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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.

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Autumn News & Information from Southwell Minster www.southwellminster.org.uk

What is in a name? What is in a name? Answer; “Quite a lot”. We have had many suggestions of a name for the renewed “Minster Magazine”. They have ranged from the frankly light-hearted Pig and Acorn (both feature in the Chapter House carvings) to others much more focused upon our identity as a community of church-goers. However, what came up time and time again was attachment to “Leaves”. This was not necessarily 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. When the magazine production team considered the question of a name it was clear we all wanted to hold on to this but at the same time avoid going backwards. We also wanted to be outward looking and present the magazine as something for the town as a whole … a town that is undoubtedly defined by The Minster even though it plays many different parts in the many lives of those who live here. As a result, we had little difficulty agreeing on what you have probably already seen: Southwell Leaves. The magazine of Southwell Minster. We hope that doesn’t displease too many, and if there is a barrage of objections then in the spirit of a truly community based publication, we can reconsider. 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 words about themselves and of welcome, and in many cases a vivid illustration. We are setting out to print in colour and that is sure to make good use of these great pictures. We have chosen to solicit and publish advertising. There are obvious financial reasons for this but it also provides connections between our publication and the town. We are selling Southwell Leaves for £1.50 and as a result we expect to break even, over all. Many thanks for the many comments and suggestions we have received. Hopefully most have been acknowledged and addressed. In particular the service 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. Roles, addresses and telephone numbers do change, sometimes unannounced. If you note inaccuracies, let us know so that they can be corrected. 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 6th.

Hugh Middleton

CONTENTS…

Letter from the Editor 2

Key Dates 3

Letter from Nigel Coates 4

Bishop Paul welcomes Nicola 4

Area Dean Welcomes Nicola 5

The Music Department 6/7

Sacrista Prebend 8

Groups welcome Nicola 9-11

Exclusive Interview

with Nicola Sullivan 12/13

The Education Department 14

What’s on 15-18

Mission Partnership Group 19

The Community of the Cross of Nails 20

House Groups 21

Bramley Apple Festival

of Food & Drink 22

The Choral Pilgrimage 23

Groups welcome Nicola 24-27

Heritage Open Days 25

Outdoor Cinema 28

Births, Marriages & Deaths 29

Contact Information 30/31

The Cathedral Shop 32

Front Cover:

West Door taken by Richard Jarvis

Friday Lunchtimes in the Cathedral

all 12.15pm:

9 September - Joel Newsome (trumpet) and

Simon Hogan (piano)

23 September - Loveden Quartet

7 October - Richard Hinsley (piano)

21 October - Charlotte Rowan (violin)

Discovery Day Minster/

Archbishop’s Palace

Tuesday 6 September .Historic Chapter Library workshops ‘Travelling in Faith’. (Maps and atlases from the collection)

Roman Villa Guided Tours Tours last 30 mins and will led by Matt Beresford Saturday

10 September 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm.

Nottinghamshire Historic Churches Trust

Ride & Stride for Churches

Please ride and stride in aid of your church!

10am – 6pm at Southwell Minster 10 September

‘Books for Celebrations.’

From 12 September – on display in

the Chapter House Passage

Organ Recitals

all 7.30pm:

21 September – Simon Hogan

Music in the Great Hall all 7.30pm:

2016 marks 40 years since the

series began.

11 September

Andrew Ashwin Songs of Travel

Award winning baritone returns to perform

programme of Schumann Lieder and

Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel.

9 October

Southwell Minster School musicians. MIGH

was originally founded as a showcase

opportunity for the young people of

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

works.

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.

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.

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

“A welcome edition of

new magazine”

I would like to say that the Minster has always had a special place in my heart, but that would not strictly speaking be true. I have to confess that for the first thirty years of my life I had never heard of it! But then I was born in Devon and had lived in the West Country or London until then.

That changed when I moved to Nottingham to train for ordained ministry at St John’s College. One of the modules needed pictures of churches – and so I came to the Minster for the first time. I love visiting Cathedrals but I vividly remember my first visit to Southwell because Time Travelling was on. All the chairs had been removed from the nave and the place was full of children. It was colourful and joyful, a wonderful atmosphere to walk into and from that moment I knew that I had found somewhere that was very much out of the ordinary.

So a love for the Minister was born in me that has grown over the years. I was ordained both Deacon and Priest there (if I recall I was the first year when the Ordination of Priests was brought back to the Minster, which I was delighted about). Through the years since I have experienced evensong with the

choir, evensong without the choir, the Christmas Carol Service, the Chrism Eucharist in Holy Week and had many valuable personal quiet days at Sacrista Prebend; in these and many other ways the Minster and its community have brought me an awareness of God’s presence for which I am most grateful.

So it was a great joy when I was invited to be an Honorary Canon in 2014 and it is a great privilege to take on the role of Area Dean of Newark and Southwell now. I value the opportunity to share in ministry with you in a new and distinctive way, honouring your role as a Parish Church as well as a Cathedral. I am especially looking forward to working with the Venerable Nicola Sullivan, when she’s installed as the New Dean of Southwell Minster on September 17th. My hope and prayer is that we can continue to grow in our partnership for the gospel, as we seek to walk as disciples of Christ together and call others to follow him.

Canon Mark Adams, Area Dean

“A special place in my heart”

THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Music in the Great Hall

Encouraging boys and girls in the Minster

On September 11th baritone Andrew Ashwin (whose parents belong to the Minster congregation) will give

a recital of songs by Schumann and Vaughan Williams, accompanied by Philip Robinson, in the State

Chamber of the Archbishop’s Palace. MIGH concerts are organized by the Southwell Minster Choir

Association which subsidises the boys and girls who enhance the worship in the Minster by their singing.

Admission is free, but audience members are encouraged to give a donation. Concerts begin at 7.30 and

last an hour, with drinks available from 7.00pm.

In 2014 Andrew presented an evening of arias from operas he had sung during his years as an opera

singer, first based in Zurich and Berlin, and then as a free-lance singer. He has performed in Spain,

Belgium, France, Norway, Mexico, Malaysia, etc. and now teaches at Uppingham, and at Repton where he

is head of singing.

Philip Robinson – who gave a recital earlier this year - is an experienced harpsichordist, accompanist and

choir conductor, and travels the country as a music examiner.

Schumann’s Liederkreis, Opus 39, is a set of twelve poems about a journey

through life, written in 1840 at the height of the romantic period of composition

when every possible emotion is explored. Vaughan William’s ‘Songs of Travel’,

composed in 1904, present a more sanguine and British tone!

If this should whet your appetite for more MIGH concerts, the best young

musicians from the Minster School will show-case their skills on October 9, and on

November 13th, former Minster Lay Clark Jeremy Jepson returns to perform

diverse mixture of solo works from Bach and Handel to Howells and Britten.

* * * * * * * * * * John Donne Exhibition

One Equall Light 23 September to 17 October

There are nine artists exhibiting work and John Moses will give a talk on John Donne on Tuesday

11th October at 7.00 pm in the Nave. This exhibition features artists in various media responding to

the Sermons and Holy Sonnets of John Donne

The exhibition theme will challenge the artists to consider and interpret the metaphysical poetry and

sermons of John Donne into the visual arts.

The public will be challenged by the relevance of John Donne's thought and preaching to modern

society. Each artist brings their own response and insight to Donne’s Sacred Sonnets and Sermons.

St Cecilia Concert - City of London Sinfonia, Southwell Minster Choirs, Simon Hogan and Edward Turner (Organ), with Stephen Layton (Conductor)

Our cathedral choirs unite with City of London Sinfonia performing Handel, Bach and

MacMillan. Spectacular, rousing and awe-inspiring! Handel’s Coronation Anthems are made for

the great settings of our nation’s cathedrals, resounding under their vast stone vaults for hundreds

of years.

James MacMillan, one of Britain’s most revered

composers, has written his own anthem

especially for this national tour with support

from Friends of Cathedral Music. And Bach’s

music is poignant elegance in sound,

synonymous with perfection.

There are few sounds as stirring as our

cathedral choirs raising their voices in song,

and they really soar when united with an

orchestra like the world-class City of London

Sinfonia.

Handel The King Shall Rejoice

Byrd O Lord Make Thy Servant Elizabeth

Walton Coronation Te Deum

Handel Organ Concerto in F Major HWV 295

Handel My Heart is Inditing

Handel Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened

James MacMillan Oh Give Thanks Unto The Lord

Bach Suite No 3 in D BWV 1068

Handel Zadok the Priest

Conductors:

Stephen Layton Artistic Director & Principal

Conductor, City of London Sinfonia

Simon Hogan Acting Rector Chori, Southwell

Minster & Organ Soloist

Edward Turner Acting Assistant Director of

Music, Southwell Minster

City of London Sinfonia

The Cathedral Choir and Girls’ Choir of

Southwell Minster

Book now Tickets £20 Front Nave; £15 Mid

Nave; £12 Rear Nave; £5 Concessions

SILENT VOICES A thought-provoking photography exhibition showing everyday life in

the village of Bil’in in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine as seen through the eyes of the children who live there.

24 – 30 October 2016

SOUTHWELL MINSTER CHAPTER HOUSE

Thursday 27 October 7.00pm Exhibitions, film, Jerusalem supper. PALESTINIAN EVENING Free Entrance – Donations welcome

Southwell Minster Partnership Group with St. George’s Cathedral, Jerusalem

Friday 14 October 2016 - 7.30pm

Our choirs singing in the St. Cecilia Concert

SACRISTA PREBEND: NEWS FROM THE RETREAT HOUSE

Forthcoming Quiet Days:

Saturday 15 October 2016 The Jesus Prayer For centuries the Jesus Prayer has been leading Orthodox Christians beyond the language of liturgy and the representations of iconography into the wordless, imageless stillness of the mystery of God. In more recent years it has been helping an increasing number of Western Christians to find a deeper relationship with God through the continual rhythmic repetition of a short prayer which, by general agreement, first emerged from the desert spirituality of early monasticism. On this quiet day, Jim Wellington explores what the Jesus prayer is, how we pray it and how it can assist us in our life with God.

