on. All the take on the role of Area Dean of Newark and chairs had been removed from the nave and the Southwell now. I value the opportunity to share in place was full of children. It was colourful and joyful, ministry with you in a new and distinctive way, a wonderful atmosphere to walk into and from that honouring your role as a Parish Church as well as a moment I knew that I had found somewhere that Cathedral. I am especially looking forward to was very much out of the ordinary. working with the Venerable Nicola Sullivan, when she’s installed as the New Dean of Southwell Minster So a love for the Minister was born in me that has on September 17th. My hope and prayer is that we grown over the years. I was ordained both Deacon can continue to grow in our partnership for the and Priest there (if I recall I was the first year when gospel, as we seek to walk as disciples of Christ the Ordination of Priests was brought back to the together and call others to follow him. Minster, which I was delighted about). Through the

years since I have experienced evensong with the Canon Mark Adams, Area Dean THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT Music in the Great Hall

Encouraging boys and girls in the Minster

On September 11th baritone Andrew Ashwin (whose parents belong to the Minster congregation) will give a recital of songs by Schumann and Vaughan Williams, accompanied by Philip Robinson, in the State Chamber of the Archbishop’s Palace. MIGH concerts are organized by the Southwell Minster Choir Association which subsidises the boys and girls who enhance the worship in the Minster by their singing. Admission is free, but audience members are encouraged to give a donation. Concerts begin at 7.30 and last an hour, with drinks available from 7.00pm.

In 2014 Andrew presented an evening of arias from operas he had sung during his years as an opera singer, first based in Zurich and Berlin, and then as a free-lance singer. He has performed in Spain, Belgium, France, Norway, Mexico, Malaysia, etc. and now teaches at Uppingham, and at Repton where he is head of singing.

Philip Robinson – who gave a recital earlier this year - is an experienced harpsichordist, accompanist and choir conductor, and travels the country as a music examiner.

Schumann’s Liederkreis, Opus 39, is a set of twelve poems about a journey through life, written in 1840 at the height of the romantic period of composition when every possible emotion is explored. Vaughan William’s ‘Songs of Travel’, composed in 1904, present a more sanguine and British tone!

If this should whet your appetite for more MIGH concerts, the best young musicians from the Minster School will show-case their skills on October 9, and on November 13th, former Minster Lay Clark Jeremy Jepson returns to perform diverse mixture of solo works from Bach and Handel to Howells and Britten. * * * * * * * * * * John Donne Exhibition One Equall Light 23 September to 17 October

There are nine artists exhibiting work and John Moses will give a talk on John Donne on Tuesday 11th October at 7.00 pm in the Nave. This exhibition features artists in various media responding to the Sermons and Holy Sonnets of John Donne

The exhibition theme will challenge the artists to consider and interpret the metaphysical poetry and sermons of John Donne into the visual arts.

The public will be challenged by the relevance of John Donne's thought and preaching to modern society. Each artist brings their own response and insight to Donne’s Sacred Sonnets and Sermons. St Cecilia Concert - City of London Sinfonia, Southwell Minster Choirs, Simon Hogan and Edward Turner (Organ), with Stephen Layton

(Conductor) Our choirs singing in the St. Cecilia Concert

Our cathedral choirs unite with City of London Sinfonia performing Handel, Bach and MacMillan. Spectacular, rousing and awe-inspiring! Handel’s Coronation Anthems are made for the great settings of our nation’s cathedrals, resounding under their vast stone vaults for hundreds of years. Friday 14 October 2016 - 7.30pm

James MacMillan, one of Britain’s most revered Handel Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened composers, has written his own anthem James MacMillan Oh Give Thanks Unto The Lord especially for this national tour with support Bach Suite No 3 in D BWV 1068 from Friends of Cathedral Music. And Bach’s Handel Zadok the Priest music is poignant elegance in sound, Conductors: synonymous with perfection. Stephen Layton Artistic Director & Principal Conductor, City of London Sinfonia There are few sounds as stirring as our Simon Hogan Acting Rector Chori, Southwell cathedral choirs raising their voices in song, Minster & Organ Soloist and they really soar when united with an Edward Turner Acting Assistant Director of orchestra like the world-class City of London Music, Southwell Minster Sinfonia. City of London Sinfonia Handel The King Shall Rejoice The Cathedral Choir and Girls’ Choir of Byrd O Lord Make Thy Servant Elizabeth Southwell Minster Walton Coronation Te Deum Book now Tickets £20 Front Nave; £15 Mid Handel Organ Concerto in F Major HWV 295 Nave; £12 Rear Nave; £5 Concessions Handel My Heart is Inditing SILENT VOICES

A thought-provoking photography exhibition showing everyday life in the village of Bil’in in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine as seen through the eyes of the children who live there.

24 – 30 October 2016

SOUTHWELL MINSTER CHAPTER HOUSE

Thursday 27 October 7.00pm Exhibitions, film, Jerusalem supper. PALESTINIAN EVENING Free Entrance – Donations welcome

Southwell Minster Partnership Group with St. George’s Cathedral, Jerusalem SACRISTA PREBEND: NEWS FROM THE RETREAT HOUSE

Forthcoming Quiet Days:

Saturday 15 October 2016 The Jesus Prayer For centuries the Jesus Prayer has been leading Orthodox Christians beyond the language of liturgy and the representations of iconography into the wordless, imageless stillness of the mystery of God. In more recent years it has been helping an increasing number of Western Christians to find a deeper relationship with God through the continual rhythmic repetition of a short prayer which, by general agreement, first emerged from the desert spirituality of early monasticism. On this quiet day, Jim Wellington explores what the Jesus prayer is, how we pray it and how it can assist us in our life with God.

The Revd. Dr. Jim Wellington is a retired priest (in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham). He holds a doctorate from the Archbishop’s Examination in Theology for a thesis relating to the Jesus prayer, an M.Phil from the University of Nottingham and an A Place to Call Home……. M.A. from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He has written two books. The first, Christe Eleison! The Invocation of Christ in Eastern Dear Nicola, Monastic Psalmody c. 350-450, is based on his doctoral thesis. The As you will know, Sacrista Prebend is a second, Praying the Psalms with Jesus, is a devotional book house owned by the Cathedral, where quiet published by Grove. days, Eucharistic services, retreats and other events are held. But we hope that Sacrista Tuesday 8 November 2016 is more than just a house. We hope that it is Helpful Habits: Enabling Oneself and Others to Pray a place where anyone can feel at home to Sustaining a regular pattern of personal prayer can be difficult. This explore their relationship with God and with Quiet Day will provide a practical introduction and exploration of themselves and others. prayer, based on Graham Pigott’s Grove Booklet, Helpful Habits: Exploring Personal Prayer.

Everyone associated with the house hopes The Revd. Canon Graham Pigott is a retired Anglican priest who that you, too, will discover it to be a place leads quiet days and retreats and accompanies others on their where you can feel at home; that you will spiritual journeying. find it a place for quiet prayer (our Monday evening Contemplative Prayer Group); a Saturday 3 December 2016 place of laughter (our Monday morning Christians Reflecting Theologically Among Muslims: a study breakfasts); a place of fellowship (our day Wednesday lunches); a place of resources This study day will reflect on how Christians living among Muslims (our well-stocked spirituality library) and a have responded theologically to questions of prophethood, suffering place of learning and refreshment (our and the triune nature of God. We will consider a number of study groups and quiet days). examples from across the history of Christian-Muslim interaction and provide opportunity to think about implications for today.

