NOTICES AND WHAT’S ON Sunday 3 March 2019 Sunday before Lent Hospitality Faithfulness
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The FLOWERS TODAY have been given by Nora and John Whitham. EASTER LILIES if you would like to give a lily in memory of a loved one, please put £4 in the blue safe marked flowers, and write their name(s) on the list on the sound desk. CHILDREN’S SPACE is meeting today. EPHESUS PRAYER if you would like to join the Ephesus group, please return your Ephesus prayer response form to Canon Mandy or hand in at the office, or sign up from My ChurchSuite. More information available from Jane Thompson. KEEPING IN TOUCH please pick up a copy from the welcome desk or around the Cathedral, and if you’d like something in the April edition or have any feedback please email commsandevents@bradfordcathedral.org before 22 March 2019. CARERS meet again this Tuesday when they will be making Easter cards. The WEDNESDAY @1 ORGAN RECITAL welcomes this week Christopher Newton, from Armley, who is a great friend of the Cathedral. If you can, do come along and support him and join us for the buffet lunch beforehand at £4 from 12.30pm – 12.55pm. The recital is free, but there is a retiring collection which goes towards the organ fund. PANCAKE LUNCH t he Shrove Tuesday Pancake Lunch is on T uesday 5th March 12 noon for 12.30pm. Have you got your ticket yet? If not they are available from members of the Community Committee, from the C athedral Office or My ChurchSuite and cost £8.50 or £4 for under 12s, with under 5s free. The pancakes will be a main course of savoury pancakes and a dessert of sweet pancakes and afterwards there will be tea and coffee and a Cathedral Quiz. A dmission is by ticket only, get your ticket as soon as you can. Bring a friend – everyone is welcome.
THE ARCHBISOP OF CANTERBURY’S BOOK Reconciliation by Muthuraj Swamy is now available from the main office, price £9.00.
MONTHLY BELL RINGING SESSIONS W e are delighted to announce that we are starting a consistent bell ringing day. This will take place on the f irst Sunday of the month after the 10.15 Eucharist. If you have any interest in ringing or wish to improve your ringing technique, then please come along and see Ron after these services. The LENT COURSE this year is on Wednesdays 13, 20 and 27 March at 7.30pm, when we are to welcome Bishop John Pritchard, Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Leeds and author of many books. His theme for the course is ‘The Elusive God’ and in his series of three addresses he will explore how we live our faith when each day may feel like a struggle. Put the dates in your diary and do come and share in this special time with us. Book a free ticket on www.bradfordcathedral.eventbrite.com o r just turn up on the day. CONFIRMATIONS Easter Eve Saturday 20th April 2019 Confirmation groups will begin at the end of February. These are a wonderful opportunity to explore more about the Christian faith, to revisit or refresh things you might have forgotten or to prepare for baptism or confirmation. Topics for exploration include, who is God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, sin and forgiveness, heaven and hell, Anglicanism, how to read the Bible and what are the sacraments. For further information or to book your place on a group please contact Canon Mandy or one of the clergy team or email i nfo@bradfordcathedral.org ‘EXTRAORDINARY DRAWERS! – Opening up insights into faith, culture and journey’ a photographic exhibition by Touchstone, ends today, 3 March, and is now in the North Transept. Have a look and see what people keep in their drawers – it’s quite fascinating. STATIONS OF LAMENT this exhibition by Louise Carr opens at our Ash Wednesday Choral Eucharist on W ednesday 6 March at 7pm and runs until 21 April. O n Monday 11 March, Louise is to lead a pilgrimage around the Stations of Lament with our Monday Fellowship at 2pm to which everyone is invited. Do put it on your calendar and join in the pilgrimage with the Monday Fellowship group. NEW ELECTORAL ROLL Have you completed an Electoral Roll form yet? The closing date for returning the forms is getting closer, and so if you haven’t already filled in your form, please pick one up from the sound-desk at the back of the Cathedral. F orms need to be in no later than 12 noon, Monday 18 March. Your attention is also drawn to the E lectoral Roll Privacy Notice, which we would please ask you to read. Thank you.