The Revd. Dr. Jim Wellington is a retired priest (in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham). He holds a doctorate from the Archbishop’s Examination in Theology for a thesis relating to the Jesus prayer, an M.Phil from the University of Nottingham and an M.A. from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He has written two books. The first, Christe Eleison! The Invocation of Christ in Eastern Monastic Psalmody c. 350-450, is based on his doctoral thesis. The second, Praying the Psalms with Jesus, is a devotional book published by Grove.

Tuesday 8 November 2016 Helpful Habits: Enabling Oneself and Others to Pray Sustaining a regular pattern of personal prayer can be difficult. This Quiet Day will provide a practical introduction and exploration of prayer, based on Graham Pigott’s Grove Booklet, Helpful Habits: Exploring Personal Prayer. The Revd. Canon Graham Pigott is a retired Anglican priest who leads quiet days and retreats and accompanies others on their spiritual journeying.

Saturday 3 December 2016 Christians Reflecting Theologically Among Muslims: a study day This study day will reflect on how Christians living among Muslims have responded theologically to questions of prophethood, suffering and the triune nature of God. We will consider a number of examples from across the history of Christian-Muslim interaction and provide opportunity to think about implications for today.

The Revd. Jacqueline Hoover, freelance instructor in Islamic studies and Teaching Affiliate at the University of Nottingham, and The Revd. Dr. Jon Hoover, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham will lead this day. All of our Quiet Days begin at 9.45am with coffee, and end with a cup of tea at 4.00pm. Participants bring their own packed lunch. If you would like to book a place on one of our Quiet Days, or if you would like to explore the idea of a personal retreat, then please contact Erika Kirk or Andy Gregory at Sacrista Prebend Retreat House, 4 Westgate Southwell Notts NG25 0JH. Tel: 01636 816833. E-mail: sacrista_prebend@btinternet.com

A Place to Call Home……. Dear Nicola, As you will know, Sacrista Prebend is a house owned by the Cathedral, where quiet days, Eucharistic services, retreats and other events are held. But we hope that Sacrista is more than just a house. We hope that it is a place where anyone can feel at home to explore their relationship with God and with themselves and others. Everyone associated with the house hopes that you, too, will discover it to be a place where you can feel at home; that you will find it a place for quiet prayer (our Monday evening Contemplative Prayer Group); a place of laughter (our Monday morning breakfasts); a place of fellowship (our Wednesday lunches); a place of resources (our well-stocked spirituality library) and a place of learning and refreshment (our study groups and quiet days). We welcome you to the fellowship of all those who know their need of a quiet space to call home and to seek God, and we extend the warmest invitation to you and Terry to join us at the house whenever you can. With our best wishes, Erika Kirk (Warden), Andy Gregory (Bursar), Sam Eves (Housekeeper), and all the Volunteers and Friends of Sacrista Prebend.

On behalf of the three choirs which make up the music foundation here at Southwell Minster, may I take this opportunity to welcome you to Southwell, Dean Nicola, and express how much we are looking forward to working with you over the years to come. The Minster has a choral tradition stretching back over 900 years and currently comprises three choirs: the Cathedral Choir, the Girls' Choir, and the Minster Chorale. The Cathedral Choir is the name given to the historic choir of boys and men. Sixteen Choristers and six Lay Clerks are often supplemented by a further six Auxiliary Lay Clerks for important services. They regularly record, tour and broadcast, and sing five choral services each week. The Girls' Choir was founded in 2005 and is run by the Assistant Director of Music. They sing services on Sundays and Mondays, as well as extra concerts and services throughout the year. They have just returned from a tour of Southwell's Italian twin town of Sarzana, where they sang two concerts and a Mass. The Minster Chorale is the cathedral's voluntary choir, comprising up to thirty talented singers from the area, who sing a number of important services during the year, including Midnight Mass and the Requiem for All Souls' Day. In this, your first term, we have a number of exciting projects lined up, not least of which is your installation service on Saturday 17 September. We also have the annual St Cecilia Concert on 14 October, which this year involves the City of London Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Layton; the festival service for the Royal School of Church Music; the numerous Advent and Christmas services, which attract huge numbers each year; and the Minster Chorale's performance of Messiah on 19 December, with highly-acclaimed soloists conducted by Organ Scholar and Acting Assistant Director of Music, Edward Turner. But, as you will soon experience for yourself, it is the cycle of daily Evensong which is very much at the heart of what we do, from the sparsely-attended services in the cold depths of winter through to the larger-scale Sunday offerings. We look forward to sharing and growing this incredible tradition with you and hope that you will enjoy the wealth of what we offer.

Simon Hogan

A very warm welcome to Dean Nicola from the Minster’s Choral Outreach team. We are now starting our fifth full year of activity, with our core work of leading singing projects in primary schools and collaborating with the Cathedral’s Education Department for Time Travelling and Discovery Day. Increasingly we are being approached by other organisations: a singing session for Brownies as part of a residential activity weekend and for a group of pre-school children at a Nursery during their Music Week. Singing leaders have worked with a school choir in preparation for a performance, and have led twilight sessions for school staff. Singing sessions in association with other educational events are under discussion. Southwell Minster’s Choral Outreach Programme developed as the successor to the very successful 2008-2010 Sing Up funded Chorister Outreach Programme, run by the Minster School. The fact that a Choral Outreach Programme was already in place, being delivered by our wonderful team of singing leaders, current and former lay clerks and organ scholar, was a key factor in the success of the HLF bid for the Archbishop’s Palace Project. Dean Nicola, we would be delighted if you were able to join us at our termly team meeting.

Elizabeth Johnson

Our animateur team - two Lay Clerks, two choristers - lead a recent outreach workshop

Three Choirs

Choral Outreach

House Groups

The 2016 Southwell Minster House Group series begins in September. As before gatherings will be fortnightly, weeks beginning: 25 September, 9 October, 23 October, 6 November, 20 November. See the flyer: we want to be “Let Loose with the Bible”! In other words, we are exploring different approaches to interpreting it. We aim to consider the weekly Gospel readings from different perspectives. Readings are printed in Minster Weekly Pew News; available in the Minster, Sacrista Prebend and Minster Shop and online at www.southwellminster.org Groups will take place in different parts of the town on Tuesday morning, Friday morning and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Meetings are open to all: a time to ask, talk and listen. From the beginning of September there will be an opportunity to sign up in the Minster or by emailing Jacky Bates (andrewandjackybates@gmail.com). Specific dates and times for each group will be arranged by the leaders after contacting members and hosts. Patrick Sills

Flower Guild

The Southwell Minster Flower Guild extend a welcome to Dean Nicola. We are a fairly eclectic mix of, currently, 16 ladies and one gentleman who enjoy arranging the flowers in the Minster. Some of the group are regular members of the congregation whereas others have been introduced from the local Flower Club. At the moment we provide two fresh pedestals arrangements each week with extra placements for Festivals and other special occasions throughout the year. By the time you are truly with us we will have enjoyed decorating the Minster on our most recent special occasion; to welcome you at your Installation. Barbara Green

The Friends of Southwell Cathedral

The Friends of Southwell Cathedral, founded almost seventy years ago, look forward to welcoming Dean Nicola and discussing with her the many exciting and varied ways we support the cathedral. We have some five hundred members, mostly individuals, drawn from Southwell itself, Nottinghamshire and beyond. There are also corporate members – such as PCCs. The Friends’ purpose is helping to preserve the fabric of the building, to maintain its worship and to enhance its appearance. In which regard, we have already made a substantial commitment to support the roof works at the east end of the building – one of the main fabric projects awaiting Dean Nicola. We look forward also to working with her as thoughts turn to incorporating a major re-interpretation, heating, lighting etc of the Chapter House. Our Gifts come at all levels and, of course, Dean Nicola may shortly have suggestions for us – and we look forward to these. In recent years, we donated £50,000 for new chairs and some £44,000 toward the reordering of the North Porch. Equally, we have provided gowns for the Stewards and embroidered badges for the Canons. A final word to readers who are not yet members of the Friends – why not join us to celebrate the arrival of Dean Nicola! Membership is a modest £15 a year and this includes our twice-yearly magazine Pepperpots. Our leaflet is available in the cathedral.

Alison Salter, Hon. Secretary

Churchwardens and Sidesmen The Churchwardens and Sidesmen welcome The Venerable Nicola Sullivan our new Dean, into the Minster fellowship. The Dean’s Churchwardens are David Jones and Stephen Littlewood, the People’s Churchwardens are Lindy Todd and Graeme Hocking, and Angela Edmonson-Jones and Andrew Bates are Deputy Churchwardens. We are looking forward to get to know Nicola and working with her in her new role. Many of our duties involve welcoming people into the Minster, and in this the Churchwardens are assisted by 32 Sidesmen and 7 Churchwardens Emeritus. The preparation of detailed rotas for each service ensures an experienced and sufficiently large team is always on hand. By arranging that duty team members have clearly allocated tasks, the duty Churchwarden is free to ‘float’, keep an overview of matters and add welcome the congregation. In co-operation with and assistance from the Vergers, Churchwardens have responsibility for preparing the Minster for services and to assist the congregation to participate fully in the services procedures. Churchwardens have specific responsibilities to ensure the services take place without disturbance. All of these are particularly important in the course of large civic and other special services. The Churchwarden and Sidesmen arrive at the Minster in good time before a service, so that all is ready when worshippers start arriving and they are available to provide a positive experience of the Cathedral. A monthly churchwarden and clergy meeting is arranged to review services, prepare for future services, and give opportunity for information exchange on any security and safeguarding matters. Recruitment of Sidesmen is continuously reviewed, and an annual social event with Sidesmen and partners is arranged by way of saying “thank you” for their assistance throughout the year.

