jul aug13nn:layout 1 - diocese of southwell & nottingham
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Ever wondered what
happens in a church tower
when the bell ropes are
pulled? Ever wanted to see the
mechanism of a church clock in
action as it strikes?
These are just two of the activities
on offer as 160 churches join
together to give a special
welcome to visitors over two
weekends in July.
The Open Churches Weekends
(on the 13th/14th & 20th/21st of
July) have been organised by the
Diocese of Southwell &
Nottingham’s Church History
Project for the fourth year
running, following a successful
pilot in 2010.
Bishop Paul said: “These
weekends will give many more
people the chance to discover or
rediscover the rich variety of
churches we have across the
county. Apart from the amazing
history and architecture, with
stories that bring the past alive,
our churches are places of prayer
and worship, at the heart of the
local community. My hope is that
visitors over the weekends will
want to find out more about the
faith that led these places to be
built and that continues to
transform people and
communities in this country and
the wider world.”
Project coordinator, Heather
Sirrel, said; “Everyone is
welcome – families, walkers,
historians, pilgrims, locals,
tourists, or the just plain curious...
it’s a fantastic opportunity to
come to see these buildings and
simply soak up the heritage –
both architectural and spiritual.”
There will be a whole range of
activities and events taking place
at the churches opening for the
weekends, from flower festivals
and fair trade sales to displays of
Bibles and historical records,
tours, tower trips, sporting
activities, musical events and
much more. Many will also be
getting into the summer spirit
with strawberry teas and cream
teas available.
Further details
www.nottsopenchurches.org.uk
or contact
heather.sirrel@southwell.
anglican.org, 07736286056
to order a free guide leaflet.
news & information from the Diocese www.southwell.anglican.org
N i f t y n o t e sJULY/AUGUST 2013
Compiled by Nicola Mellors email: [email protected]
More than 160 churches open up over two
weekends with special welcomes for visitors
In this month’s issue:
2 News in brief
4 Events & information
5 Prayer Diary
9 Training Courses
14 What’s On
16 Comings & Goings
The Revd Dr Rosalyn Murphy,
incumbent of St Thomas’
Blackpool will be the keynote
speaker at a service to celebrate
Racial Justice Sunday on
Sunday 8th September 2013.
Rosalyn will be following the
national theme 50th Anniversary
of Dr Martin Luther King Jr ‘I
have a dream’. The service, to be
held at 6pm in Southwell
Minster, will include worship
with Freddie Kofi, The Rainbow
Choir, National Liturgical Dance
Network UK, Chariots of Joy.
On Saturday 7th September at St
Jude’s Church, Mapperley,
Nottingham, Deirdre Sheahan,
Associate Solicitor with Paragon
Law and Head of Paragon’s
Asylum and Human Rights
Team will be speaking on The
Impact of Welfare Changes.
Running from 10am to 3.30pm,
there will be a series of
workshops on current issues
including discussion and
presentation on: the work of
Refugee Futures; the work of the
Interfaith Council; destitution
and homelessness, domestic
violence in faith communities.
There will also be an An
Interactive Drama ‘ Someone
Prayed’
For further contact:
Dianne Skerritt, 07917674680,
email: dskerritt@southwell.
anglican.org
News in brief. . . News in brief. . . News in brief. . . News in brief. . .
2 July/August 13
50th Anniversary
of Dr Martin
Luther King Jr
‘I have a dream’
‘Masters of Vision’ is a major
national landscape photography
exhibition returning to Southwell
Minster on 27th July 2013, and
will run throughout August.
Amongst many well known and
respected photographers exhibiting
will be inimitable master landscape
photographer Joe Cornish. The
exhibition will also introduce
several emerging British landscape
photographers.
Exhibitiors will inclue Joe Cornish,
David Baker, Pete Bridgwood,
Mark Gould, Johnathan Horrocks,
Anthony Spencer, Dav Thomas,
Chris Upton and Steve Watkins.
The exhibition runs until Monday
26th August and is open from
10am-5pm daily. Entrance is free, donations are welcome.
‘Masters of Vision’ - landscape photography exhibition lecture - meet
the Exhibtion’s Master photographer Joe Cornish who will talk about
his work on Saturday 27th July, 8-10pm.
Further details: Caroline Jarvis, 01636 817 285, email:
‘Masters of Vision’ landscape
photography exhibition opens
in Southwell Minster
Niftynotes 3
Following successful events
in 2011 and 2012, the
Cathedral Education
Department and the Diocesan
Development Department are
once again collaborating to hold a
day of light-hearted workshops
and tours at the Minster. Many
people have visited the Minster
for special services due to its role
as Diocesan Cathedral, but this is
a chance to enjoy spending time
there, and to learn more about its
life.
This year,the guest speaker is the
Revd Matthew Askey – newly
appointed Minster School
Chaplain and artist - who will
start our day with a short
illustrated talk on “Art and
Faith”.
Visitors will then participate in
three workshops from a choice of
13, which include guided tours,
music, creative sessions,
meditation time, a visit to the
historic library, and a rare
opportunity to see the Minster’s
silverware treasures.
