William George Rich (1884). The Parable of the Talents. [Oil on canvas]. The Maas Gallery, London.
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 15 November
11.00pm — Holy Communion
Sermon: ‘The Parable of the Talents’ (Revd Dr Matthias Grebe)
Service Sheet: Here
Other notices:
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
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.
Exciting Holiness — Samuel Seabury
Samuel Seabury was born in Connecticut in 1729 and, after graduating from Yale, was ordained priest in England and assigned by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to a church in New Brunswick, in New Jersey. During the American War of Independence, he remained loyal to the British Crown, serving as a chaplain in the British army. After the War, at a secret meeting of the clergy in Connecticut, Samuel was chosen to seek consecration as bishop but, after a year of fruitless negotiation with the Church of England, he was ordained bishop by the non-juring bishops in the Scottish Episcopal Church on this day in 1784. Returning to America, he held his first Convention in Connecticut the following August and the first n Convention of the American Episcopal Church in 1789. There, they adopted a version of the Scottish eucharistic rite and a similar name to the Church which had proved itself their friend. Samuel died on 25 February 1796.
Dancing in the Cathedral
Luci Shaw
The bell-ringers rise and
fall with the weight of their bells,
holding on for dear life to the pulls,
the ropes rough in their hands,
the young ones lifted up, up
from the belfry floor like
adolescent angels treading air,
as if so caught up in those
peals of sound–each of them in turn
answering the plea of ponderous metal–
they feel like feathers in a wind.
Consecrated, cassocked, gathered
for this task of intricate rhythm-ing,
they learn to weave their way through
the ring-patterns like pigeons to
the dovecote over the cadences
of distance. Even a mile away we
ourselves sway like bells, snared
by the tolling, its cords of holy dance.
Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the King of all: govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin, to be subject to his just and gentle rule; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