David Jones

Needlework Guild We welcome Dean Nicola to Southwell. Our Minster Needlework Guild takes on most sewing jobs requested by our colleagues: the clergy, vergers and education team. In recent times we have made altar linens, costumes, kneelers and cushions, choir tippets, altar cloths and vestments. While we are very happy to sew on buttons and turn up hems, we love a big creative project from time to time. We work in the Trebeck Hall on Tuesday mornings a couple of times a month where we have cupboard space and plenty of room to spread out. The Guild was formed over 20 years ago by Hazel Ball and Audrey Milner and, over the years, has benefitted from a strong team of volunteers working with a tutor, Hilary Tinley. Its work is generously supported by the Friends of Southwell Cathedral. Today our team consists of local Minster parishioners and members from Ranby, Granby, Sutton in Ashfield and Ollerton. There is room for two or three new people to join the team; requirements are a love of sewing and a desire to help out whatever the level of experience and skill. Contact Liz Turner turnerelizabeth345@gmail.com or Hilary Tinley hilary.tinley@ntlworld.com for information or to discuss joining the Guild.

All the members of the Southwell Bell Ringers Association extend the very warmest of welcome to you Nicola. Wells Cathedral may make claim to have the heaviest ring of 10 bells but now you can say, " at Southwell we have the only anti-clockwise ring of 12 bells.....in the world." Bell ringing is such an important part of the church and we strive to improve the standard of our ringing to that which befits the magnificence of the Minster bells. We practise on Tuesday evenings as you will hear! Currently we are recruiting successfully and therefore training. This year with considerable help from The Chimes Trust, we have carried out repairs and restoration of the bells which will keep them in fine order for many years to come. As Tower Captain I am extremely keen that we will always ring for Divine Service and as many special occasions as possible. I endeavour to raise the profile of ringing whenever possible and ensure that the bell ringers are represented and acknowledged within the minster community for their great commitment. We look forward to meeting you soon, hopefully in the ringing room.

Trevor Bryan, Tower Captain

Southwell Bell Ringers Association

First of all, Nicola, can I ask how you

feel about moving from what may be

perceived as a genteel Jane Austen

area of Bath and Wells to the more

gritty territory of D. H. Lawrence and

Alan Sillitoe? Do you know this part of

the country at all, or do you have

contacts in the East Midlands?

I’m definitely attracted to the D. H. Lawrence

connection! But, no, I don’t have any personal

connections with this area. My husband Terry

grew up further down the river Trent at Stoke,

but I’m from rural Suffolk. My father was born

in Yorkshire, though the family moved when

he was very young, but that perhaps accounts

for a certain pull northwards that I’ve always

had. Nottinghamshire will feel very different

from Somerset, though the Bath and Wells

diocese is not all rural, there are bigger towns

and not at all ‘genteel’! However, I’m looking

forward to it being different, and getting to

know a new part of the country.

What are you looking forward to in

your new role?

I’m looking forward to being based in one

place! And to the fact that Southwell Minster is

not only a cathedral but also a parish church,

which gives it a rootedness in local ministry.

And to important aspects of what it does as a

cathedral for visitors, for pilgrims and others –

offering an open door to all kinds of people.

I’m also looking forward to working with

Chapter, with the many volunteers and other

staff, and developing all the various aspects of

the cathedral’s ministry and mission.

It’s an exciting time for the diocese, so I’m

also looking forward to working with Bishop

Paul and colleagues in the diocese and being

part of an energetic strategy of engaging

more with young people with the Gospel. The

Church is

having to

adapt to

many

changes but

also embrace

many

opportunities for touching people’s lives with

the love of God in Christ. I see the Minster

taking a lead in this.

From various articles I’ve been

reading, there seems to be a gloomy

view, even within the church, about the

future of the Church of England. What

would you say to people who think it

has had its day?

We live in a society where many people are

spiritually curious and open, and willing to be

honest about their faith or lack of it. And the

church is in a good position to build

relationships alongside people who are

asking serious questions. We can work for the

good of the whole of society at a time when we

are going through profound changes and

uncertainty across the world; and show our

confidence in God’s future for the church and

for the world.

On the subject of women in leadership roles

within the church, do you think women have

particular gifts they can bring to those roles?

I think that, whoever we are, we bring to any

role who we are and our experience of life,

our temperament and personality regardless

of gender. But I’m also conscious that having

women in leadership does feel different for

many people, and I don’t think there are any

stereotypical ways in which women differ in

these roles from men. I do have a strong sense

of privilege at being the first woman Dean of

Penny Young talks to the Very Revd Nicola Sullivan - new Dean of Southwell Minster

from 17 September

Southwell – after being the first woman

Archdeacon of Wells.

Would you say you have a particular

leadership style?

I very much enjoy working as part of a team,

and I appreciate and need other people to not

necessarily go along with me, but for me to

engage with them in making decisions and

reviewing the way we do things. Of course,

one sometimes has to make decisions that may

not always be popular – and one has to be

strong enough to do that – but working

together to achieve shared goals is important.

I enjoy leading people through times of

change and encouraging them to remain

confident in and hopeful in God.

You’ve mentioned change – are there

particular changes you have in mind?

I think the Church has always had to respond

to change – changes in society and the

different expectations that people have, the

way faith is viewed – as well as the particular

challenges within the church that we face at

the moment: for example, fewer clergy,

finance, and how to care for our buildings –

and how to relate the hope and joy and love of

our faith in Christ, and communicate this to the

communities in which we live. But within the

church itself the first priority must be to build

relationships of trust and love before

introducing any changes or a new direction.

And to keep prayer and worship of God at the

heart of all we do so as to be open to the

leading of the Holy Spirit. God is changeless

and yet forever changing and transforming us,

so we live within that paradox, and that’s

always an exciting prospect.

Talking of priorities, what do you think

will be your priorities in your new role

here in Southwell?

The priority will definitely be meeting people

– not just in the Minster but in the town and in

the diocese and county – helping to make it an

easier route from Nottingham to Southwell!

And getting to understand how the Minster

functions. The ministry of welcome is high on

the list, as is the part played by Sacrista

Prebend Retreat House – a place where

people can find a quiet space and prayer and

be apart from the pressures of daily life for a

while. That’s what so many people now are

looking for.

Finally, Nicola, I ought to ask you a bit

about yourself, about your own

interests outside of church (in the

event of us allowing you a bit of time to

yourself!)

I’m interested in local history, and getting out

and enjoying the countryside. We have two

dogs, so I’m looking forward to walking and

exploring the local area. I also love the

theatre, music and concerts. And we both love

offering hospitality (my husband’s a very good

cook!). We’ve only been married two years. I

had been single until the age of 56! Terry

(Westwood – I kept my maiden name when we

married) was a widower; he’d been working

in Devon and took early retirement so that he

could move to Wells when we married. He’s

delighted at my being offered the post of

Dean, regarding it as a wonderful opportunity,

and among the things he is really looking

forward to are the challenges of the garden at

the Residence (he’s a keen gardener), and

going to Trent Bridge to watch the cricket.

So we are both very much looking forward to

our new life in Southwell!

And we are really looking forward to

welcoming Nicola and Terry, and their

contribution to this new chapter in the

life of the Minster.

The education team (Diana, Matt, Donna and our volunteers) would like to introduce Dean Nicola to the thriving education department at the Cathedral and Archbishop’s Palace, and to extend a very warm welcome to Southwell. Thousands of learners of all ages attend our organised events each year. There is always something fun or exciting happening in the department, and we love

meeting new people and showing them what this wonderful place has to offer. Each year brings its own challenges and unique opportunities, which we embrace with enthusiasm. Below is a flavour of the kinds of things our new Dean can expect to see during her first year in post – and we hope she will be able to attend some of them and find out more about what we do, and we are very much looking forward to getting to know her and work with her vision too. Our biggest annual event is Time Travelling: a pilgrimage event for primary schools. Open to all schools in the Diocese (and some coming from beyond), during a week in March and a week in June, we welcome 350 children per day to learn about faith, history and the buildings. To sustain this we rely on a wonderful team of around 200 volunteers, who lead activities, act as guides for a group for the day, or help with preparation of resources, supervising lunch and, importantly, keeping the tea and coffee flowing for the accompanying adults! We can’t thank them enough for their sterling work, and it’s largely thanks to them that Time Travelling is now in its 22nd year. Every July we say ‘bon voyage’ to approximately 600 year 6 children, mainly from church schools, who come to the Minster

to

have a ‘Make A Difference’ day, reflecting on their primary school lives, and thinking about what the future might bring. It’s always a special and emotional day for us and

them, and marks the end of the academic year for the department. Throughout the year, we offer bespoke visits, which are planned on an individual basis according to the needs of the school or group, from nursery to key stages 3&4. This might include learning about communion or baptism and some of our signs, symbols and worship; sometimes it’s an arts or history focus. These

smaller scale events really enable us to get to know the children and their teachers and spend quality time answering their questions – the reflective times we spend with them can be very special. The Archbishop’s Palace and education garden have become a wonderful resource too, and over the last few years we have been busy putting in place some ‘drop in’ family learning events to go alongside our history offer for schools. The biggest of these is in August, which this year had a Medieval theme, and ‘Robin Hood’ and his merry outlaws provided music, stories, and traditional crafts. A real highlight of the year is our now annual ‘Discovery Day’ for adults. We offer delegates the chance to attend their choice of 3 talks, tours and workshops at the Palace and Minster. These include guided tours of the Palace, gardens, tower and Minster, practical singing, crafty sessions or historic learning. Staff and volunteers from Minster groups join in, showcasing and sharing their work, and others come in voluntarily to share their expertise. We are proud to have been awarded a ‘Quality Badge’ from the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, in recognition of the excellent standards of practice in the department. If readers would like to become involved in our work, feel free to attend an informal information meeting on 4th October 2016 at the Palace: from 10am there will be refreshments, the meeting starts at 10.30 – and you’ll have the option to stay for the volunteers’ training session during the afternoon. For more information about volunteering or booking a visit, please contact education@southwellminster.org.uk 01636 817993

Diana Ives (Education Officer), Donna Selby (Education Assistant, Palace) and Matt Hustwayte (Administrator).

