Minster Lifeline 46

REV. LOUISE writes:

Last week’s Lifeline briefly mentioned that I would like to get people involved in prayer and the following is how I suggest we do this together.

24 HOURS OF PRAYER

1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 

This New Year we would like to set aside 24 hours to pray for the life of Hull Minster, and the community and world in which we find ourselves.  

For 24 hours, we will be invited to take part in whatever way we would like, and for as much time as we can: there will be opportunities to join in with morning, midday, evening, and night prayer. Also, a space will be set aside for prayer in the Broadley chapel, with some stations to help us to pray throughout that time. Alongside this, there will be the opportunity of joining in on zoom throughout the 24 hours, but this may be helpful particularly through the night hours when it is difficult to physically get to the Minster, or for those who for whatever reason find it hard to get there.  

We are hoping that this will be an amazing opportunity for us to come together and to bring to God in prayer the many things we are thankful for: for all that has happened in the last year, for the many people who make up this place and make it what it is; for the history of this Church as being a centre for Christian worship over the centuries, and for the new people God is bringing to join with us now; for the building work which has been completed and for the new staff and cafe which has started so well; for the things which have happened in our own lives which we are grateful for, and for the people which God has placed around us to encourage and support us.  

There will also be the opportunity to pray for the things in our own lives and the life of the Minster which seem like a challenge as we enter this New Year and seek to move forward into the future God is calling us to; we can pray for a deepening in our life of worship together; for our interactions with one another and with those coming into the Minster, that we would always share the love that we have in Christ and minister in His name; for the use of the resources that we have been given and that God would give us the resources both financially, physically and spiritually that we need for the coming year; for the needs of the community in our Parish, the needs of this country and the needs that there are across the world at this time; and that God would cause us to grow in terms of both numbers and in the depth of our discipleship and worship of Him during 2023…. there are so many things we need to pray for! 

There will be further announcements, but this is what we would like to do for the 24 hours between 9 a.m. on Saturday 14th January and 9 a.m. 15th January. We look forward to praying together this New Year! 

TOOLS WITH A MISSION

Have you heard of the charity TWAM (Tools with a Mission). The charity collects tools that are no longer needed and they are sent to a refurbishment centre where, once refurbished, they are packed into kits and sent to skills training centres in Africa. If you have tools in your shed that are no longer used then please contact me on: irene@hullminster.org and we will arrange to pick up from you on his next visit to the area.

Many thanks in advance – great charity to support.

CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICE

Sunday saw a good number of people gather to remember those who had lost children or siblings.  The service was led by Rev. Irene and the homily given by Rev. Louise.

Families were so pleased to have this opportunity to share this time with others.

VOLUNTEERS CELEBRATION

Monday afternoon of this week was for all those who volunteer at the Minster.  Some received a special thank you nominated by fellow volunteers and grateful thanks were given to everyone.

 CELEBRATING HER 90TH BIRTHDAY

 Joan Whittaker, one of our long-term members at Hull Minster, now living in Westdene Care Home.  This photograph was taken on her 90th birthday when she was delighted to share Holy Communion with Rev. Irene.

 

CHRISTMAS CARDS

Do look out for the Christmas Card board if you wish to send just one card to your church family and friends

BIBLE STUDY GROUPS

During December there will be a break in the Wednesday Bible teaching groups. Details of new studies and courses will be announced in Lifeline before January.

 WARM SPACE IN THE MINSTER

 This continues this Thursday and throughout the winter months. Anyone is welcome, drinks served during the morning and afternoon and soup and a roll at lunchtime.

CHRISTMAS TREES

Thanks once again, to the anonymous donor who has funded the live Christmas Trees in the Minster.  This is a very generous gift and appreciated by thousands who visit during the Christmas season.

TWO CHRISTMAS EVENTS AT ST. MARY’S, LOWGATE

PRAYER POINTS FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF DECEMBER

• We pray for Dominic’s phased return to work; that he may feel strong both physically and mentally

• We pray for the ‘warm church’ initiative. May we reach out to those in need

• For all the services and events that are being held in the Minster throughout December. Praying that God’s love will shine in all that we do.

• We pray for the families whose children died after falling in the lake in Birmingham.  Continue to pray for the youngest child, six years old who is in a critical condition. Also, pray for those in Jersey who have lost loved ones in the explosion.

• We pray for all our volunteers whether they are noticed or unnoticed for the great job that they do to keep the Minster open and flourishing

COLLECT FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Eternal God as Mary waited for the birth of your Son

So we wait for his coming in glory;

Bring us through the birth pangs of this present age

To see, with her, our great salvation

In Jesus Christ our Lord

AMEN

READINGS FOR 11TH DECEMBER

Psalm 80:1–8, 18-20

Isaiah 7:10-16

Romans 1:1-7
Matthew 1:18-end

 

DIARY FOR THE COMING TWO WEEKS

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Minster Lifeline 45

REV. IRENE WRITES:

Our Advent hymns tell us of the child to be born: Familiar words for the season of Advent:

‘Come thou long expected Jesus, born to set thy people free;

from our fears and sins release us;

let us find our rest in thee.

A simple message that tells us we all can find rest in Jesus, his role on earth to set the people free, to release us all from sins and fear and to let us rest in the promise of his love and eternal life.

In the busyness of this season it is so easy to forget this promise and be merged into daily tasks. We are all very different but can we put aside a time for God each day in whatever way suits us best.

TOOLS WITH A MISSION

Have you heard of the charity TWAM (Tools with a Mission). The charity collects tools that are no longer needed and they are sent to a refurbishment centre where, once refurbished, they are packed into kits and sent to skills training centres in Africa.. If you have tools in your shed that are no longer used then please contact me on: irene@hullminster.org and we will arrange to pick up from you on his next visit to the area.