We welcome you to the fellowship of all The Revd. Jacqueline Hoover, freelance instructor in Islamic those who know their need of a quiet space studies and Teaching Affiliate at the University of Nottingham, and to call home and to seek God, and we The Revd. Dr. Jon Hoover, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in extend the warmest invitation to you and the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University Terry to join us at the house whenever you of Nottingham will lead this day. can. All of our Quiet Days begin at 9.45am with coffee, and end with a cup of tea at 4.00pm. Participants bring their own packed lunch. With our best wishes, If you would like to book a place on one of our Quiet Days, or if you Erika Kirk (Warden), Andy Gregory would like to explore the idea of a personal retreat, then please (Bursar), Sam Eves (Housekeeper), and all contact Erika Kirk or Andy Gregory at Sacrista Prebend Retreat the Volunteers and Friends of Sacrista House, 4 Westgate Southwell Notts NG25 0JH. Tel: 01636 816833. Prebend. E-mail: [email protected] Choral Outreach

A very warm welcome to Dean Nicola from the Minster’s Choral Outreach team. We are now starting our fifth full year of activity, with our core work of leading singing projects in primary schools and collaborating with the Cathedral’s Education Department for Time Travelling and Discovery Day. Increasingly we are being approached by other organisations: a singing session for Brownies as part of a residential activity weekend and for a group of pre-school children at a Nursery during their Music Week. Singing leaders have worked Three Choirs with a school choir in preparation for a performance, and have led twilight sessions for On behalf of the three choirs which make up the music school staff. Singing sessions in association with foundation here at Southwell Minster, may I take this other educational events are under discussion. opportunity to welcome you to Southwell, Dean Nicola, and express how much we are looking forward to working Southwell Minster’s Choral Outreach Programme with you over the years to come. developed as the successor to the very successful 2008-2010 Sing Up funded Chorister Outreach The Minster has a choral tradition stretching back over 900 years and currently comprises three choirs: the Cathedral Programme, run by the Minster School. The fact Choir, the Girls' Choir, and the Minster Chorale. The that a Choral Outreach Programme was already Cathedral Choir is the name given to the historic choir of in place, being delivered by our wonderful team boys and men. Sixteen Choristers and six Lay Clerks are of singing leaders, current and former lay clerks often supplemented by a further six Auxiliary Lay Clerks for and organ scholar, was a key factor in the success important services. They regularly record, tour and of the HLF bid for the Archbishop’s Palace broadcast, and sing five choral services each week. The Project. Girls' Choir was founded in 2005 and is run by the Assistant Director of Music. They sing services on Sundays and Mondays, as well as extra concerts and services throughout Dean Nicola, we would be delighted if you were the year. They have just returned from a tour of Southwell's able to join us at our termly team meeting. Italian twin town of Sarzana, where they sang two concerts and a Mass. The Minster Chorale is the cathedral's Elizabeth Johnson voluntary choir, comprising up to thirty talented singers from the area, who sing a number of important services during the year, including Midnight Mass and the Requiem for All Souls' Day.

In this, your first term, we have a number of exciting projects lined up, not least of which is your installation service on Saturday 17 September. We also have the annual Our animateur team - two Lay Clerks, two St Cecilia Concert on 14 October, which this year involves choristers - lead a recent outreach workshop the City of London Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Layton; the festival service for the Royal School of Church Music; the numerous Advent and Christmas services, which attract huge numbers each year; and the Minster Chorale's performance of Messiah on 19 December, with highly- acclaimed soloists conducted by Organ Scholar and Acting Assistant Director of Music, Edward Turner.

But, as you will soon experience for yourself, it is the cycle of daily Evensong which is very much at the heart of what we do, from the sparsely-attended services in the cold depths of winter through to the larger-scale Sunday offerings. We look forward to sharing and growing this incredible tradition with you and hope that you will enjoy the wealth of what we offer.

Simon Hogan The Friends of Southwell Cathedral

The Friends of Southwell Cathedral, founded almost seventy years ago, look forward to welcoming Dean Nicola and discussing with her the many exciting and varied ways we support the cathedral. We have some five hundred members, mostly individuals, drawn from Southwell itself, Nottinghamshire and beyond. There are also corporate members – such as PCCs.

The Friends’ purpose is helping to preserve the fabric of the Flower Guild building, to maintain its worship and to enhance its appearance. In which regard, we have already made a substantial

commitment to support the roof works at the east end of the The Southwell Minster Flower Guild extend a building – one of the main fabric projects awaiting Dean Nicola. welcome to Dean Nicola. We look forward also to working with her as thoughts turn to We are a fairly eclectic mix of, currently, 16 incorporating a major re-interpretation, heating, lighting etc of ladies and one gentleman who enjoy the Chapter House. arranging the flowers in the Minster. Our Gifts come at all levels and, of course, Dean Nicola may Some of the group are regular members of the shortly have suggestions for us – and we look forward to these. In congregation whereas others have been recent years, we donated £50,000 for new chairs and some introduced from the local Flower Club. At the £44,000 toward the reordering of the North Porch. Equally, we moment we provide two fresh pedestals have provided gowns for the Stewards and embroidered badges arrangements each week with extra for the Canons. placements for Festivals and other special occasions throughout the year. A final word to readers who are not yet members of the Friends – why not join us to celebrate the arrival of Dean Nicola! By the time you are truly with us we will have Membership is a modest £15 a year and this includes our twice- enjoyed decorating the Minster on our most yearly magazine Pepperpots. Our leaflet is available in the recent special occasion; to welcome you at cathedral. your Installation. Barbara Green Alison Salter, Hon. Secretary House Groups

The 2016 Southwell Minster House Group series begins in September. As before gatherings will be fortnightly, weeks beginning: 25 September, 9 October, 23 October, 6 November, 20 November.

See the flyer: we want to be “Let Loose with the Bible”! In other words, we are exploring different approaches to interpreting it. We aim to consider the weekly Gospel readings from different perspectives. Readings are printed in Minster Weekly Pew News; available in the Minster, Sacrista Prebend and Minster Shop and online at www.southwellminster.org

Groups will take place in different parts of the town on Tuesday morning, Friday morning and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Meetings are open to all: a time to ask, talk and listen.

From the beginning of September there will be an opportunity to sign up in the Minster or by emailing Jacky Bates ([email protected]). Specific dates and times for each group will be arranged by the leaders after contacting members and hosts. Patrick Sills Churchwardens and Sidesmen

The Churchwardens and Sidesmen welcome The Venerable Nicola Sullivan our new Dean, into the Minster fellowship. The Dean’s Churchwardens are David Jones and Stephen Littlewood, the People’s Churchwardens are Lindy Todd and Graeme Hocking, and Angela Edmonson -Jones and Andrew Bates are Deputy Churchwardens. We are looking forward to get to know Nicola and working with her in her new role. Many of our duties involve welcoming people into the Minster, and in this the Churchwardens are assisted by 32 Sidesmen and 7 Churchwardens Emeritus. The preparation of detailed Needlework Guild rotas for each service ensures an experienced and sufficiently large team is always on hand. By arranging We welcome Dean Nicola to Southwell. Our Minster that duty team members have clearly allocated tasks, the duty Churchwarden is free to ‘float’, keep an overview of Needlework Guild takes on most sewing jobs matters and add welcome the congregation. requested by our colleagues: the clergy, vergers and education team. In recent times we have made altar In co-operation with and assistance from the Vergers, linens, costumes, kneelers and cushions, choir tippets, Churchwardens have responsibility for preparing the altar cloths and vestments. While we are very happy Minster for services and to assist the congregation to to sew on buttons and turn up hems, we love a big participate fully in the services procedures. creative project from time to time. We work in the Churchwardens have specific responsibilities to ensure the Trebeck Hall on Tuesday mornings a couple of times a services take place without disturbance. All of these are month where we have cupboard space and plenty of particularly important in the course of large civic and room to spread out. other special services.

The Churchwarden and Sidesmen arrive at the Minster in The Guild was formed over 20 years ago by Hazel Ball good time before a service, so that all is ready when and Audrey Milner and, over the years, has benefitted worshippers start arriving and they are available to from a strong team of volunteers working with a tutor, provide a positive experience of the Cathedral. Hilary Tinley. Its work is generously supported by the Friends of Southwell Cathedral. Today our team A monthly churchwarden and clergy meeting is arranged consists of local Minster parishioners and members from to review services, prepare for future services, and give Ranby, Granby, Sutton in Ashfield and Ollerton. There opportunity for information exchange on any security and is room for two or three new people to join the team; safeguarding matters. requirements are a love of sewing and a desire to help

Recruitment of Sidesmen is continuously reviewed, and an out whatever the level of experience and skill. annual social event with Sidesmen and partners is arranged by way of saying “thank you” for their Contact Liz Turner [email protected] or assistance throughout the year. Hilary Tinley [email protected] for information or to discuss joining the Guild. David Jones

Southwell Bell Ringers Association

All the members of the Southwell Bell Ringers Association extend the very warmest of welcome to you Nicola.

Wells Cathedral may make claim to have the heaviest ring of 10 bells but now you can say, " at Southwell we have the only anti-clockwise ring of 12 bells.....in the world."