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT...

For visits to Southwell Minster and Archbishop’s Palace for schools and other groups. Visit the Education pages of our

website for details.

For Time Travelling educational pilgrimage days visit http://

www.timetravelling.co.uk

SEPTEMBER 1 THURSDAY Giles of Provence, Hermit, c. 710 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.45am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evening Prayer 2 FRIDAY The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901 and 1942 7.30am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evensong Oakville Singers 3 SATURDAY Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604

8.30am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 11.00am Holy Matrimony 2.00pm Holy Matrimony 5.45pm Evensong Oakville Singers

4 SUNDAY The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Congregational 11.15am Sung Eucharist Oakville Singers 3.30pm Evensong Oakville Singers 5 MONDAY 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evening Prayer 6 TUESDAY Allen Gardiner, Founder of the South American Mission Society, 1851 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evening Prayer 7 WEDNESDAY 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 5.45pm Evening Prayer 8 THURSDAY THE BIRTH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.45am Holy Communion

[Pilgrim’s Chapel] 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 5.45pm Festal Evensong Men’s voices

9 FRIDAY Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880 7.30am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Lunchtime at the Cathedral – Joel Newsome (trumpet) and Simon Hogan (piano) 5.45pm Evening Prayer 10 SATURDAY

8.30am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 10.30am Service for Diocesan Celebration of 150 Years of Reader Ministry (Eucharist) 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir

11 SUNDAY The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Minster Chorale 11.15am Sung Eucharist Cathedral Choir 12.45pm Baptism [Font] 3.30pm Evensong with Choir Promotions Cathedral Choir 7.30pm Music in the Great Hall 12 MONDAY 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evening Prayer 13 TUESDAY John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 5.45pm First Evensong of Holy Cross Day Boys’ Voices 14 WEDNESDAY HOLY CROSS DAY; Murray Irvine, Fourth Provost of Southwell, 2005 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 5.45pm Festal Evensong Cathedral Choir 15 THURSDAY Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258; Frank Stenton, historian, 1967 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.45am Holy Communion 12.30pm Silence and Meditation

[Pilgrim’s Chapel] 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir

A full guide to “Everything Southwell Minster” during September & October

16 FRIDAY Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c. 432 7.30am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evening Prayer 17 SATURDAY Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179 8.30am Morning Prayer

9.00am Holy Communion 3.00pm Installation of The Very Revd Nicola Sullivan as Dean of Southwell Full Music Foundation 18 SUNDAY The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Boys’ voices 11.15am Sung Eucharist Cathedral Choir (Commissioning of house groups in 9.30 and 11.15 services) 3.30pm Evensong with Promotions

Girls’ Choir and Lay Clerks 19 MONDAY Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evensong Girls’ Choir 20 TUESDAY John Coleridge Patterson, first Bishop

of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871

7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 5.45pm First Evensong of Matthew, Apostle

and Evangelist Boys’ voices 21 WEDNESDAY MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 5.45pm Festal Evensong Cathedral Choir 7.30pm Organ Recital: Simon Hogan 22 THURSDAY 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.45am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evensong attended by College of Canons Cathedral Choir 23 FRIDAY 7.30am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Lunchtime at the Cathedral –

Loveden Quartet 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 24 SATURDAY 8.30am Morning Prayer

9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evening Prayer

25 SUNDAY The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion

10.30am Harvest Festival Service Cathedral Choir 3.30pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 4.45pm Westgate Service 26 MONDAY Wilson Carlile, Founder of the Church Army, 1942 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evensong Girls’ Choir 27 TUESDAY Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evensong Boys’ Voices 28 WEDNESDAY Ember Day 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 5.45pm Evening Prayer 29 THURSDAY MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.45am Holy Communion 12.30pm Silence and Meditation [Pilgrim’s Chapel] 5.45pm Festal Evensong Cathedral Choir 30 FRIDAY Ember Day; Jerome, T ranslator of the Scriptures, Teacher, 420 7.30am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir

OCTOBER 1 SATURDAY Ember Day; Remigus, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533; Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftsbury, Social Reformer, 1885; Eadwig, king, donator of the Southwell lands, 959 8.30am Morning Prayer

9.00am Holy Communion 11.00am Mothers’ Union 140th Anniversary Service 5.45pm First Evensong of Dedication Festival Cathedral Choir

2 SUNDAY The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity – Dedication Sunday 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Minster Chorale 11.15am Sung Eucharist Cathedral Choir 3.30pm Festal Evensong with Licensing of Judge Mark Ockleton as Diocesan Chancellor Cathedral Choir

3 MONDAY George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evensong Girls’ Choir 4 TUESDAY Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evensong Boys’ voices 5 WEDNESDAY 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer

12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista]

5.45pm Evening Prayer 6 THURSDAY William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536; Faith of Aquitaine, Virgin, Martyr, c.304 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.45am Holy Communion 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 7.00pm Pre-Concert Talk 7.30pm The Sixteen: Choral Pilgrimage Concert 7 FRIDAY 7.30am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Lunchtime at the Cathedral – Richard Hinsley (piano) 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 8 SATURDAY Eudburgh, abbess, pilgrim saint of the Anglo-Saxon Minster, 8th century

8.30am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 10.30am Readers’ Licensing Service 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 9 SUNDAY The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity

7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Girls’ Choir 11.15am Mattins Cathedral Choir 3.30pm Animal Blessing Service [Nave 7.30pm Music in the Great Hall – Southwell Minster School Musicians 10 MONDAY Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644; John Wakeling, seventh Bishop of Southwell, 2004 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evening Prayer 11 TUESDAY Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675; James the Deacon, Companion of Paulinus, 7th century 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evensong Boys’ voices 7.00pm Talk on John Donne Exhibition given by The Very Revd Dr John

Moses 12 WEDNESDAY Wilfrid of Ripon, Bishop, Missionary, 709; Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845; Edith Cavell, Nurse, 1915 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 5.45pm Evening Prayer 13 THURSDAY Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.45am Holy Communion 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 14 FRIDAY 7.30am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer 1.00pm Holy Matrimony 5.45pm Evening Prayer 7.30pm St Cecilia Concert with City of London

Sinfonia and Stephen Layton 15 SATURDAY Teresa of Avila, Teacher, 1582 8.30am Morning Prayer

9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm RSCM Choirs’ Festival Evensong

16 SUNDAY The Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Minster Chorale 11.15am Sung Eucharist Men’s voices 3.30pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 17 MONDAY Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c. 107 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm First Evensong of Luke the Evangelist Girls’ Choir and Lay Clerks 18 TUESDAY LUKE THE EVANGELIST 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 11.00am Retired Clergy Eucharist 5.45pm Festal Evensong Cathedral Choir 19 WEDNESDAY Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India and Persia, 1812 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 5.45pm Evening Prayer 20 THURSDAY 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.45am Holy Communion 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 5.45pm Evensong Boys’ voices 21 FRIDAY 7.30am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Lunchtime at the Cathedral – Charlotte Rowan (violin) 5.45pm Evening Prayer

22 SATURDAY 8.30am Morning Prayer

9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evening Prayer

23 SUNDAY The Last Sunday after Trinity 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Congregational 11.15am Sung Eucharist Minster Chorale 3.30pm Evensong Minster Chorale 24 MONDAY Frank Berry, fifth Bishop of Southwell, 1976 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evening Prayer 25 TUESDAY Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.287 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 3.00pm Laying up of County Standard for

Women’s Section of Royal British Legion 5.45pm Evening Prayer 26 WEDNESDAY Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899; Cedd, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 5.45pm Evening Prayer 27 THURSDAY 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.45am Holy Communion 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 5.45pm Evening Prayer 28 FRIDAY SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES 7.30am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Evening Prayer 7.00pm Order of St Lazarus Vigil 29 SATURDAY James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 8.30am Morning Prayer

9.00am Holy Communion 11.00am Order of St Lazarus Grand Priory of England National Investiture Minster Chorale 5.45pm Evening Prayer

30 SUNDAY The Fourth Sunday before Advent 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Congregational 11.15am Spoken Eucharist 12.45pm Baptism 3.30pm Evening Prayer

31 MONDAY Martin Luther, Reformer, 1546; Osketel, Archbishop of York, 971 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.00am Holy Communion 5.45pm Evening Prayer

NOVEMBER 1 TUESDAY ALL SAINTS’ DAY 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Festal Evensong Cathedral Choir 2 WEDNESDAY COMMEMORATION OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (ALL SOULS’ DAY) 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Holy Communion [Sacrista] 5.45pm Evening Prayer 8.00pm Sung Requiem

Minster Chorale 3 THURSDAY Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600; Martin of Porres, Friar, 1639 7.30am Holy Communion 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.45am Holy Communion 12.30pm Silence and Meditation 5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 4 FRIDAY Winifred, Abbess, 7th century 7.30am Holy Communion 8.30am Morning Prayer 12.15pm Lunchtime at the Cathedral – Mirabilé 5.45pm Evening Prayer 5 SATURDAY 8.30am Morning Prayer

