Niftynotes news & information from the Diocese www.southwell.anglican.org APRIL 2014 Compiled by Nicola Mellors email: [email protected] Lent and Easter - The Journey The Very Revd John Guille, Dean be. For Christians, for example, fulfilled. We shall awake and of Southwell Minster writes: keeping Lent as a time of find it, after all, true." (Quotation preparation for Easter is a from Adam’s Dream-Mowbray count it a great privilege to be reminder that even when we are 2007). able to share a few thoughts enjoying the comfort and security with you as we continue to I of an advanced civilisation, I wish you all a joyous and make our journey through Lent Blessed Easter. and our final preparations for the celebration of Easter. I also look Christ is risen-Allelujah! forward to sharing with the John Clergy and Readers of our Diocese in the service in the Easter Minster when we re-affirm our At a turn of the head bent intent commitment to Ministry on the on a task, Wednesday in Holy Week at ripple of light, hem of his 7.30pm. It is also lovely when we garment only, are supported by members of our or a lift of the heart suddenly less parishes at this service as well. lonely As we approach Holy week and is all the Easter evidence I ask (Bishop J. V.Taylor) Easter I find these words written by Keith Jones- until recently Dean of York very helpful with which satisfies our wants in ways particular reference to the theme unimaginable to previous In this month’s issue: of journey. He writes, "Mere generations, God promises yet movement becomes a journey by more." He continues, "If we take 2 News in brief having a destination. And the Jesus Christ as our pattern for destination of the journey of faith life, we shall look on the journey 4 Events & information is the place where our desires are through life as leading to the fulfilled, our needs are satisfied, discovery of what God has 5 Prayer Diary prepared for those who love him: and our incompleteness filled. So 9 Training Courses a necessary consequence of good things that pass our seeing life as a journey is understanding, and our eyes open 11 What’s On believing that the present state of so that we feel and see that our things is not as good as it might dream of completion is being 12 Comings & Goings 2 April 14 News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. Celebrating 20 Colin Slater in years of Notts County’s Hall of Fame women priests Radio Nottingham’s Colin Slater landmark in the history of MBE has been inducted into the the Church of England will Notts County Hall of Fame as Abe celebrated in June - 20 part of his 80th birthday years since women were first celebrations. ordained as priests. Parishes across the diocese have Friends, colleagues and a benefited greatly from their number of surprise guests ministry as priests over the last two gathered on Friday night to mark decades and to mark this important the occasion in the 1862 Suite at anniversary a celebratory communion service will be held at Meadow Lane. Southwell Minster on Thursday, 19 June at 7.30pm. It is hoped that the men and women of our diocese, lay and ordained, Former Notts personalities, will join together with women priests from the earliest days to the including Howard Wilkinson, present in celebrating their contribution to the life and work of the Don Masson, Les Bradd, Steve Church. Cherry, Mick Jones, Tommy The Revd Canon Jacqui Jones, Canon Precentor at the Minster, was Johnson and Ian Richardson, one of the first women to be ordained. She said: “The vote in paid tribute to Colin who has General Synod all those years ago, for the ordination of women covered the Magpies for Radio priests came not a moment too soon for many of us. Nottingham for many years, “If it had failed to pass the two-thirds majority, I think scores of able becoming known as the ‘Voice and faithful women would have been left damaged and embittered. of Notts County’. Yet it was by no means a foregone conclusion. It was a courageous step for the Church to take. A series of presentations were “I remember the not inconsiderable number of men and women who made to Colin to commemorate voted against yet accepted the will of the majority and remained his service to journalism and faithful in their discipline and to the Church they knew and loved, football, including items from painfully working through the consequences. Continued on page12 “One of them explained to me: ‘Some of us need to take a bit longer to go round a corner than others’. That was a very gracious comment. Perhaps it was to be the last time where the Church of England as an institution led the