Ely Diocesan Prayers November 30

Landbeach All Saints

P.I.C.: Lucy Cleland

Associate Minister: Pam Thorn

Rtd Priest: Canon Brian Macdonald Milne

LLMs: Paul Cooper; Trevor Thorn; Ray Gambell

Thanks for the strength of our monthly Family Service and monthly Coffee Morning. Prayers for our journey from “The Marks of a Healthy Church” to Mission Action Planning.

Kinkizi (Uganda) – The Rt Revd John Ntegyereize

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Ely Diocesan Prayers November 29

Waterbeach St John

P.I.C.: Lucy Cleland

Associate Minister: Pam Thorn

Rtd Priest: Canon Brian Macdonald Milne

LLMs: Paul Cooper; Trevor Thorn; Ray Gambell

Thanks for the ministry of our Parish Administrator, Rachael Spittehouse. Prayers for our journey from “The Marks of a Healthy Church” to Mission Action Planning.

Kindu (Congo) – The Rt Revd Zacharie Masimango Katanda

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Chippenham Candlelit Christmas Market

Come to Chippenham Candlelit Christmas Market on 3rd December from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm. at St Margaret’s Church, Chippenham.

Many fabulous stalls for all your gift requirements. Refreshments – hot dogs, mince pies, mulled wine and hot chocolate.

Entry is Free!!

Bring your friends!

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Confirmation at Hartford – video footage

If you follow this link to the All Saints Hartford website you’ll find a short video of the end of the Confirmation service that I led recently – a very moving experience in both senses of the word: http://www.allsaintshartford.org.uk

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Greater Cambridge Partnership News

Issue 23 / November 2010

Green Light for GCGP LEP

The Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership (GCGP LEP) was proposed to central government on 6^th September. This proposal was approved on 28^th October, one of only 24 LEPs given the green light in the first round of proposals.

read more …

Broadband to Expand in Greater Cambridge
BT have announced extensive plans to upgrade the fibre broadband network in the Greater Cambridge area. read more …

 

Time is Running Out to Apply for Grants
The CPGF programme gives grants to help fund business improvements. Projects must be agreed with Business Link East (BLE), but the closing date for applications is 31^st December 2010. read more …

Inspiration for Growth
Businesses based within Cambridgeshire have the opportunity to gain support focused on the needs of potential high growth Businesses. read more …

Free training and advice on winning contracts
Being selected to tender and /or winning a contract can add to an organisation’s pipeline of new business opportunities.read more …

Employer Training Needs Clarified
Trainagain has been working with the Greater Cambridge Partnership to build up a picture of local training needs in key sectors. read more …

Getting British Business Online
A new service is being offered to small businesses to get them online via a free website to reach new customers. read more …

Investing in Communities
In a challenging and uncertain environment for many, the Cambridgeshire IiC programme is performing well.read more …

 

Talk to us

The Greater Cambridge Partnership executive team can help with any specific enquiries about the GCP. If you would like information on anything relating to economic development in the Greater Cambridge area, please get in touch and we will help you or point you in the right direction.

Call us on 01223 717310 or email us

Greater Cambridge Partnership
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Porvoo Prayer Diary 2011

JANUARY

• 2/1 – Oulu (Bishop Samuel Salmi), Coventry (Bishop Chris Cocksworth, Bishop John Stroyan)
• 9/1 – Tampere (Bishop Matti Repo), Manchester (Bishop Nigel McCulloch, Bishop Chris Edmondson, Bishop Mark Davies)
• 16/1 – Birmingham (Bishop David Urquhart, Bishop Andrew Watson), Cork Cloyne and Ross (Bishop Paul Colton), Elsinore (Bishop Lise-Lotte Rebel)
• 23/1 – Bangor (Bishop Andrew John), Dublin and Glendalough (Archbishop John Neill retiring in January 2011)
• 30/1 – Worcester (Bishop John Inge, Bishop David Walker), Hamar (Bishop Solveig Fiske)

FEBRUARY

• 6/2 - Bradford (vacancy), Limerick and Killaloe (Bishop Trevor Williams), Roskilde (Bishop Peter Fischer-Moeller)
• 13/2 – Peterborough (Bishop Donald Allister, vacancy), Meath and Kildare (Bishop Richard Clarke)
• 20/2 – Canterbury (Archbishop Rowan Willliams, Bishop Trevor Willmott, vacancy), Karlstad (Bishop Esbjorn Hagberg)
• 27/2 – Chelmsford (Bishop Stephen Cotterell, Bishop David Hawkins, Bishop Laurie Green, Bishop Christopher Morgan), Copenhagen (Bishop Peter Skov-Jakobsen)

MARCH

• 6/3 – Latvia (Archbishop Janis Vanags), Lichfield (Bishop Jonathan Gledhill, Bishop Mark Rylands, Bishop Geoff Annas, Bishop Clive Gregory), St Davids (Bishop Wyn Evans)
• 13/3 – Lund (Bishop Antje Jackelén), Cashel and Ossory (Bishop Michael Burrows)
• 20/3 – Lincoln (Bishop John Saxbee retiring early 2011, Bishop David Rossdale, Bishop Timothy Ellis), Armagh (Archbishop Alan Harper), Funen (Bishop Kresten Drejergaard)
• 27/3 – Uppsala (Archbishop Anders Wejryd, Bishop Ragnar Persenius), Llandaff (Archbishop Barry Morgan)