Bell ringing is such an important part of the church and we strive to improve the standard of our ringing to that which befits the magnificence of the Minster bells. We practise on Tuesday evenings as you will hear! Currently we are recruiting successfully and therefore training. This year with considerable help from The Chimes Trust, we have carried out repairs and restoration of the bells which will keep them in fine order for many years to come. As Tower Captain I am extremely keen that we will always ring for Divine Service and as many special occasions as possible. I endeavour to raise the profile of ringing whenever possible and ensure that the bell ringers are represented and acknowledged within the minster community for their great commitment. We look forward to meeting you soon, hopefully in the ringing room.

Trevor Bryan, Tower Captain Penny Young talks to the Very Revd Nicola Sullivan - new Dean of Southwell Minster from 17 September

First of all, Nicola, can I ask how you Church is feel about moving from what may be having to perceived as a genteel Jane Austen adapt to many area of Bath and Wells to the more changes but gritty territory of D. H. Lawrence and also embrace Alan Sillitoe? Do you know this part of many the country at all, or do you have opportunities for touching people’s lives with contacts in the East Midlands? the love of God in Christ. I see the Minster taking a lead in this. I’m definitely attracted to the D. H. Lawrence connection! But, no, I don’t have any personal From various articles I’ve been connections with this area. My husband Terry reading, there seems to be a gloomy grew up further down the river Trent at Stoke, view, even within the church, about the but I’m from rural Suffolk. My father was born future of the Church of England. What in Yorkshire, though the family moved when would you say to people who think it he was very young, but that perhaps accounts for a certain pull northwards that I’ve always has had its day? had. Nottinghamshire will feel very different from Somerset, though the Bath and Wells We live in a society where many people are diocese is not all rural, there are bigger towns spiritually curious and open, and willing to be and not at all ‘genteel’! However, I’m looking honest about their faith or lack of it. And the forward to it being different, and getting to church is in a good position to build know a new part of the country. relationships alongside people who are asking serious questions. We can work for the What are you looking forward to in good of the whole of society at a time when we your new role? are going through profound changes and uncertainty across the world; and show our

I’m looking forward to being based in one confidence in God’s future for the church and place! And to the fact that Southwell Minster is for the world. not only a cathedral but also a parish church, which gives it a rootedness in local ministry. On the subject of women in leadership roles within the church, do you think women have And to important aspects of what it does as a cathedral for visitors, for pilgrims and others – particular gifts they can bring to those roles? offering an open door to all kinds of people. I’m also looking forward to working with I think that, whoever we are, we bring to any Chapter, with the many volunteers and other role who we are and our experience of life, staff, and developing all the various aspects of our temperament and personality regardless the cathedral’s ministry and mission. of gender. But I’m also conscious that having It’s an exciting time for the diocese, so I’m women in leadership does feel different for also looking forward to working with Bishop many people, and I don’t think there are any Paul and colleagues in the diocese and being stereotypical ways in which women differ in part of an energetic strategy of engaging these roles from men. I do have a strong sense more with young people with the Gospel. The of privilege at being the first woman Dean of Southwell – after being the first woman people can find a quiet space and prayer and Archdeacon of Wells. be apart from the pressures of daily life for a while. That’s what so many people now are Would you say you have a particular looking for. leadership style? Finally, Nicola, I ought to ask you a bit I very much enjoy working as part of a team, about yourself, about your own and I appreciate and need other people to not interests outside of church (in the necessarily go along with me, but for me to event of us allowing you a bit of time to engage with them in making decisions and yourself!) reviewing the way we do things. Of course, one sometimes has to make decisions that may I’m interested in local history, and getting out not always be popular – and one has to be and enjoying the countryside. We have two strong enough to do that – but working dogs, so I’m looking forward to walking and together to achieve shared goals is important. exploring the local area. I also love the I enjoy leading people through times of theatre, music and concerts. And we both love change and encouraging them to remain offering hospitality (my husband’s a very good confident in and hopeful in God. cook!). We’ve only been married two years. I had been single until the age of 56! Terry You’ve mentioned change – are there (Westwood – I kept my maiden name when we particular changes you have in mind? married) was a widower; he’d been working in Devon and took early retirement so that he I think the Church has always had to respond could move to Wells when we married. He’s to change – changes in society and the delighted at my being offered the post of different expectations that people have, the Dean, regarding it as a wonderful opportunity, way faith is viewed – as well as the particular and among the things he is really looking challenges within the church that we face at forward to are the challenges of the garden at the moment: for example, fewer clergy, the Residence (he’s a keen gardener), and finance, and how to care for our buildings – going to Trent Bridge to watch the cricket. and how to relate the hope and joy and love of our faith in Christ, and communicate this to the So we are both very much looking forward to communities in which we live. But within the our new life in Southwell! church itself the first priority must be to build relationships of trust and love before And we are really looking forward to introducing any changes or a new direction. welcoming Nicola and Terry, and their And to keep prayer and worship of God at the contribution to this new chapter in the heart of all we do so as to be open to the leading of the Holy Spirit. God is changeless life of the Minster. and yet forever changing and transforming us, so we live within that paradox, and that’s always an exciting prospect.

Talking of priorities, what do you think will be your priorities in your new role here in Southwell?

The priority will definitely be meeting people – not just in the Minster but in the town and in the diocese and county – helping to make it an easier route from Nottingham to Southwell! And getting to understand how the Minster functions. The ministry of welcome is high on the list, as is the part played by Sacrista Prebend Retreat House – a place where EDUCATION DEPARTMENT...

The education team (Diana, Matt, Donna and have a ‘Make A Difference’ day, our volunteers) would like to introduce Dean reflecting on their primary school Nicola to the thriving education department at lives, and thinking about what the the Cathedral and Archbishop’s Palace, and to future might bring. It’s always a extend a very warm welcome to Southwell. special and emotional day for us and Thousands of learners of all them, and marks the end of the academic year ages attend our organised for the department. events each year. There is always something fun or Throughout the year, we offer bespoke visits, exciting happening in the which are planned on an individual basis department, and we love according to the needs of the school or group, meeting new people and showing them from nursery to key stages 3&4. This might what this wonderful place has to offer. include learning about communion or baptism Each year brings its own challenges and and some of our signs, symbols and worship; unique opportunities, which we embrace sometimes it’s an arts or history focus. These with enthusiasm. Below is a flavour of the kinds of things our smaller scale events really enable us to get to know the new Dean can expect to see during her first year in post – and children and their teachers and spend quality time answering we hope she will be able to attend some of them and find out their questions – the reflective times we spend with them can more about what we do, and we are very much looking be very special. forward to getting to know her and work with her vision too. The Archbishop’s Palace and education garden have become a Our biggest annual event is Time Travelling: a pilgrimage wonderful resource too, and over the last few years we have event for primary schools. Open to all schools in the Diocese been busy putting in place some ‘drop in’ family learning (and some coming from beyond), during a week in March and events to go alongside our history offer for schools. The biggest a week in June, we welcome 350 children per day to learn of these is in August, which this year had a Medieval theme, about faith, history and the buildings. To sustain this we rely and ‘Robin Hood’ and his merry outlaws provided music, on a wonderful team of around 200 volunteers, who lead stories, and traditional crafts. activities, act as guides for a group for the day, or help with preparation of resources, supervising lunch and, importantly, A real highlight of the year is our now annual ‘Discovery Day’ keeping the tea and coffee flowing for the accompanying for adults. We offer delegates the chance to attend their adults! We can’t thank them enough for their sterling work, choice of 3 talks, tours and workshops at the Palace and and it’s largely thanks to them that Time Travelling is now in its Minster. These include guided tours of the Palace, gardens, 22nd year. tower and Minster, practical singing, crafty sessions or historic learning. Staff and volunteers from Minster groups join in, Every July we say ‘bon voyage’ to approximately 600 year 6 showcasing and sharing their work, and others come in children, mainly from church schools, who come to the Minster voluntarily to share their expertise. to We are proud to have been awarded a ‘Quality Badge’ from the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, in recognition of the excellent standards of practice in the department. If readers would like to become involved in our work, feel free to attend an informal information meeting on 4th October 2016 at the Palace: from 10am there will be refreshments, the meeting starts at 10.30 – and you’ll have the option to stay for the volunteers’ training session during the afternoon. For more information about volunteering or booking a visit, please contact [email protected] 01636 817993

Diana Ives (Education Officer), Donna Selby (Education Assistant, Palace) and Matt Hustwayte (Administrator).