country in its valuing of a certain section of society by redressing a centuries old imbalance! “Those of us who lived through the debates and the soul-searching will always carry the burden of those fraught years within our ministries, but times have changed and it is good that women of a different generation (much younger women) can envisage a Church with new priorities; without the weighty baggage of the past.” Organisers of the celebration invite people to contribute to the occasion by sharing stories, recollections, photographs and videos that illustrate the work that has been carried out over the last 20 years and the difference it has made, inside and outside of the Church. If you have any of the above, and are willing to share them, please send them to [email protected] or post them to Photo: Colin with Jamie Dixon, Richard Ellis, Jubilee House, Westgate, Southwell, NG25 0JH. head of media at Notts County Niftynotes 3 News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. Eggs-plaining the real meaning Sacrista Prebend 4 Westgate, Southwell of Easter! NG25 0JH A House in Southwell for retreats and conferences Did you know: we can help you plan your own In House Parish Quiet or Away Days? we offer individual day retreats? that the Lancelot Andrewes Conference Room is avaialable for Group Meetings and can accommodate up to 18 Year nine students: L-R back row: Lauren Blake; Kelsey Ford; delegates, with hospitality? Alajie Taal; Jermaine Walker. Sacrista Prebend is a Member Front row: Jordann Hopps; Briadhad Wood. of the 'Quiet Gardens With the prospect of giving up chocolate for Lent, pupils at the Movement'? Church of England’s Nottingham Emmanuel School are fighting the that an essential part in the temptation to tuck into a selection of Easter eggs. running of Sacrista is our team And these are not ordinary confections; of the 80 million chocolate of willing volunteers? Could Easter eggs sold each year in the UK, The Real Easter Egg, supplied you help? by the Meaningful Chocolate Company, is the first and only Fairtrade chocolate Easter egg to explain the Christian understanding of Easter, which it does via a leaflet depicting the story with colourful images inside each box. The Meaningful Chocolate Company also give a sizeable donation from profits and Fairtrade Premium fees, to farmers allowing them to invest in their community buying everything from school books and solar panels to providing fresh water. For information on how to order The Real Easter Egg go to Quiet Days http://www.realeasteregg.co.uk/shop Each Day begins at 9.45am with coffee and runs from 10am - 4pm. Nottingham can bid for a share of £3m Please bring a packed lunch. he Government has given £3m to a programme that helps to Saturday 26th April bring together multi-faith communities – and Nottingham is in ’Shining with Divine Light’ Tline for some of the money. with Alison Fulford Near Neighbours is a partnership between the Church Urban Fund and the Archbishop‘s Council, and is funded by the Department for Saturday 17th May Communities and Local Government. ’St Francis: The Loyal Radical’ Community and social projects that involve faith groups working with Peter Hill together are eligible to apply to the fund for grants of up to £5,000. Projects that have been helped already in other parts of the country Contact Andy Gregory include a summer sports programme and the creation of business tel: 01636 816833, email: mentors. sacrista_prebend@btinternet. The Revd David McCoulough, Director of Partnership and Mission in com) for a booking form. Please Continued on page 12 return with £20 to secure a place. 4 April 14 Events & information. Events & information. Events & informatio Minster’s A musical soiree historic & buffet supper records on with Fr Fuad display Tuesday 13 May 2014 he rich history of 7.30pm Southwell Minster, maintenance of the Minster and Tfounded in c627 - possibly the provision of stipends for the Great Hall or Southwell by Paulinus, the first Archbishop clergy. Minster of York -will be showcased at an For local people the chapter exhibition in the Cathedral’s would have been an important Fr Fuad Dagher is a charismatic Chapter House corridor during part of their lives; issuing Palestinian Anglican priest from April. marriage licences, proving wills Shefa Amre in the Galilee. He is The White Book, also known as and holding courts to govern a colourful raconteur and will Liber Albus, is one of the oldest spiritual and moral behaviour. also be sharing his musical records held at Nottinghamshire Many men became members of talents with us on piano, organ Archives.