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Saturday 1st October

Diocesan Autumn Synod at St Ninian's Church, Dundee (DD4 7RW). Coffee from 9.00 am, Eucharist at 9.30 am, proceedings expected to finish by 1.30 pm - please bring a packed lunch. The Synod will focus on environmental issues and is open to everyone who would like to come. Full details here

The Cathedral will be closed to visitors on Saturday 1st October.

Sunday 2nd October - the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost: Harvest Festival

10.30 am Cathedral Eucharist
The preacher is the Provost.
Harvest gifts are very welcome, and will be donated to FareShare Dundee. The most helpful items to bring are tinned and dried foods, rice, and pasta.

Following the Cathedral Eucharist there will be a bring-and-share lunch.

Livestreamed here

Liturgy can be downloaded from here
Monday - Thursday 

8.30 am Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer is livestreamed on the Cathedral's Facebook page. You can join live online, or in person in the Cathedral, or catch up online later in the day. The order for Morning Prayer is on the Scottish Episcopal Church website and is updated daily. About twenty minutes: a psalm, a couple of readings, some silence, prayers for the day. Morning Prayer uses the Cathedral Prayer Diary for October
Thursday 6th October
1.00 pm Midweek Eucharist
Friday 7th October
1.00 - 1.45 pm Lunchtime Concert: David Mowle, piano
Sunday 9th October
10.30 am Cathedral Eucharist

6.30 pm Choral Evensong commemorating Bishop Alexander Penrose Forbes

The preacher will be the Very Revd Margi Campbell, Provost of Oban.

News and Notes

THANK YOU

Thank you to everyone who helped over a very busy weekend, with Doors Opens Day on Saturday 24th September, Climate Sunday and the Thanksgiving Service for the late Qeen on Sunday 25th September. All three of these very different events went well with a great deal of appreciative comment and feedback, and also with a great deal of work both behind and in front of the scenes from the staff and volunteers who were involved. Thank you. 


HARVEST FESTIVAL, SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER

  • Harvest gifts will go to FareShare: please bring non-perishable foods
  • The Great Cathedral Jam and Chutney Sale will take place after the Cathedral Eucharist (proceeds to FareShare)...
  • ... together with a bring-and-share lunch. Can you bring a contribution? (Otherwise the lunch may consist entirely of jam and chutney.) Can you volunteer to help set up the hall, serve food, or clear away afterwards? Volunteers needed! If you can help, please let the Provost know, on provost@saintpaulscathedral.net.
  • At the lunch there will be a collection plate for the Diocese of Swaziland. If you can't be there and would like to contribute, there'll be an opportunity to do so on the following Sunday after the service. 

SATURDAY OPENING

The Cathedral will be closed to visitors on Saturday 1st October. No volunteers are available to staff it. 
Normally the Cathedral opens for a couple of hours on Saturdays, from 2.00 to 4.00 pm. Staffing it just means being available in the building, to keep an eye on things and in case visitors have questions. 
There are now good resources for visitors, including a walk-round guide, and we had 175 people comign through the doors on Doors Open Day. We're the only church that's regularly open for visitors in the city centre. It would be very good if we were able to be open regularly on Saturdays and usually we can, thanks to a small team of volunteers. But we do need more volunteers. Could you help? Contact Bob at treasurer@saintpaulscathedral.net

FAITH IN OLDER PEOPLE - MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOP

Dr Gill Yellowlees is offering a zoom workshop about mental illness in older people, including how people can respond and offer support as individuals and in specific pastoral care settings.
The workshop is online on zoom, on  Tuesday 11 October from 13:30-16:30
There is a registration fee of £30, but concessionary places are available, for which you should email info@fiop.org.uk.
Find out more information and sign up here


TOTAL RECALL MEMORIES CHOIR CONCERT

The Total Recall Memories Choir is a singing group for people struggling with memory loss. Come and join them for their Autumn concert at 6.30 pm on Saturday the 15th of October in the Cathedral.