Refreshments are provided
throughout the day, and a place to
eat your picnic lunch while
enjoying the surroundings of the
Minster.
The day, begins at 9.15am for
coffee and cake, finishing at 3pm,
and costs £5 per person, payable
on the day.
Booking forms from: Catriona
Gundlach, catriona@southwell.
anglican.org, tel. 01636 814331
or they can be downloaded
from www.southwellminster.
org.uk
A Discovery Day at Southwell
Minster: informal adult learning
Tuesday 10th September 2013
News in brief. . . News in brief. . . News in brief. . . News in brief. . .
Sarah Rowe Experiences of an
Ecumenical
Accompaniment
Programme in
Palestine and Israel
(EAPPI) volunteer
Jubilee House, Southwell
7.30 pm, Thursday
26th September 2013
This talk is free to attend.
Donations to EAPPI are
encouraged.
Sarah Rowe, 26, is originally
from Chester and now works in
the youth team of a international
development charity in London.
For three months during 2012
she lived in the West Bank,
occupied Palestinian territory,
with the Ecumenical
Accompaniment Programme in
order to monitor human rights
and to offer protective presence
to those experiencing difficult
situations. Now back at home,
Sarah shares those experiences in
order to advocate for a just peace
for all those living in Israel and
the Palestinian territories.
Sarah Rowe being interviewed
at a check point.
Events & information. . . Events & information. . . Events & informatio
4 July/August 13
The Dean of St George’s
Cathedral in Jerusalem, The Very
Revd Hosam Naoum, is offering
a gap year experience in
Jerusalem for a single person or
a married couple:
For a single person – a year
working as Sacristan and Verger
to the cathedral.
For a couple: one to act as
Sacristan/Verger, the other as PA
to the Dean.
Would suit gap year
students/ordinands or others
looking for overseas service for
a year.
Board and Lodgings provided
but other expenses to be found
through the support of a parish
church or other means. Some
grant funding may be available.
Anyone interested please
contact the Archdeacon of
Nottingham, Peter Hill, for
further details as soon as
possible: email archdeacon-
org mobile: 07771 778182
An opportunity
for a year in
Jerusalem
Ride round England with
William Reddaway and his horse
William Reddaway (65) and his horse Strider from
Cheltenham, set out on an ambitious adventure on 11th
May 2013. They intend to travel to all four corners of
England via 30 Cathedrals to raise awareness for two charities, the
Family Holiday Association and the Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre.
William will visit Southwell Minster on 24th July 2013.
A keen horseman, William has always loved travelling and wanted to
to a seriously long journey. This project has been over two years in
planning, William realised he could not undertake the 2,500 mile
journey until he retired, which he did last summer.
Farncombe Estate, above the village of Broadway in Cotswolds,
where William worked for 28 years is providing the venue for the
start and finish of the journey.
Further details: www.riderroundengland.org, William has a
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/rideroundengland
Strider has his own Twitter feed @riderndengland
Southwell Minster Theological Library
The Theological Library catalogue is now available online. From the
main page of www.southwellminster.org.uk click on Theological
Library on the left-hand side. When it comes up the word Search
appears underneath, click on that. Type in the surname of your author
in the box and click. From the menu click on the book you want and
details will be displayed including the shelf number to enable you to
find it in the library. Books may be borrowed for one month, just
enter the book and your name, address and telephone number in the
Loans Book.
www.southwell.anglican.org Compiled for Nifty Notes
Prayerdiary
In August we pray for. . .
Niftynotes 5
Thu 01 Aug Sherwood Forest Hospital Trust Kings Mill Hospital (John Wood, Tracey Bryne)
Port Moresby - (Papua New Guinea) The Rt Revd Peter Ramsden
Fri 02 Aug Radford All Souls; Radford St Peter (Mark Gilmore, Carolyn Gilmore, Michael
Phillips)
Port Sudan - (Sudan) The Rt Revd Yusif Kuku
Sat 03 Aug Sneinton St Christopher (Naomi Hill, Steve Silvester)
Portsmouth - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Christopher Foster
Rochester - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd James Langstaff
Rochester - Tonbridge - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Dr Brian Castle
Sun 04 Aug Diocesan Ecumenical Officer (Stephen Morris)
Pretoria - (Southern Africa) The Rt Revd Dr Johannes Seoka
Lithuania (Bishop Mindaugas Sabutis)
Mon 05 Aug Sneinton St Cyprian (Andrew Waude)
Puerto Rico - (IX, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd David Alvarez
Tue 06 Aug Sneinton St Stephen, Sneinton St Stephen’s Primary School (Colin Rushforth)
Pune - (North India) The Rt Revd Vijay Sathe
