The Bishop of Sherwood,

the Rt Revd Tony Porter,

endorsed this year’s Lent

and Confirmation appeals and

said we should follow the

command of Jesus to feed the

hungry.

The appeals will support two

local charities that help to put

healthy food on people’s plates.

The Edible Churchyards scheme

encourages churches to use their

land to grow food that can be

shared with the community, while

Ecoworks grows produce at St

Ann’s allotments, Nottingham,

and sells it at a discount to people

on certain benefits.

The appeals are the diocese’s

expression of the national End

Hunger Fast campaign which is

highlighting the desperate plight

of half a million people in the UK

dependent on food handouts.

Campaigners are calling for

churches to pray, to fast, and to

give in support of the hungry.

Bishop Tony said: “As the price

of food continues to rise, there

are households in this diocese just

one unexpected bill away from

empty cupboards. They are part

of the 0.5 million people who are

now dependent on food aid.

“Food banks are doing a

wonderful job in seeking to feed

the hungry. Even more needs to

be done if we are to ‘End Hunger

Fast.’ For this reason I commend

to you the work of Edible

Churchyards and Ecoworks on

our very doorstep. Do consider

supporting these initiatives during

Lent and beyond.

“We will also be promoting both

projects at Confirmation services

in 2014 as new Christians are

commissioned to join every

believer in ‘defending the weak

and seeking justice.’ Let us hear

and respond to the words of

Jesus: ‘I was hungry and you

gave me food, I was thirsty and

you gave me something to drink.’

(Matthew 25:35).

End Hunger Fast is organising a

national day of fasting on April 4.

This is something that you might

like to participate in. (Please

note, fasting can be harmful to

people with certain medical

conditions. If in any doubt at all,

take medical advice).

There is more information on the

End Hunger Fast campaign, and

a set of study notes for Lent, at

www.southwell.anglican.orgContinued on page 2

news & information from the Diocese www.southwell.anglican.org

N i f t y n o t e sMARCH 2014

Compiled by Nicola Mellors email: nicola@southwell.anglican.org

Heed the call of Jesus to feed the hungry

In this month’s issue:

2 News in brief

4 Events & information

5 Prayer Diary

9 Training Courses

11 What’s On

12 Comings & Goings

News in brief. . . News in brief. . . News in brief. . . News in brief. . .

2 March 14

The four-storey high soft-play area created inside St Saviour’s,

The Meadows, is drawing many new people into the church

building.

Families from The Meadows and surrounding area are making good

use of the facility but the organisers are hoping to attract visitors from

across the diocese.

Sessions are priced at £1.75 for people who live in the area, £3.50 for

those from further afield, which is still considerably cheaper than the

more usual £4.50 to £5 charged at other play centres.

There are reductions for party bookings, and it can be exclusively

booked for larger parties outside of its normal opening hours of

9.30am to 6pm.

The centre, which has a cafe serving ethically sourced food and drink,

was officially opened by the Sheriff of Nottingham, Councillor Ian

Malcolm, in November. He was baptised at St Saviour’s.

Money raised by the venture will be reinvested into the church and

the community.

For more information, telephone 0115 986 4118.

Playing and praying at

St Saviours

Church Legacy:

A lasting gift

A new Church Legacy website

has been launched, offering

essential information for people

considering leaving a gift to a

church in their will.

The website also provides

information for solicitors and

PCCs, and churches looking to

increase legacy giving.

Legacies are a fundamental part

of stewardship and Christian

giving; leaving a gift in your will

is one of the most valuable and

lasting ways you can give thanks

to God for the gifts of your life.

They are a valuable source of

income to churches, contributing

£44.8 million to parish income

in 2011 - that’s almost £3,000

per church, per year!

The website - http://

www.churchlegacy.org.uk/ -

highlights legacies that have

been used to expand a church’s

youth ministry, refurbish a

kitchen, set up a community

support group, and preserve

historic church bells.

Continued from page 1

Promotional flyers for the Lent

Appeal can be downloaded from

the diocesan website or ordered

from Richard Ellis, at Jubilee

House:

richard.ellis@southwell.

anglican.org

telephone 01636 817218

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Canon’s book wins acclaim in

United States

News in brief. . . News in brief. . . News in brief. . . News in brief. . .

