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. Join us on Facebook - Follow us on search for southwell-minster and click 'like' to keep Twitter @SouthwMinster up to date with news and information. 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.