Welcome to Southwark Cathedral. We are a community that seeks to enfold all people in the love of God. If you wish to speak to a priest after the service, if you wish to find a corner to pray, if you wish simply to find some peace, please feel free and welcome to do so. Communicant members of all denominations are welcome to receive Communion at this service; please come forward as directed by the Stewards. If you do not wish to receive Communion but would like a blessing, please bring the service booklet with you. Participation. If you have been a regular at the Cathedral for six months or more, please ensure that your name is added to the Cathedral Electoral Roll - ask Stewards for details or email cathedral@southwark. anglican.org Giving: Regular worshippers are asked to join the Planned Giving Scheme by setting up a bankers order. This greatly helps the Cathedral with financial planning. A blue form is available from the Stewards. Visitors are asked to use the yellow envelope for their offering towards the work and worship of the Cathedral. If you are a UK taxpayer, please complete the details on the envelope to enable us to claim back the tax as Gift Aid. (Cheques to Southwark Cathedral.) Children and young people during the 11.00am Eucharist: Accompanied under-4s: Crèche with play mats, toys, songs and stories in the Education Centre. Reception class to Year 3: JuniorXpress 1 in the Education Centre. Years 4-6: JuniorXpress 2 in the Queen Elizabeth Room. 11-18s: YouthXpress 10.30am on first and third Sunday of the month in the John Trevor Williams Room. Following the Choral Eucharist tea and coffee are served. Listen up! Sermons delivered in the Cathedral are available as text from southwark.anglican. org/cathedral/sermons, where you can also find the weekly service sheet. They can also be downloaded as from iTunes by searching for Southwark Cathedral Sermons. Weekly e-newsletter Keep up-to- date with events at Southwark Cathedral: cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/signup If you are ill or in hospital Please do let us know so that the Cathedral community can pray for you and we can be in touch. Please contact the Sub Dean michael. [email protected]Christ the King Sunday 26 November 2017 SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL An inclusive Christian community growing in orthodox faith and radical love
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Welcome to Southwark Cathedral. We are a community that seeks to enfold all people in the love of God. If you wish to speak to a priest after the service, if you wish to find a corner to pray, if you wish simply to find some peace, please feel free and welcome to do so.
Communicant members of all denominations are welcome to receive Communion at this service; please come forward as directed by the Stewards. If you do not wish to receive Communion but would like a blessing, please bring the service booklet with you.
Participation. If you have been a regular at the Cathedral for six months or more, please ensure that your name is added to the Cathedral Electoral Roll - ask Stewards for details or email [email protected]
Giving: Regular worshippers are asked to join the Planned Giving Scheme by setting up a bankers order. This greatly helps the Cathedral with financial planning. A blue form is available from the Stewards.
Visitors are asked to use the yellow envelope for their offering towards the work and worship of the Cathedral. If you are a UK taxpayer, please complete the details on the envelope to enable us to claim back the tax as Gift Aid. (Cheques to Southwark Cathedral.)
Children and young people during the 11.00am Eucharist:
Accompanied under-4s: Crèche with play mats, toys, songs and stories in the Education Centre.
Reception class to Year 3: JuniorXpress 1 in the Education Centre.
Years 4-6: JuniorXpress 2 in the QueenElizabeth Room.
11-18s: YouthXpress 10.30am on first and third Sunday of the month in the John Trevor Williams Room.
Following the Choral Eucharist tea and coffee are served.
Listen up! Sermons delivered in the Cathedral are available as text from southwark.anglican.org/cathedral/sermons, where you can also find the weekly service sheet. They can also be downloaded as from iTunes by searching for Southwark Cathedral Sermons.
Weekly e-newsletter Keep up-to-date with events at Southwark Cathedral: cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/signup
If you are ill or in hospitalPlease do let us know so that the Cathedral community can pray for you and we can be in touch. Please contact the Sub Dean [email protected]
9.30am Eucharist – St Hugh’sPreacher Canon Michael Rawson
11.00am Choral Eucharist with Admission to Communion – Southwark CathedralPresident Canon Leanne Roberts, TreasurerPreacher Canon Dr Mandy Ford, Chancellor
See separate booklet.
