Hugo van der Goes. (1450s). The Lamentation. [Oil on panel]. Hermitage Museum, 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.
Friday 23 October
10:30pm — BCP Holy Communion (Revd Dr Mark Scarlata)
Sunday 25 October
11.00pm — Holy Communion
Sermon: ‘Be holy as the LORD your God is holy’ (Revd Dr Mark Scarlata)
Service Sheet: Here
Other notices:
Daylight Savings: A reminder that this Sunday (25 October) marks the end of British Summer Time (also known as Daylight Savings) and clocks will move backward an hour.
StED Talks — 2026 Michaelmas Term Card
StED Talks are series of presentations to engage theologically with experts on topics related to the life of the church and the academy. We invite you to join us at St Edward’s for the following talks which will begin at 5pm followed by time for Q&A. Wine and nibbles will be served afterward. These are free events, but ticketed through Eventbrite (for catering purposes). Please follow us on social media to access tickets to each talk or sign up to receive email updates at : www.stedwardscambridge.co.uk
28 October, 5:00pm — Prof. Aaron Koller
‘On the Nature of Humanity in Biblical thought: The Garden of Eden in the Modern World.’
University of Cambridge, Regius Professor of Hebrew.
18 November, 5:00pm — Prof. Ben Quash
’Anglican Aesthetics: Do They Exist?’
University of Cambridge, Regius Professor of Divinity
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.
Autumn Song
by Dante Gabriel Rosetti
Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the heart feels a languid grief
Laid on it for a covering,
And how sleep seems a goodly thing
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf?
And how the swift beat of the brain
Falters because it is in vain,
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf
Knowest thou not? and how the chief
Of joys seems—not to suffer pain?
Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the soul feels like a dried sheaf
Bound up at length for harvesting,
And how death seems a comely thing
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf?
Exciting Holiness — St Luke
Luke was a dear friend of the apostle Paul, and is mentioned by him three times in his Letters. Paul describes him as ‘the beloved physician’ and, in his second Letter to Timothy, as his only companion in prison. He is believed to be the author of two books of the New Testament, firstly the gospel which stands in his name and also the Acts of the Apostles. Luke’s narrative of the life of Christ has a pictorial quality and shows the sequential pattern from the nativity through to the death and resurrection. The developed sense of theology that comes over in Paul’s writings is virtually unknown in those of Luke but, as a Gentile, Luke makes clear that the good news of salvation is for all, regardless of gender, social position or nationality.
God, the giver of life, whose Holy Spirit wells up within your Church: by the Spirit’s gifts equip us to live the gospel of Christ and make us eager to do your will, that we may share with the whole creation the joys of eternal life; 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.