Brechin Bulletin 

The newsletter of the Diocese of Brechin: Brechin Bulletin 29th September 2022
with a report of the Cathedral Thanksgiving Service for the late Queen on Sunday 25th September

Inspires Online

The monthly newsletter of the Scottish Episcopal Church: Inspires Online September 2022

Resources

DATES FOR THE DIARY

Sunday 9 October Bishop Forbes Evensong
Wednesday 2 November All Souls Day
Sunday 13 November Remembrance Sunday
Sunday 27th November Advent Sunday

HARVEST GIFTS

Harvest gifts, together with donations for tea and coffee last Sunday, will go to FareShare Dundee. FareShare collects surplus quality food from local suppliers and retailers. The food, which would otherwise end up in landfill, is 'fit for purpose' but surplus due to packaging errors, over-production or being close to the end of its shelf life. FareShare redistributes the food - including fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy products - free of charge to community organisations providing residential and day services for disadvantaged groups of people in Dundee, Perth & Kinross and Angus. 

FLOWERS


Thank you to the team who have contributed and arranged flowers for Harvest. There's a beautiful autumnal display in the Cathedral. 

After this, the flower team will step back; they're a small team and they all have many calls on their time. There will still be flowers, but less regularly. If you are someone who could provide a flower display from time to time, you would be very welcome to do that. Please contact admin@saintspaulscathedral.net first, so that we can avoid duplication and make arrangements about access, watering and clearing away. 
 
Support for Refugees: due to unsteady numbers we have decided to pause our drop in. However there are many ways in which you can offer support to the refugee community who are living in Dundee. 
Broughty Ferry Baptist Church are often looking for donations of clothes, foodstuffs and toys to support this community. For a current list of things they need and more information on how to donate have a look at their Facebook page.

BEGINNING & BECOMING: the Apostles’ Creed

A series of discussions on the Christian faith, based on the book The Apostles' Creed by Ben Myers (2018).

Do you want to find out more about what Christians believe, ask questions, or take a fresh look? Are you thinking about being baptised or confirmed? Come along - all welcome. Sessions are on Wednesday evenings. The next session is on the 5th of October, 7.00 - 8.00 pm, at St Paul’s Cathedral and online via Zoom.

More details and dates: 
BeginningAndBecoming.eventbrite.co.uk

FIRST AIDERS

Are you an up-to-date First Aider? Would you be willing to be on the welcomers' list of First Aiders, as someone who could help in an emergency during a Sunday service? If so, please let the Provost know or email admin@saintpaulscathedral.net. 
CHORAL SCHOLARSHIPS

For this choir year, the Cathedral is once again offering choral scholarships. These are a great opportunity for both children and students, so do share this information far and wide. Application forms can be found here. There are also application forms at the back of the church. Click on the flyers below for larger versions.
The 50 Club

One way you can support the choral scholarship scheme is by joining the 50 club.

It's a club of 50 people that commit to contributing £5 every month for a period of one year, and each month, one lucky member wins £50, with the rest of the money going to the choral scholarship fund. The amount of money raised can support up to 4 choral scholars for the year, and many of our existing choir members have benefited from the scheme.

If you'd like to get involved, pick up a 50 club booklet from the back desk in the cathedral. It contains all the information you need to get started.
If you weren't able to be at the Thanksgiving Service on Sunday 25th September, you can catch up with the Lord Lyon's reflections here.

Readings this Sunday

Readings this Sunday, 2nd October, are for Harvest Festival: Deuteronomy 26.1-11, Philippians 4.4-9, John 6.25-35

Notes on the readings have made way for the Lord Lyon this week and will be back next week.

EJT

Readings next Sunday, 9th October, are for Pentecost 18: 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15a, 2 Timothy 2:8-15, Luke 17:11-19

God, in whom all things are possible,
you crown the year with your goodness
and give us the fruits of the earth in their season:
grant that we may use them to your glory,
so that none may hunger, none may thirst,
and all may cherish the gifts of your creation,
through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

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Rector & Provost: the Very Revd Dr Elizabeth Thomson

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