9.00am Holy Communion 3.30pm Informal Concert Boys’ voices

5.45pm Evensong Cathedral Choir 6 SUNDAY The Third Sunday before Advent 7.30am Morning Prayer 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Eucharist Girls’ Choir 11.15am Sung Eucharist Cathedral Choir 12.45pm Baptism 3.30pm Evensong Cathedral Choir

Overcoming injustice and poverty The Minster’s Mission Partnership Group continued its work over the summer with money, prayer and action. On Sea Sunday in July the preacher was Revd Peter Ellis from the Mission to Seafarers (MtS). The collection was given to MtS

to help their work of caring for seafarers who are sometimes treated very badly – abandoned by the shipping companies in ports far from home, not paid their proper wages, or needing a sympathetic ear when they talk about what it’s like to be separated from their loved-ones for months or years at a time. The Minster has been in partnership with the MtS for many years. Harvest Festival is on September 25th, and the collection will go to USPG – United Society, Partners in the Gospel

(also called ‘Us’). USPG supports education and development projects run by local churches throughout the world, from Brazil and Africa to Sri Lanka and Myanmar. This year’s harvest project is supporting work done by the ‘Anglican Church in Ceylon’ among children of the very poorly-paid tea-plantation workers, making sure the children have enough to eat and learn about growing healthier food. The latest report from the Swaziland Schools Projects, which we support through

weekly prayer and an annual grant, tells of the severe famine that has hit Southern Africa. Thanks to global warming, there has been virtually no rain and the harvest has failed. The

schools of the Anglican Diocese of Swaziland – a country where our new dean once worked for Tearfund - are directing some of their funds to provide a midday meal of maize rice (pictured left) to the children. This is vital where small children struggle to walk three or four miles to school without any breakfast. Other funds go to build school classrooms, equip them with desks, and provide bursaries for AIDS orphans. The Rainbow Project at St Stephen’s Hyson Green in

Nottingham is doing great work in providing friendship to refugees who have ended up in Nottingham after escaping from persecution or violence in their home country. In 2015 the Minster contributed to an extra collection for their programme offering legal advice in the complex process of making the case to stay in the UK; this year our regular grant was £1000. (Each year we give 10% of our planned-giving income for God’s mission outside the Minster.) Vincent Ashwin

MISSION PARTNERSHIP GROUP...

Abseiling for Sacrista Prebend Sacrista Prebend is one of the places whose existence is vital in the world as it is today. As you know, ‘vital’ means ‘life-giving’, ‘invigorating’, among other things. When asked to produce the treasures of the Church to the authorities, St Laurence brought in the poor and needy. Sacrista Preb-end is one of the Church’s local treasures. In July I abseiled down the north tower of Peterborough Cathedral. Yes, it is 150ft high and no, I am not a fit youngster, so it was vital that both the Cathedral and Derbyshire Mountain Rescue did their job well! They did. The excellent leadership team at Sacrista Prebend depends on volunteers in order to be able to do all that happens there. As in so many churches there is not enough money to do all that is wanted. I chose to give the money raised from this area to Sacrista Prebend because to me, and many others, it is vital that this place of prayer, sacrament and service continues to offer all that to those in need in this diocese and beyond. Sacrista Prebend brings a chance for people to find a quiet space for a while within busy lives, a chance to listen for God and his Spirit, to find companion-ship, to be re-vitalised in order to serve God’s world. Thank you to all who sponsored me. £1446.50 was raised.

The Reverend Canon Bridget Smith

The Community of the Cross of Nails (CCN) is a worldwide Christian network of churches, cathedrals and organizations who work and pray for peace, justice and healing in our divided and broken world. Their vision is inspired by the story of Coventry Cathedral and its outstanding ministry of reconciliation since the Second World War.

Following the bombing of Coventry Cathedral in November 1940, the Provost Dick Howard made a commitment not to seek revenge, but to focus on working towards forgiveness. The words ‘Father Forgive’ were inscribed on the wall of the ruined chancel, and three mediaeval nails attached to the charred beams were

made into a cross, which today is placed above the high altar in the new cathedral. After the war a replica of this Cross of Nails was presented to churches in German cities such as Kiel, Dresden and Berlin symbolising the peace, trust and partnership that developed.

In 1974 the present Community of the Cross of Nails was formed, and there are now 162 congregations and groups who are CCN Partners in over 30 countries, drawn together by shared ideals of:

Healing the wounds of history Learning to live with difference and celebrate diversity Building a culture of peace

It is an organic and diverse community, which includes our link cathedral of St George's in Jerusalem, the church of St George in Baghdad (where Canon Andrew White has long ministered), and Birmingham Cathedral in the UK. All CCN partners receive from Coventry their own Cross of Nails, which is very striking and can become a focus for prayer, regular short Litanies of Reconciliation, and a place for resources witnessing to our Christian calling to reach across barriers and be peace-makers. At this unsettled time in Britain, Europe and the wider world, initiatives like this are to be welcomed and celebrated. Is this something for us to consider?

Angela Ashwin

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Now in its sixth year the Bramley Apple Festival of Food & Drink in Southwell Minster continues to go from strength to strength. As part of the town’s Bramley celebrations, (which have been going on for a lot longer!) there will be over thirty Food and drink stands in the Minster’s Nave, featuring some of the best local small producers and retailers. Visitors will be able to view, taste and buy local and regional products such as a wide range of cakes and pastries, sweets, honey products, W.I apple pies and cakes, apple preserves, jams and pickles, Savoury pies and other pork products, meats, free range turkeys and chickens, artisan breads, cheeses, apple drinks, coffee, tea, cordials, beers, chocolate, oils, sloe gin, wines, ceramics, cookery books and magazines. The whole Festival is a fantastic event for foodies everywhere! This year again the Festival will also be supporting Nottinghamshire’s ‘Love Food, Hate Waste’ campaign run by Veolia. Veolia will again have their own stand and will be offering advice to visitors about reducing food waste. There will also be large display of different varieties of apples from John Hempsall’s Heritage Orchard in the Nave. Plus Bramley related children’s craft activities, food treats and trails taking place during the day in the Archbishop’s Palace and education garden. A programme of demonstrations will take place during the day in the Crossing of the Cathedral as follows… 11am Young Bramley Chef of the Year Winner’s Demonstration 12noon Bread, Pork and Bramley’s with Linda Hewett 1pm Celebrate leftovers with Andrea Wallace from Leith’s School of Food & Wine 2pm Baking with Bramley’s with Jordan Cox from the Great British Bake Off 3pm The Lay Clerk’s of Southwell Minster entertain! However the Bramley Festival is not just about the Minster and you will also find a wealth of activities taking place in the town, including retailers presenting their apple themed windows. A Bramley Apple painting exhibition and big draw event, poetry competition and WI refreshments in the Bramley Centre, plus the judging of the WI Apple Pie competition and the Minster School Ceilidh Band and crowning of the Bramley Apple King and Queen also in the Library. Plus dancing in the Minster grounds with the Lord Conyers Morris Men during the afternoon. For further information on the Southwell Minster Festival of Food and Drink, please contact Kathryn Anderson on 01636 817284. Email: marketing@southwellminster.org.uk

The Palace – the Heritage Lottery Fund

As the Minster’s former fundraiser of ten years, now volunteer Curator of the Archbishop’s Palace and Education Garden, I look forward to discussing with Dean Nicola our developing relationship with the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). She will see the new Education Garden, a continuing evolving project (for which Liam, our gardener, and I are ever on the look out for fresh volunteers!) along with the State Chamber and other renovated facilities within the surviving built section of the Palace – all supported by HLF. Elizabeth Johnson writes elsewhere on the Choral Outreach programme – the key element in HLF’s agreement to funding the restoration of the Song School, which is closed to the general public. Dean Nicola has been briefed already on our thoughts for a second project with HLF to properly light and heat the Chapter House (along with making it accessible, physically and intellectually). This project to include – we hope! – replacing the main Quire roof and the north Quire aisle (a new roof for the south Quire aisle is to be separately funded by the Government’s World War One memorial scheme). In the New Year, consultation meetings with the congregation and wider Minster family will commence and, with Canon Nigel, I hope to help the Dean in this process. Needless to say, we shall have to gird our loins for fundraising, the Lottery never making one hundred percent grants.

Charlie Leggatt

Saturday 22 October 10am – 4pm

Entrance £2 donation, under 16’s free

Bramley Apple Festival of Food & Drink (in Southwell Minster)

Local Box Office: Minster Shop 01636 812933 National box office – 01904 651485 / www.ncem.co.uk Although separated by over four centuries, the music of William Byrd and Arvo Pärt makes for a perfect match. Both spent many years facing adversity and persecution and both sought solace through their sacred music. Byrd‘s later life was lived under constant threat of religious persecution – a practising Catholic in a country where only the Anglican faith could be celebrated. However, Queen Elizabeth I not only loved music but also possessed a private empathy for Catholicism and in 1575 she granted a patent to Byrd and the aged Tallis to publish music. The result was Cantiones Sacrae, a collection of 17 pieces by each of them, six of which, including the monumental Tribue, Domine, feature in this programme. The long text comes from the book of Meditations attributed to St Augustine, and Byrd treats us not only to a variety of vocal combinations, but also clear codes to his unswerving Catholic faith. Just as in Ad Dominum we hear urgent cries to be heard “I speak peace to them and they clamour for war” (Ego pacem loquebar et illi bellum conclamabant), so in Tribue, Domine he portrays the “kingdom” (imperium) with a certain triumphalism. Pärt spent most of his life in Soviet controlled Estonia and for most of his young life it all seemed perfectly normal. “We had what we had…it wasn’t until I was older that I began to appreciate what it was to live in the Soviet Union, everything enclosed or forbidden.” In 1979, Pärt and his family acquired exit visas to leave the Soviet Union and moved to Berlin and it was around this time that he began to experiment with tintinnabulation. As Pärt himself explains “I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played. This one note, or a silent beat, or a moment of silence, comforts me. I work with very few elements – with one voice, with two voices. I build with the most primitive materials – with the triad. The three notes of the triad are like bells. And that is why I called it tintinnabulation.” The result is music where the text has total clarity but is highly charged in a very specific manner. His setting of the Nunc Dimittis is at times tender and serene, but then bursts out into exhilarating joy. The Woman with the Alabaster Box is even more extraordinary, with Jesus’ words eloquently delivered and made even more powerful by the silences. Unlike Byrd, Pärt did not write for the liturgy but that does not mean his music is any less sacred – far from it. His music will resonate around our wonderful cathedrals and abbeys just as Byrd’s has done for centuries.