APRIL

• 3/4 – Derby (Bishop Alastair Redfern, Bishop Humphrey Southern), Clogher (Bishop Michael Jackson), Aalborg (Bishop Henning Toft Bro)
• 10/4 – Blackburn (Bishop Nicholas Reade, Bishop Geoffrey Pearson, Bishop John Goddard), Brechin (vacancy), The Lutheran Church in Great Britain (Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grinberga)
• 17/4 – Gothenburg (Bishop Carl Axel Aurelius retiring in autumn 2011), Glasgow and Galloway (Bishop Gregor Duncan)
• 24/4 – Southwark (Bishop Christopher Chessun, Bishop Nicholas Baines, Bishop Richard Cheetham, vacancy), Björgvin (Bishop Halvor Nordhaug)

MAY

• 1/5 – Gloucester (Bishop Michael Perham, Bishop John Went), Västerås (Bishop Thomas Söderberg)
• 8/5 – Guildford (Bishop Christopher Hill, Bishop Ian Brackley), Visby (Bishop Lennart Koskinen retiring in March 2011), Viborg (Bishop Karsten Nissen)
• 15/5 – Exeter (Bishop Michael Langrish, Bishop Robert Evens, Bishop John Ford, Nord-Hålogaland (Bishop Per Oskar Kjoelaas)
• 22/5 – Hereford (Bishop Anthony Priddis, Bishop Alistair Magowan), The Lusitanian Church, Portugal (Bishop Fernando da Luz Soares), The Latvian Church Abroad (Archbishop Elmars Rozitis)
• 29/5 – Iceland (Bishop Karl Sigurbjornsson, Bishop Sigurdur Sigurdarson, Bishop Jon Baldvinsson), The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church (Bishop Carlos Lopez Lozano)

JUNE

• 5/6 – Chichester (Bishop John Hind, Bishop Wallace Benn, Bishop Mark Sowerby), Mikkeli (Bishop Seppo Häkkinen)
• 12/6 – Linköping (Bishop Martin Lind retiring in March 2011, new bishop Martin Modéus), Argyll and the Isles (Bishop Kevin Pearson), Connor (Bishop Alan Abernethy)
• 19/6 – Diocese in Europe (Bishop Geoffrey Rowell, Bishop David Hamid), Down and Dromore (Bishop Harold Miller)
• 26/6 – Ely (Bishop Stephen Conway from March 2011, Bishop David Thomson), Härnösand (Bishop Tuulikki Koivunen Bylund), Lolland-Falster (Bishop Steen Skovsgaard)

JULY

• 3/7 – Saint Albans (Bishop Alan Smith, Bishop Richard Inwood, vacancy), Soer-Hålogaland (Bodoe) (Bishop Tor Berger Joergensen)
• 10/7 – Newcastle (Bishop Martin Wharton, Bishop Frank White), Moere (Molde) (Bishop Ingeborg Midttoemme)
• 17/7 – Skara (Bishop Erik Aurelius), Wakefield (Bishop Stephen Platten, Bishop Anthony Robinson)
• 24/7 – Lithuania (Bishop Mindaugas Sabutis), Derry and Raphoe (Bishop Kenneth Good)
• 31/7 -Bristol (Bishop Michael Hill, Bishop Lee Rayfield), Helsinki (Bishop Irja Askola)

AUGUST

• 7/8 – Portsmouth (Bishop Christopher Foster), Stockholm (Bishop Eva Brunne)
• 14/8 – Ripon and Leeds (Bishop John Packer, Bishop James Bell), Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh (Bishop Kenneth Clarke), Aarhus (Bishop Kjeld Holm)
• 21/8 – Turku (Archbishop Kari Mäkinen, Bishop Kaarlo Kalliala), Edinburgh (Bishop Brian Smith)
• 28/8 – York (Archbishop John Sentamu, Bishop Richard Frith, Bishop Martin Wallace, Bishop Martin Warner), Espoo (Bishop Mikko Heikka)

SEPTEMBER

• 4/9 – Salisbury (Vacancy, Bishop Stephen Conway until February 2011, Bishop Graham Kings), St Asaph (Bishop Gregory Cameron), Ribe (Bishop Elisabeth Dons Christensen)
• 11/9 – Tuam Killala and Achonry (Bishop Richard Henderson), Bath and Wells (Bishop Peter Price, Bishop Peter Maurice)
• 18/9 – Sheffield (Bishop Steven Croft, Bishop Cyril Ashton), Sodor and Man (Bishop Robert Paterson)
• 25/9 – Swansea and Brecon (Bishop John Davies), Leicester (Bishop Tim Stevens)