Many thanks in advance – great charity to support.

DECORATING THE MINSTER

This last week, some of the congregation spent some time decorating the church, whilst others watched!

MUSIC IN THE MINSTER

In Dulci Jubilo   Our fabulous concert was held on Sunday night at 7pm - In Dulci Jubilo - a collaboration with Gabrieli Roar. It involved all of our school choirs, the MInster choir, and the Gabrieli Consort in a spectacular evening of the polychoral music of Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz.

CHRISTINGLE

Our Christmas services began with a Christingle for a  small group of children, led by Rev. Louise.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY continued

Eyewitness report of a pirate attack on a merchant ship:

 The M/T Eagle rounded the point and entered Dos Bocas Bay in Brazil, early on a Saturday morning, bound for the small chemical port of Aratu. The city of Salvador sparkled on the headland in the early morning sunlight, like bleached bones rising from the green tropical forest surrounding it. A sight to lift the hearts of the crew of this banana yellow chemical tanker as it slowed down inside the bay to meet a pilot. Aratu, one of the busiest chemical manufacturing ports in Brazil was busy with a line-up of ships and its two loading berths would not become available until the next Tuesday, so the vessel had to anchor in the inner harbour of Salvador city to await their turn. A much welcome break for the personnel aboard the Stolt Eagle, who could rest and relax over the weekend and visit the shopping centres and tourist areas of the city. A boat full of brightly coloured and noisy Brazilian girls arrived after the ship anchored and “booed” loudly when they were turned away. Its illegal to allow visitors aboard ship, except those concerned with the cargo transfer operations and ships business, however, the agent boarded with a supporting group of young ladies, who swarmed aboard and dispersed before the gangway watchman could stop them. The authorities would fine the ship and detain it should they find girls aboard and now the authorities were on their way to clear the ship and crew into Brazil.

I was Chief Officer aboard this tanker and had to order the crew to round up the girls and send them back ashore, but the agent’s boat had left, and we had no option but to wait for the customs and immigration boats to collect the girls and take them home to Salvador. Being early morning, the authorities would not arrive until officer hours later in the day, so were greeted by a crowd cheering young ladies, who had been aboard for several hours and had been entertained by our enthusiastic crew. Some of them were already drunk and provide a lively sceptical for the boarding authorities, whilst I negotiated their safe passage back to the city on the Immigration and Customs launch. Not a good start to our stay in port, but as we were to remain at anchor for the next few days, there was no point in detaining the ship and we just received a stern warning for having illegal visitors aboard and the threat of big fines. A few of the girls had been gathering information about the ship’s layout and the likelihood of there being money and valuables aboard, which they passed on to a criminal gang ashore, so at 02:00 on the Sunday morning we were targeted by this criminal gang, which we refer to as Pirates. They boarded the ship with ropes and grapples and swarmed into the accommodation, where they surprised the few crew members on duty. Four of the Pirates reached the Bridge and assaulted the duty officer and his watchmen, before proceeding down the main inside stairs to the crew’s sleeping area and the machinery space. The duty officer had the presence of mind to activate the fire alarm when he saw the pirates coming aboard armed with guns and knives. I was asleep in my cabin and on hearing the fire alarm rushed to my fire station in the central hall of the accommodation, but encountered the pirates coming down the stairs, with the duty officer and watchman tied up and bleeding profusely from head wounds. In confusion I challenged the pirates, demanding that they release their captives immediately. This was the wrong move, and I had a knife thrust at my stomach. I grabbed the blade of the knife and the pirate twisted it about, cutting my fingers to the bone and causing a spray of my blood to cover them. I was thrown to the floor and saw that a gun was aimed at my head. Just at that moment the duty engineer emerged from the engine room door and distracted the gunman, who shot him in the head. Pirates outside heard the pirates inside shooting and assumed we were resisting with our own arms, so swarmed into the accommodation, shooting at shadows and everything that moved. In the chaos I was freed and ran to a nearby washroom and locked myself in, where I bound my bleeding hand with a towel to stop the blood spraying from my partially severed fingers. Ten minutes later all was quiet outside the washroom, so I ventured out to see what was happening. All the crew who had not locked themselves in their cabins were ties up on the poop deck with one of the pirates guarding them. I turned tail and ran back to the stairs to check up on the captain, who had the safe and payroll money for the crew. The captain was being forced to open the combination safe but was shaking with fear and could not set the combination correctly and was being beaten by one of the hornet like pirates. His cabin was being torn apart and his mattress split open by other pirates, searching for money and valuables. On seeing this scary sight, I ran out of the master’s cabin and headed up for the bridge, followed by one of the pirates, who fortunately took the stairs downward in his pursuit. I managed to get the crew on the bridge to let me in and I started to send May Day messages on the VHF radio to summon help. The Brazilian navy responded that they did not work at weekends and the police said they would come, but they did not have a boat. The pirate, seeing that the alarm had been raised, fled from the ship with their loot and 12,000 US dollars from the safe. I saw their boat leaving and a crewman and myself fired pyrotechnics into their craft. These were parachute flares, which must have caused the pirates some serious inconvenience, but did not prevent their escape. It was some twelve hours later that the police and our agent arrived aboard in response to our call for help, by which time I had lost a large amount of blood and had fainted. I was rushed to hospital, where an American trained surgeon stitched my fingers back in place, after finding and reconnecting the cut tendons and nerves in my hand. It was a long operation, and I was told that the surgeon had done a brilliant job and saved my hand and fingers. I am eternally grateful to him, though I had to stay in Oddstock hospital in Salisbury for three months waiting for my hand to recover and learning to use my fingers again. In the Hospital, the hand injury and burn patients were tasked with caring for the stroke and head injury victims, who were almost completely helpless as they recovered from their strokes. This was a wonderful way to help and assist people and I would have volunteered to do this even if I had not been seriously injured. It was very rewarding and very much appreciated by this group of wonderful people.