Wed 07 Aug Stapleford, St Luke; Stapleford, St Helen; Stapleford St John’s Church School
(Peter Huxtable, Peter Gilroy)
Qu'Appelle - (Rupert's Land, Canada) The Rt Revd Gregory Kerr-Wilson
In August we pray for. . .6 July/August 13
Thu 08 Aug Staff at the Minster Office
Quebec - (Canada, Canada) The Rt Revd Dennis Drainville
Fri 09 Aug Toton St George’s Army Church; Toton St Peter (Colin Bourne, Debbie Lord)
Quincy - (V, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd John Buchanan
Sat 10 Aug Wollaton Park, St Mary (Henry Curran)
Rajasthan - (North India) The Rt Revd Warris Masih
Sun 11 Aug Sisters of the Community of the Holy Cross, Costock
Rayalaseema - (South India) The Rt Revd Dr Kommaddi Yesuvaraprasad
Helsinki (Bishop Irja Askola)
Mon 12 Aug WEST BINGHAM DEANERY (Area Dean: John Bentham; Lay Chair: Sue
Waterston)
Recife - (Brazil) The Rt Revd Dr Sebastiao Armando Soares
Tue 13 Aug Barton-in-Fabis, St George; Gotham, St Lawrence; Kingston-on-Soar, St Winifred;
Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Holy Trinity; Thrumpton, All Saints (Richard Coleman)
Rejaf - (Sudan) The Rt Revd Enock Tombe
Wed 14 Aug Clifton Team Ministry (Sarah Clark, Anne Noble)
Remo - (Lagos, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Michael Fape
Thu 15 Aug Newark Hospital (Vacant)
Renk - (Sudan) The Rt Revd Jospeh Atem
Fri 16 Aug Costock, St Giles; Costock Primary School; East Leake, St Mary; Rempstone, All
Saints, Stanford-on-Soar, St John the Baptist; West Leake, St Helena (Vacant: Area
Dean: John Bentham; Lay Chair: Sue Waterston; Clergy: Pat Edwards;
Churchwardens: Peter Bingley, Conrad Oatey, Doris Elcock, Laura Lantz, Gillian
Clarke, Jamie Taylor)
Rhode Island - (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Geralyn Wolf
Sat 17 Aug Edwalton, Holy Rood (Vacant: Area Dean: John Bentham; Lay Chair: Peter
Hayward; Churchwardens: Roy Bradshaw, Susan Russell)
Rift Valley - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd John Lupaa
Sun 18 Aug Our Partner Diocese of Natal, Bishop Rubin, the Clergy and People
Rio de Janeiro - (Brazil) The Rt Revd Filadelfo Neto
Stockholm (Bishop Eva Brunne)
Mon 19 Aug Gamston & Bridgford, St Luke; Pierrepont Gamston Primary School (Mark Fraser,
Tim Parker)
Rio Grande - (VII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Michael Vono
Tue 20 Aug Lady Bay, All Hallows; Holme Pierrepont, St Edmund (Mark Rodel, Howard
Bateson)
Riverina - (New South Wales, Australia) The Rt Revd Douglas Stevens
In August we pray for. . .Niftynotes 7
Wed 21 Aug Ruddington, St Peter; St Peter’s Primary School (Andrew Buchanan)
Rochester (USA) - (II, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Dr Prince Singh
Thu 22 Aug Normanton-on-Soar, St James; Sutton Bonington, St Anne; Sutton Bonington St
Michael (John Davey)
Rockhampton - (Queensland, Australia) The Rt Revd Godfrey Fryar
Fri 23 Aug West Bridgford, St Giles (Lee Proudlove)
Rokon - (Sudan) The Rt Revd Francis Mori
Sat 24 Aug Wilford, St Wilfrid; South Wilford Primary School, The Nottingham Emmanuel
(VA) School (Phil Marsh)
Rorya - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd John Adiema
Sun 25 Aug All engaged in the Healing Ministry throughout the Diocese
Ruaha - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Joseph Mgomi
Aarhus (Bishop Kjeld Holm)
Mon 26 Aug Wilford Hill, St Paul (Chris Hodder, Isabelle Hamley)
Rumbek - (Sudan) The Rt Revd Alapayo Kuctiel
Tue 27 Aug BASSETLAW & BAWTRY DEANERY – (Area Dean: Jonathan Smithurst; Lay
Chair: John Chambers; Associate Priests: Tim Pownall Jones, Irene Tissington)
Rupert's Land - (Rupert's Land, Canada) The Rt Revd Donald Phillips
Wed 28 Aug Austerfield, St Helena; Bawtry, St Nicholas; Misson, St John the Baptist (Jonathan
Strickland, Paul Savage)
Ruvuma - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Dr Maternus Kapinga
Thu 29 Aug Beckingham, All Saints; Walkeringham, St Mary Magdalene; Misterton,
All Saints; West Stockwith, St Mary the Blessed Virgin (David Henson)
Ruwenzori - (Uganda) Vacant
South Rwenzori - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Jackson Nzerebende
Fri 30 Aug Blyth, St Mary & St Martin; St Mary & St Martin’s Church School; Ranskill,
St Barnabas; Scrooby, St Wilfrid (Kate Bottley)
Sabah - (South East Asia) The Rt Revd Albert Fui
Assistant Bishop of Sabah - (South East Asia) The Rt Revd Melter Tais
Sat 31 Aug Carlton-in-Lindrick, St John the Evangelist; Langold, St Luke; Oldcotes, St Mark
(Jane Blatherwick)
Sabongidda-Ora - (Nigeria) The Rt Revd John Akao
Sapele - (Bendel, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Blessing Erifeta
World links news - Natalwww.southwell.anglican.org Compiled for Nifty Notes
8 July/August 13
The Revd Alison Cox writes:
How long has it taken you
to get here this morning?
was the opening to a
sermon preached by a Southwell
curate in a KwaZuluNatal church
recently. Journey times varied but
none could match over 50 years,
which is the time that had elapsed
since the preacher first sensed a
call to Africa!