Harry Christophers, Founder and Conductor, The Sixteen

The Choral Pilgrimage 2016: The Deer’s Cry

Southwell Minster Thursday 6 October 2016, 7.30pm

Doors open at 6.30pm Pre-concert talk 7pm

Tickets: £12 / 25 / 30

Performers The Sixteen Harry Christophers conductor Concert programme Byrd Diliges Dominum

Byrd Christe qui lux es et dies

Arvo Pärt The Deer’s Cry

Byrd Emendemus in melius

Arvo Pärt The Woman with the Alabaster Box

Byrd Miserere mihi Domine

Byrd Ad Dominum cum tribularer

Tallis /Byrd Miserere nostri

Tallis When Jesus went

Byrd O lux beata Trinitas

Arvo Pärt Nunc Dimittis

Byrd Laetentur coeli

Byrd Tribue, Domine

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On behalf of all the churches in Southwell we would like to welcome Dean Nicola and there is a warm invitation from the churches who look forward to working together. There are seven churches in the Christian Community here in Southwell. Five of these –the Minster, The Baptist Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church and Holy Trinity have their own building. Riverside Church use the Minster School and Living Waters meet in various homes. Many church groups in the Town are Ecumenical, for instance Christian Aid, Hope for Justice, Meditation and the Women’s World Day of Prayer. Churches Together in Southwell has a Ladies Choir who are here in the picture. Representatives attend a regular Breakfast Forum where items concerning all the churches are discussed. Volunteering is an essential part of all the activities. Some help at Newark Hospital taking patients to the Chapel. Others welcome visitors to the Minster, and Holy Trinity depend on people to help run the Lunch Club. Contact details for each Church are on the CT web site.

Gwen Bragg (Minster rep for Churches Together in Southwell)

‘’O come let us sing unto the Lord’’....

All of us at Southwell Minster Choir Association (SMCA) extend a warm welcome to Dean Nicola and Terry, and wish them well in their new home in Southwell. SMCA was founded in 1989 with the object of promoting the development of the Choir of Southwell Minster and fostering public knowledge and appreciation of church music and its role in worship. The association now has a membership in excess of 100 and is committed to supporting the work of the Dean and Chapter in the maintenance of the Cathedral Music Foundation, which now comprises three choirs—the traditional Cathedral Choir of boy choristers and lay clerks (the first recorded chorister dates from the 14th century ), the Girls’ Choir begun in 2005, and the Minster Chorale, the adult chamber choir started in 1994 -- as well as the Rector Chori and Organist, the Assistant Director of Music, and the Organ Scholar. Funded largely by modest annual subscriptions and donations, an established programme of support is in place, which includes, for instance, the presentation of concerts, social and leisure activities, and foreign tours. We look forward to supporting you in the mission of this cathedral church.

‘’Sing unto the Lord, and praise

his name’’. Michael Davidson

Choir Association

Churches Together in Southwell

Welcome Dean Nicola, from the Potwell Dyke Grasslands Action Group! The Potwell Dyke Grasslands is a Site of Importance to Nature Conservation which lies to the South East of the Cathedral. It is owned by the Cathedral Chapter and has no farming value. However, the unimproved grassland has been managed by the group for over twelve years and is now an increasingly valued wildflower meadow. Under a Countryside Stewardship Agreement with Natural England, the Action Group ensure that the Agreement is fulfilled on behalf of the Cathedral. One of the main ‘earners’ under the Agreement has been the provision of educational visits and visits of local pre-school and primary age school children have been one of the group’s highlights. Now it is autumn and the site has been mown and the hay baled. The aftermath is growing and hardy sheep will graze for a month or two. By January the

floral cycle begins again with Snowdrops and Lesser Celandine, Violets and Cowslips, Ragged Robin and Orchids in the succeeding months. We hope that in your time at Southwell you too will come to love the grasslands as a place to reflect and enjoy the beauty around us. We have had Chapter visits in the past and would be delighted to host another visit in the peak flowering season, say next May? Malcolm Rose (Chapter Rep on the Potwell Dyke Action Group)

Potwell Dyke Grasslands Action Group

Churches Together Southwell Women’s Choir

As part of our welcome Dean Nicola might want to be introduced to ways in which members of the Minster Community are directly addressing injustices and oppression.

The Minster Justice Action Group was formed following the house group series of four years ago. This focused upon diocesan material commissioned by Bishop Paul Butler; Seeking Justice. A recurring theme was the need to commit to action and prayer for justice, and the challenge from house groups was not only to learn and talk about Christian justice but to deepen our commitment to doing it.

The group is twelve strong, including two people from other Southwell churches. It seeks to coordinate and channel the justice work done by the Minster, encourage new initiatives and embed justice in all aspects of the Minster’s ministry and mission. We work closely with other Minster groups (e.g. Mothers Union and the Mission Partnership Group), Chapter (which sees and endorses the notes of our meetings), the Diocese and Churches Together in Southwell. Issues being addressed include:

Support of Newark foodbank and canvassing of the MP and others about food and fuel poverty. Concern about poverty and inequality and support of Church Action against Poverty. Provisions for refugees and asylum seekers, and raising awareness about the needs of new refugees, including those

from Syria. Human trafficking and support of the Christian charity; Hope for Justice. Homelessness, and links with Framework and other housing associations. Climate change, including involvement in the Christian Aid Fast and Pray for the Climate Campaign leading up to the

UN Convention on Climate Change in December 2015.

‘What we need is action’ is a frequent refrain of church meetings. Action requires actors – all of us, to engage with the issues and group, communicate concerns, support activities and, above all, pray that God’s kingdom will come on earth as in heaven. We look forward to working with our new Dean on this front.

Patrick Sills

Justice Action Group

Welcome to Dean Nicola from the lay clerks of Southwell Minster. As someone coming from another cathedral you know what lay clerks are like. But just in case there is anyone who doesn't . . . We have been around the Minster for many centuries. We are the men paid to sing services. Southwell's lay clerks sing with the boys (a lot) and the girls (sometimes) during school terms. Our normal singing days are Thursday to Sunday, and we sing evensong on those days, with usually one Sunday morning service (either Eucharist or Choral Mattins). Some days the services are men's voices only. The regular men number six, and are swelled by another six auxiliaries who join us for a limited number of services a term. Bigger choirs have more than one voice to a part (the larger cathedrals regularly work with twelve men on the back row) - but Southwell only have one alto, tenor and bass per side, so there is the pressure of being the only person carrying your part all the time. We rather like this, and pride ourselves on what we can manage within the limitation of our numbers. Because the job is a part-time one, we all have other things we do to augment a part-time income from our lay clerking. Southwell is a small place, and the lay clerks are a notably social bunch. The way this works itself out varies over the years depending on the cast, but Sunday lunch together, curry on Thursdays after our weekly rehearsal, and many, many evenings spent chatting in the pubs of the town are some of the staples of our common life. We look forward to welcoming you and your husband among us and hope you will join us for curry one Thursday evening in October! Jeremy Pemberton

The Guild of Minster

Servers

We too extend our welcome to Dean Nicola We have a wonderful group of volunteers in the Guild of Minster Servers at Southwell Minster, who feel very privileged to belong to the Guild and who provide assistance with worship in the Minster. Servers are present at the 7.30am communion service on a Thursday during the week, on a Saturday at the 9.00am Eucharist and at the Sunday 8.00am and 9.30am services, and the Sung Eucharist at 11.15am. Servers are also on duty at many of the special services held in the Cathedral. We are at Sacrista Prebend for the weekly 9.00am Monday morning service. Each year we endeavour to have a social event for all servers and partners to attend and look forward to Dean Nicola and her husband Terry being able to join us. To keep up the good work we provide training/refresher times throughout the year. Jill Arrowsmith, Head Server

The vergers and gardeners would like to wish Nicola and Terry all the very best as they move in to their new home and settle into life at Southwell. The verger's department consists of Andrew (Head Verger), Michael (Deputy Head Verger), full-timers Kenny and Andy, and part-timers Nick and yet another Andy. The team work extremely well together and support each other in their duties. The TV characters in Dad's Army and The Vicar of Dibley could not be further from modern reality. Many people have little understanding of a verger's role today. A modern verger not only has to have knowledge of the daily liturgy and their role in it but also the technology used in sound systems, lighting and computer software. In addition the traditional ministry of welcome and hospitality is a key aspect. Physical fitness and stamina is needed for moving heavy furniture, building staging and dismantling it after evening events ready for worship the following day. Commercial cleaners are employed for five hours every week to help with general dusting and vacuuming. However the more specialised cleaning such as brass and silver polishing, wood waxing, floor maintenance and window cleaning is the responsibility of the vergers. We have a wide range of practical skills within the verger's department which are frequently used for everyday repairs and renewals. Andrew, along with Andrea from Finance, have responsibility for the care and maintenance of all Minster properties. Recently Andrew has taken on line management of Liam and Gareth the gardeners. It is their responsibility to maintain, the churchyard, Bishops Manor, and parts of Vicars Court. Andrew Todd, Head Verger

Vergers & Gardeners

Lay Clerks

The Silence and Meditation Group would like to extend a warm welcome to our new Dean. May we also remind everyone that our new term begins on 8th September. Our ecumenical group meets each Thursday in the Pilgrim Chapel from 12.30pm until 1.15pm. There is an option to join together afterwards to share in fellowship with our packed lunches in Trebeck Hall. This group is always very open to new members whether they are able to come occasionally or regularly.

