THE FRIENDS OF COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CATHEDRAL MATTERS Architectural Legacy and Cultural Significance: Sunday 23rd October Coventry Cathedral at the start of a New Century Bible Sunday An illustrated public lecture by Kelley Christ RIBA, the new Cathedral Architect Thursday 10th November at 7.30 pm Coventry Cathedral is unlike any other. It combines the iconic Ruins, international symbol of THIS WEEK peace and reconciliation, and the new Cathedral, Britain’s outstanding public building of the Sunday 23rd October Sunday 30th October post-war period. How significant is its art and architecture today, and how can we ensure 8.00am Holy Communion 8.00am Holy Communion that it is restored, preserved and valued for future generations? 10.30am The Cathedral Eucharist 10.30am The Cathedral Eucharist Kelley Christ, the Cathedral Architect, reflects on how the Cathedral is faring, what it will 2.00pm German Lutheran Service 4.00pm Commemoration of the Faithful take to maintain it at a ‘plateau of good repair’, and how best the Cathedral can adapt to the 4.00pm Choral Evensong Departed demands of worshippers, pilgrims and tourists in the 21st Century. 6.30pm OPEN Table 6.30pm OPEN Cathedral Praise An enthusiastic and ‘hands-on’ architect, Kelley Christ is also the Architect to Southwark Cathedral, and is passionate about the care and conservation of modern and historic buildings. A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN To be sure of a place, sign up on the Community Table today. Houses of Parliament Visit, Tuesday 22nd November Welcome to Coventry Cathedral! We pray that as we gather in worship we will know God’s Four places have become available for this tour. Travel by coach departing from the Cathedral presence and word for each of us, and be given the grace to respond. at 7am (£22.00 return) or make your own way to meet at the visitors’ entrance at 10.30am. Last week I held out a ‘ten-minute challenge’ for visitors and the Cathedral community to To reserve your place, sign up on the Community Table today. commit ten minutes each day to prayer – just ten minutes to sit still with our eyes closed and Martin Williams, Chairman of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral to be attentive to God – to share our hearts and minds with him, and to allow the Holy Spirit to move us closer to God’s will and purposes for us and the world. I was reminded last week that many people are already doing this, which of course is wonderful: for those who aren’t, I WHAT’S ON IN OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2016 really commend it as a way to change our lives and our world; for those who are, please help Wednesday 26th October, 10am-4pm at Friday 4th November at 7pm: Cat’s Eyes. others understand its value! Holy Trinity Attleborough: Quiet Day led Saturday 5th November, 10.15am- You’ll find elsewhere in Cathedral Matters some reminders about other issues of importance. by Bp Christopher. 100 Retreats for 100 Years. 4.15pm in St Michael’s House: Project Please do sign the card today for the Polish owners of the firebombed shop in Willenhall. Saturday 29th October at 11.30am in St Bonhoeffer Day Faith and Frontiers. Remember that next week the clocks go back, we have a special collection for Haiti, and there Michael’s House: open AGM of SHARE Sunday 6th November after Eucharist: is the All Souls service next Sunday afternoon. with contributions from Sibiu volunteers. bring-and-share Welcome Lunch. Every blessing Sunday 30th October after Eucharist: Monday 7th November at 5.45pm: John Romania Lunch: another chance to hear the Remember our Child monthly service in the experiences of this year’s volunteers. £5 Chapel of Unity. The Dean and Canons this week towards SHARE funds. [email protected] Thursday 10th November in the Lady The Precentor is Canon in Residence this week. Wednesday 2nd November, 6pm-8pm Chapel: Mothers’ Union Corporate in St Michael’s House: Dresden: A Love Communion service. All welcome. Arson of Polish Store in Coventry Story? Talk by Rainer Barczaitis. Friday 11th November at 10.45am in Many of us will have been shocked and saddened by the news in last Saturday's Coventry Thursday 3rd November: Corporate the Ruins: Remembrance Day service. Telegraph of the torching of a Polish shop in Coventry. There is a card for the shop's Event, Cathedral closed. Saturday 12th November at 7.30pm: owner on the Community Table for us to sign to convey our sadness and sympathy at this Thursday 3rd November at 1pm in St Saint Michael’s Singers, Jaguar Land Rover outrageous destruction and to assure him of our support and welcome in Coventry for him, Michael’s House: Black Christmas Band. Includes Jenkins’ The Armed Man. his family and compatriots. Graham Warren documentary film