The Eagle eventually had all the injured crew attended to and was able to proceed to Aratu, to load chemicals for the USA. The authorities made a big fuss about the pirate attack, but never found the criminal gang who came aboard and robbed the ship. It was our theory, that some of the pirates were actually off duty policemen, who treated the piracy operation as a training exercise. Our agent, Marifaldo, who normally wore several items of gold jewellery, had come out to the ship without any jewellery, so we assumed he had been aware that the ship would be attacked, despite his loud denials.

John Swain

CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICE

On Sunday 11th December at 2.00 p.m. a special service will be held for those who have lost children and siblings.  A reflective service with candle lighting and thumb print tree.  Names of loved ones will be read out and tea, coffee and friendship offered to all.

CHRISTMAS CARDS

Do look out for the Christmas Card board if you wish to send just one card to your church family and friends

BIBLE STUDY GROUPS

During December there will be a break in the Wednesday Bible teaching groups. Details of new studies and courses will be announced in Lifeline before January.

WARM SPACE IN THE MINSTER

This continues this Thursday and throughout the winter months. Anyone is welcome, drinks served during the morning and afternoon and soup and a roll at lunchtime.

PRAYER POINTS FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER

• We pray for Dominic’s phased return to work; that he may feel strong both physically and mentally

• We pray for the ‘warm church’ initiative. May we reach out to those in need

  For all the services and events that are being held in the Minster throughout December. Praying that God’s love will shine in all that we do.

• We pray for all those caught up in conflicts and natural disasters around the world. We pray for our friends from Ukraine as we continue to build warm relationships with them.

• We pray for all in the Minster choir as they prepare to worship through music this Advent/Christmas and particularly for Mark Keith Director of Music
  

COLLECT FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

God for whom we watch and wait

you sent John the Baptist to prepare the way of your Son

give us courage to speak the truth, to hunger for justice

and to suffer for the cause of right, with Jesus Christ our Lord.

AMEN

READINGS FOR 11TH DECEMBER

Psalm 146:4-10

Isaiah 35:1-10

James 5:7-10

Matthew 11:2-11

DIARY FOR THE COMING THREE WEEKS

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Minster Lifeline 44

REV. IRENE WRITES:

Advent is a time when we watch and wait and pray for the coming of light into the world.

Sometimes in our busy lives it is difficult to achieve this. At the Minster it is also a time when there are daily events taking place, however, each day begins with Morning Prayer giving a time to watch, wait and pray. I am fortunate to have spent last weekend in a log cabin on the North Yorkshire Moors and although it was quiet being with my family it was an opportunity to reflect and take in the beauty of the scenery around me and time to talk to God. Each day throughout Advent we will be posting on social media a short ‘thought for the day’ written by a variety of people in our church community. If you are able, do take the opportunity to start the day reading this and praying that the light of Jesus may come into the lives of many who do not yet know of his love.

TOOLS WITH A MISSION

Have you heard of the charity TWAM (Tools with a Mission). The charity collects tools that are no longer needed and they are sent to a refurbishment centre where, once refurbished, they are packed into kits and sent to skills training centres in Africa.. If you have tools in your shed that are no longer used then please contact me on: irene@hullminster.org and we will arrange to pick up from you on his next visit to the area.

Many thanks in advance – great charity to support.

MUSIC IN THE MINSTER

Schools and Families visit the Minster for Peter and the Wolf

Last week, Carrot Productions brought their performance of 'Musical Beasts' to Hull, which included a performance of Peter and the Wolf, and music to accompany an animation of The Bear and the Piano. On Monday afternoon the audience consisted of home educating families - many of which were visiting the Minster for the first time and are now coming back in December for a Christingle service. On Tuesday Year 3 classes from Adelaide Primary and Woodland Primary visited us, and Wednesday was the time for Year 5 and 6 from Chiltern Primary. Thursday saw visits from Tweendykes Special school in the morning, and Ganton Special school in the afternoon. Overall around 350 children came into the church and experienced classical music up close, many for the first time, and they also had the opportunity to meet with the musicians and ask questions after each performance. It was a special week for all involved! 

RVW150 Concert - On Saturday night, the choir were involved in a special 'From Pub to Pulpit' concert which explored the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, and his collection of folk music transforming into hymn tunes. We were joined by Broomdasher, a folk acapella group, and Coracle, a contemporary folk group, playing such instruments as clarinet, accordion, cello, nyckelharpa, viola da gamba and hurdy gurdy! Thank you to all those who came to support the choir. 

In Dulci Jubilo   Our next concert is on Sunday night at 7pm - In Dulci Jubilo - a collaboration with Gabrieli Roar. It will involve all of our school choirs, the MInster choir, and the Gabrieli Consort in a spectacular evening of the polychoral music of Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz. Please come and support us! Tickets can be purchased here: Gabrieli Roar Education Concert (04-Dec-2022) · ChurchSuite Events

https://hm.churchsuite.com/events/q7qhsqir   Katie Ogilvie

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY:

You may be intrigued to see this article in Lifeline, but as you will see in next week’s edition, it has great relevance to a member of our congregation.

