Bible Sunday Sunday 26 October, 2014

Welcome to Southwark Cathedral. If you have been worshipping here for a little while, are beginning to feel at home and would like to know more about playing your part in the life of this community, please ask one of the Stewards or the clergy for a blue Welcome Card, and we’ll be in touch. Welcome in particular to Choir 18 who are singing at the Choral Eucharist and Choral Evensong today. Children and young people. During the 11.00am Eucharist: Creche for accompanied under-4s, play mats, toys, songs and stories in the Education Centre. JuniorXpress 1 (4th birthday to School year 3) in the Education Centre. JuniorXpress 2 (School years 4-6) in the Queen Elizabeth Room. YouthXpress (11-18) 10.30am on 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month in the John Trevor Williams Room. Communicant members of all churches are welcome to receive Holy Communion. If you do not normally receive Communion you are most welcome to come to the altar for a blessing – please bring your service booklet with you. Participation. If you have been worshipping at the Cathedral for six months or more, please ensure that your name is added to the Cathedral Electoral Roll and that you are part of the Cathedral’s Planned Giving

Scheme. Ask Stewards for details or email: [email protected] Giving. Visitors are asked to use the yellow envelope for their offering towards the work and worship of the Cathedral. If you are a UK taxpayer, please complete the details on the envelope to enable us to claim back the tax as Gift Aid. (Cheques to Southwark Cathedral.) Regular worshippers are asked to consider switching from yellow envelopes and instead to join the Planned Giving Scheme by setting up a bankers order. This greatly helps the Cathedral with financial planning. A blue form is available from the Stewards. Following the Choral Eucharist tea and coffee are served. Listen again - sermons delivered in the Cathedral are available on the website: www. southwark.anglican.org/cathedral/sermons you can also find the weekly service sheet. Podcasts of sermons at Southwark Cathedral can also be heard. Subscribe through iTunes by searching for Southwark Cathedral Sermons. e-newsletter Keep up-to-date with events at Southwark Cathedral with the weekly e:newsletter http://cathedral.southwark. anglican.org/signup

Today’s Services 8.45am Morning Prayer Officiant The Reverend Stephen Stavrou, Succentor

9.00am Eucharist Readings Nehemiah 8. 1-4a, 8-12; Colossians 3. 12-17; Matthew 24. 30-35 President and Preacher The Reverend Stephen Stavrou, Succentor

11.00am Choral Eucharist President Canon Wendy Robins Preacher The Reverend Stephen Stavrou, Succentor Setting Five-part mass • William Byrd Entrance Hymn NEH 263 1. All creatures of our God and King, Lift up your voice and with us sing Alleluya, alleluya! Thou burning sun with golden beam, Thou silver moon with softer gleam: O praise him, O praise him, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya! 2. Thou rushing wind that art so strong, Ye clouds that sail in heaven along, O praise him, Alleluya! Thou rising morn, in praise rejoice, Ye lights of evening, find a voice: O praise him, O praise him, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya!

4. Dear mother earth, who day by day Unfoldest blessings on our way, O praise him, Alleluya! The flowers and fruits that in thee grow, Let them his glory also show: O praise him, O praise him, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya!

3. Thou flowing water, pure and clear, Make music for thy Lord to hear, Alleluya, Alleluya! Thou fire so masterful and bright, That givest man both warmth and light: O praise him, O praise him, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya!

5. Let all things their Creator bless, And worship him in humbleness, O praise him, Alleluya! Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, And praise the Spirit, three in One: O praise him, O praise him, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya! St Francis of Assisi Translated by William Draper

Sit

First Reading Nehemiah 8. 1-4a, 8-12 read by Amuda Poonagavanam

Responsorial Psalm 1 Response: Rejoice in the Lord you righteous. Blessed are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor lingered in the way of sinners nor sat in the assembly of the scornful. Their delight is in the law of the Lord and they meditate on his law day and night. R Like a tree planted by streams of water bearing fruit in due season with leaves that do not wither, whatever they do it shall prosper. As for the wicked it is not so with them; they are like chaff which the wind blows away. R Therefore the wicked shall not be able to stand in the judgement, nor the sinner in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish. R Sit