3.00pm Solemn Evensong with the Re-dedication of Volunteers – Southwark CathedralPreacher Canon Nicholas Cranfield, Vicar of All Saints’, Blackheath
See separate booklet.
6.00pm Compline and Eucharistic Devotions – Southwark Cathedral
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Prayers
All those for whom prayers have been asked this week:
The SickPauline John, Benjamin Modu, Flavia Malin, Andrew Rice, Kathleen Stubbs, Paul Marshall, Mary Goodlad, Peter Fenton, Comfort Omotosho, Andrew McCall, Roger Tamplin, Antony Reardon Smith, Joan Rotheram, Sarah Rawlins, David Jones, Nathan Clegg, Owen Northwood Thomas, John Noble, Richard Hoare, Ronnie Slaven, Lyn Jones, Hilda Aarons, Jennifer Barter, Elisabeth Dunman, Anita Hooper, Edmund Plaxton, Tony Zotti, Ray Cook, Brandon Hawkins, Peggy Brown. The DepartedGareth Bevan, Graham Robinson, Peter Spufford, Jean Hill.
Mission allocation partners for NovemberManna SocietySupport in Southwark for homeless people; links with the Robes Project.
USPGUnited Society – Partners in the Gospel: an Anglican mission society supporting churches around the world in their mission to bring fullness of life to the communities they share.
Today
Today’sflowersare given in thanksgiving to God and to everybody for their support and prayers during Comfort and Sunny’s recovery to health.
New websiteWe all know how much we now rely on websites for the information that we need. They are the libraries, the noticeboards, the signposts, the advertisements, the friendly adviser and more, all rolled into one. As with all things they need renewing and refreshing and sometimes rebuilding. We have been fortunate to have the support of the Diocese over the past nine years in maintaining and updating our website and we are extremely grateful to Canon Wendy Robins and Steve Harris from the Communications Team in the Diocese for their support over the years for without them we would not be where we are. However, the time has come for us to develop a new one and to take on responsibility for making sure that it is everything that we would want it to be.
The Friends of the Cathedral have paid for us to have a new website; Jon Dollin and Ruth Miller have led the process of designing it together with Liverpool-based web design agency Glow. We are grateful to them and to all who have put time and energy into getting the website ready to go live. So, please visit it and help us, with your news and views, to keep it up-to-date, fresh and useful as a tool for mission.
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Welcometo the members of the London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers who are visiting today’s Choral Eucharist.
Contactless DonationWe are now able to receive your offering using a debit or credit card, Apple or Android Pay.
If you would like to use this please see a Cathedral Warden, Matthew or Daniel, near the doors to the link after the service. They have a sign saying ‘Contactless Offering’.
9.45am and 12.15pmAdvent Course – First SessionWelcoming the Christ Child: Repentance, Hope, Patience, Praise looks at characters from the Gospel of Luke: John the Baptist, Mary and Elizabeth, Simeon and Anna, Zechariah. The sessions offer an opportunity to reflect on the scriptures, in particular on the songs or canticles which are familiar to some of us from Evensong and Morning Prayer, but also to see how human themes and challenges are reflected in the characters as they wait for, and greet, the child who is the Messiah, the Christ.
Groups meet at 9.45 and 12.15 from Sunday 26 November to Sunday 17 December. Group A in the Tutu Room and Group B in the Gary Weston Library. If you have not experienced one of these groups before please head for Group A. Coffee will be provided for the 9.45 groups
in the link, and should be collected as usual from the Education Centre by those attending the 12.15 groups.
As usual, the study booklet is available at the groups, from the vestry, or as a PDF from [email protected]
10.30amYouth XpressWe are a fun friendly group for 11–18 year-olds. We love new members...and our regulars of course! We meet on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month in the John Trevor Williams Room. We’re exploring our faith through the ‘Youth Emmaus’ course, which looks amazing so come and join us if you can!