“Ships at sea mostly sail in international waters, which are not protected by any authorities, so incidents that happen there are of no concern to state administrations. Once in territorial waters and port, overzealous regulatory bodies made working at sea difficult and frustrating and increasingly expensive for shipowners. Since the end of the Vietnam war no countries have had a presence in the oceans and there has been no one to police the open seas. The people of the poorer nations of the world, attempting to escape the tyranny of poverty, looked around and noticed the huge wealth of shipping and trade off their coasts. This was the reason and motivation for piracy to become reinstated after more than 150 years since the pirates of the Caribbean and the Barbary coast pirates were eradicated.

The golden age of piracy was in part encouraged by Britain, during the American war of independence, when privateers, (armed Merchant men), were encouraged to attack ships trading from the Caribbean to the US East coast and could keep all they plundered. This was the era of Black Beard, the most notorious privateer, sailing under the Jolly Roger flag and attacking numerous ships. Black Beard terrified seafarers into submission and killed them to prevent reports getting back to the authorities. He had attacked and destroyed more than thirty merchant ships, before the Americans sent out war ships and put an end to piracy in the Western Atlantic in 1830. The European trade routes were also subject to attack by the notorious Barbery pirate of North Africa. They even ventured over 1000 miles to the Southern Irish coast, where they were paid to kidnap English settlers and sell them into slavery. Such arrangements were made by the O’Driscoll family in Cork in an attempt to resist and eradicate the English colonization of Ireland. By 1830, the British navy and American men of war had cleansed the coast of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and pirate bases had been sacked with everyone connected to piracy killed. This left the Pirates in the Indian ocean and Madagascar to plague the Euro Asia Trade. These were countered by the British and Dutch East India Company’s heavily armed privateer ships which ruthlessly hunted pirate vessels and invaded and destroyed pirate bases on the coast of East Africa and in the Red Sea.

By the middle 1800’s the Indian Ocean pirates had been subdued and many of their pirate crews had been taken to London for trial and subsequent hanging.

Modern Piracy is virtually out of control, a $50 Billion industry which has grown since the early 1980’s and boomed since the end of the cold war. It is no longer the province of the poorer criminal element but involves rogue authorities and national navies of many countries. After a piracy incident, the port officials who come aboard ship to investigate, are themselves the ones who perpetrated the pirate attack”  To be continued next week.

MINSTER SHOP

This year’s Minster Christmas card is a lovely nostalgic image of Hull Minster from an original painting by Julia Allum. Cards are £1 each or packets of 5 for £4.50. We are going plastic free this year so bundles of 5 will be smartly wrapped with a recyclable paper collar.

Any quantity can be pre-booked by contacting a Shop volunteer or myself or email: shop@hullminster.org. Of course, you can also buy direct from the Minster Shop where you will be able to view the wonderful selection of cards and gifts.  Sue McGaw

BIBLE STUDY GROUP
During December there will be a break in the Wednesday Bible teaching groups. Details of new studies and courses will be announced in Lifeline before January.

WARM SPACE IN THE MINSTER

WARM SPACE IN THE MINSTER

This continues this Thursday and throughout the winter months. Anyone is welcome, drinks served during the morning and afternoon and soup and a roll at lunchtime.

PRAYER POINTS FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER

• We pray for Dominic’s phased return to work; that he may feel strong both physically and mentally

• We pray for the ‘warm church’ initiative. May we reach out to those in need

• For all the services and events that are being held in the Minster throughout December. Praying that God’s love will shine in all that we do.

• We pray for all those caught up in conflicts and natural disasters around the world. We pray for our friends from Ukraine as we continue to build warm relationships with them.

• We pray for baby Roman, his parents and godparents, on Roman’s baptism last week.
  

COLLECT FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Almighty God, purify our hearts and minds,

that when your son Jesus Christ comes as judge and Saviour

we may be ready to receive Him. Who is our Lord and our God.

AMEN

READINGS FOR 4TH DECEMBER

Psalm 72:1-7,18-19

Romans 15:4-13

Matthew 3:1-12

DIARY FOR THE COMING THREE WEEKS

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Minster Lifeline 43

REV. IRENE WRITES:

I am sure many of you will be buying your Christmas Cards to send to family and friends. As there are so many people who are part of the church family, if you wish to, there will be a board where you can pin one card from you, sending greetings to everyone. Some people would prefer to do this and make a donation to a charity rather than send so many cards to those that we see and share Christmas greetings with.

Have you heard of the charity TWAM (Tools with a Mission). The charity collects tools that are no longer needed and they are sent to a refurbishment centre where, once refurbished, they are packed into kits and sent to skills training centres in Africa. The kits are then gifted to the trainees in carpentry and other occupations so after graduation they can begin work immediately. A lady joined both our Sunday services a few weeks ago and talking to her after the service she was sharing the details of TWAM with us. If you have tools in your shed that are no longer used then please contact me on: irene@hullminster.org and we will arrange to pick up from you on his next visit to the area.

Many thanks in advance – great charity to support.

Stepping Up in Mission at Archbishop Sentamu Academy

This Sunday we had the joy of praying for Ellie who has recently completed the year-long Stepping Up journey which is part of the York Diocese Mustard Seed programme. Mustard Seed works in parishes on the edge of York Diocese in Hull, Bridlington, Scarborough, Redcar & Cleveland and Middlesbrough. Lay people are invited to join Stepping Up for a year to grow deeper in their faith and in confidence and skills for mission. You can find out more and read the stories of some of the people involved here. www.mseed.org

It has been a privilege to watch Ellie grow as a disciple of Jesus, growing deeper in her faith and in confidence to serve and share God’s love. Ellie is now Stepping Up in mission by joining the chaplaincy team at Archbishop Sentamu Academy, working alongside Revd Anne Richards to share God’s love with the 1,500 young people who attend the school. The chapel is a safe place where young people can come and share their troubles and concerns and it is a place of creative prayer and worship. Ellie’s gentle kindness alongside young people who are struggling brings comfort and hope and her creative skills enable young people to connect with God through prayer. (During the prayers we put a sweet on the area in which we lived to remind us to pray.)