Some of us had waited less time
but we all set out with excitement
and differing expectations, hopes
and concerns, to work in parishes
in and around the cities of Durban
and Pietermaritzburg, on the coast
and in the northern town of
Newcastle. We took services
(Yes, they really were at 7 and 9
am Sunday mornings), lead study
groups, helped in local projects,
drank tea, sat with the bereaved,
rejoiced at baptisms ... All the
things of a curacy in Southwell
but for the most part happening in
glorious sunshine.
The similarities of ministry here
and there were balanced by the
contrasts: the extremes of wealth
and poverty we do not see in our
diocese, the preoccupation with
safety and security, the
unfailingly overwhelming
generosity of hospitality and time
from everyone we met and the
real joy and gratitude that we had
come to visit them and their
country.
People were keen to tell us their
stories. These helped make sense
of the things we saw, in a country
striving to achieve in a short,
post- apartheid time what it has
taken a country like the US much
longer.
We reflected that the Anglican
Church is well-placed to offer the
stability and theology that a
newly-emerging society urgently
needs. We saw church leaders and
members working at every level
for peace and reconciliation in
every strand of society.
Particularly memorable were
projects in the poorest
communities – a soup kitchen in
central Durban, an after-school
club for orphans of HIV/AIDS in
a township. (The reality and
value of the diocesan link came
home to us when we met the
sister of Pearl Nzuzu, the diocese
of Natal’s youth advisor who has
been in Southwell recently, in her
home township at an after school
club. She and her friends knew all
about our visit.)
We saw the strength of
organisations within the church,
such as the Mothers Union,
whose members provide vital
practical support to children and
young people orphaned by
AIDS..
We returned to Southwell after
this wonderful, challenging and
humbling experience more tanned
than when we left and with bags
bulging with souvenirs. We also
brought back new awareness of
the world church and the
Anglican communion, a stronger
sense of what a diocesan link can
mean and fresh vision for our
current and future ministries.
These we believe will last when
the tans have faded.
Denise Dodd
Developing World Church
Links Adviser 07720 511192
email: denise.dodd@
southwell.anglican.org
Reflections from the Curate trip 2013
www.southwell.anglican.org Compiled for Nifty Notes
PrayerdiaryIn September we pray for. . .
Niftynotes 9
Sun 01 Sep Diocesan Readers (Alison Cox, Lay Training Officer; Chris Perrett, Warden;
Barbara Coleman, Readers & RLM CME Officer)
Saldanha Bay - (Southern Africa) The Rt Revd Raphael Hess
Turku (Archbishop Kari Mäkinen, Bishop Kaarlo Kalliala)
Mon 02 Sep Clayworth, St Peter; Everton, Holy Trinity; Mattersey, All Saints; Gringley-on-the-
Hill, St Peter & St Paul; St Peter’s Church School (Jonathan Smithurst)
Salisbury - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Nicholas Holtam
Salisbury - Ramsbury - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Edward Condry
Salisbury - Sherborne - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Dr Graham Kings
Tue 03 Sep Harworth, all Saints; Harworth Church School (Vacant: Area Dean: Jonathan
Smithurst; Lay Chair: John Chambers; Churchwardens: Dorothy Wilson, Bryan
Oliver)
Sambalpur - (North India) The Rt Revd Pinuel Dip
Wed 04 Sep Holbeck, St Winifred; Norton Cuckney, St Mary; Norton Cuckney Church School
(Simon Cash, Brian Little)
San Diego - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd James Mathes
San Joaquin - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Chester Talton
Thu 05 Sep Nottinghamshire Community Health (Paul Bentley, Mrs Kate Colclough, Jeremy
Pemberton); John Eastwood Hospice (Paul Bentley); Ashfield Health Village
(Jeremy Pemberton)
Santiago - (Philippines) The Rt Revd Alexander Wandag
Fri 06 Sep RETFORD AREA TEAM MINISTRY:
Babworth, All Saints; Ranby, St Martin; Scofton with Osberton, St John; Ranby C
of E Primary School (Mark Vasey-Saunders)
Sao Paulo - (Brazil) The Rt Revd Roger Bird
Sat 07 Sep Clarborough, St John the Baptist; Hayton, St Peter; North Wheatley, St Peter & St
Paul, with West Burton; Bole, St Martin with Saundby; Sturton, St Peter & St Paul;
with Littleborough; North Wheatley C of E Primary School, Sturton C of E
Primary School (Mark Cantrill)
Saskatchewan - (Rupert's Land, Canada) The Rt Revd Michael Hawkins
Saskatoon - (Rupert's Land, Canada) The Rt Revd David Irving
In September we pray for. . .10 July/August 13
Sun 08 Sep Racial Justice Sunday - Dianne Skerritt (Diversity Officer)
Sebei - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Augustine Salimo
Espoo (Bishop Tapio Luoma)
Mon 09 Sep Dunham-on-Trent, St Oswald, with Darlton, Ragnall, Fledborough; East Drayton,
St Peter; East Markham, St John the Baptist; Askham, St Nicholas; Headon, St
Peter, with Upton; Grove, St Helen; Dunham C of E Primary School (Julia Jesson)