For visits to Southwell Minster and Archbishop’s Palace for schools and other groups. Visit the Education pages of our website for details.

For Time Travelling educational pilgrimage days visit http:// www.timetravelling.co.uk A full guide to “Everything Southwell Minster ” during September & October

SEPTEMBER 9 FRIDAY Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880 7.30am Holy Communion 1 THURSDAY Giles of Provence, Hermit, c. 710 8.30am Morning Prayer 7.30am Holy Communion 12.15pm Lunchtime at the Cathedral – Joel 8.00am Morning Prayer Newsome (trumpet) and Simon 9.45am Holy Communion Hogan (piano) 5.45pm Evening Prayer 5.45pm Evening Prayer 2 FRIDAY The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 10 SATURDAY 1901 and 1942 8.30am Morning Prayer 7.30am Holy Communion 9.00am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer 10.30am Service for Diocesan Celebration of 5.45pm Evensong Oakville Singers 150 Years of Reader Ministry (Eucharist) 3 SATURDAY Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir Teacher, 604 11 SUNDAY The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 8.30am Morning Prayer 7.30am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 8.00am Holy Communion 11.00am Holy Matrimony 9.30am Family Eucharist Minster Chorale 2.00pm Holy Matrimony 11.15am Sung Eucharist Cathedral Choir 5.45pm Evensong Oakville Singers 12.45pm Baptism [Font] 4 SUNDAY The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 3.30pm Evensong with Choir Promotions 7.30am Morning Prayer Cathedral Choir 8.00am Holy Communion 7.30pm Music in the Great Hall 9.30am Family Eucharist Congregational 12 MONDAY 11.15am Sung Eucharist Oakville Singers 8.00am Morning Prayer 3.30pm Evensong Oakville Singers 9.00am Holy Communion 5 MONDAY 5.45pm Evening Prayer 8.00am Morning Prayer 13 TUESDAY John Chrysostom, 9.00am Holy Communion Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407 5.45pm Evening Prayer 7.30am Holy Communion 6 TUESDAY Allen Gardiner, Founder of the 8.00am Morning Prayer South American Mission Society, 1851 5.45pm First Evensong of Holy Cross Day 7.30am Holy Communion Boys’ Voices 8.00am Morning Prayer 14 WEDNESDAY HOLY CROSS DAY; Murray Irvine, 5.45pm Evening Prayer Fourth Provost of Southwell, 2005 7 WEDNESDAY 7.30am Holy Communion 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 5.45pm Festal Evensong Cathedral Choir 5.45pm Evening Prayer 15 THURSDAY Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 8 THURSDAY THE BIRTH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 258; Frank Stenton, historian, 1967 7.30am Holy Communion 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.45am Holy Communion 9.45am Holy Communion [Pilgrim’s Chapel] 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 12.30pm Silence and Meditation [Pilgrim’s Chapel] 5.45pm Festal Evensong Men’s voices 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir

16 FRIDAY Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of 10.30am Harvest Festival Service the Picts, c. 432 Cathedral Choir 7.30am Holy Communion 3.30pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 8.30am Morning Prayer 4.45pm Westgate Service 5.45pm Evening Prayer 26 MONDAY Wilson Carlile, Founder of the 17 SATURDAY Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Church Army, 1942 Visionary, 1179 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.30am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evensong Girls’ Choir 3.00pm Installation of The Very Revd 27 TUESDAY Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Nicola Sullivan as Dean of Congregation of the Mission Southwell Full Music Foundation (Lazarists), 1660 18 SUNDAY The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 7.30am Holy Communion 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evensong Boys’ Voices 9.30am Family Eucharist Boys’ voices 28 WEDNESDAY Ember Day 11.15am Sung Eucharist Cathedral Choir 7.30am Holy Communion (Commissioning of house groups in 9.30 8.00am Morning Prayer and 11.15 services) 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 3.30pm Evensong with Promotions 5.45pm Evening Prayer Girls’ Choir and Lay Clerks 29 THURSDAY MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS 19 MONDAY Theodore of Tarsus, 7.30am Holy Communion Archbishop of Canterbury, 690 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.45am Holy Communion 9.00am Holy Communion 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 5.45pm Evensong Girls’ Choir [Pilgrim’s Chapel] 20 TUESDAY John Coleridge Patterson, first Bishop 5.45pm Festal Evensong Cathedral Choir of Melanesia, and his Companions, 30 FRIDAY Ember Day; Jerome, T Martyrs, 1871 ranslator of the Scriptures, Teacher, 7.30am Holy Communion 420 8.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Holy Communion 5.45pm First Evensong of Matthew, Apostle 8.30am Morning Prayer and Evangelist Boys’ voices 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 21 WEDNESDAY MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] OCTOBER 5.45pm Festal Evensong Cathedral Choir 7.30pm Organ Recital: Simon Hogan 1 SATURDAY Ember Day; Remigus, Bishop of 22 THURSDAY Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533; 7.30am Holy Communion Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of 8.00am Morning Prayer Shaftsbury, Social Reformer, 1885; 9.45am Holy Communion Eadwig, king, donator of the 5.45pm Evensong Southwell lands, 959 attended by College of Canons 8.30am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion Cathedral Choir th 23 FRIDAY 11.00am Mothers’ Union 140 Anniversary 7.30am Holy Communion Service 8.30am Morning Prayer 5.45pm First Evensong of Dedication 12.15pm Lunchtime at the Cathedral – Festival Cathedral Choir Loveden Quartet 2 SUNDAY The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir – Dedication Sunday 24 SATURDAY 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 9.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Minster Chorale 5.45pm Evening Prayer 11.15am Sung Eucharist Cathedral Choir 25 SUNDAY The Eighteenth Sunday after 3.30pm Festal Evensong with Licensing of Trinity Judge Mark Ockleton as Diocesan 7.30am Morning Prayer Chancellor Cathedral Choir 8.00am Holy Communion

Moses 3 MONDAY George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, 12 WEDNESDAY Wilfrid of Ripon, Bishop, Missionary, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958 709; Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 8.00am Morning Prayer 1845; Edith Cavell, Nurse, 1915 9.00am Holy Communion 7.30am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evensong Girls’ Choir 8.00am Morning Prayer 4 TUESDAY Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] of the Friars Minor, 1226 5.45pm Evening Prayer 7.30am Holy Communion 13 THURSDAY Edward the Confessor, King of England, 8.00am Morning Prayer 1066 5.45pm Evensong Boys’ voices 7.30am Holy Communion 5 WEDNESDAY 8.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Holy Communion 9.45am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 12.15pm Holy Communion 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir [Sacrista] 14 FRIDAY 5.45pm Evening Prayer 7.30am Holy Communion 6 THURSDAY William Tyndale, Translator of the 8.30am Morning Prayer Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536; 1.00pm Holy Matrimony Faith of Aquitaine, Virgin, Martyr, c.304 5.45pm Evening Prayer 7.30am Holy Communion 7.30pm St Cecilia Concert with City of London 8.00am Morning Prayer Sinfonia and Stephen Layton 9.45am Holy Communion 15 SATURDAY Teresa of Avila, Teacher, 1582 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 8.30am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 9.00am Holy Communion 7.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 5.45pm RSCM Choirs’ Festival Evensong 7.30pm The Sixteen: Choral Pilgrimage 16 SUNDAY The Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity Concert 7.30am Morning Prayer 7 FRIDAY 8.00am Holy Communion 7.30am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Minster Chorale 8.30am Morning Prayer 11.15am Sung Eucharist Men’s voices 12.15pm Lunchtime at the Cathedral – 3.30pm Evensong Cathedral Choir Richard Hinsley (piano) 17 MONDAY Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c. 107 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 8.00am Morning Prayer 8 SATURDAY Eudburgh, abbess, pilgrim saint of the 9.00am Holy Communion Anglo-Saxon Minster, 8th century 5.45pm First Evensong of Luke the Evangelist 8.30am Morning Prayer Girls’ Choir and Lay Clerks 9.00am Holy Communion 18 TUESDAY LUKE THE EVANGELIST 10.30am Readers’ Licensing Service 7.30am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 8.00am Morning Prayer 9 SUNDAY The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity 11.00am Retired Clergy Eucharist 7.30am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Festal Evensong Cathedral Choir 8.00am Holy Communion 19 WEDNESDAY Henry Martyn, Translator of the 9.30am Family Eucharist Girls’ Choir Scriptures, Missionary in India 11.15am Mattins Cathedral Choir and Persia, 1812 3.30pm Animal Blessing Service [Nave 7.30am Holy Communion 7.30pm Music in the Great Hall – 8.00am Morning Prayer Southwell Minster School Musicians 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 10 MONDAY Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 5.45pm Evening Prayer 644; John Wakeling, seventh Bishop of 20 THURSDAY Southwell, 2004 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 9.45am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evening Prayer 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 11 TUESDAY Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675; 5.45pm Evensong Boys’ voices James the Deacon, Companion of 21 FRIDAY Paulinus, 7th century 7.30am Holy Communion 7.30am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Lunchtime at the Cathedral – 5.45pm Evensong Boys’ voices Charlotte Rowan (violin) 7.00pm Talk on John Donne Exhibition 5.45pm Evening Prayer given by The Very Revd Dr John

