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

Rembrandt. (1637). *Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard*. [Oil on panel]. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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.

Sunday 4 October
11.00pm — Holy Communion
Sermon: ‘Knowing Christ in His Suffering’ (Revd Dr Matthias Grebe)
Service Sheet: Here

Other notices:

Cambridge Scriptorium: Scriptorium is a place for postgraduate students to study within a structured framework of prayer, fellowship, and discussion. Scriptorium meets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during term from 9am-4:30pm throughout the term. Feel free to come and go throughout the day as your schedule permits. If you’d like to join, please contact Peter Elliott at peter.elliott@trinityforumeurope.com.

Ladies of St Eds: All women of St Edward’s church are invited to share in midweek study, fellowship, and prayer. The group meets every other Tuesday (next meeting 13 October) for a study of The Messianic Torah, a resource from the Bible Project exploring Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. For more details, please speak to Elizabeth or email: elizabeth.bristol.18@gmail.com

Men’s Prayer Group: The men’s group meets every Tuesday at 7pm at St Edward’s for BCP Evening Prayer followed by discussion at the pub. All are welcome to attend.

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 — George Bell

Born in 1881, George Bell was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. After serving a curacy and then spending a short time back at Oxford as a don, Bell was domestic chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury and then Dean of Canterbury before being made Bishop of Chichester in 1929. He was interested in all forms of Christian social work and was in the forefront of moves towards Christian Unity, advocating co-operation of all Christian denominations in international and social action. He had many friends in Germany, especially members of the German Confessional Church, and spoke out in their support when they were finding themselves in conflict with the Nazi state. During the Second World War, he spoke in the House of Lords against the indiscriminate bombing of German towns and strongly condemned some of the actions of the Allies; this preparedness to speak the truth as he saw it may have prevented him from attaining the highest office in the Church of England. He died on this day in 1958.

Almighty God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you: pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself, and so bring us at last to your heavenly city where we shall see you face to face; 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.