Sekondi (Ghana) - (West Africa) The Rt Revd Col Otoo
Tue 10 Sep Elkesley, St Giles; Bothamsall, Our Lady & St Peter; Gamston, St Peter; Eaton, All
Saints; West Drayton, St Paul; Gamston C of E Primary School (Vacant: Area
Dean: Jonathan Smithurst; Lay Chair: John Chambers; Associate Priests: Tim
Pownall Jones, Irene Tissington, Churchwardens: Audrey Hind, Alison Waite, Mary
Howard, Peter Barnett, Raymond Moore, Susan Hancock, Alan Dunning)
Seychelles - (Indian Ocean) The Rt Revd James Song
Wed 11 Sep North Leverton, St Martin; South Leverton, All Saints; Rampton, All Saints;
Laneham, St Peter; Treswell, St John the Baptist, with Cottam; Stokeham, St Peter;
North Leverton C of E Academy (Felicity Ferriter)
Shinyanga - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Charles Ngusa
Thu 12 Sep Diocesan Chief Executive for the Diocese, Nigel Spraggins and his colleagues
Shyira - (Rwanda) The Rt Revd Dr Laurent Mbanda
Shyogwe - (Rwanda) The Rt Revd Jered Kalimba
Fri 13 Sep Ordsall, All Hallows; Sutton-cum-Lound, St Bartholomew; Sutton C of E Primary
School (Sue Caddy)
Sialkot - (Pakistan) The Rt Revd Samuel Pervaiz
Sat 14 Sep Retford, St Saviour; East Retford, St Swithun; West Retford, St Michael the
Archangel); St Swithun’s C of E Primary School (Tony Walker)
Sittwe - (Myanmar) The Rt Revd Dr James Deng
Sun 15 Sep Shireoaks, St Luke; St Luke’s Church School (Martyn Alvey)
Sokoto - (Kaduna, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Augustine Omole
Ribe (Bishop Elisabeth Dons Christensen)Mon 16 Sep Worksop Christ Church (Martyn Alvey)
South Western Brazil - (Brazil) The Rt Revd Francisco De Assis Da Silva
Tue 17 Sep Carburton, St Giles; Clumber Park, St Mary the Virgin; Worksop; St Mary & St
Cuthbert; Worksop Priory Church School; (Nicolas Spicer)
Southeast Florida - (IV, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Leopold Frade
Southwest Florida - (IV, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Dabney Smith
Wed 18 Sep Worksop St Anne; Worksop St Anne’s Church School (Simon Cash)
Southeastern Mexico - (Mexico) The Rt Revd Benito Juarez-Martinez
Thu 19 Sep Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust (Clive Smith, Jackie Allen)
Southern Brazil - (Brazil) The Rt Revd Orlando Santos de Oliveira
In September we pray for. . .Niftynotes 11
Fri 20 Sep Worksop St John; Worksop St John’s Church School (Vacant: Area Dean: Jonathan
Smithurst, Lay Chair: John Chambers; Churchwardens: Martin Hodgkinson,
David Croucher)
Southern Highlands - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd John Mwela
Sat 21 Sep Worksop St Paul (Area Dean: Jonathan Smithurst; Lay Chair: John Chambers;
Churchwardens: Margaret Winks, Joan Fricker )
Southern Malawi - (Central Africa) The Rt Revd Dr James Tengatenga
Sun 22 Sep The Lord Lieutenant, Sir John Peace and the High Sheriff, Nicky Weston
Upper Shire - (Central Africa) The Rt Revd Brighton Malasa
Tuam Killala and Achonry (Bishop Patrick Rooke)
Mon 23 Sep MANSFIELD DEANERY – (Area Dean: Mark Adams; Lay Chair: Pam Bishop)
Southern Nyanza - (Kenya) The Rt Revd James Ochiel
Tue 24 Sep Blidworth, St Mary of the Purification; Rainworth, St Simon and St Jude (Hazel
Robinson, Clare Tyack)
Southern Ohio - (V, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Thomas Breidenthal
Wed 25 Sep Clipstone, All Saints (Tony Evans, Louise Holliday)
Southern Philippines - (Philippines) The Rt Revd Danilo Bustamante
Thu 26 Sep Edwinstowe, St Mary; Edwinstowe Church School (Tony Evans, Louise Holliday)
Southern Virginia - (III, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Herman Hollerith
Fri 27 Sep Forest Town, St Alban; Mansfield Oak Tree Lane, Worship in Community Centre
(Philip Stead, Paul Bentley)
Southwark - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Christopher Chessun
Southwark - Croydon - (Canterbury, England) Vacant
Southwark - Kingston-upon Thames - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Richard
Cheetham
Southwark - Woolwich - (England) Vacant
Sat 28 Sep Mansfield, St Augustine (Vacant: Area Dean: Mark Adams; Lay Chair: Pam
Bishop; Churchwardens: Roger Walton, Ian Wilson)
Southwell & Nottingham - (England) The Rt Revd Paul Butler
Southwell & Nottingham - Sherwood - (York, England) The Rt Revd Anthony Porter
Sun 29 Sep Diocesan Synod (Pam Bishop: Chair of the House of Laity and Phil Williams: Chair
of the House of Clergy)
Southwestern Virginia - (III, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Neff Powell
Greenland (Bishop Sofie Petersen)
Mon 30 Sep Mansfield, St John the Evangelist; Ladybrook, St Mary the Virgin (Mark Adams,
Dave Berry)
Spokane - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd James Waggoner
Springfield - (V, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Daniel Martins
World links news - Burundiwww.southwell.anglican.org Compiled for Nifty Notes
12 July/August 13
The Revd Lucy Cleland writes:
Peace and reconciliation will
be the focus of Bishop
Paul’s two-week visit to
Burundi and Rwanda this August.