Abook written by Canon

Professor Emeritus

Anthony Thiselton has

received an award from an

influential American magazine.

The clergyman, who lives in High

Road, Chilwell, wrote The Holy

Spirit: In Biblical Teaching,

through the Centuries, and Today.

Christianity Today, which has a

readership of 250,000, gave the

book its Award of Merit for 2014 in

the category of theology.

Canon Thiselton, 76, said what

started as a biblical study of the

Holy Spirit became a historical

study of the Spirit through the

centuries.

The book, written in 2012, was Canon Thiselton’s eighteenth. He has

since written another – Thiselton’s Companion to Christian Theology

- which is due to be published in December or January. Not content

with that, a twentieth book, on systematic theology, is currently being

written.

Five of his books have been translated into Korean, and one into

Russian. Others are being translated into Indonesian and Portuguese

(to be published in Brazil).

Canon Thiselton, who is the Associate Priest of Attenborough, used to

lecture on systematic theology and the philosophy of religion at the

University of Nottingham. He was also the Canon Theologian,

appointed by a former Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham, the Rt

Revd George Cassidy.

The Holy Spirit: In Biblical Teaching, through the Centuries, and

Today is published by Eerdmans and SPCK and is available on

Amazon.

Special guest at

Church History

Project

celebration

TV presenter and cook, Loyd

Grossman was the special guest

speaker at a Church History

Project event in the Minster on

Saturday 25th January. It was to

celebrate the work of CHP, and

mark the end of five years of

Heritage Lottery Funding. Along

with Mr Grossman OBE, FSA

and Chairman of the Churches

Conservation Trust there were

also appearances from a variety

of others who had contributed to

the project over the past 15

years. Church History Project

Co-ordinator Heather Sirrel–

pictured with Loyd Grossman

and Nick Harding, Project

Manager, said: “It was great to

have Loyd Grossman with us,

and a good opportunity to say a

huge thank you to all who have

volunteered.”

A new book containing a

summary history of every

church in the diocese was

launched at Southwell Minster

on the day. Published by the

Diocese’s Church History

Project, the book has been

endorsed by Loyd Grossman,

for ‘celebrating the heritage of

our churches.’

Bishop Paul Butler and

Archdeacon Peter Hill also

enthused about the book saying,

“no other Diocese has done this

depth of research, this is

Continued on page 12

Events & information. . . Events & information. . . Events & informatio

4 March 14

Many of you will recall that Mental Health Champions were

endorsed by Bishop Paul at the 2013 Diocesan Conference.

In response to the feedback Opening Minds, decided to re-

name the champions ‘Mental Health Awareness Guides’ (MHAGs).

This helps to clarify their role, which includes:

• enabling all members of the church community to welcome,

understand and support people with mental health problems and

their carers

• ensuring that when we have mental health problems we can be

as fully involved in church life as we wish.

The MHAG is not expected to address the spiritual or psychological

needs of individuals and their carers themselves but may help to

signpost them to other sources of help.

Opening Minds is now seeking to work with about twenty pilot

churches to identify the training needs of ‘Mental Health Awareness

Guides’ We anticipate training will be offered to this group and the

first wave of Mental Health Awareness Guides in the early summer

2014.

We hope to attract participation from a variety of churches with both

large and small congregations. We would like to include rural and

town parishes as well as those within the city.

To ensure their effectiveness in the role, the MHAG should have the

support of both their church leader and PCC. Opening Minds thinks

it is helpful if the MHAG has personal experience of mental health

problems.

We would be grateful if you could send names of those interested

before the end of February to Catriona Gundlach (e-mail

catriona@southwell.anglican.org). The launch event will held on

15th March 15th (9.30 for 10.00-12.00pm) at The Vine

Community Centre, Bobbers Mill Road, Nottingham, NG7 5GZ

For more information please go to

http://southwell.anglican.org/mission-ministry/seeking-

justice/mental-health/ or contact Opening Minds

openingminds@southwell.anglican.org

Grants to help

clergyMental Health Awareness

Guides: recruiting the pioneersThe Pyncombe Charity offers

financial help to serving clergy

under 70 who are struggling

because of illness, injury, or

other difficult circumstances.