For more information please contact Elizabeth Yule (815311).

Greetings from the Southwell Minster Mothers’ Union. We commenced in 1891, so have been going 125 years. We have 18 members at present, and enjoy meeting together every month on the third Thursday at 2. 15 pm with the exception of August. Currently we meet at Sacrista Prebend and have a varied programme of events. We support the Women’s Refuge in Newark, and we assist with catering for the Mini Minsters Group. We raise money throughout the year for the World Wide Projects undertaken by the Central Office at Mary Sumner House in London. Some members attend the Archdeaconry Days and also Diocesan Events. We have over 4,000,000 members worldwide. We give you a warm welcome and look forward to working with you, supporting the many faceted life of Southwell Minster.

Jenny Hodson, Branch Leader (In the photo (right) – left to right – Eileen Mitchinson, Liz Turner, (Glenys Herbert – the Speaker for that meeting) Kay Old, Joan Raven, Gwen Bragg)

The Guild of Stewards welcome Nicola our new Dean to this amazing place. The Guild has been in existence for more than 30 years and now has a membership of around 130. Our role can be described as being responsible for the ministry of welcome. The initial and last image visitors have of the Cathedral can be significantly influenced by the greeting they receive and the expression of thanks as they leave. This challenge we do not take lightly. Visitors come from all over the country and indeed all over the world. People visit the Cathedral for many reasons. Some come because it is a place of prayer, others because they are church and Cathedral enthusiasts, and yet others simply to look around. What ever the reason they are welcome and we hope they will return. We are on duty 7 days a week 52 weeks of the year. We look forward to working with Nicola supporting her in anyway that we can, she has that unquestioned commitment. She is indeed welcome. Shaun Boney - Chief Steward

Silence & Meditation Group

Minster Guild of Stewards

Mothers’ Union

Faith and Light welcomes Dean Nicola to Southwell. Faith and Light International grew out of a French family’s unpleasant experience on a pilgrimage to Lourdes in 1968, when the children with learning difficulties were rejected by the others because of their difference. After another successful pilgrimage led by Jean Vanier home groups were formed to keep the experience alive. We in the Minster have 35 members, companions, and accompaniers including carers, who meet each month to enjoy each other’s company and to share in a variety of activities, in singing, prayer and food. We are a noisy, lively group, the essence being acceptance, each of the other, exactly as we are. In February 2017 Southwell will be the host at the Annual Candle Mass Celebration.

Bobby Craig

Faith & Light

Outdoor Cinema in the gardens of

the Archbishop’s Palace, Southwell.

On 23 and 24 September the Archbishop’s Palace will be showing two

evenings of outdoor cinema,

on the first night you can come and watch Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame

in this beautiful heritage location,

the second evenings film choice is down to a public vote that will be decided 2 weeks before

the event. From a choice of Dirty Dancing, Romeo & Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Grease, Finding Nemo, Les Miserables and the

newly release Jungle Book

so get voting! https://abpsouthwell.typeform.com/to/

rZUDku

Tickets start from £9 for an Early Bird Ticket, with General Admission being £12

and Concession costing £10 with a refreshment stall available

throughout the event.

With a lovely view bring a picnic blanket or camping chairs and enjoy the films we have to

offer.

DOORS OPEN AT 6PM, FILM SCHEDULED TO START 7:30PM

The event will go ahead, even in imperfect weather. Screenings will only be cancelled if

weather conditions threaten danger at the time of screening. Please check the weather forecast in advance, and come accordingly prepared for the Great British Summer. Patrons accept the

risk that weather they might consider unsatisfactory could occur on a screening night.

They acknowledge that tickets will not be refunded. Screenings will only be rescheduled for another date if there is felt to be a concern for

safety. In that event we will aim to give as much notice as possible, so please keep an eye out for information on the website and social media.

Please note that times are approximate and

actual times may vary. No BBQ’s or fires.”

Historic Chapter Library The Historic Chapter Library welcomes Dean Nicola, and all who would like to visit the Library this autumn. But where is the Library? Visitors making their way to the famous leaf carvings in the Chapter House may walk straight past a heavy wooden door set into the north quire aisle. Behind it a steep stairway leads to a high-ceilinged room, a hidden space, once the Minster’s treasury. The treasures now are not silver and gold, but books, from the tiniest hand-held prayer books to a weighty first edition of the King James Bible. The collection began in about 1690 with donations from local gentlemen, and reflects their varied interests at the time. So it is now possible to find a book to interest almost everyone today. The geographer can enjoy 16th century atlases, the mathematician – Newton’s Principia Mathematica, the student of literature – a 1550 edition of Chaucer’s works , or a first edition of Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary. If you wish to see the oldest books, you will see a manuscript Bible dating from about 1300, and a manuscript copy of the C14 Mirk’s Festial, sermons for Saints’ days. For myself, and for assistant librarian John, our task is to enable the collection to be used for research, education and pure enjoyment while at the same time ensuring that the valuable collection is conserved for the future, a delicate balance! The library has open days several times a year, and is open by appointment at other times. Email library@southwellminster.org.uk or phone 0115 966 3469 to make an arramgement. A changing display of books from the Library can be seen in the Chapter House passage. The catalogue can be searched online via the Minster’s website.

Christine Whitehouse. (Hon. Librarian)

Newark & Southwell Deanery Office Open: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.00am — 4.00 pm Area Dean: Revd Canon Mark Adams Lay Chair: Mr Michael Wilson Deanery Administrator: Mrs Louise Riley Deanery Treasurer: Vacant Norwell Vicarage, Main Street. Norwell, Notts, NG23 6JN Tel: 01636 650063 Email: nsdeaneryoffice@gmail.com

Births, Marriages & Deaths

Baptisms 19 June Imogen Radha Sengupta

10 July James Nicholas Snowden

17 July Lydia May Haigh

31 July Grace Rose Britchford

7 August Lydia Florence Hinder Weddings 11 June Richard Hunter & Laura Lennard-Jones

24 June David Munn & Aileen Harrison

25 June Gareth Williams & Hannah Wright

9 July James Stark & Martine Welby

15 July Richard Burroughs & Lucy-Anne Durrant

6 August William Cottam & Rachael Greenfield

10 August Sean Kelly & Lisa Gibbs

12 August Richard Smith & Philippa Hayward

13 August Joseph Christopher & Holly Weaver Wedding Blessing 20 August Ashley Thomas & Laura Watson Funerals 7 June Rachel Morley

8 July Kenneth Hall

29 July Madge Davidson

Films and Exhibition:

October 2016

The Southwell/Jerusalem Link Group looks forward to welcoming Dean Nicola to their forthcoming October event and sharing their other activities with her. Silent Voices is an exhibition which will come to Southwell Minster Chapter House on 24 October for a week. See notice on page 7. This thought-provoking exhibition has travelled around the UK from Salisbury early this year to Lichfield Cathedral more recently, and shows the everyday life in the Palestinian village of Bil'in through the eyes of the children who live there. The photos will also include a selection taken by the local professional photographer, Paul Burton, in the course of a recent visit to the Holy Land. Together they illustrate positive as well as less encouraging scenes. The highlight event of this week will be held on Thursday 27 October; a Palestinian Evening which will include two documentary films. The first short film explores Britain's role in creating the present conflict in Palestine through the Balfour Declaration in 1917. The second film is an inspiring story about the children of Gaza. There will be time to see the exhibition and enjoy a Palestinian-themed supper. Over the years, a strong link has been forged between Southwell Diocese and St. George's Cathedral in Jerusalem and the support for the recent Palestinian events has been truly heartening. The last one raised desperately needed funds for the Al-Ahli Anglican hospital in Gaza.