The visit will help promote
understanding about issues of
peace and reconciliation and how
what has been learned there can
be applied to situations in the UK
and elsewhere. A key element of
the trip will be continuing to
build the partnership between this
diocese and the Anglican Church
in Burundi.
Bishop Paul will be accompanied
by John Mann (Bassetlaw MP)
and Lilian Greenwood
(Nottingham South MP) and two
MPs from other areas. They will
meet with Archbishops of both
countries along with senior
politicians and officials. Part of
their focus will be seeing projects
which are focused on peace and
reconciliation, both through the
local church and the community.
This will include Christian Aid
partner projects.
The group also includes the Revd
Sarah Clark, Dean of Women’s
Ministry and Rector of the
Clifton Team Ministry. “I feel
really excited and privileged to be
part of this opportunity to
experience work towards peace
and reconciliation in such a real
situation,” says Sarah. “I hope
that my own vision of how faith
and justice, Church, State and
organisations partner together to
bring divided peoples together,
will be shaped and fired by the
experience, changing how I go
about my everyday role and
vocation as a Christian.”
Poppy Richards who is studying
Theology at Chester University
will be recording the trip and
offering a young person’s
perspective on the experience.
She lives in Ordsall and is a
member of John Mann’s
constituency. Christian Aid
worker Andy Clasper will link the
group up with various Christian
Aid projects. Andy has been
working with Denise Dodd this
year to help us develop our world
church links as a diocese.
Bishop Paul said: “This promises
to be a fascinating visit to two
countires that are very close to
my heart. The people of Rwanda
and Burundi have some
incredible things to share with us
and I am sure we will all return
enriched by what we hear and
see. I am looking forward also to
continuing to build the link
between this diocese and the
Anglican church in Burundi.”
Denise Dodd
Developing World Church
Links Adviser 07720 511192
email: denise.dodd@
southwell.anglican.org
Developments in
the Anglican
Province of
Burundi
At an extra-ordinary Provincial
Synod held in March the
creation of Rumonge diocese
from the southern part of
Bujumbura diocese was
approved making a seventh
diocese. The Revd Pedaculi
Birakengana who is currently the
Provincial Secretary has been
elected as the Bishop of the new
diocese.
The Rt Revd Eraste Bigirimana
who has been the Bishop of
Muyinga has been appointed as
Bishop of Bujumbura.
August visit focuses
on peace & reconcilation
The Revd Pedaculi Birakengana
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16-18 Worship Transforming Communities
A major national conference to help inspire, enrich and transform the
worship of God in the Church of England. In conjunction with Aston
University and Birmingham Cathedral
Keynote speakers: Ed Foley, Nick Holtam, Jessica Martin with input
from Will Todd, Sophie Hacker and many more.
£295 per person
Aston- Birmingham
For full details see
http://starttheweek.typepad.com/files/conference-flyer---
worshiptransformingcommunities.pdf
CMD July/Aug FOOTPRINTS
THEATRE TRUST
Theatre and Storytelling for
Schools and the Community
from a Christian world view
are looking for
PART-TIME OFFICE
SUPPORT
in Nottingham city centre
Familiarity with office systems
essential. Social media
awareness needed. Interest in
maintaining the Trust's online
profile.
Flexible working hours [eg.
10am - 2pm] 10 - 15 hours a
week negotiable.
Term time only
Contact Robin
0115 9586554
email: admin@
footprintstheatre.co.uk
Music on the Launde
20th July 2013
Music from The Good Guys
Orchestra, Funk Soul Brother,
and The Tin Pigeons.
Bring a picnic or buy food from
high quality local providers on
the day. Gates open at 3.30 pm
and there is a firework finale at
10.30 pm.