At breakfast church, we thought about Jesus sending the disciples out in twos. Revd Anne told us what a gift it is to have Ellie alongside her at school sharing the love of Jesus each week.

MINSTER SHOP

This year’s Minster Christmas card is a lovely nostalgic image of Hull Minster from an original painting by Julia Allum. Cards are £1 each or packets of 5 for £4.50. We are going plastic free this year so bundles of 5 will be smartly wrapped with a recyclable paper collar.

Any quantity can be pre-booked by contacting a Shop volunteer or myself or email: shop@hullminster.org. Of course, you can also buy direct from the Minster Shop where you will be able to view the wonderful selection of cards and gifts.  Sue McGaw

BIBLE STUDY GROUP

This week we are studying the topic of God’s Grace. Why not join us online by going to the website and clicking on Church and Worship, then Teaching and click the banner at the top. You can also access these Bible Studies by clicking on the topic instead of the Teaching banner. This is the final study for this year.  We shall restart in January.

PLEASE NOTE DUE TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES IN THE MINSTER THERE WILL BE NO WARM SPACE IN THE MINSTER THIS WEEK. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING WEEK

From Shirley:

Dear colleague, We would like to invite you to a Volunteer Celebrations event.  This event will take place on Monday 12th December at 2pm – 4pm at Hull Minster.  Invite’s will be sent out via ChurchSuite, check your emails and accept or decline the invitation. If you don’t use ChurchSuite, don’t worry just let Shirley Kay, Volunteer Manager or a member of the Clergy, know If you can attend.   

This is our opportunity to thank you all for the contribution you give to Hull Minster but also an opportunity for you, to give special thanks to a volunteer who you think deserves a special Thank you! 

Maybe you witnessed a volunteer going that extra mile, or they did a selfless act.  Whatever the reason, we want to hear about it. 

Given the increase in volunteering over recent months, the panel is expecting to receive a host of inspiring and very worthy nominations, so get nominating! 

All volunteers of Hull Minster, regardless of role, will be invited to the Volunteer Celebrations afternoon, where afternoon tea will be served. 

Volunteer nominees do not have to be in your team to be nominated.  If you think a volunteer deserves recognition regardless of role then please nominate them on the tear off slip below. 

Entries must be handed in no later than midnight on 3rd December.  Any nominations received after this date will not be put forward.  Entries can be submitted to Shirley Kay via email shirley@hullminster.org or write out and give to Shirley. 

Please give a brief description as to why this volunteer deserves a ‘Special Thank You’ 

Name of person nominating……………………………………………………………. 

Name of Volunteer you are nominating……………………………………………………………………. 

Why are you nominating this volunteer ………………………..

PRAYER POINTS FOR THE FOURTH WEEK OF NOVEMBER

• We pray for Dominic’s phased return to work; that he may feel strong both physically and mentally

• We pray for the ‘warm church’ initiative. May we reach out to those in need

• For Ellie as she continues to serve at Archbishop Sentamu Academy. For her completion of the ‘Stepping Up’ course and for the help she gives to the Minster.

• We pray for all those caught up in conflicts and natural disasters around the world. We pray for our friends from Ukraine as we continue to build warm relationships with them.

• We pray for baby Teddy on his baptism last Sunday and for Roman being baptised this Sunday.
  
  

COLLECT FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Almighty God, as your kingdom dawns

turn us from the darkness of sin to the lightness of holiness

that we may be ready to meet you

in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

AMEN

READINGS FOR 27TH NOVEMBER

Psalm 121

Romans 13:11-14

Matthew 24:36-4

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

S FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 

• We pray for Dominic, that he will continue to improve after his accident

•  We pray for the pupils and staff at Sentamu Academy that this year will be one of new beginnings and strength as they move forward

•  We pray for all who will benefit from our Harvest gifts asking that no one goes without food or warmth this winter

•  We pray for Bishop Eleanor as she begins her new role as Bishop of Hull. May she and her family be blessed in all that they do
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

COLLECT FOR THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Lord of creation whose glory is around and within us;

open our eyes to your wonders that we might serve

you with reverence and know your peace at

our lives end,

through Jesus Christ our Lord

AMEN

   

READINGS FOR 2ND OCTOBER

Lamentations 1:1-6

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Luke 17:5-10

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

FRIDAY 30TH

 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Workshop

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Icon Painting Workshop

3:00 p.m. Radio Humberside Awards

SATURDAY OCTOBER 1ST 

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Bell Ringing Practice

12 noon to 2:00 p.m. Lunchtime concert

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2ND

 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

TUESDAY OCTOBER 4TH

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5TH

12:30 pm Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH

Details to follow Diverse Threads

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. John Healey Bromby’s Legacy - Talk and Tour

SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH

10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Craft Stall open - all proceeds going towards a

Defibrillator Box further details from

becky dexter001@hotmail.co.uk

1:00 p.m. HANA Fashion Show

4:00 p.m. Taize Service

More details later Grimethorpe Brass Band Concert

SUNDAY OCTOBER 9TH

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

1:00 p.m. Baptism of William James Norris

TUESDAY OCTOBER 11TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Grief Awareness Cafe

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 13TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Integration Coffee Morning

10:a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hand-dyed fabric and stitching workshop

FRIDAY OCTOBER 14TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime Concert – Simon-Mary Vincent piano

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16TH

All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 17TH

All Day Diversity Threads

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 18TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Shibori Fabric Dyeing Workshop

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Minster Praise

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21ST

12.30pm to 1.30pm History Talk - Moated sites of East Yorkshire

 All Day Diversity Threads

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22ND

All Day Diversity Threads

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer

SUNDAY OCTOBER 23RD

 All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 24TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Film Festival

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. History Talk - Dr. John Alderson, Hull’s Medical Man

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Steam Punk Market

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

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Minster Lifeline 42

REV. IRENE WRITES:

As you will see from the photographs another busy week in and around the Minster.