Second Reading Colossians 3. 12-17 read by Ada Wilson-Jones

Stand Gospel Acclamation Gospel Sentence The word of our God will stand for ever. Gospel Matthew 24. 30-35 Sit

Sermon The Reverend Stephen Stavrou, Succentor

Sit or Intercessions Led by Caroline Clifford kneel Offertory Anthem Jubilate Deo • Giovanni Gabrieli Stand Offertory Hymn NEH 265 1. Lord of beauty, thine the splendour Shown in earth and sky and sea, Burning sun and moonlight tender, Hill and river, flower and tree: Lest we fail our praise to render touch our eyes that they may see.

2. Lord of wisdom, whom obeying Mighty waters ebb and flow, While unhasting, undelaying, Planets on their courses go: In thy laws thyself displaying, Teach our minds thyself to know.

3. Lord of life, alone sustaining All below and all above, Lord of love, by whose ordaining Sun and stars sublimely move: In our earthly spirits reigning, Lift our hearts that we may love.

4. Lord of beauty, bid us own thee, Lord of truth, our footsteps guide, Till as Love our hearts enthrone thee, And, with wisdom purified, Lord of all, when all have known thee, Thou in all art glorified. Cyril A. Alington

Stand Eucharistic Prayer Prayer B Communion Anthem Ubi caritas • Ola Gjeilo Stand Final Hymn NEH 413 2. O may this bounteous God Through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts And blessèd peace to cheer us; And keep us in his grace, And guide us when perplexed, And free us from all ills In this world and the next.

1. Now thank we all our God, With heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, In whom his world rejoices; Who from our mother’s arms Hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, And still is ours to-day.

3. All praise and thanks to God The Father now be given, The Son, and him who reigns With them in highest heaven, The One eternal God, Whom earth and heaven adore; For thus it was, is now, And shall be evermore. Amen Martin Rinkart Translated by Catherine Winkworth

3.00pm Choral Evensong Responses Clucas Canticles Collegium Regale • Herbert Howells Readings Isaiah 55. 1-11; Luke 4. 14-30 Anthem Faire is the heaven • William Harris Preacher The Venerable Christine Hardman

Psalm 119 (89-104) Hymns 360; 438

6.30pm Compline and Eucharistic Devotions

Pray for All those for whom prayers have been asked this week. The sick: Joan Tierney, Nicky Von Fraunhoffer, Trevor Reick, Pat Ellis, Zoe Lappin, Natalie Hance, Peter King, Dustin Neighbors, Susan Chumbley, Edward Aarons, Patrick Willett, Margaret Wickham, Deborah Powton, Jennifer Barter, Ivor Smith-Cameron; the departed: Alexander Lichfield, Francis Makambwe.

Bees and Honey - Iain Judge the Cathedral Beekeeper will be giving a talk on Bees and Honey in the Education Centre on Sunday 26 October at 1.00pm. This is to coincide with the launch of the Cathedral honey and National Honey week. If you wish to come along, please contact: jon.dollin@ southwark.anglican.org or pop into the shop and speak to a member of staff.