Christmas Fairs of our ecumenical partners
10.00–5.00pmScandinavian Christmas Fairat St Olav’s Church, Albion St, Rotherhithe.
12.30–3.30pmChristmas Fair at St George’s RC Cathedral
3.00pm–5.00pmIntroduction to Natural Dyeingby the London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers in the Refectory Café accompanying their new exhibition in the Cathedral. This is a free drop-in event.
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Things to do this week
Exhibitions
Thursday 23 – Thursday 30 NovemberThe London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and DyersOn display in the Cathedral will be new work by members of the Guild including sumptuous handwoven scarves, shawls, bags, throws and rugs, alongside innovativetapestries and handspun yarns, many augmented with beautiful natural dyes. There will be demonstrations of weavingand spinning every day and the chance to purchase unique gifts and accessories. This will be accompanied by a display of handwoven bookmarks in the Refectory which will be donated to the Cathedral for the use of clergy, choir and guests at theconclusion of the exhibition.
Roman Southwark – A Glimpse into the PastExhibition in partnership with the Cuming Museum. On display for the first time at the Cathedral, this collection of Roman sculptures and carved stones were discovered in 1977 when a sealed crypt located below the Cathedral choir was excavated. Dating from the first to third century AD many of the objects have an association with funerary practices and include a funerary ash-chest and votive altar. In Lancelot’s Link until 31 November.
Sunday 3 DecemberThe First Sunday of Advent8.30am Morning Prayer9.00am EucharistPreacher: The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, Dean
9.30am Eucharist at St Hugh’s
11.00am Choral EucharistPreacher: The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, Dean
3.00pm Evening Prayer
6.00pm Advent Procession
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Tuesday 28 November3.15pmMusic Recitalby students at City Lit.
Wednesday 29 November6.30–7.30pmCandlelit Cathedral TourCome and explore over 900 years of history on this candlelit tour of Southwark Cathedral led by one of Southwark Cathedral’s knowledgeable guides. Discover the stories of the priory of St Mary Overy and the famous London hospital founded on this site. Learn how the contemporaries of Shakespeare served the church and worked in the theatre. Uncover how the industrial age nearly caused the demolition of London’s oldest gothic building! Meet at the Cathedral Welcome Desk located at the West Entrance.Tickets: £10, from candlelittour1.eventbrite.co.uk
1, 2 and 3 December11.00am–7.00pm (Friday)10.00am–5.00pm (Weekend)The Friends’ Christmas MarketA range of delightful stalls giving opportunity to find that special something at Christmas. More information on twitter, @S_warkFriends, and on southwarkcathedral.org.uk
On Saturday, Lisa Gutwein, the author of Doorkins the Cathedral Cat, will be signing copies from 1.00pm in the marquee at the Cathedral Shop stall.
On Sunday, congregation member, historian and journalist Leigh Hatts will be signing copies of his latest publication Keeping Advent and Christmas: Discovering the Rhythms and Riches of the Christmas seasons.
If you love watching the delightful adventures on Britain’s canals of Timothy West and Prunella Scales, then join us at 1.00pm in the marquee at the Cathedral Shop stall as they will be signing copies of their latest publication Great Canal Journeys.
The Friends Christmas Raffle always offers some fabulous prizes and this year is no different. Through the generosity of local businesses we have a great selection of prizes on offer. Tickets will be available to purchase on all three days of the Market and the draw will take place on Sunday 3 December at 4pm.
Raffle Prizes:
Aqua Shard – Champagne Afternoon Tea for two
Fish! – £100 voucher
Bread Ahead – £80 voucher
Konditor and Cook – £50 voucher
Neals Yard – £20 voucher
The Refectory at the Cathedral – Afternoon Tea for two
Penguin Books – a selection of books
The Cathedral’s children’s book Doorkins the Cathedral Cat, signed by Mayor of London, the Dean, the author and illustrator
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Wednesday 6 DecemberChristingleJoin us for a hands-on Christingle-making workshop and service for children and families, with the lighting of our Christmas Tree.
