SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL The Fourth Sunday before Advent An inclusive Christian community Sunday 5 November 2017 growing in orthodox faith and radical love Welcome to Southwark Cathedral. Children and young people during the We are a community that seeks to enfold 11.00am Eucharist: all people in the love of God. If you wish to Accompanied under-4s: Crèche with play mats, speak to a priest after the service, if you wish toys, songs and stories in the Education Centre. to find a corner to pray, if you wish simply to Reception class to Year 3: find some peace, please feel free and welcome JuniorXpress 1 in the to do so. Education Centre. Years 4-6: JuniorXpress 2 in the Queen Communicant members of all denominations Elizabeth Room. are welcome to receive Communion at this 11-18 s: YouthXpress 10.30am on first and service; please come forward as directed by third Sunday of the month in the John Trevor the Stewards. If you do not wish to receive Williams Room. Communion but would like a blessing, please bring the service booklet with you. Following the Choral Eucharist tea and coffee are served. Participation. If you have been a regular at the Cathedral for six months or more, Listen up! Sermons delivered in the Cathedral please ensure that your name is added to are available as text from southwark.anglican. the Cathedral Electoral Roll - ask Stewards org/cathedral/sermons, where you can also for details or email cathedral@southwark. find the weekly service sheet. They can also anglican.org be downloaded as from iTunes by searching for Southwark Cathedral Sermons. Giving: Regular worshippers are asked to join the Planned Giving Scheme by setting Weekly e-newsletter Keep up-to- up a bankers order. This greatly helps the date with events at Southwark Cathedral: Cathedral with financial planning. A blue form cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/signup is available from the Stewards. If you are ill or in hospital Visitors are asked to use the yellow envelope Please do let us know so that the Cathedral for their offering towards the work and community can pray for you and we can be in worship of the Cathedral. If you are a UK touch. Please contact the Sub Dean michael. taxpayer, please complete the details on the [email protected] envelope to enable us to claim back the tax as Gift Aid. (Cheques to Southwark Cathedral.) Keep in touch southwarkcathedral.org.uk twitter: @southwarkcathed facebook: /southwarkcathedral 020 7367 6700 A Safe Church Any issues relating to the safeguarding of children or vulnerable adults should be directed to the Cathedral Safeguarding Officers: Matthew Knight [email protected] 020 7367 6726 Cherry James [email protected] Concerns can be brought to any member of the clergy. Today’s Services 8.30am Morning Prayer – Southwark Cathedral Reading Psalm 33; Ephesians 1. 11–end Officiant Canon Gilly Myers, Precentor 9.00am Eucharist – Southwark Cathedral Readings Micah 3. 5–12; 1 Thessalonians 2. 9–13; Matthew 24. 1–14 Preacher Canon Gilly Myers, Precentor 9.30am Eucharist – St Hugh’s Preacher Mary O’Neill, Reader 11.00am Choral Eucharist with Baptism – Southwark Cathedral President Canon Michael Rawson, Sub Dean Preacher Canon Gilly Myers, Precentor See separate booklet. 3.00pm Choral Evensong – Southwark Cathedral Preacher The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, Dean Readings Daniel 7. 1-18; Luke 6. 17-31 Setting in B flat ∙ Charles Villiers Stanford Responses Philip Moore Psalm 117 Anthem Thy word is a lantern ∙ Henry Purcell Hymns 349; 148 (omit vv 2, 3, 5, 6) 6.00pm Traditional Rite Eucharist – Southwark Cathedral Choir University of London Church Choir See separate booklet. 3 Prayers Today All those for whom prayers have been Contactless Donation asked this week: We are now able to receive your offering using a debit or credit card, Apple or The Sick Android Pay. Pauline Johnn, June Finn, Edmund Plaxton, If you would like to use this please see Brandon Hawkins, Elisabeth Dunman, a Cathedral Warden, Matthew or Daniel, Paul Marshall, Nadine Wilson-Jones, Sue, near the doors to the link after the Peter Fenton, Andrew Rice, Peggy Brown, service. They have a sign saying Benjamin Modu, Mary Cooper, Comfort ‘Contactless Offering’. and Sunny Omotosho, Richard Hoare, Andrew McCall, Antony Reardon Smith, This week’s flowers Kathleen Stubbs, Dennis Robinson, have been donated by Gill Walley in Roger Tamplin, Sarah Rawlins, Tony Zotti, memory of her parents, Dorothy and Owen Northwood Thomas, Ronnie Slaven, Brian Cobb. John Noble, David Jones, Nathan Clegg, Lyn Jones, Hilda Aarons, Jennifer Barter, 12.30pm Kabby Streater, Ray Cook, Anita Hooper. Mothers’ Union Extraordinary Planning Meeting The Departed in the Queen Elizabeth Room. Please attend Trevor Patterson, Matthew Tawonezi, if you are able to do so. If you could also Patrick Cope, Douglas Slater, Ray Gardner, come to the MU Cathedral Prayers on Pauline Lang, Andrew Hutchinson. 