Applications for grants must be

made through the Diocesan

Bishop so that the charity knows

what support is already being

offered by the applicant’s own

diocese.

Any grants are then made

through the Bishop, not directly

to the applicant.

Applications can be submitted

up to 1 April, 2014. Details can

be obtained from Jo Padmore

on 01636 817206, or by

emailing: archdeaconspa@

southwell.anglican.org

Inheritance

Riding Lights Theatre

Company

St Mary’s High Pavement

Nottingham

Saturday 5th April

7.30pm

Tickets

(£10 /£5 U16 /£5 student

standby on the door)

from the church office on

0115 948 3658, office@

nottinghamchurches.org

www.southwell.anglican.org Compiled for Nifty Notes

Prayerdiary

In April we pray for. . .

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Tue 01 Apr Shireoaks, St Luke; St Luke’s Church School (Martyn Alvey)

Bukedi - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Nicodemus Engwalas-Okille

Wed 02 Apr Worksop Christ Church (Martyn Alvey)

Bunbury - (Western Australia, Australia) The Rt Revd Alan Ewing

Thu 03 Apr Nottinghamshire Constabulary (David Henson)

Bungoma - (Kenya) The Revd George Mechumo

Fri 04 Apr Carburton, St Giles; Clumber Park, St Mary the Virgin; Worksop; St Mary & St

Cuthbert; Worksop Priory Church School; (Nicolas Spicer, Stephen Parker)

Bunyoro-Kitara - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Nathan Kyamanywa

Sat 05 Apr Worksop St Anne; Worksop St Anne’s Church School (Simon Cash)

Busan - (Korea) The Rt Revd Onesimus Park

Sun 06 Apr Southwell Cursillo (Tony Tucker)

PRAY for The Nippon Sei Ko Kai (The Anglican Communion in Japan) The Most Revd

Nathaniel Uematsu Primate of The Nippon Sei Ko Kai & Bishop of Hokkaido

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Funen, Bishop Tine Lindhardt

Mon 07 Apr Worksop St John; Worksop St John’s Church School (Tim Stanford)

Busoga - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Dr Michael Kyomya

Tue 08 Apr Worksop St Paul (Nicolas Spicer, Stephen Parker)

Butare - (Rwanda) The Rt Revd Nathan Gasatura

In April we pray for. . .6 March 14

Wed 09 Apr MANSFIELD DEANERY – (Area Dean: Mark Adams; Lay Chair: Pam Bishop)

Butere - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Michael Sande

Thu 10 Apr Staff at the Bishop of Southwell’s office

Buye - (Burundi) The Rt Revd Sixbert Macumi

Fri 11 Apr Blidworth, St Mary of the Purification; Rainworth, St Simon and St Jude (Hazel

Robinson, Clare Tyack)

Byumba - (Rwanda) The Rt Revd Emmanuel Ngendahayo

Sat 12 Apr Clipstone, All Saints (Tony Evans, Louise Holliday)

Calabar - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Tunde Adeleye

Sun 13 Apr The Chancellor of the Diocese (Linda Box)

Jerusalem - (Jerusalem & Middle East) The Rt Revd Suheil Dawani

Church of Sweden: Diocese of Uppsala, Archbishop Anders Wejryd, Bishop Ragnar Persenius

Mon 14 Apr Edwinstowe, St Mary; Edwinstowe Church School (Tony Evans, Louise Holliday)

Calcutta - (North India) The Rt Revd Ashok Biswas

Tue 15 Apr Forest Town, St Alban; Mansfield Oak Tree Lane, Worship in Community Centre

(Philip Stead, Paul Bentley)

Caledonia - (British Columbia & the Yukon, Canada) The Rt Revd William Anderson

Wed 16 Apr Mansfield, St Augustine (Caroline Phillips)