Last Wednesday we held our Grief Awareness Café which has become such an important morning for many people. We were delighted that George who comes along to the café has asked to become a volunteer and is really looking forward to being part of the fabulous Minster team of volunteers.

On Thursday our integration café took on the theme of Remembrance, Hope and Peace. We had a great number of people join us from Ukraine, Sudan and Iraq. We started with three large go-pak tables and ended up with six. Lots of good and interesting conversations taking place. One gentleman from Iraq placed this heart on the prayer tree which simply said his name and ‘free Iraq’.

As we remembered so did Archbishop Sentamu Academy by creating this excellent display.

As Rev. Anne led a service of Remembrance at St. Michael’s and All Angels on Sunday morning and with Becky not well we were left with a shortage of singers however in stepped a couple of the choir who happily joined us and led the worship songs. Rev. Louise stepped up to playing the piano and Rachel obliged on the trumpet for our act of Remembrance – all joining with Jonathon on drums and percussion to help us deliver a poignant service at 9:30.

REV. DOMINIC writes:

It is so good to be back at Hull Minster, all be it for the time being on a phased return basis following the collision at the end of June. I will usually not be available Thursdays and Fridays and am prioritising public services. People tell me that I look well, but I am still in quite a lot of pain and get tired easily. It has been a rude interruption to life. I clocked up rather more firsts than I would have liked that afternoon, first time in an Ambulance, first broken bone, first time admitted to hospital etc. Incredibly, and I am sure due to the weight of prayers it looks like I am likely to have no life-altering injuries despite having sustained so many broken bones. Thank you so much for your prayers and cards over the last few months and special thanks to all those who have had heavier workloads through my absence. Heather and I have been overwhelmed by people’s kindness and care as I have recovered and want to thank you all. It is sad to think that too many people these days don’t have the network of support from church and family. It has been particularly hard for her and the boys who have had to drop so much to look after me, especially in the early stages when I could do so little for myself.  

In that short period such a lot has changed Nationally we have had a change of monarch and three Prime Ministers! It has been fabulous to see the Minster come alive with activity and events, the Trinity Room café now open and some tremendous new staff and volunteers. The café and the shop are already doing well drawing people through the doors.  

The financial situation of the Minster is still very precarious but now that the main works are completed, we have a tremendous opportunity to reach out to the city. As we approach Christmas do prayerfully think about which services and events you are going to invite your family and friends to so that they might hear something of the good news of Christ. 

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Our versatile Director of Operations has voluntarily put pen to paper for this week’s Lifeline.

AL HUTSON writes:

Our versatile Director of Operations has voluntarily put pen to paper for this week’s Lifeline.

“You don’t build a business, you build people. Then the people build the business”

Not a truer platitude could be said for the Minster Shop and its wonderful group of volunteer assistants.
When I joined the Minster in 2018, I was introduced to one Margaret Priestly, who at the time was the ‘volunteer’ shop manager. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, there was someone who wanted to work in retail…for nothing! Having just left Marks & Spencer after seven years, this really did seem too good to be true. But it wasn’t!
Margaret had developed the shop into a cornucopia of quality products and gifts. She had galvanised a team of over 15 volunteers, introduced a training scheme and, with her husband Kevin, implemented the shop digital till system. When Margaret then said in 2019 that she wanted to step back from the shop, you can imagine my trepidation about what the future held and the potential sudden workload that was about to hit my desk.  Margaret and I worked on a proposal to put to the shop team about the possible future workings and management. The plan was to have three teams: buying, merchandising and stocktaking. These teams would work together, and all key decisions were to be brought to the full shop team at meetings held every 4-6 weeks. It is a testament that the ladies of the shop, that they have made this system work and also the commitment shown by all to either research products, go to conferences and expositions, give ideas and turn up to shifts and meetings is quite frankly, amazing.

So, why am I writing this. Too often in society we like to have a figure head, a celebrity to bestow our favour onto. When it comes to the shop, we have 15 or so loyal, dedicated, and brilliant people who give up their time, treasure, and talent to benefit the community they belong to at the Minster. This team have worked together to bring about the best performance the shop has seen in terms of profit, which then feeds back into the church.

It is likely that you will see them at one of our many services and events helping out, manning the bar or selling ice cream! So, next time you are passing, pop in and say hello to one of the team. They truly are one of the greatest assets we have as an organisation.

Alasdair Hutson, Director of Operations

MINSTER SHOP

This year’s Minster Christmas card is a lovely nostalgic image of Hull Minster from an original painting by Julia Allum. Cards are £1 each or packets of 5 for £4.50. We’re going plastic free this year so bundles of 5 will be smartly wrapped with a recyclable paper collar. Any quantity can be pre-booked by contacting a Shop volunteer or myself or email: shop@hullminster.org. Of course, you can also buy direct from the Minster Shop where you will be able to view the wonderful selection of gifts and Christmas decorations. 

Sue McGaw

BIBLE STUDY GROUP

This week we are studying the topic of forgiveness. Why not join us online by going to the website and clicking on Church and Worship, then Teaching and click the banner at the top. You can also access these Bible Studies by clicking on the topic instead of the Teaching banner.