22 November at 11.45am in the Harvard Chapel, that would be very helpful. Clergy Preaching Away The Treasurer at St Mark, Wimbledon. Mission allocation partners for November Manna Society Support in Southwark for homeless people; links with the Robes Project. USPG United Society – Partners in the Gospel: an Anglican mission society supporting churches around the world in their mission to bring fullness of life to the communities they share. 4 This Week’s Services Monday to Friday Sunday 12 November Remembrance Sunday Regular Services 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.30am Morning Prayer 8.15am Eucharist 9.00am Eucharist 12.30pm Midday Prayer Preacher: Canon Michael Rawson, 12.45pm Eucharist Sub Dean 5.30pm Evensong 9.30am Eucharist at St Hugh’s Friday 10 November 10.55am Choral Eucharist 5.30pm Preacher: Canon Michael Rawson, Choral Evensong with the Sub Dean College of Canons 3.00pm Choral Evensong and Saturday 11 November Commissioning of Samson Fan Armistice Day as Canon Theologian Preacher: The Venerable Samson Fan, 9.00am Morning Prayer Dean of All Saints Cathedral, Hong Kong 9.15am Eucharist 6.00pm Service of Light 11.00am Silent Prayer marking Armistice Day 4.00pm Evensong 5 Things to do this week Exhibitions Thursday 9 November Chico Mentor 7.30pm Chico paints in oil and acrylics on canvas Modern Mystics: aiming for a naive, playful and happy The Fruit of Silence expression with dynamic colours and City of London Sinfonia performs shapes. Predominating colours are fire red, contemporary works by Pärt, Vasks yellow and green melting together in visual and Tabakova. explosions that travel to the subconscious Tickets: £5–£20, from 020 7621 2800 or of the audience. Chico’s subjects are the [email protected] people in London and Latin America, their customs and their religion represented by Sunday 12 November the sacred symbols of the two cultures. 10.30am Youth Xpress In the Refectory until 22 November, We are a fun friendly group for 11–18 open 9.00am–6.00pm on weekdays, year-olds. We love new members...and our 10.00am–6.00pm on the weekend. regulars of course! We meet on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month in the John Roman Southwark – Trevor Williams Room. We’re going to be A Glimpse into the Past exploring our faith through the Exhibition in partnership with the Cuming ‘Youth Emmaus’ course, which looks Museum. On display for the first time at the amazing so come and join us if you can! Cathedral, this collection of Roman sculptures and carved stones were Saturday 11 November discovered in 1977 when a sealed crypt 10.00am–1.00pm located below the Cathedral choir was First Communion Workshop excavated. Dating from the first to third preparing baptised and worshipping children century AD many of the objects have an in year 3 and above for admission to association with funerary practices and Holy Communion on Sunday 26 November. include a funerary ash-chest and Please contact the Sub Dean for more votive altar. In Lancelot’s Link until details and to register for the workshop: 31 November. [email protected] Wednesday 8 November 5.30pm Finance Committee Meeting 6 Future Events Thursday 16 November Saturday 18 November 7.00–8.20pm 7.00pm Cathedral Archeology Georg Friedrich Händel – (A year in the life) – Talk Israel in Egypt Cathedral Archeologist Dr Jackie Hall The Wimbledon Choral Society, with early reviews her first year in post at Southwark music ensemble Florilegium, present Händel’s Cathedral. dramatic oratorio. Tickets: Free, from Eventbrite Tickets: £5–£25, from or the Cathedral Shop. wcs1117.eventbrite.co.uk Friday 17 November Sunday 19 November 7.00pm Burial of Linda Sheppard’s Ashes Verdi’s Requiem Linda Sheppard’s Ashes will be buried, with performed by the London Docklands those of her mother Winifred King, in the Singers and the Marcel Ensemble in aid of Cathedral Churchyard immediately after The Southwark Day Centre for Asylum the Choral Eucharist. All are welcome. Seekers. Tickets: £6–£20, from verdirequiem. Tuesday 21 November brownpapertickets.com Music Recital by the Olazti Trombone Quartet, students Saturday 18 November at the Royal Academy of Music. 10.00am–5.00pm Stories of London – Wednesday 22 November A Day of Talks 7.00pm–9.00pm Smithfield Martyrs, Benjamin Franklin, Pugin Candlelit Photography Evening and Parliament and a Georgian gangster are A beautiful evening for professional and topics noted historians will be discussing on amateur photographers to take photos the day. under candlelight. Tickets: £10, from Eventbrite Tickets: £10, from Eventbrite or the Cathedral Shop. or the Cathedral Shop. 7 Future Events Wednesday 22 November Friday 24 – Sunday 26 November 7.00–9.00pm Christmas Fairs of our Faith on the move – ecumenical partners faith in the future? 12.00–7.00pm (Friday) An evening with Bishop Jonathan Clark, 10.00–6.00pm (Saturday) Helen Bailey and local refugee groups 10.00–5.00pm (Sunday) exploring the situation of child refugees in Scandinavian Christmas Fair Croydon and the UK, the faith and hope at St Olav’s Church, Albion St, Rotherhithe.