Calgary - (Rupert's Land, Canada) The Rt Revd Gregory Kerr-Wilson

Thu 17 Apr MAUNDY THURSDAY - that we may show the love of Christ in the service of

others

California - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Marc Andrus

Northern California - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Barry Beisner

Fri 18 Apr GOOD FRIDAY – that we witness to the power of Christ crucified in our Churches

Cameroon (Region Missionaire) - (West Africa) The Rt Revd Dibo Elango

Sat 19 Apr HOLY SATURDAY – Mansfield, St John the Evangelist; Ladybrook, St Mary the

Virgin (Mark Adams, Dave Berry)

Canberra & Goulburn - (New South Wales, Australia) The Rt Revd Stuart Robinson

1. Regional Bishop in Wagga Wagga - (New South Wales, Australia) The Rt Revd

Genieve Blackwell

2. Assistant Bishop of Canberra & Goulburn - (New South Wales, Australia) The Rt Revd

Trevor Edwards

Sun 20 Apr EASTER DAY – Alleluia! CHRIST IS RISEN!

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark: Diocese of Aalborg, Bishop Henning Toft Bro

Mon 21 Apr Mansfield, St Lawrence (Philip Stead, Paul Bentley)

Cape Coast (Ghana) - (West Africa) The Rt Revd Daniel Allotey

In April we pray for. . .Niftynotes 7

Tue 22 Apr Mansfield, St Mark (David Fudger, Keith Hebden)

The Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba Archbishop of Capetown and Primate of Southern

Africa

Cape Town - Table Bay - (Southern Africa) The Rt Revd Garth Counsell

Wed 23 Apr Mansfield, St Peter and St Paul; St Peter’s Primary School (David Fudger, Keith

Hebden)

Carlisle - (York, England) The Rt Revd James Newcome

Suffragan Bishop of Penrith - (York, England) The Rt Revd Robert Freeman

Thu 24 Apr Mansfield Woodhouse, St Edmund King and Martyr; Mansfield Woodhouse

Church School (Allan Scrivener)

Cashel & Ossory - (Dublin, Ireland) The Rt Revd Michael Burrows

Fri 25 Apr Perlethorpe, St John the Evangelist (Tony Evans, Louise Holliday)

Central Buganda - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Jackson Matovu

Sat 26 Apr Warsop, St Peter & St Paul Sookholme, St Augustine (Angela Fletcher, Bruce

Rienstra)

Central Ecuador - (IX, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Victor Scantlebury

Sun 27 Apr Retired Clergy (David Edinborough, Chaplain to the Retired Clergy and Widows’

Officer)

PRAY for The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem & The Middle East The Most Revd Dr

Mouneer Hanna Anis President Bishop, Jerusalem & the Middle East & Bishop in Egypt

with North Africa and the Horn of Africa

The Lutheran Church in Great Britain: Bishop Martin Lind

Mon 28 Apr NEWARK & SOUTHWELL DEANERY – (Area Dean: David Milner, Lay Chair:

Penny Peterson)

Central Florida - (IV, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Gregory Brewer

Tue 29 Apr The Riverside Group of Parishes - Averham, St Michael and All Angels; Kelham, St

Wilfrid; North Muskham, St Wilfrid; South Muskham, St Wilfrid (Vacant: Area

Dean: David Milner, Lay Chair: Penny Peterson, Churchwardens: George Binks,

Philip Staniforth, Nicola Talbot, Ann Willey, David Watson, Jennifer Pell)

The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury

Canterbury - Dover - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Trevor Willmott

Canterbury - Ebbsfleet - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall

Canterbury - Richborough - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Norman Banks

Wed 30 Apr Balderton, St Giles; Barnby-in-the-Willows, All Saints (Tony Tucker)

Central Gulf Coast - (IV, The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Philip Duncan

Natal Link Officer, The RevdBarbara Holbrook writes:

Like all friendships, there

are times when our Link

with Natal goes through a

quiet period when we wait and

see how things turn out. With the

changes here in the Diocese of

Southwell and Nottingham, we

are marking time at the Diocesan

level. However, even though the

Big Story is slow at the moment,

the Small Stories continue to

flourish. As encounters happen

and friendships grow, lives are

changed and faith is challenged.