4.00pmChristingle-making Workshop
5.30pmChristingle Servicefollowed by the Borough Market Lights Switch-on.
Saturday 9 December2.00–5.00pmCandlelit Advent VigilAdvent is a time of watching and waiting in darkness for the coming of Christ, the true light; it is a season of hope and expectation, of new beginnings. We invite you to lay down your shopping bags and your anxieties about the coming festivities, and spend some time in the quiet of the Cathedral with the silence punctuated by brief liturgy, music, and reflections. Everyone is welcome.
Sunday 10 December9.45am and 12.15pmAdvent Course 3/4
Future Events and ServicesThings to do this week
Borough Market – cold box for picnics with apron, tea towel and more goodies
Gift Voucher for a singing lesson – Soprano Kristina Mansbridge MA PG Dip
Two tickets for the screening of London Symphony silent film on 23 February 2018
Many more prizes still to be announced.
Saturday 2 December7.30pmThe Wait: Music for AdventThe Merbecke Choir presents a wide range of music from John Taverner to Cecilia McDowall, conducted by Emily Elias.Tickets: £10/8, from merbecke.org.uk
Sunday 3 December9.45am and 12.15pmAdvent Course 2/4
6.00pmAdvent Procession – Looking for LightOn the six month anniversary of the London Bridge attack the Choir leads us in a service taking us from darkness to lightin the candlelit Cathedral. Come early to get a seat.
7.30pmDrinks with Connectedfollowing the Advent Procession. Meet in Lancelot’s Link after the service for local drinks with Connected, the group for people in their 20s and 30s.
Sunday 10 December1.30pmMothers’ Union Bring and Share Christmas SocialThe Cathedral and St Hugh’s Mothers’ Union branch are holding a Bring and Share Christmas Social at 1.30pm in the Queen Elizabeth Room ie immediately after the end of the 12.15pm Advent talk for that Sunday. All are welcome as guests to eat and share.
Note to MU Members: please contact Ada or Heather asap with details of the festive food or drinks that you are able to contribute – thank you
Friday 15 December7.30pmThe Southwark Cathedral Choir Christmas ConcertAccompanied by the Chameleon Arts Orchestra, the Boys Choir and Lay Clerks of Southwark Cathedral Choir perform Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia onChristmas Carols and Arcangelo Corelli’s Christmas Concerto (Op 6, No 8) followed by traditional Christmas Music and Carols.Tickets: £14–16, from southwarkchoirchristmas2017.eventbrite.co.uk
Saturday 16 December11.00amChristmas RecitalThe Barker College Chamber Orchestra and Choir from Sydney, Australia, presenta Christmas repertoire from across the globe, from modern Australia to Baroque Mexico.
Sunday 17 and Thursday 21 December6.00pmThe Cathedral Carol ServicesTraditional Pattern of Lessons and Carols in preparation for the joys of Christmas. No tickets required. Come early to get a seat.
Thursday 21 December12.45pmCathedral Sing-InSing carols and traditional Christmas songs. A celebration for the whole community. Please note that this service is listed incorrectly in the What’s On.
Sunday 24 DecemberChristmas Eve
4.00pmBuilding the CribThe Christmas Story told as children help to build the crib. Carols and fun for the whole family.
11.30pmMidnight MassChristmas begins with the Midnight celebration of the Eucharist. Doors open at 10.30pm.
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Future Events and Services
Monday 25 DecemberChristmas DayThere is no Christmas without Christ – so come to Church on Christmas Day.