Tickets £19 (until 10th July) and
then £23
Book tickets by e-mail:
online: www.funky-
abbey.co.uk ; or 0116 259 8915
Bank Holiday Monday
26th August 2013
Launde Abbey Fun Day
including Classic Cars,
Stalls and Car Boot Sale
Great fun for all the family:
Classic Cars, Craft Stalls,
Collector’s Fair, Car Boot Sale,
Produce & Plant Stalls, Games
for all ages, Wacky Races, and
Launde Lunches. Bring a picnic
or treat yourself to lunch.
To book a stall or check in your
classic car, please contact
phone 01572 718806
Special events at Launde Abbey
Diocesan
Wholeness &
Healing Service
The next Diocesan Wholeness
and Healing Service will be at
Southwell Minster on
Thursday 11th July at 7.30pm.
The Holy Communion will be
led by the Revd Pat Hemstock,
and the preacher will be the
Revd Stephen Hippisley- Cox.
Laying on of hands, with prayer
for healing and wholeness, and
anointing will be offered.
Individuals and parish groups are
very welcome, including those
exploring this ministry to which
God calls the whole Church.
What’s Onin July
Items to be included in What’s On for Nifty Notes should be sent to Nicola Mellors at [email protected]
14 July/August 13
Diocesan Synod
St Peter's Church, Nottingham Coffee Break Concerts - St Peter's Church Choir In celebration
of 25 years of Coffee Break Concerts, the church choir will be joined by a number of alumni
for this festival concert including music by Elgar, Bach and a commissioned work by Howard
Skempton. Starts 11am and lasts for one hour. Coffee & biscuits available from 10.15am.
Admission free, with donations welcome.
Nottingham Wind Ensemble present, "Music for a Summers Evening". 7.30pm, St Mary the
Virgin, Bunny. Fundraising event for the Church and for the Alzheimers Society. The music
will include Mama Mia, Hello Dolly, the Shostakovich Jazz Suite and much more besides.
Refreshments. Tickets £8 from Tony Raban 01150 845982.
Music in the Great Hall 2013 - Chamber concerts in the historic Great Hall of Southwell
Minster. 8pm. Isata Kkanneh-Mason Piano. Further details and mailing list: email:
Diocesan Wholeness & Healing Eucharist – 7.30pm, Southwell Minster
St John’s College 150th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service – 3pm, Southwell Minster
Ministry of Sport golf day – Ramsdale Golf Club
Summer Fair 10.30am-2.30pm, The Priory Church Worksop. Refreshments, raffle, lots of
stalls, and fun, admission free.
Quiet Day ‘God of the Infinite; God of the Infinitesimal’ - Helen Nice. The Scriptures are full
of the wonders of the visible universe. Now that science allows us to explore the beauty and
intricacy of the infinitely small, we can see new dimensions to God’s creativity and wisdom.
How might these new discoveries help our understanding of God and ourselves? Can science
and faith have a fruitful meeting-point in the microscopic? 10-4pm, Sacrista Prebend. Coffee
available from 9.45am. £20 (£18.50 for Friends of Sacrista Prebend) Please bring a packed
lunch, drinks are provided. To book: 01636 816833, email: [email protected]
Summer Concert featuring Bestwood Male Voice Choir. 7.30pm, Beeston Parish Church.
Tickets: £6 from the Church Mon-Fri 11.30am-1.30pm or call The Church Office 07709
756949 or Babsel on 0115 917 8488. Refreshments available.
All Saints’ Coddington Summer Fair, 2-4pm. Come and join in the ‘Fun of the Fair’. Bouncy
Castle, Coconut Shy, Golf game, Raffles, quizzes and lots of prizes to be won, held in the
church cottage gardens. In church there will be Cream Teas, live music, crafts, and singing by
the Re-Fresh Choir.
Open Churches Weekend - www.nottsopenchurches.org.uk
Church Open Days The Priory Church, Worksop. All welcome, admission free, come & visit
our beautiful old Church.
Churches Open Day: St. Mary's Church Clifton Village will open it's doors for this event,
11am-4pm. The church bells will be rung and visitors will be able to view this on a screen, and
look around the Church at their leisure, and discover it's history, as there will be information
available.There will be several stalls, including cakes - toys - books-brica brac - tombola and
raffle. For children there will be a church trail, and an activity corner for making
things,(which will be supervised). To top it up there will be refreshments, of Cream Teas and
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Please note the deadline for the September issue of Nifty Notes is: 12th August 2013
What’s On . . . What’s On . . . What’s On . . . What’s On . . . What’s
soft drinks. This should be a good day, please put in into your diary and support us.
Words & Music Evening “What’s it All About, Alfie?” (A light hearted look at life through
poetry, prose and music) - Friends of Holy Trinity, Rolleston and The Greenaway, Rolleston
Village Hall. 7.30pm, The Greenaway, Rolleston Village Hall. Tickets £10 adult £5 children
under 16 (includes a supper and a bar will be available) from Beryl Northcote 01636 812579.
Funds raised will be shared between the Village Hall and Holy Trinity Church Toilet & Tea
Bar Project
Organ Concert -St John the Baptist Church, Stanford on Soar LE12 5PY To be given on the
"Father Willis" organ by Paul Hale. 7.30pm. £6 including light refreshments, children free.
