Services This Week — St. Edward's Church, Cambridge

Henry Ossawa Tanner (1902-1908). *Study for Moses and the Burning Bush.* [Oil on canvas]. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Dear All,

Please join us for services this week, which are taking place in person or via livestream through our YouTube Channel. You can find gathering times and service sheet links below.

Friday 28 August
10:30am — BCP Holy Communion (Revd Dr Mark Scarlata)

Sunday 30 August
11.00pm — Holy Communion
Sermon: ‘I Am Who I Am’ (Revd Dr Matthias Grebe)
Service Sheet: Here

Other notices:

Giving: We are grateful for all of your gifts! Offerings may be made via BACS (Sort: 20-17-19 / Acc. No.: 30851477 / Acc. Name: St Edwards Church), for standing orders, or the SumUp machine on the table by the door, for contactless giving. There is also a wall-mounted deposit box by the door for cash and/or cheques.

Exciting Holiness — St Augustine of Hippo

Augustine was born in North Africa in 354. His career as an orator and rhetorician led him from Carthage to Rome, and from there to Milan where the Imperial court at that time resided. By temperament, he was passionate and sensual, and as a young man he rejected Christianity. Gradually, however, under the influence first of Monica, his mother, and then of Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Augustine began to look afresh at the Scriptures. He was baptized by Ambrose at the Easter Vigil in 387. Not long after returning to North Africa he was ordained priest, and then became Bishop of Hippo. It is difficult to overestimate the influence of Augustine on the subsequent development of European thought. A huge body of his sermons and writings has been preserved, through all of which runs the theme of the sovereignty of the grace of God. He died in the year 430.

Merciful Lord, who turned Augustine from his sins to be a faithful bishop and teacher: grant that we may follow him in penitence and discipline till our restless hearts find their rest in you; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.