Due to popular demand the Ladies Lunchtime Meditations at Coventry Cathedral are now taking place monthly on the first Thursday of each month from 12.45-2.00pm in the Lecture Hall. The next one is on 4^5th February 2009.   Do bring your friends (and your lunch!) and enjoy a cup of tea with others, then an hour of guided peace and relaxation with God. Free, friendly and informal, this is ideal for all women, whatever age or background. For more information contact Zoe Bell on 024 7652 1223.

There are still a few twin rooms available on this pilgrimage. Accommodation is in Bishop’s House, an Episcopal retreat house on the island. Cost for the week £325, travel is extra. For further details contact Denise Hiscox on 024 7641 8157 or email denise@dhiscox.co.uk    (see attachment on the Coventry website) hhtp://www.Coventry.Anglican.org/news/surgeoftheseeflyers

 

Just a note from me to say farewell to you all in the Coventry diocese. I am to be Vicar of St Oswald’s, Fulford in the Diocese of York and will leave here late in February. I know there will be few opportunities to say goodbye to many friends and colleagues throughout the Diocese, so through Surge, I can say many thanks to you for your love and friendship over many years.   We value your prayers for this new phase, a move from rural to suburban ministry. I wonder if they play cricket in Yorkshire.

Lord (Robert) Winston will deliver the second Chaplaincy Lecture on Monday 2^nd February at 5.30pm in the Arts Centre Conference Room located in the Warwick Arts Centre. (YOU MUST REGISTER ON LINE. YOU WILL NOT BE ADMITTED TO THE LECTURE UNLESS YOU HAVE DONE SO) www.warwick.ac.uk/go/winstonregister Lord Winston will be addressing a topic on the broad theme of ‘Religion, medical ethics and public life’. Robert Winston is Professor Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College.

 

In addition to being a world leader in his area of scientific expertise, he is a well-known broadcaster and presenter on television and radio. He has written and presented many well-received programmes for BBC 1 including Making Babies (1996), The Human Body, Secret Life of Twins (1999), Superhuman, and Child of our Time (2000 and 2004).

 

Lord Winston has a Jewish background and has written and spoken widely on the relationship between faith and science. In particular, he has been critical of the way some of the so-called ‘new atheists’ (eg Professors Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett) have characterised both faith and the scientific enterprise and has emphasised the scientific community’s responsibility for encouraging public participation in debates over advances in science/medical technology (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/apr/25/evolution.religion

Refreshments will be served in the Chaplaincy afterwards.

 

Sarah Fagan is based in the Rugby area and is presently working 8 hours a week for a local Benefice, supporting the clergy by providing a wide range of administrative duties, including preparing newsletters, service sheets, parish records, accounts and many other parish duties.

 

Sarah would like to increase her availability and would be interested to hear from any parishes needing help with administration.

 

A full reference and a CRB check can be provided. She has her own transport and is willing to travel. Contact Sarah on 024 7654 5360 or email sarahfagan@supanet.com

 

Some time ago a group of Syrian Orthodox Christians, originally from the borders of Turkey and Syria, made their home in the ‘little town of Bethlehem. 

 

For many years the Community dreamed of a school of their own where their traditions and especially where the Aramaic language could be spoken. In 2000, a group of pilgrims from the Coventry Diocese visited this Community in Bethlehem and witnessed the plight of the children. They were so moved on their return that SOCS was established to raise funds to help the Community’s dream. The first intake of children took place in September 2003 with just 15 children of kindergarten age. 

 

If you would like to make a donation to support the Mar Ephraim School, please send a cheque payable to ‘Coventry Cathedral International Account (Bethlehem School’ and send it to Mr John Radford, 22 Sunningdale Avenue, Kenilworth CV8 2BZ. Tel: 01926 854475 (See attachment on the Coventry website) hhtp://www.Coventry.Anglican.org/news/surgeoftheseeflyers

Mothering Sunday is fast approaching and if you are looking for cards and gifts to recommend to friends and congregations which will really make a difference, check out the Mothers’Union website!

 

The Make a Mothers’ Day appeal is in its third year, and offers a range of alternative gifts which enables Mothers’ Union work to improve the lives of mothers and carers, and through them, families and communities. Catalogues can be obtained from the Mothers’ Union office in Coventry 024 7652 1350 or email mu.cov@covcofe.org or direct from marketing@themothersunion.org   Gifts can also be purchased in memory of a mother.

 

MU Enterprises also stocks a range of gifts and cards for Mothering Sunday   These include colouring cards, a bookmark, a candle and a book of craft ideas for mums. All profits from sales directly benefit the work of Mothers’Union. The enterprise website is http://shop.muenterprises.co.uk and click on the Mothering Sunday tab.

Kingdom Coffee Limited is a wholesale coffee and tea company who supply coffee, tea and sugar and associated products.

 

One aspect of their business is the supply of Fairtrade and ethical products to churches across the country.

 

You can find out more about the company on their website www.kingdomcoffee.co.uk or if you require further information on their church package contact Helen Lumb, Kingdom Coffee Ltd, Unit 1, 17 Boulton Road, Reading, Berkshire RG2 0HN Tel: 0118 986 8786 or email info@kingdomcoffee.co.uk

 

This exhibition is being held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 23^rd October 2008 to 22^nd March 2009. This is the first exhibition on Byzantium art in this country for 50 years and some exhibits have never been seen in the U.K. before. For further details contact Maria Salvatierra, Marketing Officer 020 7300 5729 or email maria.salvatierra@royalacademy.org.uk

 

Mr Trevor Wellings who is Churchwarden at Arrow has a new email address weethley@btinternet.com

 

Barbara Rushton who was Treasurer of St Francis Radford has died.

 

John Armstrong has a new email address revarmstrong@gmail.com

 

The Revd David Mayhew is now the new Incumbent of Coventry Holy Trinity. His address is 4 Bishop’s Walk, Coventry CV5 6RE      The phone number which is in the directory, please delete so for the time being please use the parish office number 024 7622 0418 email vicar@holytrinitycoventry.org.uk