This Week’s Services

General Notices

Monday 8.00am Morning Prayer, 8.15am Eucharist, 12.30pm Midday Prayer, 12.45pm Eucharist and 5.30pm Evensong. Robes Project Opening - the Night Shelter Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday opens this year on Sunday 2 November at Christ 8.00am Morning Prayer, 8.15am Eucharist, Church Blackfriars Road with a Service at 5pm. 12.30pm Midday Prayer, 12.45pm Eucharist and Cathedral volunteers will host for 12 weeks until mid January (excluding Christmas/New Year). New 5.30pm Evening Prayer. Saturday - All Saints’ Day and old volunteers welcome. www.robes.org.uk 9.00am Morning Prayer, 9.15am Eucharist and 4.00pm Choral Eucharist. The Advent Calendars and Candles - now available from the Cathedral Shop. The Real Advent Calendar comes with a 32 page Christmas activity story booklet designed to be used each day in Judith Weir: Master of the Queen’s Music Advent. Behind each of the 25 windows is a Fair - Celebrating the Crown’s first female Court Trade Belgian chocolate star and a text from the Composer on Monday 27 October, 7.30pm at Christmas Story. The calendar is priced at £3.99 Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, SE1. This summer and stock is limited. composer Judith Weir was appointed as Master of The Queen’s Music. The Playhouse celebrates Judith’s ‘addictive, scintillating music’ (The Guardian) in the presence of the composer, as well as works Bible Sunday. Following the Choral Eucharist there is a Harvest celebration in Borough Market. by the previous six Masters, from the appointment of Elgar in 1924 to the most recent holder of the post, Peter Maxwell Davies. Box Office: 020 7401 Harvest Gifts - These will then be given to the 9919 Manna Centre – the day centre for homeless

This Week

Today

people and those in need. Food: sugar, milk powder, coffee, tins of tomatoes, tins of vegetables, dilutable drinks, pasta sauces; men and women’s clothing: trainers, jeans, underwear, shoes, socks; other: mugs, bowls, towels, blankets, sleeping bags. It would be helpful if you bring your contributions in bags for life and donate these too.

Organ Recital - Monday 27 October, 1.10pm1.50pm. Gillian Lloyd, Guildford URC. Music Recital - Tuesday 28 October, 3.15pm4.00pm. Dorothea Chatzigeorgiou, violin and Alexander Binns, organ.

Faithfully Feminist: A Dialogue - Professor Tina Beattie and Rabbi Deborah Young-Somers talk about the highs and lows of being a feminist woman within their faith tradition. Thursday 30 October, Garry Weston Library, Southwark Cathedral, 6.30pm. Tina Beattie is Professor of Catholic Studies and Director of the Digby Stuart Research Centre for Religion, Society and Human Flourishing at the University of Roehampton, Debbie Young-Somers is a Community Educator at the Movement for Reform Judaism, and previously served as one of the Rabbis at the West London Synagogue of British Jews. All Welcome, men and women. All Saints’ Day - Saturday 1 November. The day Christians celebrate the countless host of faithful witnesses to Jesus whom we call saints. 9.15am, Eucharist and 4.00pm Choral Eucharist. Pilgrimage Day with St George’s RC Cathedral, Saturday 1 November a day pilgrimage by coach to St George’s Chapel Windsor and Eton College chapel and Our Lady of Sorrows, Eton. £25 to include travel and lunch. Forms must be completed, from members of Unity Committee, information from [email protected] Music for All Saints’ Day - Saturday 1 November, 2.00pm. Choir and Chamber Orchestra, Marienberg Catholic Public Grammar School, Neuss. Vocal and instrumental music by Handel, Fauré, Pergolesi, Ryelandt and others. Road closures during gas repair works Southern Gas Networks will be carrying out work around the Cathedral perimeter until November which will result in road closures. The final phase, until 21 November, involves the closure of a large section of Montague Close (to the north side of the Cathedral precinct). Access will still be possible to Montague Close from the east under London Bridge from Tooley Street throughout the whole period of works.

Next Sunday’s Services 8.45am Morning Prayer 9.00am Eucharist Preacher: The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, Dean 9.30am Eucharist at St Hugh’s 11.00am Choral Eucharist Preacher: The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, Dean 3.00pm Choral Evensong Preacher: Canon John Thewlis 6.30pm Traditional Rite Requiem

Next Sunday Mothers’ Union - There will be a meeting on Sunday 2 November, 12.30pm in the Queen Elizabeth Room to discuss starting our own Mothers’ Union. Both men and women are welcome to this meeting. Mrs Elizabeth Pullen, Mothers’ Union Diocesan President, Southwark Diocese will be attending this meeting. Please come and give us your support.