22 SATURDAY 31 MONDAY Martin Luther, Reformer, 1546; 8.30am Morning Prayer Osketel, Archbishop of York, 971 9.00am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evening Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 23 SUNDAY The Last Sunday after Trinity 5.45pm Evening Prayer 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Congregational NOVEMBER 11.15am Sung Eucharist Minster Chorale 3.30pm Evensong Minster Chorale 1 TUESDAY ALL SAINTS’ DAY 24 MONDAY Frank Berry, fifth Bishop of Southwell, 7.30am Holy Communion 1976 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.00am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Festal Evensong Cathedral Choir 9.00am Holy Communion 2 WEDNESDAY COMMEMORATION OF THE FAITHFUL 5.45pm Evening Prayer DEPARTED (ALL SOULS’ DAY) 25 TUESDAY Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs at 7.30am Holy Communion Rome, c.287 8.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Holy Communion 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 8.00am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evening Prayer 3.00pm Laying up of County Standard for 8.00pm Sung Requiem Women’s Section of Royal British Minster Chorale Legion 3 THURSDAY Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican 5.45pm Evening Prayer Apologist, Teacher, 1600; Martin of 26 WEDNESDAY Alfred the Great, King of the West Porres, Friar, 1639 Saxons, Scholar, 899; Cedd, Abbot of 7.30am Holy Communion Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 8.00am Morning Prayer 664 9.45am Holy Communion 7.30am Holy Communion 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 8.00am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 4 FRIDAY Winifred, Abbess, 7th century 5.45pm Evening Prayer 7.30am Holy Communion 27 THURSDAY 8.30am Morning Prayer 7.30am Holy Communion 12.15pm Lunchtime at the Cathedral – 8.00am Morning Prayer Mirabilé 9.45am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evening Prayer 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 5 SATURDAY 5.45pm Evening Prayer 8.30am Morning Prayer 28 FRIDAY SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES 9.00am Holy Communion 7.30am Holy Communion 3.30pm Informal Concert Boys’ voices 8.30am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 5.45pm Evening Prayer 6 SUNDAY The Third Sunday before Advent 7.00pm Order of St Lazarus Vigil 7.30am Morning Prayer 29 SATURDAY James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern 8.00am Holy Communion Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 9.30am Family Eucharist Girls’ Choir 1885 11.15am Sung Eucharist Cathedral Choir 8.30am Morning Prayer 12.45pm Baptism 9.00am Holy Communion 3.30pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 11.00am Order of St Lazarus Grand Priory of England National Investiture Minster Chorale 5.45pm Evening Prayer 30 SUNDAY The Fourth Sunday before Advent 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Congregational 11.15am Spoken Eucharist 12.45pm Baptism 3.30pm Evening Prayer

MISSION PARTNERSHIP GROUP...

Overcoming injustice and poverty

The Minster’s Mission Partnership Group continued its work over the summer with money, prayer and action.

On Sea Sunday in July the preacher was Revd Peter Ellis from the Mission to Seafarers (MtS). The collection was given to MtS to help their work of caring for seafarers who are sometimes treated very badly – abandoned by the shipping companies in ports far from home, not paid their proper wages, or needing a sympathetic ear when they talk about what it’s like to be separated from their loved-ones for months or years at a time. The Minster has been in partnership with the MtS for many years.

Harvest Festival is on September 25th, and the collection will go to USPG – United Society, Partners in the Gospel (also called ‘Us’). USPG supports education and development projects run by local churches throughout the world, from Brazil and Africa to Sri Lanka and Myanmar. This year’s harvest project is supporting work done by the ‘Anglican Church in Ceylon’ among children of the very poorly-paid tea- plantation workers, making sure the children have enough to eat and learn about growing healthier food.

The latest report from the Swaziland Schools Projects, which we support through weekly prayer and an annual grant, tells of the severe famine that has hit Southern Africa. Thanks to global warming, there has been virtually no rain and the harvest has failed. The schools of the Anglican Diocese of Swaziland – a country where our new dean once worked for Tearfund - are directing some of their funds to provide a midday meal of maize rice (pictured left) to the children. This is vital where small children struggle to walk three or four miles to school without any breakfast. Other funds go to build school classrooms, equip them with desks, and provide bursaries for AIDS orphans.

The Rainbow Project at St Stephen’s Hyson Green in Nottingham is doing great work in providing friendship to refugees who have ended up in Nottingham after escaping from persecution or violence in their home country. In 2015 the Minster contributed to an extra collection for their programme offering legal advice in the complex process of making the case to stay in the UK; this year our regular grant was £1000. (Each year we give 10% of our planned-giving income for God’s mission outside the Minster.) Vincent Ashwin Abseiling for Sacrista Prebend

Sacrista Prebend is one of the places whose existence is vital in the world as it is today. As you know, ‘vital’ means ‘life-giving’, ‘invigorating’, among other things.

When asked to produce the treasures of the Church to the authorities, St Laurence brought in the poor and needy. Sacrista Preb- end is one of the Church’s local treasures.

In July I abseiled down the north tower of Peterborough Cathedral. Yes, it is 150ft high and no, I am not a fit youngster, so it was vital that both the Cathedral and Derbyshire Mountain Rescue did their job well! They did.

The excellent leadership team at Sacrista Prebend depends on volunteers in order to be able to do all that happens there. As in so many churches there is not enough money to do all that is wanted.

I chose to give the money raised from this area to Sacrista Prebend because to me, and many others, it is vital that this place of prayer, sacrament and service continues to offer all that to those in need in this diocese and beyond. Sacrista Prebend brings a chance for people to find a quiet space for a while within busy lives, a chance to listen for God and his Spirit, to find companion- ship, to be re-vitalised in order to serve God’s world. Thank you to all who sponsored me. £1446.50 was raised.

The Reverend Canon Bridget Smith THE COMMUNITY OF THE CROSS OF NAILS

The Community of made into a cross, which today is placed above the the Cross of Nails high altar in the new cathedral. After the war a (CCN) is a replica of this Cross of Nails was presented to worldwide churches in German cities such as Kiel, Dresden and Berlin Christian network symbolising the peace, trust and partnership that of churches, developed. cathedrals and In 1974 the present Community of the Cross of Nails was organizations who formed, and there are now 162 congregations and groups work and pray for who are CCN Partners in over 30 countries, drawn peace, justice and together by shared ideals of: healing in our

divided and Healing the wounds of history broken world. Learning to live with difference and celebrate diversity Their vision is Building a culture of peace inspired by the

story of Coventry It is an organic and diverse community, which includes our Cathedral and its link cathedral of St George's in Jerusalem, the church of St outstanding George in Baghdad (where Canon Andrew White has long ministry of ministered), and Birmingham Cathedral in the UK. All reconciliation since CCN partners receive from Coventry their own Cross of the Second World Nails, which is very striking and can become a focus for War. prayer, regular short Litanies of Reconciliation, and a place

for resources witnessing to our Christian calling to reach Following the bombing of Coventry Cathedral in across barriers and be peace-makers. November 1940, the Provost Dick Howard made a

commitment not to seek revenge, but to focus on working At this unsettled time in Britain, Europe and the wider towards forgiveness. The words ‘Father Forgive’ were world, initiatives like this are to be welcomed and inscribed on the wall of the ruined chancel, and three celebrated. Is this something for us to consider? mediaeval nails attached to the charred beams were Angela Ashwin Would you like to advertise here?