Open Churches Weekend - www.nottsopenchurches.org.uk
Open Churches Weekend at All Saints, Stanton-on-the-Wolds. Sat 10am-2pm and Sun 2pm-
5pm. Refreshments offered throughout. Informal Organ Recital Sat 11.30am-12.30pm; Sun
2pm-3pm. Singalong hymns, display of historical items in Church and a guided tour, by a
local Historian, of the ancient headstones (some of which are listed). Display of vestments.
Contact Gill Hill: [email protected]
All Saints’ Coddington ‘Prayer Maze’, 10am-4pm. Time for prayer and reflection as you travel
the Prayer Maze in the peace and quite of this beautiful church.
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Landscape photography exhibition – Southwell Minster. Further details: Caroline Jarvis 01636
817285, email: [email protected]
Quiet Day ‘Poetry Picnic’ - Jane Wyles. Come along and whet your appetite for poetry….a
delicious picnic of words to savour and share…about God and everything in His universe.
Bring a blanket, your lunch and some favourite poems. 10-4pm, Sacrista Prebend. Coffee
available from 9.45am. £20 (£18.50 for Friends of Sacrista Prebend) Please bring a packed
lunch, drinks are provided. To book: 01636 816833, email: [email protected]
Informal lunchtime piano recital - Southwell Minster. 12.15 pm. Pianist and composer Charles
Timberlake.
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'Sing Out' UK Youth Vocal Choir
Competition 2013
'Sing Out’ UK Youth Vocal Choir Competition is for ages between 11
and 21 years. Each choir has to have a minimum of 20 singers in it to
enter the competition.
The first round of auditions will be the South East Regionals, and will
be held at The Mick Jagger Centre in Kent, over 2 days in November,
namely Saturday 16th November and Sunday 17th November 2013.
There will then be further Regional Auditions, ending with the Final
towards the end of 2014.
It’s an extremely exciting, inclusive and creative competition with
great prizes and a panel of Celebrity Music Industry Judges
Further details:
Nici 07814 010822, email [email protected]
“LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD...”
“LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD...”
UK YOUTH VOCAL CHOIR COMPETITION
Meet our panel of Top Music Industry Experts!!
Amazing prizes!!
Ages 11 – 21 years
Email [email protected] call 07814 010822 / 07886 969713
for an information pack
AUDITIONS FOR THE UK’S MOST
CREATIVE AND TALENTED
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Comings and Goings. . . Comings and Goings. . . Comings and Goings
The Revd Zoe Burton, Assistant Curate, Ravenshead Benefice, in the Diocese of Southwell &
Nottingham, to become Priest-in-Charge of the United Benefice of Ollerton with Boughton in the same
Diocese. Licensing to take place on 26 September, 7.30pm, Ollerton.
The Revd Chris Brown, previously Associate Priest at St Leonard’s, Wollaton, in the Diocese of
Southwell and Nottingham, has moved to the Diocese of Chelmsford.
The Reverend Elizabeth Snowden, Vicar, Bestwood Emmanuel with St Mark, also Area Dean of
Nottingham North.
Saturday 13 July 2013
‘God of the Infinite; God
of the Infinitesimal’
led by Helen Nice
The Scriptures are full of the
wonders of the visible universe.
Now that science allows us to
explore the beauty and intricacy of
the infinitely small, we can see new
dimensions to God’s creativity and wisdom. How might these new
discoveries help our understanding of God and ourselves? Can
science and faith have a fruitful meeting-point in the microscopic?
Helen Nice has been a minister in the Methodist Church for nearly 10
years, currently having pastoral charge of the congregations in
Southwell, Sutton on Trent, Elston and Edingley. After a degree in
Botany she did some research in plant cell development. She has
since worked in the Health Service and in Chaplaincy with Methodist
Homes.
Saturday 10 August 2013
‘Poetry Picnic’
led by Jane Wyles
Come along and whet your appetite for poetry….a delicious picnic of
words to savour and share….about God and everything in His
universe. Bring a blanket, your lunch and some favourite poems.
Read some, write some, enjoy creating and eating outdoors together.
Jane Wyles started writing poetry when she was 10 and has published
a collection of poems and photographs called ‘You, Me, God &
Stuff’, which she sold for charity. Another anthology, ‘Song of the
Ladybird’ will be available shortly.
Sacrista Prebend Retreat House Working holidays
at Launde Abbey
Achange is as a good as a
rest they say and what
better change for most of
us than working in a different
environment where we are also
able to give something back.
Launde Abbey, the diocesan
retreat house for Leicester and
Peterborough and a charitable
trust, is offering Working
Holidays at its East Norton base.
Volunteers will find much to
occupy them during the 5 day
holidays, as well as the
opportunity for friendship, good
company and excellent food.
There are two holidays, one from
12th–15th of August,
concentrating more on the
Abbey’s gardens and the other a
week later from 19th–23rd
August, with the emphasis more
on preparations for the annual
fundraising day on Bank Holiday
Monday. They both cost just
£95 for adults, and accompanied
children are welcome too (under
12s £40 and 12-16s £60)
Further details and to book a
place: 01572 717254, email:
www.laundeabbey.org.uk