WARM SPACE IN THE MINSTER

Tim reports that although the start has been slow, it has already been very helpful.  Some of the people coming in knew Tim from when he and Irene did the Tuesday evening soup run.  They were so pleased to meet up again.

Every Thursday between 10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. there will be an area set aside with a small team to meet with people and to offer them a warm drink and a hot lunch, of homemade soup and a roll and a dessert served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.  Advice and support will be available.

If there are any readers of Lifeline who would like to be part of the team that will be delivering this new project, then please talk to Irene or Tim.

PRAYER POINTS FOR THE THIRD WEEK IN NOVEMBER

• We pray for Dominic’s phased return to work; that he may feel strong both physically and mentally

•  We pray for the ‘warm church’ initiative. May we reach out to those in need

• For children and young people who struggle with school because of poor mental health. May they receive the help and support they need. 

• We pray for all those caught up in conflicts and natural disasters around the world. This week we remember all who have lost their lives in conflicts of the past and pray for a peaceful future

• We pray for healing for several members of our congregation. For those awaiting test results and those undergoing operations

COLLECT FOR CHRIST THE KING

God the Father,

help us to hear the call of Christ the King

and to follow in his service, whose kingdom has no end;

for He reign with you and the Holy Spirit

one God, one glory
AMEN

READINGS FOR 20TH NOVEMBER

Psalm 46

Colossians 1:11-20             

Jeremiah 23:1-6                                

Luke 23:33-43

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

S FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 

• We pray for Dominic, that he will continue to improve after his accident

•  We pray for the pupils and staff at Sentamu Academy that this year will be one of new beginnings and strength as they move forward

•  We pray for all who will benefit from our Harvest gifts asking that no one goes without food or warmth this winter

•  We pray for Bishop Eleanor as she begins her new role as Bishop of Hull. May she and her family be blessed in all that they do
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

COLLECT FOR THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Lord of creation whose glory is around and within us;

open our eyes to your wonders that we might serve

you with reverence and know your peace at

our lives end,

through Jesus Christ our Lord

AMEN

   

READINGS FOR 2ND OCTOBER

Lamentations 1:1-6

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Luke 17:5-10

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

FRIDAY 30TH

 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Workshop

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Icon Painting Workshop

3:00 p.m. Radio Humberside Awards

SATURDAY OCTOBER 1ST 

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Bell Ringing Practice

12 noon to 2:00 p.m. Lunchtime concert

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2ND

 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

TUESDAY OCTOBER 4TH

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5TH

12:30 pm Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH

Details to follow Diverse Threads

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. John Healey Bromby’s Legacy - Talk and Tour

SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH

10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Craft Stall open - all proceeds going towards a

Defibrillator Box further details from

becky dexter001@hotmail.co.uk

1:00 p.m. HANA Fashion Show

4:00 p.m. Taize Service

More details later Grimethorpe Brass Band Concert

SUNDAY OCTOBER 9TH

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

1:00 p.m. Baptism of William James Norris

TUESDAY OCTOBER 11TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Grief Awareness Cafe

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 13TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Integration Coffee Morning

10:a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hand-dyed fabric and stitching workshop

FRIDAY OCTOBER 14TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime Concert – Simon-Mary Vincent piano

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16TH

All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 17TH

All Day Diversity Threads

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 18TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Shibori Fabric Dyeing Workshop

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Minster Praise

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21ST

12.30pm to 1.30pm History Talk - Moated sites of East Yorkshire

 All Day Diversity Threads

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22ND

All Day Diversity Threads

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer

SUNDAY OCTOBER 23RD

 All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 24TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Film Festival

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. History Talk - Dr. John Alderson, Hull’s Medical Man

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Steam Punk Market

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

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Minster Lifeline 41

REV. IRENE WRITES:

REMEMBRANCE * HOPE * PEACE

On Thursday this week, the 10th November

we will be sharing a theme of Remembrance, Hope, and Peace at our Integration Café.  We will bring together our theme of poppies, as we remember all those lost in past conflicts, sunflowers, as a sign of hope for our Ukrainian friends and doves as a sign of peace for asylum seekers and others from a number of countries.

Please do join us at the Minster 10 30 – 12 noon to share in friendship and fellowship over coffee and cake.

Also, on the theme of Remembrance Please note our Sunday service on the 13th of November will begin at 10:50 a.m. instead of 11 a.m. to allow for an Act of Remembrance to take place at 11 o’clock.

Holy Trinity Parish Library – some quirky findings! 

The initial investigation of the Holy Trinity Parish Library has now been completed by our volunteer and congregant, Joan Lee.  Consisting of a lot of Bibles, sermon texts, some devotional and prayer books and some unusual volumes scientific, the library has over 500 volumes. 

Housed at the University of Hull, Brynmor Jones Library, Joan’s research has revealed the changing pattern of faith, as well as the degree of scholarship in Hull during its existence from the late 1500’s onwards.   The library was offered for sale to finance the 1906 restoration of the building; only books considered at the time to be the least valuable remain.  Most have suffered extensive damage through neglect, whilst a few have been conserved during their ownership by the University of Hull. 

As well as an established library budget many volumes were donated by individuals, and are a valuable indication of the learning, wealth and status of the donor.  Most significant of these is Eleanor Crowle who, in addition to being the original benefactress, gave four volumes during her lifetime.  All are inscribed, although it is unlikely that the script is her hand.  The earliest volume is a Latin dictionary dated 1519, formerly owned by John Catlyn; like many of the early volumes, it displays fascinating elements of the development of printing and book production.   