All Soul’s Traditional Rite Requiem - Sunday 2 November, 6.30pm. The names of our departed relatives and friends are read and prayed for at this service. All Souls’ Day (transferred) Monday 3 November, 8.15am, Requiem, 12.45pm, Requiem and 5.30pm, Choral Requiem. Please write the names of the departed you would like prayed for at these services on the sheets at the west end of the Cathedral. Please note, names will not be read the 12.45 Eucharist.

Future Events Et in terra pax - Friday 7 November, 7.00pm Gloria, Vivaldi, Dona nobis pacem, Cecil Coles’ Sorrowful Dance, and a cantata by Andrew Campling based on the WW1 diary of Canon

William Charles Campling. Tickets: Nave £20/£18 (concessions), Transepts £6 www.londondocklandssingers.org Lord Mayor’s Show - Saturday 8 November. One of this year’s floats, number 18, has been designed to look like the old London Bridge (the one with buildings on it). The float also has shields and coats of arms to decorated its sides and includes one of the Cathedral logo and crest. If you’re going to watch the parade and you see it, give a big cheer for the Cathedral! School Chaplains’ and teenage spirituality Saturday 8 November, 11.00am. A talk by The Reverend Garry Swinton, teacher and Chaplain at The Grey Coat Hospital and Westminster City School. Teenagers spirituality, how do we engage them? Tickets: 020 7367 6724. Service of Light - Sunday 9 November, 6.30pm. Dona Nobis Pacem - Ralph Vaughan Williams. A joint devotional performance by the Merbecke and Hanover Choirs, part of the WW1 commemorations. www.merbecke.org.uk Screening of the film Mugabe and the White African, Wednesday 12 November, 7.00pm in Garry Weston Library, Southwark Cathedral, followed by question time with Ben Freeth, one of the subjects of the film and the author of the book of the same name. Admission free, but a collection will be taken for the work of the Mike Campbell Foundation. Choral Evensong with the College of Canons - Friday 14 November, 5.30pm. Woodbine Willie - Public lecture. Friday 14 November, 7.30pm. The Reverend Geoffery Studdert Kennedy MC, grandson of the most famous chaplain in WWI, known as Woodbine Willie, will talk about the war from the perspective of his grandfather. Register: http://woodbinewilly. eventbrite.co.uk

LIVING GOD : LIVING CATHEDRAL : A morning conference for the people of the Cathedral which will provide us with an opportunity to reflect on our journey through the LIVING GOD process and to look to the future. This will take place on Saturday 22 November, following the morning services. Coffee will be served after the 9.15am Eucharist and the Conference will begin at 10.00am and finish by 1.00pm. Crèche and children’s activity room available. We hope that many of you will come to take part in this important stage on our journey into the Living God. Robes Project Sleepout - Friday 28 November from 7.00pm. Streetwise Opera, Katie’s Jumping Fleas and a Gala Charity Auction. Registration must take place by 21 November see http://www. robes.org.uk for more information To mark the commemorations of WW1, next late June/early July, Lancelot Andrewes Awards and Southwark Cathedral will be hosting international young editors involved in producing journals of youthful perspectives on the war. See www.andrewesawards.org. Would anyone consider offering to put up one or two of those visitors for the few nights of their stay? Contact: The Reverend Stephen Stavrou or Ben Ipgrave: [email protected] for further information.

Exhibitions in the Refectory Until 14 November - Let the Sunshine In Andrew Logan. Over the years you will have been delighted by Andrew’s Christmas Constellation mobile of mirror and glitter stars over the crossing at Southwark Cathedral during the Christmas season. Now you can enjoy a celebration of sunshine in an exhibition of Andrew’s watercolours and mirrored sculpture in the Refectory. www.southwarkcathedral.org.uk

You are invited to

LIVING GOD LIVING CATHEDRAL A morning conference for the people of Southwark Cathedral an opportunity to reflect on our journey through the LIVING GOD process and to look to the future.

Saturday 22 November 2014 Coffee served after the 9.15am Eucharist Conference begins at 10.00am and finishes by 1.00pm Crèche and children’s activity room available

www.southwarkcathedral.org.uk