This does not always play out

within the context of the Link, but

is a fruit of it none the less. Some

of the highlights of the last year

have been:

� Mike, youth worker at St

Mary’s, Arnold, has returned

to Natal to work as a

volunteer at the orphanage

within their linked parish.

� Curates who have visited have

had their ministry challenged

and changed in significant

ways.

� The churches here I serve

have caught the vision of

becoming an eco-

congregation after that being

a focus of our last visit.

� Visitors to the UK from our

linked parishes have been to

stay in the Diocese as part of

their trip.

� Visits by individual members

of parishes from Southwell

and Nottingham to Natal are

being planned.

� Parish links have become

more lay-led as clergy in

Natal have moved or are

planning retirement.

Part of the gift that this Link is

to us is the way we learn from

the incidentals in our elationships.

A particular challenge to us at the

moment is learning to wait and

that we cannot always plan and

control things. We are ten years

into this relationship, and it still

takes time to mature and grow.

We wait and pray for our future,

for the challenge that this Link

always brings and for our growth

in understanding of each other

and ourselves.

For further information about

the Diocesan Partnerships

contact: The Revd Denise

Dodd, Developing World

Church Links Adviser

07720 511192 or email:

denise.dodd@southwell.

anglican.org

World links news - Natal www.southwell.anglican.org Compiled for Nifty Notes

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Learning to wait and praying for growth and

understanding in the future

Training. . . Training. . . Training. . . Training. . . Training. . . Training. . . Niftynotes 9

1 ‘Transforming Worship’ –

Diocesan Worship Conference

A special event with speakers and

breakout workshops. More info

to be released later in the year.

Keynote Speakers: Geraldine

Latty and Bernadette Farrell

9.45-4.15pm

Southwell Minster

4 Preaching with Impact

This workshop is aimed at both

those who may be relatively new

to sermon delivery and for

anyone who would like a

refresher. Time will be spent

reviewing planning, discovering

what the sermon messages might

be and how to ensure they are

then delivered in a way that the

congregation can easily follow

and remember. We will explore

communication preferences and

the importance of changing your

style to appeal to the range of

differences within congregations.

There will also be an opportunity

to plan, and practice the delivery

of a current news topic to

experience the techniques learned

and how they can be applied to

any subject. The final part of the

day will be spent planning your

next sermon using these new

skills: something to take away

from the workshop. The day is

highly interactive and is an

excellent opportunity to

consolidated what you already do

well and add new skills for use in

the future. Places are limited so

book early.

Led by Philip Hooper

9.30-4.00pm

Jubilee House, Southwell

10 Being a Foundation

Governor

An important introduction for

new church school governors.

Why is it important and what

does it involve?

Led by Claire Meese

7.00-9.00pm £15.00

Jubilee House, Southwell

Booking: Ally Horne Tel: 01636

817236, email: ahorne@

southwell.anglican.org

18 Challenging behaviour in

your Youth Group- what would

Jesus do?

When everything is escalating out

of control, everyone feels less

than Christ-like! How do we

bring together discipline and

Christian love, justice and

forgiveness, and enable young

people and the youth team to

become more like the people God

wants them to be? Practical

scenarios and helpful techniques.

Led by Angela Brymer-Heywood

& Ali Langton

7.30-9.30pm

Derby Church House, Derby

Booking: Ally Horne Tel: 01636

817236, email: ahorne@

southwell.anglican.org

26 Clergy Study Day –

Joining Together

9.30-3.30pm

Venue to be advised

26 Children and spirituality

and the use of Godly Play

It is important to encourage

children to develop spirituality,

and learn to explore spiritual

issues themselves. This session

will look at the fundamentals of

children and spirituality, and how

Godly Play can help.

Led by Nick Harding

7.30-9.00pm

St Mark’s Church, Woodthorpe

Booking: Ally Horne Tel: 01636

817236, email: ahorne@

southwell.anglican.org

Contact: Catriona Gundlach

01636 817232

email: catriona@southwell.

anglican.org

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Transforming Worship Conference – national worship leaders are welcomed for a special one-

day conference. Speakers: Geraldine Latty, an international worship leader, gospel singer and

speaker; Philip Jakob, a leading choirmaster and organist and member of the Iona Community.