Margaret Cooper

Keep up to speed with Newark & Southwell Deanery News: http://southwell.anglican.org/about-us-2/ deaneries/newark-southwell-deanery-home/

Contact Information The Cathedral and Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Southwell

www.southwellminster.org.uk

The Acting Dean/Canon Pastor The Revd Nigel Coates,

3 Vicars’ Court, Southwell, NG25 OHP

Tel: 01636 812782 Email: dean@southwellminster.org.uk

(day off Friday)

Tel: 01636 817296 Email: nigelcoates@southwellminster.org.uk

Mrs Rachel Doe

(Dean’s PA, Minster Diary Secretary &

Cathedral IT Co-Ordinator)

Tel: 01636 817282

Email: deansPA@southwellminster.org.uk

The Precentor The Revd Canon Jacqui Jones,

2 Vicars’ Court, Southwell, NG25 OHP

Tel: 01636 817295 Email: jacquijones@southwellminster.org.uk

(day off Wednesday)

The Honorary Canon Pastor The Ven Robin Turner CB DL

c/o The Minster Centre Tel: 01636 812649

Priest Vicar The Revd Professor Alison Milbank

Tel:01636 819224 Email: milbankalison@gmail.com

Cathedral Chapter The Revd Canon Nigel Coates (The acting Dean/Canon Pastor)

Tel: 01636 812782

The Revd Canon Jacqui Jones (The Precentor)

Tel: 01636 817295

Mrs Vicky Thorpe (Parish Representative)

Tel: 01636 813222

Mrs Lindy Todd

Dr. Hugh Middleton (Parish Representative)

Mr Richard Vigar Tel: 01636 613655

Mr Peter Gibbins Tel: 01636 831044

The Revd Canon John Bentham Tel: 0115 846 1054

Canon Phil Blinston Tel: 01636 817305

Mrs Caroline Jarvis (Chapter Clerk) Tel: 01636 817285

Readers Mrs Jenny Derbyshire Tel: 01636 814363

Canon Angela Ashwin (Hon) Tel: 01636 813975

Email: angela.ashwin@gmail.com

Music Foundation Mr Simon Hogan (Acting Director of Music)

Tel: 01636 814155 Email: adom@southwellminster.org.uk

Miss Jasmine Oakes (Liturgy & Music Assistant) Tel: 01636 817280

Email: litmus@southwellminster.org.uk

Mr Edward Turner (Organ Scholar) Tel: 01636 814155

Email: organscholar@southwellminster.org.uk

The Minster Centre Church Street, Southwell, NG25 OHD

Mrs Caroline Jarvis (Chapter Clerk)

Tel: 01636 817285 Email: administrator@southwellminster.org.uk

Mr Roger Harvey (Hon. Assistant Chapter Clerk) Tel 01636 817285

Mrs Kathryn Anderson (Marketing & Publications Officer)

Tel: 01636 817284

Email: marketing@southwellminster.org.uk

Mr John Briggs (Archbishop’s Palace Marketing & Events HLF)

Tel: 01636 812649 Ext 214 Email:

john.briggs@southwellminster.org.uk

Miss Jess Breame Events Email: events@southwellminster.org.uk

Mrs Andrea Pritchard (Finance Officer inc. Gift Aid)

Tel: 01636 819027

Email: financeofficer@southwellminster.org.uk

Mrs Angela Walters (Accounts Officer)

Tel: 01636 819027 Email: angela@southwellminster.org.uk

The Minster Office Mrs Nikki Smith (Minster Office Assistant & Canon Pastor’s PA)

Tel: 01636 812649

Email: nikki@southwellminster.org.uk

Cathedral Education Department The Revd Matthew Askey (Southwell Minster School Chaplain)

Tel: 01636 817298

Email: chaplain@southwellminster.org.uk

The Revd Professor Alison Milbank Priest Vicar

Email: milbankalison@gmail.com

Mrs Diana Ives (Education Officer)

Tel: 01636 817993 Email: tt@southwellminster.org.uk/

childrenseducation@southwellminster.org.uk

Mrs Donna Selby (Education Assistant,

HLF Archbishop’s Palace) Tel: 01636 817993

Email: donna@southwellminster.org.uk

Mr Matt Hustwayte (Education Assistant)

Tel: 01636 817993

Minster Libraries Mrs Christine Whitehouse (Librarian Historic)

Tel: 0115 9663469 Email: library@southwellminster.org.uk

Mr John Sheppard (Asst Librarian Historic)

Tel: 01636 815108 Email: jsheppard24@btinternet.com

(Librarian Theological—vacant )

Tel: c/o The Minster Centre Tel: 01636 812649

Vergers Mr Andrew Todd (Head Verger) Tel: 01636 817290 Email:

headverger@southwellminster.org.uk

Mr Michael Tawn (Deputy)

Mr Kenny Nairn, Mr Nick Turner and Mr Andy Gill

Estates Management and Gardening Liam Bagguley (Gardener)

Tel: 07944 630685 Email: gardener@southwellminster.org.uk

Mr Charles Leggatt (Hon. Curator, Palace & Education Garden)

Tel: 01636 817283 Email: charles@southwellminster.org.uk

Information Desk Mrs Margaret Waddington c/o The Minster Centre

Tel: 01636 812649

Cathedral Shop Miss Amy Rodgers (Manager) Tel: 01636 812933 Email:

cathedralshop@hotmail.co.uk

Mrs Nicola Rush (Assistant Manager) Tel: 01636 812933 Email:

cathedralshop@hotmail.co.uk

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Churchwardens/Sidesmen Mr Tony Dykes Tel: 01636 918291 Email: tony.dykes@virgin.net

Mr David Jones Email: dave.jones01@btinternet.com

Mr Stephen Littlewood Tel: 01636 812494

Email: stephenlittlewood@hotmail.co.uk

Mrs Lindy Todd Email: lindytodd2015@gmail.com

Mr Graeme Hocking (Deputy) Tel: 01636 812903

Email: graeme.hocking@btinternet.com

Mrs Angela Edmondson-Jones (Deputy) Tel: 01636 819360

Email: angela.ej@btinternet.com

Mr Chris Richardson Inventory Officer Tel: 01636 812651

Email: chrisnjan804@btinternet.com

Safeguarding Officer The Revd Canon Nigel Coates Tel: 01636 817296

Minster Refectory Mr Dwight and Mrs Katie Griffin,

Manager Mrs Aileen Harrison Tel: 01636 815691

Sacrista Prebend Retreat House The Revd Erika Kirk (House Warden)

Mr Andrew Gregory (House Bursar)

Tel: 01636 816833; Mob: 07794 154816

Email: sacrista_prebend@btinternet.com

Website - www.sacristaprebend.wordpress.com

Minster help Line (Pastoral Committee)

Mrs Gwen Bragg

Tel: 01636 812527 Email: g.bragg@virgin.net

Miss Hilda Hutchinson

Tel: 01636 813136

Website Mrs Rachel Doe

Tel: 01636 817282

Email: deansPA@southwellminster.org.uk

Southwell Events Mrs Honor Dunkley (

Southwell events Co-Coordinator)

Tel: 01636 819038 Email: info@southwellevents.com

www.southwellevents.com

Minster Organisations and Groups (in alphabetical order)

Bell Captain/Bell Ringers

Mr Trevor Bryan Email: trev.bryan@gmail.com

Churches Together in Southwell

CTS c/o The Minster Office Tel: 01636 812649

Faith and Light

Mr Tony Dykes 01636 918291

and Lee Harbour 01636 813805

Flower Guild

Mrs Barbara Green Tel: 01636 812709

Email: barbarafgreen@dsl.pipex.com

Friends of Southwell Cathedral

Mrs Alison Salter (Secretary) Tel: 01636 830373

Email: ajsalterbleasby@btinternet.com

Guild of Minster Servers

Mrs Jill Arrowsmith Tel: 01636 812908

Guild of Minster Stewards

Mr Shaun Boney Tel: 01636 830178

Email: shaun2boney@aol.com

Healing Group CTS

Mrs Bobby Craik c/o The Minster Centre

Tel: 01636 812649

House Groups Mr Patrick Sills Tel: 01636 815173

Email: patricksills18@gmail.com

Minster Tours Mrs Christine Bowering Tel: 01636 816995

Email: Christine.bowering3@gmail.com

Minster Justice Action Group Mr Patrick Sills

Tel: 01636 815173 Email: patricksills18@gmail.com

Mission Committee Canon Vincent Ashwin

Tel: 01636 813975 Email: vincentashwin@tiscali.co.uk

Minster Social Committee Mr Andy Arrowsmith Tel: 01636 812908

Mothers Union Mrs Jenny Hodson c/o The Minster Centre

Tel: 01636 812649

Needlework Guild Mrs Liz Turner Tel: 01636 812250

Email: turnerelizabeth345@gmail.com

Potwell Dyke Grasslands Action Group Mr Malcolm Rose

Tel: 01636 813074 Email: mal@clara.net

Sacrista Book Group Mr David Smith Tel: 01636 812215

Silence & Meditation Group Mrs Elizabeth Yule Tel: 01636 815311

Southwell Churches Together Ladies Choir

Mrs Gwen Bragg Tel: 01636 812527 Email: g.bragg@virgin.net

Southwell Minster Choir Association

Mr Michael Davidson Tel 01636 813840 Email:

m.d46@btinternet.com

Southwell/Jerusalem Link Group

Canon Vincent Ashwin Tel 01636 813975

Email: vincentashwin@tiscali.co.uk

Steeplepeople

Mrs Vicki Loughton Tel: 01636 813248

Email: vickiloughton@hotmail.com

Stewardship Officer and Electoral Roll Officer

Mr Malcolm Rose Tel: 01636 813074 Email: mal@clara.net

Children’s Church

Father Matthew Askey Tel: 01636 817298

Sunday Morning Coffee

Mrs Jill Arrowsmith Tel: 01636 812908

Email: amarrowsmith@btinternet.com

Wholeness and Healing Services

Mr Martin Elvey c/o The Minster Centre

World Development Group CTS

Mrs Kate Sartain Tel: 01636 814264 Email:

katesartain@btinternet.com

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It's my pleasure to extend a cheerful welcome to our new Dean, Nicola Sullivan on behalf of the entire Cathedral Shop Team. We wish you and Terry a smooth transition and a happy start to your new lives in Southwell.

The Cathedral Shop is an integral part of the Minster family; it has been serving the local and wider communities for over 20 years. We provide a wide range of British and Fair Trade gifts, and stock an impressive selection of music, Church supplies, Christian books, cards and more. We also act as a local box office for numerous events, concerts and exhibitions in Southwell.

The Cathedral Shop plays a vital role in supporting the life and mission of the Cathedral. All profits from the Shop are donated to Southwell Minster forming a valued contribution.

Our team are happy to share their knowledge of the local area and are humble about the important pastoral role they play within the community. We are delighted to offer flexible volunteering opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds.

We look forward to getting to know our new Dean and once again wish to express our whole-hearted welcome!

Amy Rodgers, Retail Manager

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