June 2008
SERVICES
| 1st Trinity 2 | 22nd Trinity 5 |
|---|---|
| 8.00 am Holy Communion | 8.00 am Holy Communion |
| 11.00 am Odyssey | 11.00 am Family Service |
| Preacher: Canon Alan Hargarve | Preacher: Revd Dr Malcolm Guite |
| 5.00 pm Meditative Eucharist | 5.00 pm Meditative Eucharist |
| Preacher: Mr Charlie Moloney | Preacher: Canon Fraser Watts |
| 8th Trinity 3 | 29th St Peter |
| 8.00 am Holy Communion | 8.00 am Holy Communion |
| 11.00 am Eucharist - Julian of Norwich | 11.00 am Vocations Service |
| Preacher: Revd Dr Malcolm Guite | Preacher: Revd Dr Malcolm Guite |
| 5.00 pm Meditative Eucharist | 5.00 pm Meditative Eucharist |
| Preacher: Canon Fraser Watts | Preacher: Mr Steven Mastin |
15th Trinity 4 |
Fridays |
| 8.00 am Holy Communion | 10.30 am Holy Communion |
| 11.00 am Service of Reading and Music | 5.30 pm Meditation |
| Preacher: Canon Fraser Watts | |
| 5.00 pm Meditative Eucharist | |
| Preacher: Revd Dr Malcolm Guite |
11.00 am READINGS
| Theme | Old Testament/Epistle | New Testament/Gospel |
| 1 St Benedict | Ordinand Proverbs 2. 1-6 | Ordinand Luke 18. 18-22 |
| 8 Julian of Norwich | C Walker 1 Corinthians 13. 8-13 | Chaplain Matthew 5. 14-16 |
| 15 Christian Life | A Finn tba | D Lynden-Bell tba |
| 22 Noah’s Ark | tba Genesis 7.23 – 8.5 | tba Luke 5. 1-11 |
| 29 Vocations | D Readhead Numbers 11. 16-17, 24-9 | M Morris Luke 4. 16-21 |
Sunday at Eleven
June 1st Odyssey: A Simple Rule for Living June 8th Eucharist – Julian of Norwich June 15th A Service of Readings and Music June 22nd Family Service – Noah’s Ark June 29th Vocations Service |
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Meditative Eucharist - Sundays at 5.00 pm June 1st The theme will be the love of God revealed in Jesus Christ, i.e.the Sacred Heart; the praecher will be Charlie Moloney, our Ridley Hall ordidand. June 8th The theme will be the apparantly paradoxical, but instructive, idea that we should ‘love God’s law’; the preacher will be Fraser Watts. June 15th The theme will be what Western Christians can learn from the Eastern Church; the preacher will be Malcolm Guite. June 22nd This will be a special Midsummer Eucharist which we hope, as last year, will be attended by both morning and evening congregations. Malcolm will preside and Fraser will preach. It will be followed by refreshments and entertainment in Queens’ College. June 29th. The theme will be St Peter, whose day it is, and the preacher will be Steve Mastin. |
Midsummer Eucharist: There will be a special Midsummer Eucharist at 5.00 pm on Sunday June 22nd, a joint service for morning and evening congregations, followed by refreshments and entertainment at Queens’ College.
Holistic Spirituality: There will be meetings on June 8th & 15th, at 3.30 pm, led by Malcolm.
Beta Course: The final sessions of the Beta Course will be at 3.00 pm June 1st (suffering and wholeness) & 15th (Self & God) in the Solarium of Queens’ College, led by Fraser.
Gothic Eucharist: 8.30 pm on Tuesday June 3rd. Malcolm will speak about astrology. (What planet are we on?)
From the Vicar-Chaplain - A Time of Revelation
As I write our papers and airwaves are filled with grim news of the twin catastrophes
in Burma and China. Our first and best response is compassion, compassion
turned swiftly into action by giving what we can, when we can through the
DEC. We should not be put off by fears that the criminal recalcitrance of
the Burmese generals will prevent our aid from getting through. No generous
act is ever wasted; the very generosity of individual donors is part of an
ultimately irresistible pressure on the regime, because it is part of the
irresistible pressure of love itself, for ‘perfect love casts out fear’.
Our second response may well be a pause for thought. Scenes in these countries
have been described by journalists as ‘apocalyptic’ and they are indeed ‘apocalyptic’
in a deeper sense than these journalists know. Apocalypse means revelation
and great disasters like this are great revelations; they expose and bring
to light what is hidden in the hearts of people. They expose in stark terms
the inhumanity, incompetence and sheer evil of rulers who choose personal
pride or gain over their people’s welfare, but they also bring to light the
hidden networks of compassionate people springing into action with deeds of
practical love and personal heroism. Generals ride away from it all in bullet-proof
limousines whilst young Buddhist monks and nuns lift trees from the road and
pull sufferers from the wreckage. Ordinary people find they can do extraordinary
things and the love we bear for one another is palpable, even more palpable
in grief.
The Chinese disaster sets that little English tremor we all enjoyed chatting
about in context, but if apocalypse came to Cambridge what would it reveal?
Amongst the shoddy building and official bungling that might be brought to
light I hope we would also become aware of our own capacity for compassion,
and of the hidden networks of compassionate people, bringing food and blankets,
digging through wreckage, comforting the dying and bereaved. I pray that the
community of St. Edwards would be revealed as one of those hidden networks
through which Love springs into action.
Malcolm Guite
Clergy: Revd. Dr. Fraser Watts (19, Grantchester Road, CB3 9ED; 359223, fnw1001@cam.ac.uk); Revd Dr Malcolm Guite (694249, mg320@cam.ac.uk); Canon Alan Cole (892286, alan73@waitrose.com). Churchwardens: Mr Steven Mastin (361041, stevenjamesmastin@yahoo.co.uk); Mrs Judith Tonry (892160, judith@tonry.co.uk). Treasurer: Mr Geoffrey Barnes (717757, Geoff.Barnes@cambridgeshire.gov.uk). Chapter Clerk: Mr Oliver Shone (olishone@hotmail.com); Church phone: 362004.
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