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 22 September
10.30am - BCP Holy Communion (Revd Dr Matthias Grebe)
Sunday 24 September / Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity
11am - Holy Communion
Sermon: ‘Life in God’s Vineyard’
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 Wednesday 27 September, Judson Greene (PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Divinity) will be concluding his three-part lecture series on the Epistle to the Hebrews at St Edward’s:
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 21 September):
Matthew appears in the list of the twelve apostles of Jesus and, according to the gospel written under his name, was a tax-collector. Mark and Luke called the tax-collector Levi, and it has been assumed that they are one and the same. This occupation was despised by his fellow Jews as a betrayal to the occupying Roman force but Christ showed that judging by outward appearance was not what he was about. He ate with Matthew and with his friends, scandalizing those around him. Matthew followed at his call and this was enough for Jesus, for he had drawn someone back to God. He was forgiven, therefore he was acceptable, therefore he was received.
O Almighty God, whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector to be an apostle and evangelist: give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain and the possessive love of riches that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