The day includes a wide range of practical workshops covering everything from preaching to

youth worship, and is suitable for clergy, lay ministers, musicians, worship leaders, and

anyone who wants to grow in worship. The brochure / booking forms are available from

Catriona Gundlach catriona@southwell.anglican.org or Nick Harding

nick@southwell.anglican.org, and can be downloaded from the diocesan website.

Coffee Break Concerts at St Peter's, Nottingham 'Dichterliebe Schumann' - an unmissable

opportunity to hear this iconic song cycle performed by Richard Paterson, baritone and John

Gull, piano. Starts at 11am and lasts for one hour. Coffee & biscuits from 10.15am. Admission

by donation. www.nottinghamchurches.org

CMJ Celebration Day ‘Immanuel God with us The Glory of God’. 10.30am-5pm, coffee from

10am. Lunch available. St Helen’s Church, Burton Joyce. Including children’s programme.

Further details: email: robin.aldridge7@gmail.com/ 0115 965292, email: janem@cmj.org.uk/

07878184182, email: enquiries@cmj.org.uk/ 01623 883960.

Training day for puppeteers to be run by a team from ‘One Way Puppets’ who are very skilled

and highly entertaining. St Michael and All Angels, Bramcote £15 per delegate. More details

can be found at http://www.onewayuk.com/events.php

Quiz Night. 7.30pm, St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Farnsfield NG22 8JS.

Quiz Master Tony Walker. Teams of six. £6 a person including Supper. Bar available. Contact

Details: Ann Chadwick 01623 882386, Doreen Clarke 01623 882528.

Mansfield Model Railway Exhibition - A selection of layouts in various gauges, both steam &

diesel plus trade stands. St. Peter’s Church Hall, Church Side, Mansfield NG18 1AP. Saturday

1st: 10am–5pm, Sunday 2nd: 10am–4pm. Adults £3.50, Concessions £3, Children £1. Come

along and join us, there’s something for all the family. (All proceeds to St Peter’s Church and

local Scouts)

Southwell Rotary Club Concert - Inspire – A Celebration of Male Voice Choirs. Soloist Heidi

Grice. 7.30pm, Southwell Minster. Tickets: £15 from The Cathedral Shop can be booked by

telephone with a credit/debit card (Please note there is a £2 fee for this service). Tel: 01636

812933 or email: cathedralshop@hotmail.co.uk

‘Feeding the world in the future: Can we do it?’ Lecture by Professor Tim Benton. 7 for

7.30pm Southwell Minster. All welcome, admission free. Professor Benton will outline the

challenges for food security (providing enough food for all) and the difficulties of doing it on

less land, with less water and with climate change being a really potent force. He will discuss

that sustainable production is needed to protect future generations and that this is itself a

challenge and will end with discussion that for the most part the solution is for us to change

our eating habits and demand less and waste less. In essence he will discuss the quotation by

Professor Tim Lang: “the rich have to eat less, and differently, to allow the poor to eat more,

and differently”. Professor Tim Benton is the UK Champion for global food security.

Further details: Kathryn Anderson 01636 817284, email: marketing@southwellminster.org.uk

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Please note the deadline for the April 2014 issue of Nifty Notes is: 12th March 2014

What’s On. . . What’s On. . . What’s On. . . What’s On. . . What’s On.

Exploring aspects of

the current Lesbian,

Gay, Bisexual and

Transgender debate in

the Church of England

St Mary the Virgin & All

Souls Highbury Road

Bulwell NG6 9AD

Four Sessions:Each session will begin with tea

or coffee served from 2.30pm.

The talks will commence at 3pm

and will include a 15 minute

question and answer session at

the end.

Each session will end at 4pm.

Session 1: Sunday 9th

March 2014The History of the Church’s

relationship with the LGBT

community.