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Tel: 07968 814189 Email: [email protected] Bramley Apple Festival of Food & Drink (in Southwell Minster)

Now in its sixth year the Bramley Apple Festival of Food & Drink in Southwell Minster continues to go from strength to Saturday 22 October strength. As part of the town’s Bramley celebrations, (which have been going on for a lot longer!) there will be over thirty 10am – 4pm Food and drink stands in the Minster’s Nave, featuring some of the best local small producers and retailers. Entrance £2 donation, Visitors will be able to view, taste and buy local and regional products such as a wide range of cakes and pastries, sweets, under 16’s free honey products, W.I apple pies and cakes, apple preserves, jams and pickles, Savoury pies and other pork products, meats, free range turkeys and chickens, artisan breads, cheeses, apple drinks, coffee, tea, cordials, beers, chocolate, The oils, sloe gin, wines, ceramics, cookery books and magazines. The whole Festival is a fantastic event for foodies everywhere! Palace This year again the Festival will also be supporting Nottinghamshire’s ‘Love Food, Hate Waste’ campaign run by – the Veolia. Veolia will again have their own stand and will be offering advice to visitors about reducing food waste. Heritage Lottery There will also be large display of different varieties of apples from John Hempsall’s Heritage Orchard in the Nave. Plus Fund Bramley related children’s craft activities, food treats and trails taking place during the day in the Archbishop’s Palace and education garden. As the Minster’s former fundraiser of ten years, now volunteer Curator of the Archbishop’s Palace and A programme of demonstrations will take place during the Education Garden, I look forward to discussing with day in the Crossing of the Cathedral as follows… Dean Nicola our developing relationship with the 11am Young Bramley Chef of the Year Winner’s Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Demonstration 12noon Bread, Pork and Bramley’s with Linda Hewett She will see the new Education Garden, a continuing 1pm Celebrate leftovers with Andrea Wallace from Leith’s evolving project (for which Liam, our gardener, and I School of Food & Wine are ever on the look out for fresh volunteers!) along 2pm Baking with Bramley’s with Jordan Cox from the Great with the State Chamber and other renovated British Bake Off facilities within the surviving built section of the 3pm The Lay Clerk’s of Southwell Minster entertain! Palace – all supported by HLF.

However the Bramley Festival is not just about the Minster Elizabeth Johnson writes elsewhere on the Choral and you will also find a wealth of activities taking place in the Outreach programme – the key element in HLF’s town, including retailers presenting their apple themed agreement to funding the restoration of the Song windows. A Bramley Apple painting exhibition and big draw School, which is closed to the general public. Dean event, poetry competition and WI refreshments in the Nicola has been briefed already on our thoughts for a Bramley Centre, plus the judging of the WI Apple Pie second project with HLF to properly light and heat competition and the Minster School Ceilidh Band and the Chapter House (along with making it accessible, crowning of the Bramley Apple King and Queen also in the physically and intellectually). This project to include Library. Plus dancing in the Minster grounds with the Lord – we hope! – replacing the main Quire roof and the Conyers Morris Men during the afternoon. north Quire aisle (a new roof for the south Quire aisle is to be separately funded by the Government’s For further information on the Southwell Minster Festival of World War One memorial scheme). In the New Year, Food and Drink, please contact Kathryn Anderson on 01636 consultation meetings with the congregation and 817284. wider Minster family will commence and, with Canon Nigel, I hope to help the Dean in this process. Email: [email protected] Needless to say, we shall have to gird our loins for fundraising, the Lottery never making one hundred percent grants.

Charlie Leggatt

The Choral Pilgrimage

Local Box Office: Minster Shop 01636 812933 2016: The Deer’s Cry National box office– 01904 651485 / www.ncem.co.uk Southwell Minster Thursday 6 October 2016, 7.30pm Although separated by over four centuries, the music of Doors open at 6.30pm William Byrd and Arvo Pärt makes for a perfect match. Both Pre-concert talk 7pm spent many years facing adversity and persecution and both sought solace through their sacred music. Tickets: £12 / 25 / 30

Byrd‘s later life was lived under constant threat of religious persecution– a practising Catholic in a country where only Performers the Anglican faith could be celebrated. However, Queen Elizabeth I not only loved music but also possessed a private empathy for The Sixteen Catholicism and in 1575 she granted a patent to Byrd and the aged Harry Christophers conductor Tallis to publish music. The result was Cantiones Sacrae, a collection of 17 pieces by each of them, six of which, including the monumental Concert programme Tribue, Domine, feature in this programme. The long text comes from the book of Meditations attributed to St Augustine, and Byrd treats us Byrd Diliges Dominum not only to a variety of vocal combinations, but also clear codes to his Byrd Christe qui lux es et dies unswerving Catholic faith. Just as in Ad Dominum we hear urgent cries to be heard “I speak peace to them and they clamour for war” (Ego Arvo Pärt The Deer’s Cry pacem loquebar et illi bellum conclamabant), so in Tribue, Domine he Byrd Emendemus in melius portrays the “kingdom” (imperium) with a certain triumphalism. Arvo Pärt The Woman with the Alabaster Box

Byrd Miserere mihi Domine Pärt spent most of his life in Soviet controlled Estonia and for most of his young life it all seemed perfectly normal. “We had what we had…it Byrd Ad Dominum cum tribularer wasn’t until I was older that I began to appreciate what it was to live in Tallis /Byrd Miserere nostri the Soviet Union, everything enclosed or forbidden.” In 1979, Pärt and Tallis When Jesus went his family acquired exit visas to leave the Soviet Union and moved to Berlin and it was around this time that he began to experiment with Byrd O lux beata Trinitas tintinnabulation. As Pärt himself explains “I have discovered that it is Arvo Pärt Nunc Dimittis enough when a single note is beautifully played. This one note, or a Byrd Laetentur coeli silent beat, or a moment of silence, comforts me. I work with very few Byrd Tribue, Domine elements – with one voice, with two voices. I build with the most primitive materials– with the triad. The three notes of the triad are like bells. And that is why I called it tintinnabulation.”

The result is music where the text has total clarity but is highly charged in a very specific manner. His setting Please follow us on Twitter - @TheSixteen of the Nunc Dimittis is at times tender and serene, Please find us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/The-Sixteen but then bursts out into exhilarating joy. The Woman with the Alabaster Box is even more extraordinary, with Jesus’ words eloquently delivered and made even more powerful by the silences.

Unlike Byrd, Pärt did not write for the liturgy but that does not mean his music is any less sacred – far from it. His music will resonate around our wonderful cathedrals and abbeys just as Byrd’s has done for centuries.

Harry Christophers, Founder and Conductor, The Sixteen Choir Association Potwell Dyke Grasslands Action ‘’O come let us sing unto the Lord’’....

All of us at Southwell Minster Choir Association (SMCA) Group extend a warm welcome to Dean Nicola and Terry, and wish them well in their new home in Southwell. Welcome Dean Nicola, from the Potwell Dyke SMCA was founded in 1989 with the object of promoting Grasslands Action Group! The Potwell Dyke the development of the Choir of Southwell Minster and Grasslands is a Site of Importance to Nature fostering public knowledge and appreciation of church Conservation which lies to the South East of the music and its role in worship. Cathedral. It is owned by the Cathedral Chapter and has no farming value. However, the The association now has a membership in excess of 100 unimproved grassland has been managed by the and is committed to supporting the work of the Dean and group for over twelve years and is now an Chapter in the maintenance of the Cathedral Music increasingly valued wildflower meadow. Under a Foundation, which now comprises three choirs—the Countryside Stewardship Agreement with Natural traditional Cathedral Choir of boy choristers and lay clerks England, the Action Group ensure that the (the first recorded chorister dates from the 14th century ), Agreement is fulfilled on behalf of the Cathedral. the Girls’ Choir begun in 2005, and the Minster Chorale, One of the main ‘earners’ under the Agreement has the adult chamber choir started in 1994 -- as well as the been the provision of educational visits and visits of Rector Chori and Organist, the Assistant Director of Music, local pre-school and primary age school children and the Organ Scholar. Funded largely by modest annual have been one of the group’s highlights. subscriptions and donations, an established programme of support is in place, which includes, for instance, the Now it is autumn and the site has been mown and presentation of concerts, social and leisure activities, and the hay baled. The aftermath is growing and hardy foreign tours. We look forward to supporting you in the sheep will graze for a month or two. By January the mission of this cathedral floral cycle begins again with Snowdrops church. and Lesser Celandine, Violets and Cowslips, Ragged Robin and Orchids in the succeeding months. We hope that in ‘’Sing unto the your time at Southwell you too will come Lord, and praise to love the grasslands as a place to reflect his name’’. and enjoy the beauty around us. We have had Chapter visits in the past and Michael Davidson would be delighted to host another visit in the peak flowering season, say next May?

