Services This Week
Dear All,
Services this week are taking place in person or via livestream through our YouTube Channel. Please find gathering times and service sheet links below:
Friday 15 September
10.30am - BCP Holy Communion (Revd Dr Matthias Grebe)
Sunday 17 September / Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity
11am - Holy Communion
Sermon: ‘Crossing the Red Sea’
Service Sheet: Here
Other news:
Volunteer Rota: In addition to the sign-up sheet in church, we are making it easier to volunteer by attaching an online rota with the weekly email here. (N.B. There will be an initial delay before access is granted to the form, in order that only church members can see and edit it.) Please do consider if you are able to help out in any of the ways listed – we are particularly in need of regular volunteers to set-up tea and coffee and stay a little longer after each service to wash-up/leave away. If you have any queries please speak to Peter on Sunday. Many thanks!
Three-Part Series on the Book of Hebrews: At 5pm on Wednesdays 20 & 27 September, Judson Greene (PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Divinity) will be continuing his three-part lecture series on the Epistle to the Hebrews at St Edward’s:
Wednesday 20 September @ 5pm – ‘Jesus, Priest and Vicitm: Atonement in Hebrews’
Wednesday 27 September @ 5pm – ‘The Promised Land: Eschatological Earth in Hebrews’
All are welcome to attend!
Church Lunch on Sunday 1 October: After our service of dedication & harvest celebration at 11am, all are invited to a church-wide luncheon in the Jesus College orchard, accessed via the gate by 39 Lower Park St (Greenes’ address). In the case of inclement weather, we will eat in the church as usual. Pulled pork and buns will be provided. Please bring a side, salad, or dessert to share. A sign-up sheet is provided in the back of the church and online here. In case of any questions, please talk to, or message, Hosanna Greene.
Scriptorium: The Scriptorium at St Edward’s restarts on Tuesday 3 October. This is a structured prayer & study group for postgraduate students meeting on Tuesdays and Wednesdays weekly during University of Cambridge term-times. If you are interested in attending please contact the Church Administrator or visit our webpage for further details.
‘Suffering and the Problem of Evil’: On Friday 6 October at 4:30pm there will be a book launch in the Runcie Room, Cambridge Divinity Faculty of the T&T Clark Handbook of Suffering and the Problem of Evil, co-edited by our associate vicar, Matthias Grebe. The event will feature a panel discussion with of the book’s contributors: Ankur Barua, Stephen Plant, Simeon Zahl (Cambridge), and Mehrunisha Suleman (Oxford). Following the structured session, there will be light refreshments in the foyer. The event is open invitation and free but please speak to Matthias if you would like further details.
‘Wine, Soil and Salvation’: Also on Friday 6 October, but at 7.30pm, St Edward’s will host an evening of wine tasting and learning about wine in the Bible. Our vicar-chaplain, Mark Scarlata, is finishing the final edits of a book on the topic and will take you through the world of wine and Scripture. From the cup of salvation to the cup of wrath, we’ll be tasting six different wines with a break for food in between. Spots are limited to 30, so do sign-up (by emailing the church administrator), and especially bring a friend who might not come to church. Suggested donation for the evening is £10.
Giving: As always we are grateful for all of your gifts! Offerings may still be given during this time via a basket collection during live services, Standing Orders, or one time bank transfer, via BACS [SORT: 20-17-19 / ACCT #: 30851477 – “St Edwards Church Vestry Fund”]. There is now also a SumUp machine by the door of the church, for those of you who wish to give contactlessly: Simply power on, enter the amount you wish to give on the screen, and then tap your card.
Exciting Holiness (Thursday 14 September):
Holy Cross Day – The cross on which our Lord was crucified has become the universal symbol for Christianity, replacing the fish symbol of the early church, though the latter has been revived in recent times. After the end of the persecution era, early in the fourth century, pilgrims began to travel to Jerusalem to visit and pray at the places associated with the life of Jesus. Helena, the mother of the emperor, was a Christian and, whilst overseeing excavations in the city, is said to have uncovered a cross, which many believed to be the Cross of Christ. A basilica was built on the site of the Holy Sepulchre and dedicated on this day in the year 335.
Almighty God, who in the passion of your blessed Son made an instrument of painful death to be for us the means of life and peace: grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ that we may gladly suffer for his sake; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