8.30amMorning Prayer
9.00amEucharist with Carols
11.00amChoral Eucharist
Sunday 21 January 2018Visit to Rouen CathedralMembers of Southwark Cathedral congregation are invited to celebrate our ecumenical link with Rouen cathedral in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, on Sunday 21 January 2018. Travel and accommodation arrangements are flexible. If you interested please contact [email protected] to discuss possibilities. There will be a further visit to Rouen in mid October 2018 with ecumenical partners from Rouen and Norway to mark the anniversary of the Baptism of St Olav. Please contact Andrew Viner if you are interested in further developing our links with Rouen.
General Notices
Evacuation and securityThe Chapter is always concerned for the safety of all who come to the Cathedral for any reason. The Stewards are fully trained in evacuation procedures and, should any incident occur, you are asked to follow their instructions. In the light of recent events we ask that all in the Cathedral act responsibly with regard to bags and possessions and not leave anything unattended.
Parents are requested that in case of an emergency evacuation it is best to leave buggies where they are. This is in line with best practice.
Eco Church Project Are you concerned about issues of sustainability? Ethical investment? The importance of recycling? Raising awareness of and doing something about poor air quality? If you would like to be part of a small group looking at these issues and completing an audit within the cathedral and how we can improve please contact [email protected]
Organ recitalsAs a consequence of the restoration work on the organ console, regular organ recitals which take place each Monday, will resume in January.
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New stewards neededLike to play a part as the warm and smiling welcome of Southwark? We are looking for new stewards to help run the cathedral’s services.
Are you committed, reliable and enjoy working in a team? Are you available for a Sunday 9am or 11am Eucharist, weekend or weekday Evensong or, perhaps, a Carol, Ordination or Holy Week service?
You are? Then please contact Ian Jones at [email protected] for a chat and for more information. An overview of the role of a steward can be found on the cathedral website: follow the link from Cathedral Community to Volunteers and then Guild of Stewards.
Still interested? In that case please make a note of Saturdays 3 or 24 February 2018 for training.
Funding for Southwark CathedralTo celebrate their 130th anniversary, Insurance Provider Ecclesiastical is offering to donate £130 to Southwark Cathedral for every new home insurance policy taken out.
“We’re so proud that customers across the UK have voted Ecclesiastical as the UK’s Most Trusted Home Insurance provider, ahead of all other insurers. To celebrate this achievement, and in recognition of our 130 year anniversary, we’ll donate £130 to your church if you take out a new home insurance policy with us.”
To take advantage of this offer visit ecclesiastical.com/Trust130 or call 0800 783 0130 and quote TRUST130.
Waterloo Food Bank NewsThank you to all the people who generously bring contributions for the food bank to the Cathedral Shop.
Current Food Needs Tinned meats (eg stew, hot dogs), UHT full cream milk, fruit juice, tinned vegetables/fruit, tinned puddings.
Helpers needed On Saturday 2 December the Foodbank is collecting donations of food at Tesco Kennington Lane from 9am-5pm. If you could help for an hour or so, that would be fantastic! Please contact Rebekah on [email protected]
Tea & Toast We now offer tea/coffee and toast to those who call by at St George the Martyr on Monday morning.
Carol Singers at Waterloo Station needed: Saturday 9 DecemberJoin a group from 10.00–11.00am to raise funds for the Waterloo Foodbank. Song sheets provided. Bucket shakers also needed. Please sign up with Marion Marples or email [email protected]
Volunteer wardens needed for Crossbones Garden, Union StreetWardens open the Garden over lunchtimes on weekdays and longer at weekends. Full training given.This is a good way to get to know part of the cathedral’s local heritage. Contact [email protected], mentioning the cathedral.
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General Notices
Robes Winter Night Shelterat Christ Church Blackfriars starts on Sunday 28 January 2018 and runs until12 March 2018. Volunteers are needed. Please contact Marlene Collins, [email protected], if you are able to support us.
NewSafeguardingOfficerThe Chapter has recently appointed a new Parish Safeguarding Officer, Jill Tilley who, until April this year, was one of the Cathedral Wardens. Jill will be focusing on delivering safeguarding training for our paid and volunteer staff and we hope to run a series of courses in the first half of 2018.