Malcolm Rose (Chapter Rep on the Potwell Dyke Action Group) Churches Together in Southwell

On behalf of all the churches in Southwell we would like to welcome Dean Nicola and there is a warm invitation from the churches who look forward to working together.

There are seven churches in the Christian Community here in Southwell. Five of these Churches Together –the Minster, The Baptist Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church Southwell Women’s Choir and Holy Trinity have their own building. Riverside Church use the Minster School and Living Waters meet in various homes.

Many church groups in the Town are Ecumenical, for instance Christian Aid, Hope for Justice, Meditation and the Women’s World Day of Prayer. Churches Together in Southwell has a Ladies Choir who are here in the picture. Representatives attend a regular Breakfast Forum where items concerning all the churches are discussed.

Volunteering is an essential part of all the activities. Some help at Newark Hospital taking patients to the Chapel. Others welcome visitors to the Minster, and Holy Trinity depend on people to help run the Lunch Club. Contact details for each Church are on the CT web site.

Gwen Bragg (Minster rep for Churches Together in Southwell) Justice Action Group

As part of our welcome Dean Nicola might want to be introduced to ways in which members of the Minster Community are directly addressing injustices and oppression.

The Minster Justice Action Group was formed following the house group series of four years ago. This focused upon diocesan material commissioned by Bishop Paul Butler; Seeking Justice. A recurring theme was the need to commit to action and prayer for justice, and the challenge from house groups was not only to learn and talk about Christian justice but to deepen our commitment to doing it.

The group is twelve strong, including two people from other Southwell churches. It seeks to coordinate and channel the justice work done by the Minster, encourage new initiatives and embed justice in all aspects of the Minster’s ministry and mission. We work closely with other Minster groups (e.g. Mothers Union and the Mission Partnership Group), Chapter (which sees and endorses the notes of our meetings), the Diocese and Churches Together in Southwell.

Issues being addressed include:

Support of Newark foodbank and canvassing of the MP and others about food and fuel poverty. Concern about poverty and inequality and support of Church Action against Poverty. Provisions for refugees and asylum seekers, and raising awareness about the needs of new refugees, including those from Syria. Human trafficking and support of the Christian charity; Hope for Justice. Homelessness, and links with Framework and other housing associations. Climate change, including involvement in the Christian Aid Fast and Pray for the Climate Campaign leading up to the UN Convention on Climate Change in December 2015.

‘What we need is action’ is a frequent refrain of church meetings. Action requires actors – all of us, to engage with the issues and group, communicate concerns, support activities and, above all, pray that God’s kingdom will come on earth as in heaven. We look forward to working with our new Dean on this front. Patrick Sills Vergers & Gardeners

The vergers and gardeners would like to wish Nicola and Terry all the very best as they move in to their new home and settle into life at Southwell.

The verger's department consists of Andrew (Head Verger), Michael (Deputy Head Verger), full-timers Kenny and Andy, and part-timers Nick and yet another Andy. The team work extremely well together and support each other in their duties. The TV characters in Dad's Army and The Vicar of Dibley could not be further from modern reality. Many people have little understanding of a verger's role today.

A modern verger not only has to have knowledge of the Lay Clerks daily liturgy and their role in it but also the technology used in sound systems, lighting and computer software. In addition the traditional ministry of welcome and Welcome to Dean Nicola from the lay clerks of Southwell hospitality is a key aspect. Minster. As someone coming from another cathedral you know what lay clerks are like. But just in case there is Physical fitness and stamina is needed for moving heavy anyone who doesn't . . . furniture, building staging and dismantling it after evening events ready for worship the following day. We have been around the Minster for many centuries. We are the men paid to sing services. Southwell's lay clerks sing Commercial cleaners are employed for five hours every with the boys (a lot) and the girls (sometimes) during school week to help with general dusting and vacuuming. terms. Our normal singing days are Thursday to Sunday, However the more specialised cleaning such as brass and and we sing evensong on those days, with usually one silver polishing, wood waxing, floor maintenance and Sunday morning service (either Eucharist or Choral window cleaning is the responsibility of the vergers. Mattins). Some days the services are men's voices only. The regular men number six, and are swelled by another six We have a wide range of practical skills within the auxiliaries who join us for a limited number of services a verger's department which are frequently used for term. everyday repairs and renewals. Andrew, along with Andrea from Finance, have responsibility for the care and Bigger choirs have more than one voice to a part (the maintenance of all Minster properties. larger cathedrals regularly work with twelve men on the back row) - but Southwell only have one alto, tenor and Recently Andrew has taken on line management of Liam bass per side, so there is the pressure of being the only and Gareth the gardeners. It is their responsibility to person carrying your part all the time. We rather like this, maintain, the churchyard, Bishops Manor, and parts of and pride ourselves on what we can manage within the Vicars Court. Andrew Todd, Head Verger limitation of our numbers.

Because the job is a part-time one, we all have other things we do to augment a part-time income from our lay The Guild of Minster clerking. Southwell is a small place, and the lay clerks are a notably social bunch. The way this works itself out Servers varies over the years depending on the cast, but Sunday lunch together, curry We too extend our welcome to Dean Nicola on Thursdays after our weekly rehearsal, and many, many evenings We have a wonderful group of volunteers in the Guild of Minster Servers at spent chatting in the pubs of the town Southwell Minster, who feel very privileged to belong to the Guild and who are some of the staples of our common provide assistance with worship in the Minster. Servers are present at the life. 7.30am communion service on a Thursday during the week, on a Saturday at the 9.00am Eucharist and at the Sunday 8.00am and 9.30am services, and We look forward to welcoming you and the Sung Eucharist at 11.15am. Servers are also on duty at many of the special your husband among us and hope you services held in the Cathedral. We are at Sacrista Prebend for the weekly will join us for curry one Thursday 9.00am Monday morning service. evening in October! Each year we endeavour to have a social event for all servers and partners to Jeremy Pemberton attend and look forward to Dean Nicola and her husband Terry being able to join us. To keep up the good work we provide training/refresher times throughout the year. Jill Arrowsmith, Head Server Silence & Meditation Group

The Silence and Meditation Group would like to extend a warm welcome to our new Dean.

May we also remind everyone that our new term begins on 8th September. Our ecumenical group meets each Thursday in the Pilgrim Chapel from 12.30pm until 1.15pm. There is an option to join together afterwards to share in fellowship with our packed lunches in Trebeck Hall. This group is always very open to new members whether they are able to come occasionally or regularly.

For more information please contact Elizabeth Yule (815311). Minster Guild of Stewards

The Guild of Stewards welcome Nicola our new Dean to this amazing place. The Guild has been in existence for more than 30 years and now has a membership of around 130. Our role can be described as being responsible for the ministry of welcome. The initial and last image visitors have of the Cathedral can be significantly influenced by the greeting they receive and the expression of thanks as they leave. This challenge we do not take lightly.

Visitors come from all over the country and indeed all over the world. People visit the Cathedral for many reasons. Some come because it is a place of prayer, others because they are church and Cathedral enthusiasts, and yet others simply to look around. What ever the reason they are welcome and we hope they will return. We are on duty 7 days a week 52 weeks of the year.

We look forward to working with Nicola supporting her in anyway that we can, she has that unquestioned commitment. She is indeed welcome.

Shaun Boney - Chief Steward Mothers’ Union

Greetings from the Southwell Minster Mothers’ Union. We commenced in 1891, so have been going 125 years. We have 18 members at present, and enjoy meeting together every month on the third Thursday at 2. 15 pm with the exception of August.