screening and discussion. www.ticketweb.co.uk 0844 477 1000 Next Sunday 10.30am & 4pm Please send items for the next edition of Cathedral Matters Next Sunday there will be a special collection after Eucharist for the Haiti Hurricane Appeal. by end of TUESDAY 25th October for publication on Sunday 30th October to The 4pm service is a Eucharist for All Souls, sung to Fauré’s Requiem; if you would like to add [email protected] or phone 024 7659 4916 a loved one’s name to the list of those to be especially commemorated please arrive before www.coventrycathedral.org.uk 3.40pm; and don’t forget that the clocks go back on Saturday night. CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY NOTICES CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY NOTICES Cathedral Stewardship 100 Retreats for 100 Years Choir Parents Association To address the pressing and various needs of the Cathedral a Stewardship Group has been Wednesday 26th October at Holy Bags 4 School Collection formed comprising John Copas, Dave Goodall, Deryck Horton and myself. Over the next Trinity Attleborough Wednesday 9th November week or so we shall be sending out letters, which, in order to save costs, you will find on the A Quiet Day in preparation for the Diocesan The CPA exists to provide bursaries for Community Table. Please take your own correspondence and if you are able to assist by Centenary, led by Bishop Christopher. Choir tours and trips so that no chorister is helping to deliver to any members of the Community who are currently unwell or absent for Refreshments will be provided from 9.30am unable to go because of cost, and to support other reasons please do so. (for a 10am start) and at lunchtime; please the musical education of the choristers. If you are unable to find your own letter please speak to one of us and we shall correct the bring a packed lunch. Please bring any good quality clean clothing oversight as quickly as possible. Many Thanks David East, Senior Church Warden Cost £20 by cheque or BACS. Contact and paired shoes (no household linens or [email protected]. bedding) before Wednesday 9th November Cathedral Community Monthly Prayer Focus and leave in the Choir Vestry in the blue bags ‘Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving Dresden: A Love Story? you’ll find there. let your requests be made known to God’ Philippians 4:6 Wednesday 2nd November, 6pm-8pm The afternoon Waiting on God group has suggested that to help us have a sense of praying in St Michael’s House Lou Fellingham in Concert together as a community for our Cathedral and in support of the Dean and Canons and the A talk by Rainer Barczaitis (Dresden Anglo- Friday 11th November at 7.30pm Cathedral chapter, we should make the first day of each month a day when we have an German Association) on the findings of the Meredith Road Baptist Church, agreed prayer focus for the Cathedral; whether we pray alone or gather together, we are project British Traces in Dresden. The Coventry CV2 5JH united in our prayer on that day. associated display of 14 banners will be Join Lou Fellingham of Phatfish fame for an Accordingly, the Dean has agreed to give us a focus for our thanksgiving and prayer for shown in St Michael’s House forecourt from evening of music and worship. Featured on November and future months. These will appear in Cathedral Matters before and during Wednesday 2nd-Monday 14th November, Songs of Praise, she has sung alongside artists each month to act as a reminder. 9am-5pm. Organised by Dresden Anglo- such as Stuart Townend and Matt Redman. Tim Brooke, Gill Evans, John & Margaret Lloyd, Margaret Parker German Association in collaboration with Ticket prices £12 adults, £8 under 17s. Prayer Focus for November Coventry Dresden Arts Exchange. Tickets are available from the church office The Dean's suggested prayer points for November are: 024 7645 3976 or from Thanksgiving for the Cathedral's Reconciliation ministry, and the work of our six Canons Cat’s Eyes play Treasure House [email protected] for Reconciliation over the past 40 years, and Friday 4th November at 7pm Prayer for a positive response to the Dean’s 10-minute challenge (please see his letter on Cat's Eyes are an alternative pop duo formed RISING Global Peace Forum the front page of this Cathedral Matters), for each Cathedral community member to set aside in early 2011 by vocalist Faris Badwan Tuesday & Wednesday 15th &16th (at least) 10 minutes a day for prayer - whatever form that prayer might take. (known for his work with English indie rock November from 11.30am band the Horrors) and Italian-Canadian Sessions include Combatting Violent Schools’ Team Member Needed soprano, composer and multi-instrumentalist Extremism, The Transformative Power of Hours as required during term time: £7.20 per hour Rachel Zeffira.