Clergy Mailing - September 2013 Contents 1. Nifty Notes 2. Big E Day flyer 3. Big E Day booking form 4. Big E Day workshop choices 5. Ministry Vacancies 6. Messy Church Day Niftynotes news & information from the Diocese www.southwell.anglican.org SEPTEMBER 2013 Compiled by Nicola Mellors email: [email protected] Racial Justice Weekend Family Care & 50 Anniversary of Dr Martin Diocesan Family Luther King ‘I have a dream’ Offering Service. he Revd Dr Rosalyn 7th September 2013 Murphy, Incumbent of St 2.30pm TThomas’ Blackpool, will Southwell Minster be the keynote speaker at a service to celebrate Racial Justice An opportunity to celebrate the Sunday on 8th September 2013. work of Family Care and give thanks to all their supporters. Rosalyn will be following the The theme for this year’s service national theme based on the 50th is ‘Seeking justice for anniversary of Dr Martin Luther vulnerable children’. King Jr's ‘I have a dream' speech. Everyone is welcome to attend. The service is at 6pm in Southwell Minster, and will Further details: include worship with the 0115 9603010 Rainbow Project Choir, Freddie Futures; the work of the Interfaith email: laura.mynett@ Kofi, National Liturgical Dance Council; destitution and familycare-nottingham.org.uk Network UK and Chariots of Joy. homelessness, domestic violence in faith communities; and an On Saturday 8th September at St Interactive drama ‘ Someone In this month’s issue: Jude’s Church, Mapperley, Prayed’ presented by Millo Deirdre Sheahan, Associate Services. Lunch is included and 2 News in brief Solicitor with Paragon Law, Head a £5 contribution is required. of Paragon’s Asylum and Human 4 Events & information Rights Team will be speaking on For further details please The Impact of Welfare Changes. contact: 5 Prayer Diary Running from 10am to 3.30pm, Dianne Skerritt 9 Training Courses there will be a series of 07917 674680, workshops on current issues email: dskerritt@southwell. 11 What’s On including the work of Refugee anglican.org 12 Comings & Goings 2 September 13 News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. Ordinations of Deacons and New Sports Priests at Petertide Ministry Intern Arrives arishes across Nottinghamshire welcomed members of clergy at the Petertide Ordinations when they were ordained into new The Revd Canon Dr Nigel Proles in the Church of England during a service of celebration at Rooms, Director of Ministry & Southwell Minster at on Sunday 30th June 2013. Mission writes: A further nine parish clergy were also be ordained as priests on Saturday, 29th June at Southwell Minster. Some of you may remember Biography details are included in the September clergy mailing. Rachel King who was with us for the Olympics year and in September we welcome Skye Barnett who will join us for a year as our Sports Ministry Intern working alongside Rob Taylor our Sport Ambassador. Skye is from Albuquerque, New Mexico in the United States and we are grateful to the volunteer organisation Time for God for introducing us to her and making the placement possible. Skye has grown up in a Christian home and majored in Education at Pepperdine University in Photo: Deacons left to right: Kate Byrom, Bruce Rienstra, Michael Malibu, California where she Johnson, Debbie Lord, Maureen Collins, Sam Hustwayte, Wendy gained a full scholarship to also Murphy, Georgie Hadley, Lynn Raynor, Stephen Parker, Rachel play basketball. She was part of Treweek (Retreat Conductor) the University first team which competed in Division One of the US College’s women’s basketball league. She is very much looking forward to offering her time in Christian service for this year and also recognises the challenge of living and working in another country and culture. She will be living in Sneinton alongside others from St Nic's, Nottingham. We very much hope and pray that she will be a blessing to us Photo: Priests left to right: Elizabeth Wild, Chris Youngman, Jo and to the Ministry of Sport for Tatum, Anna Alls, Paul Savage, Gill Hall, Louise Holliday, Carol this coming year. Dunk, Nicky Fenton, Rachel Treweek (Retreat Conductor) Niftynotes 3 News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage Quiet Days tour comes to Southwell ‘Making Space’ Minster The Association for Promoting Retreats was founded 100 years ago to promote the development of the Christian life through retreats, particularly within the Anglican Communion. To mark the charity’s centenary, three retreat houses across the country will host events using the theme ‘Making Space’, running at exactly the same time, 10am-4pm on the same day 14th September 2013. n 2013 world-renowned choir The Sixteen will present its most Shepherds Dene, Riding Mill, far-reaching Choral Pilgrimage tour yet, encompassing 34 Northumberland led by the