FLOURISHING CITY On M onday 11 March at 7pm, Anne-Marie Canning MBE, who is the independent chair of Bradford Opportunity Area, will be speaking here at the Cathedral. She will speak about the key priorities for Bradford, including strengthening school leadership and the quality of teaching, improving literacy and access to rewarding careers through raising aspirations and removing barriers to learning. The doors open at 6.30pm and there will be refreshments. Free tickets, which will help us to know how many people will be coming, are available on www.bradfordcathedral.eventbrite.com LOOKING FOR ACCOMMODATION FOR 5 PEOPLE FOR ONE NIGHT We are very pleased to be hosting Lamps Theatre performing their passion play in the Cathedral on Monday 8 April. We are needing to find overnight accommodation for 2 women and 3 men that night. If you are able to offer bed and breakfast for one of these actors, please let me know. Thank you. Canon Paul MINDFULNESS for STRESS MANAGEMENT and RESILIENCE WORKSHOP This Workshop has been rescheduled for Saturday 6 April from 2.30pm – 4pm. Details are available on w ww.bradfordcathedral.eventbrite.com or My ChurchSuite. A PASSION PLAY by LAMPS THEATRE on Monday 8 April at 7pm, will be performed in the Cathedral by a cast of three talented professional actors, who will recreate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus in a moving, memorable and ultimately joyful retelling of the Easter events. Tickets are £8 (£5 for under 25s) and are available at w ww.bradfordcathedral.eventbrite.com Book the Date Cathedral Centenary Festival Day Saturday 15th June Bradford Cathedral will be celebrating all day in lots of different ways. At 19:19 everyone will be welcome to our celebratory street party in the Cathedral and we are looking for a team of volunteers to help plan the party. If you are interested then please speak to Canon Mandy. SUNDAY 17 MARCH Bradford is hosting the Epilepsy Action 10k and during this event some roads around the Cathedral will be closed. These will include Church Bank from Stott Hill to Canal Road from 7:30am to 9:20am and Church Bank from its junction with Stott Hill to its junction with Forster Square from 7:30am through until 10:45am. Closures will also be in place on main roads such as Canal Road, parts of Shipley Airedale Road and others. We advise you to check the latest plan at epilepsy.org.uk/bradford10k before you travel. May we wish all those taking part in the event all the best for the run.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ROADSHOW The Lord Mayor invites you to this event, in the Banqueting Hall, City Hall on Friday 8 March. ORGANIC FAIRTRADE OLIVE OIL AND DATES FROM ZAYTOUN, PALESTINE now on sale on the Fairtrade stall. Limited number only – don’t miss out! WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK Today
8.00am Holy Communion i n the Lady Chapel – Canon Mandy 1 0.15am Sung Eucharist - C anon Paul/Canon Mandy 11.30am Monthly Bellringing 11.45am Just a Minute 4.00pm Choral Evensong – Canon Paul This week at the Cathedral for information and prayer – The Dean is in residence Monday 8.30am Morning Prayer 5.45pm Choral Evensong Tuesday 8.30am Morning Prayer 10.00am Carers 12.00 for Shrove Tuesday 12.30pm P ancake Lunch 5.45pm Choral Evensong Wednesday 7.30am Holy Communion – C anon Paul Ash Wednesday 8.30am Morning Prayer 10.15am Holy Communion – Canon Paul 11.30am Centenary Working Group 1.00pm Wednesday @1 Organ Recital 3.00pm Places of Welcome 5.30pm Evening Prayer 7.00pm Ash Wednesday Choral Eucharist & Stations of Lament Thursday 8.30am Morning Prayer 10.00am School Visit 5.30pm Evening Prayer Friday 8.30am Morning Prayer 5.30pm Evening Prayer Saturday 8.30am Morning Prayer 2.00pm - Yorkshire Girls’ Choirs Festival, 5.30pm C athedral Choirs 5.00pm Choral Evensong Sunday 8.00am Holy Communion i n the Lady Chapel – The Dean 10 March 10.15am Choral Eucharist – C anon Mandy/The Dean and C hildren’s Space Boy Choristers sing Evensong at Wath Parish Church 4.00pm Choral Evensong – C anon Mandy
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