August-September 2017
NOTICE board
Let your creative skills run riot and add to the Summer Draw
Chelmsford Catherdral's Tree of Life
By CLARE BROOME CHELMSFORD Cathedral is open every day during the school holidays and this summer is running a free drawing event. Called the ‘Summer Draw’ and running from July 17 to September 1, it is a free activity for children, their parents, grandparents or carers. If you have never visited the cathedral before, come in and see the stained glass, artwork and other interesting objects inside. Alongside the bookstall you will find several draw bags containing everything an artist needs to start sketching. You may wish to sketch the stunning ceiling, the whole building or maybe something small and tucked away that people often don’t notice such as the carvings surrounding the south door.
What's On in Essex and East London
When you have finished, simply return the bag to the welcome stewards in the cathedral, or leave it by the book stall and your picture will be displayed in the cathedral throughout the summer. The entire event is free and you can visit as many times as you like. So come and visit us this summer and let your creative skills run riot.
Daily until July 31 ● St. Catherine's Church, East Tilbury RM18 8PB. Thurrock Art Trail an annual event with local artists showing their work at a number of venues. This year St. Catherine's hosts work by Tim Harrold and John Espin. Wednesday, July 19 ● St. John's Church, Stratford. 1.10pm. Lunchtime Concert by Ife Okoye: tenor. For information www.
stjohnse15.co.uk ● Chelmsford Cathedral. Chapter House. 8pm. Theological Society. 'God is alive in the public arena: a view from the workplace' Revd Dr Fiona StewartDarling. £3.50. Friday concerts in Chelmsford Cathedral ● Chelmsford Cathedral. Lunchtime concerts will resume on September 15. Saturday, July 22 ● St Laurence church, Corbets Tey Road, Upminster RM14 2BB. 6.30-7.30pm. Summer Organ Recital by Richard Brasier (St Laurence Church) Kenneth Tickell built the renowned pipe organ in 2003. Admission £10 to support the ongoing church music programme. ● Open afternoon at St Mary’s, Buttsbury CM4 9NZ 2-4.30pm. Cream teas, flowers in the church and a raffle in aid of church funds
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DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER — August and September 2017 Cycle of Prayer for daily use in Diocese of Chelmsford
AUGUST 2017 1 TUESDAY ● MALDON (St Mary) w MUNDON (St Mary)—Clergy: Vacancy (R), Robert Wiggs (AC), John Dickens (A). ● Diocese of Port Elizabeth (Southern Africa). 2 WEDNESDAY ● SOUTHMINSTER (St Leonard) and STEEPLE (St Lawrence and All Saints)— Clergy: Peter Begley (PIC). ● Southminster Primary School: Pauline Ward (HT). ● WOODHAM MORTIMER (St Margaret) w HAZELEIGH and WOODHAM WALTER (St Michael)—Clergy: Stephen Carter (PIC), Julie Willmot (A). ● Woodham Walter School: Susan Dodd (HT). ● Dioceses of Popondota and Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea). 3 THURSDAY ● MAYLAND (St Barnabas) and LATCHINGDON (Christ Church) Clergy: Vacancy (R). ● ALTHORNE (St Andrew) w NORTH FAMBRIDGE (Holy Trinity)—Clergy: Sandra Manley (R), Barry Johnson (AC). Licensed Lay Minister: Hayley Rogers. ● Diocese of Port Sudan (Sudan). 4 FRIDAY Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Curé d’Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859 ● The retired clergy, Readers and lay ministers who live and work in the Deanery of Maldon and Dengie. ● Diocese of Portsmouth (Canterbury, England). 5 SATURDAY Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 ● Tomorrow is the feast of the Transfiguration – that extraordinary moment when Jesus goes up the mountain and appears in glory. It stands at the centre of
Mark’s Gospel and is close to the heart of its message – as Jesus sets his face towards Jerusalem, knowing that means suffering and death, he demonstrates to his disciples that the only way of glory is the way of the cross. ● Diocese of Pretoria (Southern Africa). 6 THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY: THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD ● Pray for the work of the Salvation Army, London North East Division: Major Norman Ord, Divisional Commander. ● Diocese of Puerto Rico (Province XI, The Episcopal Church), Rt Revd Wilfredo Ramos Orench, Bishop. 7 MONDAY John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866 ● DEANERY OF HADLEIGH—Area Dean: David Tudor. Lay Chair: Ron McLernon. ● Diocese of Pune (North India). 8 TUESDAY Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 ● CANVEY ISLAND TM: (St Nicholas, St Anne, St Katherine) Clergy: David Tudor (AD, TR), Marion Walford (TV), Terry Brown (A), Lesley McGlynn (A). Licensed Lay Minister: Trudy Arnold. St Katherine’s School: Anne-Marie Taylor (HT). ● Dioceses of Qu’Appelle (Rupert’s Land, Canada) and Quebec (Canada). 9 WEDNESDAY Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921 ● EASTWOOD (St Lawrence and All Saints)—Clergy: Steve Spencer (V), Edd Stock (A). ● EASTWOOD (St David)—Clergy: Paul Joyce (V). ● Diocese of Rajasthan (North India). 10 THURSDAY Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr. 258 ● HADLEIGH (St James the Less) and HADLEIGH (St Barnabas)—Clergy: Ruth Cartwright (PIC elect), Christine Robinson (AC), Gemma Stock (A). Licensed Lay Ministers: Guy Negus, Sheena Slater. ● Diocese of Rayalaseema (South India). CONTINUED ON PAGE II
ST AUGUSTINE'S THORPE BAY ON A SOGGY JULY EVENING: Please pray for the clergy and congregation on August 29. Picture: JON LONGMAN