Currently we meet at Sacrista Prebend and have a varied programme of events. We support the Women’s Refuge in Newark, and we assist with catering for the Mini Minsters Group. We raise money throughout the year for the World Wide Projects undertaken by the Central Office at Mary Sumner House in London. Some members attend Faith & Light the Archdeaconry Days and also Diocesan Events. We have over 4,000,000 members worldwide. Faith and Light welcomes Dean Nicola to Southwell. We give you a warm welcome and look forward to working with you, supporting the many faceted life of Southwell Minster. Faith and Light International grew out of a French family’s unpleasant experience on a pilgrimage to Jenny Hodson, Branch Leader Lourdes in 1968, when the children with learning difficulties were rejected by the others because of their difference. After another successful pilgrimage led by

Jean Vanier home groups were formed to keep the experience alive. (In the photo (right) – left to right – Eileen We in the Minster have 35 members, companions, and Mitchinson, Liz Turner, accompaniers including carers, who meet each month (Glenys Herbert – the to enjoy each other’s company and to share in a Speaker for that variety of activities, in singing, prayer and food. We meeting) Kay Old, Joan are a noisy, lively group, the essence being acceptance, Raven, Gwen Bragg) each of the other, exactly as we are. In February 2017 Southwell will be the host at the Annual Candle Mass Celebration. Bobby Craig Outdoor Cinema Historic Chapter Library

in the gardens of The Historic Chapter the Archbishop’s Palace, Southwell. Library welcomes Dean Nicola, and all On 23 and 24 September who would like to visit the Archbishop’s Palace will be showing two the Library this evenings of outdoor cinema, autumn. But where is the Library? Visitors on the first night you can come and watch making their way to the famous leaf Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame carvings in the in this beautiful heritage location, Chapter House may walk straight past a heavy wooden door set into the north the second evenings film choice is down to a quire aisle. Behind it a steep stairway leads to a high-ceilinged public vote that will be decided 2 weeks before room, a hidden space, once the Minster’s treasury. The the event. treasures now are not silver and gold, but books, from the From a choice of Dirty Dancing, Romeo & tiniest hand-held prayer books to a weighty first edition of the Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Grease, King James Bible. Finding Nemo, Les Miserables and the newly release The collection began in about 1690 with donations from local Jungle Book gentlemen, and reflects their varied interests at the time. So it is now possible to find a book to interest almost everyone so get voting! today. The geographer can enjoy 16th century atlases, the https://abpsouthwell.typeform.com/to/ mathematician – Newton’s Principia Mathematica, the rZUDku student of literature – a 1550 edition of Chaucer’s works , or a first edition of Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary. If you wish to see the Tickets start from £9 for an Early Bird Ticket, oldest books, you will see a manuscript Bible dating from with General Admission being £12 about 1300, and a manuscript copy of the C14 Mirk’s Festial, and Concession costing £10 sermons for Saints’ days. with a refreshment stall available throughout the event. For myself, and for assistant librarian John, our task is to enable the collection to be used for research, education and With a lovely view bring a picnic blanket or pure enjoyment while at the same time ensuring that the camping chairs and enjoy the films we have to valuable collection is conserved for the future, a delicate offer. balance!

DOORS OPEN AT 6PM, The library has open days several times a year, and is open by appointment at other times. Email FILM SCHEDULED TO START 7:30PM [email protected] or phone 0115 966 3469 to make an arramgement. A changing display of books from the The event will go ahead, even in imperfect Library can be seen in the Chapter House passage. The weather. Screenings will only be cancelled if catalogue can be searched online via the Minster’s website. weather conditions threaten danger at the time of screening. Please check the weather forecast Christine Whitehouse. (Hon. Librarian) in advance, and come accordingly prepared for the Great British Summer. Patrons accept the risk that weather they might consider unsatisfactory could occur on a screening night. Newark & Southwell They acknowledge that tickets will not be refunded. Screenings will only be rescheduled for Deanery Office another date if there is felt to be a concern for safety. In that event we will aim to give as much Open: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.00am — 4.00 pm notice as possible, so please keep an eye out for information on the website and social media. Area Dean: Revd Canon Mark Adams Lay Chair: Mr Michael Wilson Please note that times are approximate and Deanery Administrator: Mrs Louise Riley actual times may vary. No BBQ’s or fires.” Deanery Treasurer: Vacant

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Tel: 01636 650063 Email: [email protected] Births, Marriages Films and & Deaths Exhibition: October 2016 Baptisms The Southwell/Jerusalem Link Group 19 June Imogen Radha Sengupta looks forward to welcoming Dean

10 July James Nicholas Snowden Nicola to their forthcoming October event and sharing their other 17 July Lydia May Haigh activities with her. 31 July Grace Rose Britchford

7 August Lydia Florence Hinder Silent Voices is an exhibition which will come to Southwell Minster Chapter House on 24 October for a week. See Weddings notice on page 7.

11 June Richard Hunter & Laura Lennard-Jones This thought-provoking exhibition has

24 June David Munn & Aileen Harrison travelled around the UK from Salisbury early this year to Lichfield 25 June Gareth Williams & Hannah Wright Cathedral more recently, and shows

9 July James Stark & Martine Welby the everyday life in the Palestinian village of Bil'in through the eyes of the 15 July Richard Burroughs & Lucy-Anne Durrant children who live there. The photos 6 August William Cottam & Rachael Greenfield will also include a selection taken by

10 August Sean Kelly & Lisa Gibbs the local professional photographer, Paul Burton, in the course of a recent 12 August Richard Smith & Philippa Hayward visit to the Holy Land. Together they 13 August Joseph Christopher & Holly Weaver illustrate positive as well as less encouraging scenes.

Wedding Blessing The highlight event of this week will be held on Thursday 27 October; a 20 August Ashley Thomas & Laura Watson Palestinian Evening which will include two documentary films. The first short Funerals film explores Britain's role in creating the present conflict in Palestine 7 June Rachel Morley through the Balfour Declaration in 1917. The second film is an inspiring 8 July Kenneth Hall story about the children of 29 July Madge Davidson Gaza. There will be time to see the exhibition and enjoy a Palestinian- themed supper.

Over the years, a strong link has been forged between Southwell Diocese and St. George's Cathedral in Keep up to speed with Newark & Southwell Jerusalem and the support for the recent Palestinian events has been Deanery News: truly heartening. The last one raised desperately needed funds for the Al- http://southwell.anglican.org/about-us-2/ deaneries/newark- Ahli Anglican hospital in Gaza. southwell-deanery-home/ Margaret Cooper Contact Information

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This issue has been produced and printed by Jubilate Communications CIC THE CATHEDRAL SHOP

It's my pleasure to extend a cheerful welcome to our new Dean, Nicola Sullivan on behalf of the entire Cathedral Shop Team. We wish you and Terry a smooth transition and a happy start to your new lives in Southwell.

The Cathedral Shop is an integral part of the COME VISIT OUR SHOP Minster family; it has been serving the local and THE CATHEDRAL SHOP IS A BEAUTIFUL wider communities for over 20 years. We provide PLACE TO COME AND BUY: a wide range of British and Fair Trade gifts, and A WIDE RANGE OF LOCAL stock an impressive selection of music, Church AND FAIRTRADE GIFTS, supplies, Christian books, cards and more. We also CARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS, act as a local box office for numerous events, concerts and exhibitions in Southwell. SOUTHWELL SOUVENIRS,

The Cathedral Shop plays a vital role in CHRISTIAN BOOKS INCLUDING A GREAT supporting the life and mission of the Cathedral. SELECTION OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS AND All profits from the Shop are donated to BIBLES.

Southwell Minster forming a valued contribution. A COLLECTION OF CAREFULLY CHOSEN

Our team are happy to share their knowledge of MUSIC - CHORAL, ORGAN the local area and are humble about the AND MODERN CLASSICS important pastoral role they play within the community. We are delighted to offer flexible WE ARE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK! volunteering opportunities for people of all ages TELEPHONE 01636 812933 and backgrounds. OPENING HOURS We look forward to getting to know our new MON-SAT 9.30am – 5.00pm Dean and once again wish to express our whole- SUN 12.30pm – 4.30pm hearted welcome! ALL PROFITS ARE DONATED TO Amy Rodgers, SOUTHWELL MINSTER Retail Manager