Iconcerts around the UK. The tour, entitled The Queen of Heaven, Revd Dr Nicholas Buxton will see Harry Christophers CBE and his choir perform glorious music in churches and cathedrals for which it was written. The group St John’s College, Bramcote, will take you through the musical evolution of the Allegri’s legendary Nottingham led by Tony and much-requested Miserere. The programme also features stunning Horsfell music by the ‘Prince of Music’ Palestrina, as well another brilliant yet contrasting setting of the Miserere by James MacMillan. St Giles in the Fields, London, Concert Programme: WC2H 8LG led by the Revd Plainsong - Regina caeli Canon Mark Oakley Palestrina - Kyrie from Missa Regina caeli Allegri - Miserere The APR Centenary Bursary MacMillan - Dominus dabit benignitatem from The Strathclyde Fund has been launched to help Motets encourage more people to go on Palestrina - Improperium exspectavit cor meum retreat. APR has set aside MacMillan - Videns Dominus from The Strathclyde Motets £10,000 to kick start the fund to Palestrina - Stabat Mater which member retreat houses Palestrina - Regina caeli can apply to subsidise retreats or Palestrina - Vineam meam non custodivi from Song of Songs quiet days for those who would MacMillan - O radiant dawn from The Strathclyde Motets otherwise be unable to afford it. Palestrina - Pulchrae sunt genae tuae from Song of Songs An application form for member MacMillan - Miserere retreat houses to apply for up to Palestrina - Agnus Dei I-III from Missa Regina caeli 50% of the costs of a retreat for Conductor: Harry Christophers an individual is now available. The Choir will perform at Southwell Minster on Friday 13th Further details: September 2013 at 7.30pm. Doors open at 6.30pm. Pre-concert www.promotingretreats.org talk at 7pm. email: promoting.retreats Tickets £10/£20/£30 from the Local Box Office at the Cathedral Shop @gmail.com and the National Box Office: 01904 651485. 4 September 13 Events & information. Events & information. Events & informatio Art Exhibition - Josie Beszant ‘Treasured Fragments’ 7th - 27th September 2013, Southwell Minster osie collects stories, poems and fragments of things. This spills out into her art work, whether it is in painting, collage, Jassemblage or sculpture the work is always about things found that she is fascinated with. This could be a scrap of a photo, a discarded letter, a story told or a song. The Nottingham Josie said ‘The work for this exhibition has been completed over the last two years and marks a development in my work from two Emmanuel dimensional to three dimensional pieces. This collection examines the School: A Church power of the object and looks at the links to memory, loss, hope and the place of spirituality in contemporary society’. of England Academy ‘One of the most fascinating parts of this project has been collecting ‘Together to learn, to grow, items and stories from the community in Southwell. People came to to serve’ the Minster and lent me their own treasured fragments (anything from a packet of ½ used aspirins to a Japanese prisoner of war dog tag) and told me the story of why the item was important to them. It was such An Invitation to our Open a privilege to be able to hear these stories. The objects and these Evenings and Open stories are displayed in theMinster’s glass cases leading down to the Mornings for Admission in Chapter House where the main exhibition is held’. September 2014 Join in for the private view at 7pm on the opening night of Friday 6th September. Open Evenings: Further details: Caroline Jarvis 01636 817285, email: Thursday 26 September [email protected] Monday 30 September 7.00pm Open Mornings: Monday 30 September to Tuesday 15 October 9.00am–10.30am www.emmanuel. nottingham.sch.uk admin@emmanuel. nottingham.sch.uk 0115 977 5380 Pictured above: Broken Wing Niftynotes 5 Prayerdiary www.southwell.anglican.org Compiled for Nifty Notes In October we pray for. Tues 01 Oct Mansfield, St Lawrence (Philip Stead, Paul Bentley) St Albans - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Alan Smith St Albans - Bedford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Richard Inwood St Albans - Hertford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Paul Bayes Wed 02 Oct Mansfield, St Mark (David Fudger, Keith Hebden) St Asaph - (Wales) The Rt Revd Gregory Cameron Thu 03 Oct Rampton Hospital Retford (Alison Seymour-Whiteley) St David's - (Wales) The Rt Revd John Evans Fri 04 Oct Mansfield, St Peter and St Paul; St Peter’s Primary School (David Fudger, Keith Hebden) St Edmundsbury & Ipswich - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Nigel Stock St Edmundsbury & Ipswich - Dunwich - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Clive Young Sat 05 Oct Mansfield Woodhouse, St Edmund