The Revd Dr Andrea Russell

Session 2: Sunday 16th

March 2014A Voice for Inclusion—including

same sex blessings/marriage

The Revd Michael Allen,

Changing Attitude

Session 3: Sunday 23rd

March 2014A Voice Expressing Caution —

opposing same-sex

blessings/marriage.

The Revd Andrew Symes,

Anglican Mainstream

Session 4: Sunday 30th

March 2014The Church of England's position

and what the future might hold.

The Venerable David Picken,

Archdeacon of Newark

Contact:

The Revd Andy Nicolls

The Rectory, Station Road,

Bulwell. NG96 9AA

0115 927 8468

stmarysbulwell@aol.com

Framework annual service of reflection, prayer and thanksgiving. 11am-12 noon, Southwell

Minster. Speakers, expected to include staff, current and former service users, will explain how

the organisation helps homeless and troubled young people to live independently in the future.

They will also seek to highlight its work outside of Nottinghamshire.20 An Ensemble from

Cantamus Girls Choir. 7.30pm, St Michael and All Angels Church, Farnsfield. Musical

Director : Ann Irons; Accompanist : Philip Robinson. Refreshments available. Tickets £12.

Contact Doreen Clarke 01623 882528.

Toccata and Fugue: An hour of Superb Music for the Organ. A programme covering seven

centuries, devised, introduced and performed by Michael Overbury (Organist at Worksop

Priory Church). 6.30pm, St Mary's Church, Carlton-on-Trent. Tickets £5 including

refreshments.

Key Stage 2 Time Travelling for schools at Southwell Minster.

Film Night - 7.30pm, St Michael's School, Farnsfield. £5, wine is available.

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12 March 14

Comings and Goings. . . Comings and Goings. . . Comings and Goings

The Reverend Jonathan Smithurst is Priest-in-Charge in the Attenborough Benefice with a licensing

date of 25 February 2014. In addition to this, Jonathan will also be Diocesan Ecumenical Officer (0.2). To

confirm the Diocesan Ecumenical Officer is a 0.2 Diocesan role in addition to the 0.5 Priest in Charge of

Attenborough.

The Revd Colin Wall, Priest in Charge of Tuxford with Weston and Markham Clinton in the Diocese of

Southwell & Nottingham to be House for Duty Priest in the Riverside Group of Parishes in the same

Diocese. Licensing date to be announced. This is subject to the completion of legalities and DBS clearance.

The Revd Liz Turner-Loisel, Vicar, Annesley with Newstead, in the Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham,

to become Vicar of St Lawrence, Hatfield and Area Dean of Snaith and Hatfield in the Diocese of

Sheffield. Licensing date to be announced.

The Revd Simon Cash has been made Area Dean in the Bassetlaw & Bawtry Deanery. He took up the

post on 3 January, succeeding the Revd Jonathan Smithhurst. Simon is Priest in Charge of St Anne’s,

Worksop, St Mary’s, Norton Cuckney & St Winifred’s, Holbeck but based in Worksop.

The Revd Phil R Smith, Assistant Curate, St Peter, Farndon, St Laurence, Thorpe, All Saints, Hawton and

St Michael, Cotham in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, to become Assistant Curate (part time,

SSM) of the East Trent Group in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. The licensing was on 12

January 2014 at Girton.

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unique to Southwell and Nottingham.”

The book helps to conclude the five-year Heritage Lottery Funded

project, which has researched the history every church. The

information is available at

http://southwellchurches.history.nottingham.ac.uk/_main/hindex.php

Copies of the full-colour, 300+ page book have been delivered to

every church via clergy and are available, thanks to the Heritage

Lottery funding, completely free of charge. Call in to your local

church if you would like a copy.

‘Feeding the

world in the

future:

Can we do it?’

Lecture by Professor

Tim Benton

Thursday 13th March

7 for 7.30pm

Southwell Minster

All welcome, admission free

Professor Benton will outline the

challenges for food security

(providing enough food for all)

and the difficulties of doing it on

less land, with less water and

with climate change being a

really potent force.

Further details:

Kathryn Anderson

01636 817284

email: marketing@

southwellminster.org.uk