OCTOBER

• 2/10 – Liverpool (Bishop James Jones, Bishop Richard Balckburn), Monmouth (Bishop Dominic Walker), Haderslev (Bishop Niels Henrik Arendt)
• 9/10 – Nidaros (Bishop Tor Singsaas), London (Bishop Richard Chartres, Bishop Stephen Oliver, Bishop Peter Wheatley, Bishop Pete Broadbent, Bishop Paul Williams, vacancy)
• 16/10 – Truro (Bishop Tim Thornton, Bishop Royden Screech), Tönsberg (Bishop Laila Riksaasen Dahl), Strängnäs (Bishop Hans-Erik Nordin)
• 23/10 – Växjö (Bishop Jan-Olof Johansson), Oxford (Bishop John Pritchard, vacancy, Bishop Colin Fletcher, Bishop Alan Wilson)
• 30/10 – Carlisle (Bishop James Newcome, vacancy), Stavanger (Bishop Erling Pettersen)

NOVEMBER

• 6/11 – Winchester (Bishop Michael Scott-Joynt retiring May 2011, Bishop Peter Hancock, Bishop Jonathan Frost), Agder and Telemark (Bishop Olav Skjevesland)
• 13/11 – Norwich (Bishop Graham James, Bishop Alan Winton, vacancy), Luleå (Bishop Hans Stiglund)
• 20/11 – Estonia (Archbishop Andres Pöder, Bishop Einar Soone, Bishop Andres Taul), Rochester (Bishop James Langstaff, Bishop Brian Castle)
• 27/11 – St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (Bishop Nigel Stock, Bishop Clive Young), Lapua (Bishop Simo Peura), Aberdeen and Orkney (Bishop Robert Gillies), Greenland (Bishop Sofie Petersen)

DECEMBER

• 4/12 – St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane (Bishop David Chillingworth, primus), Porvoo (Bishop Björn Vikström)
• 11/12 – Chester (Bishop Peter Forster, Bishop Keith Sinclair, Bishop Robert Atwell), Kuopio (Bishop Wille Riekkinen)
• 18/12 – Southwell and Nottingham (Bishop Paul Butler, Bishop Anthony Porter), Borg (Bishop Helga Haugland Byfuglien, presiding bishop)
• 25/12 – Oslo (Bishop Ole Christian Kvarme), Durham (vacancy, Bishop Mark Bryant), Moray Ross and Caithness (Bishop Mark Strange)

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Strong Words from LICC

Connecting with Culture

Strong Words

An inappropriate comment at an inappropriate moment has had major repercussions for a number of people over the last few weeks.

Lord Young was given the push for remarking that ‘we’d never had it so good’. The Bishop of Willesden’s Facebook comments have precipitated his withdrawal from public ministry for the time being. Meanwhile, in Japan, justice minister Minoru Yanagida was forced to step down for joking that he only had to remember two phrases in parliament when stuck for an answer. Careless words cost jobs.
Indeed, in today’s cultural climate, saying what is deemed to be the wrong thing seems almost to have become less tolerable than doing the wrong thing. Casting back a few months, the memorable failure of Gordon Brown’s election campaign came from his offhand comments about Gillian Duffy; nothing to do with his activities in office. Despite popular wisdom, it seems words still speak louder than actions.
Perhaps, to a degree, Christians should be encouraged that even in an image-obsessed culture, words are still deemed powerful. Yet should it surprise us that words are often more provocative than actions? From the very birth of the church, we see that people are happy enough with Christians, until they open their mouths. In Acts 4, when Peter and John are arrested and brought before the Sanhedrin, the one thing they are told not to do is speak the name of Jesus. The words of the apostles are considerably more controversial and disruptive than the acts of the apostles.
The reminder that words are still potent in our culture should confirm that proclaiming the lordship of Christ, speaking the name of Jesus remain crucial, if costly, acts in our connecting with culture. The quote, ‘Preach the gospel at all times. Use words if necessary,’ somewhat dubiously attributed to St Francis of Assisi, has been much circulated in recent years. However, no matter what the circumstances, the call to speak the name of Jesus remains. No matter the good will generated by good deeds, proclaiming the name of Jesus remains a provocative, ‘inappropriate’ act. It is necessary that we do not confuse our ministry with our testimony. Our ministry should make our testimony more eloquent, not irrelevant.

Author: Ben Care

Forthcoming LICC Events

LICC Lunchtime Lectures – Standing in God’s Grace (December 1). Antony Billington delivers the final of a six-lecture lunchtime series at LICC… more..

Missed ‘Measuring Performance: Making the Most of it’? Download the audio recording here more..

Catch up on ‘Gospel Shaped Discipleship’, Antony Billington’s lunchtime lecture series more..

Not yet seen ‘The Great Divide’? Take a look… more
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Cambridge People at Work Chaplaincy News

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Ely Schools Bulletin

Full version as usual on the diocesan website http://www.ely.anglican.org/education/schools/schools_bulletin.html

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Eric Pickles saves Christmas

Archbishop Cranmer is surprisingly well and writing a very influential Tory/Christian blog which has just carried this wonderful headline.  Mr Pickles says in his wonderfully robust way that ”We should actively celebrate the Christian basis of Christmas, and not allow politically correct Grinches to marginalise Christianity and the importance of the birth of Christ.”

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