Jill brings with her a wealth of experience from her career in education and is a very welcome addition to the team. Our Safeguarding team are:
Cherry James and Jill Tilley can be contacted through the Cathedral Office on 020 7367 6700 or on email: [email protected] and [email protected]
If you have any safeguarding concerns please do not hesitate to get in touch with a member of the team.
Masvingo Link Support GroupYou will be only too well aware of recent events in Zimbabwe. Our friends in Masvingo have asked us to keep praying for them and the whole country that there will be peace and that democracy will be restored. The new leadership was part of the old order, and it is difficult to predict how it will lead the country forward. Formal elections at the beginning of next year would be an important step in the right direction.
Zimbabwe’s dire economic state makes our contributions to the needs of Masvingo even more essential. If you would like to make a one-off contribution, please use a yellow envelope and mark it for MASVINGO. Alternatively if you feel able to give a regular donation, which greatly helps the Diocese of Masvingo plan ahead, please complete the special direct debit form to be found near the Zimbabwe map in the north aisle. Current projects include repairing the priests’ motor bikes and providing solar panels to keep the bore holes operating.
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MARKETCHRISTMASThe Friends of Southwark Cathedral
Friday 1 – Sunday 3 December
The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overy, Southwark
In 606 a Convent was established on the south bank of the River Thames at the place from which the ferry used to cross over to the City of London. In 1106 an Augustinian Priory was established. From here they ministered to pilgrims and travellers, and to the sick and the needy of the area and the Word of God was faithfully preached and the sacraments celebrated. As part of their ministry, the Hospital of St Thomas was established (now located opposite the Houses of Parliament).
Following the Reformation, the Priory Church became a Parish Church. In many ways the building was sadly neglected but the gospel continued to be faithfully preached and the people of the parish cared for and taught. A parish school – now Cathedral School – was opened in 1704 following in the work already established in schools founded from the parish under a charter from Queen Elizabeth I.
The life, diversity and character of the area are revealed in the tombs and monuments within the church. Among them is that of John Gower (c. 1330-1408), poet and friend of Chaucer, whose Canterbury Tales begin in Southwark. Across the nave is a memorial to William Shakespeare, who spent much of his life in Southwark, and above it, a stained glass window depicting scenes from his plays. Edmund Shakespeare, John Fletcher and Philip Massinger are all buried in the Cathedral. Lancelot Andrewes, who translated the first five books of the Bible into English, is buried by the High Altar. He is a founding father of the Church of England. In the grounds is buried Mahomet, Chief of the Mohegan Tribe from New England and a memorial to him can be found in the churchyard.
Today in old and new buildings, this Cathedral continues to serve the people of its parish and the people of the diocese, to be a centre of teaching, of worship, prayer and pilgrimage; a place of inclusive welcome for all people. This continues to be a place of major regeneration and change as Bankside has once again become a residential area, a playground for London and a place where the arts are celebrated, as well as a growing centre for political, financial and legal decision making. Southwark Cathedral is the constant factor in an ever changing and exciting community in which we continue to proclaim a gospel of radical engagement with God and the world.
We therefore welcome you to this holy place which is both ancient and modern. Together we continue to serve the people of this area - those who are passing through, crossing the river, making a new home, coming to work or simply here to enjoy themselves – and the people who live here, in much the same way as our forebears did and with all those who have gone before us we do it all from a place of praise and worship of Almighty God.
Cathedral Shop and Refectory OPEN DAILY
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:Daily Services/Enquiries CathedralOffice 020 7367 6700Conferences and Seminars Conference Coordinator 020 7367 6722Special Services and Events Development Director 020 7367 6704Cathedral Tours Visitors’Officer 020 7367 6734Friends Friends’ Secretary 020 7367 6724Shop Shop Manager 020 7367 6710Refectory Refectory Manager 020 7407 5740