One of the most delightful titles is a translation of the commentaries on the New Testament by Erasmus, printed in 1548.  In 1547 Edward VI ordered an English-language version to be displayed in all parish churches, an indication of the influence of Erasmus on the English Reformation.  This volume is in remarkably good condition, having been repaired and rebound.  It is a little difficult to read without a familiarity with black letter type; nevertheless, it is a constant privilege and pleasure to handle such significant work.  Sadly, it is missing the title page. 

Henry Keld, who donated a volume in 1659, evidently thought little of the prevailing moral tone, as one of his many inscription states  

“This age is as full of Sin as any age that was since our Saviour Christ tyme”.   

Some have amusing marginalia written by the former owner; one such was the property of Thomas Hodgson, who entertains us with  

“Thomas Hodgson is my name, and with a pene I wro.ate the same, but if my pene had bene the beter, I would have mended it every leter 1649”.  
Four volumes were donated by Hugh Mason, Customs Officer, Eliza Crispin gave a volume “in consideration that she was permitted to lay a stone over her late husband Mr. John Crispin” and two were given by Revd Joseph Craven DD Master of Sydney College Cambridge whose father, Matthew Craven, was a wine cooper in Hull.  Legacies include two donations of Canon Simmons “Left to Holy Trinity Parochial Library by the late Rev. Canon Simmons, Rector of Dalton-Holme ‘in remembrance of books lent many years ago” – happy words for any librarian to read. 

The volumes suffered the worst damage during the evacuation in 1938, when they were stored in the crypts of parish churches around the East Riding “for safekeeping!”.  A catalogue compiled by de la Pryme, written on vellum, completely disintegrated on its return to the University, and is now lost.  

The whereabouts of the most valuable books of the collection, including the Fairfax Bible, and a copy of the Eliot Bible – the first Bible to be translated into an indigenous North American language - remain unknown, despite extensive, and continuing, research.   

Joan Lee 2022

LITTLE FISHES

A community of grace, love, and support.

Little Fishes has been meeting every Friday during term time in church since 2015 (excluding the pandemic when we carried on regardless online!) and has seen so many children and families grow with us.
It is an absolute joy to share conversation, offer support, and encouragement and provide a frequently needed adult touch point for mums, dads, and carers alike in the wonderful setting of the church.

A frequent observation on our WhatsApp group and in person is how much the group support each other, often reaching out behind the scenes to give practical advice, support and more importantly a listening ear.

The session begins long before we arrive with the setting up of the playpen and refreshment facilities thanks to Chris and the team of volunteers, without which it would be next to impossible to run the group as we do, due to school runs and timings! On arrival, the group generally gets stuck into playing and catching up. We have a drink and a biscuit then at 11 we tidy up ready for song time which starts with our special welcome song and finishes with a prayer. The song basket is a firm favourite but we also have songs linked to the church year and seasonal themes for example last week we enjoyed Bonfire night songs with ribbon fireworks and percussion instruments!

MINSTER SHOP

This year’s Minster Christmas card is a lovely nostalgic image of Hull Minster from an original painting by Julia Allum. Cards are £1 each or packets of 5 for £4.50. We’re going plastic free this year so bundles of 5 will be smartly wrapped with a recyclable paper collar. Any quantity can be pre-booked by contacting a Shop volunteer or myself or email: shop@hullminster.org. Of course, you can also buy direct from the Minster Shop where you will be able to view the wonderful selection of gifts and Christmas decorations. 

Sue McGaw

PILGRIM COURSE

This continues to run on Wednesday evenings, 7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m, with Revd. Louise.  It is held in the café and coffee and cakes will be served!

BIBLE STUDY GROUP

Our Bible study on Hebrews, ‘A new and better way’, finishes this week. To take us to the end of November there will be a couple of ‘one off’ studies. Why not join us online by going to the website and clicking on Church and Worship, then Teaching and click the banner at the top. You can also access these Bible Studies by clicking on the topic instead of the Teaching banner.

GIFTS FOR UKRAINE

Thank you to everyone who brought in warm clothing and stationery for our friends in Ukraine. They have all been delivered to Olga and will have been despatched to Ukraine earlier this week.

THE GOLDEN BOOK

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

As we have done since 2014, except during Covid restrictions, during the afternoon of Remembrance Sunday, November 13th, a group of readers will read out the names of almost 3000 men of this city who gave their lives during World War 1. Their names are inscribed in the Golden Book which is permanently on display in Hull Minster.

We will begin reading the names at 1:00 p.m. in alphabetical order.  The Minster will be open for all who wish to come and sit for a short time or longer.

There were many men who died in the conflict and are not listed in the Golden Book, and we are still adding names as requested. If anyone wishes to know if their relative’s name is in the Golden Book, please contact Dave Allum on 07856 942067 or dja15@allum.karoo.co.uk

 If you would like to join the group of readers, you will be very welcome – please contact Dave as above.

WARM SPACE IN THE MINSTER

Tim reports that although the start has been slow, it has already been very helpful.  Some of the people coming in knew Tim from when he and Irene did the Tuesday evening soup run.  They were so pleased to meet up again.

Every Thursday between 10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. there will be an area set aside with a small team to meet with people and to offer them a warm drink and a hot lunch, of homemade soup and a roll and a dessert served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.  Advice and support will be available.

If there are any readers of Lifeline who would like to be part of the team that will be delivering this new project, then please talk to Irene or Tim.

PRAYER POINTS FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN NOVEMBER

• We pray for Dominic’s phased return to work; that he may feel strong both physically and mentally

•  We pray for the ‘warm church’ initiative. May we reach out to those in need

• For children and young people who struggle with school because of poor mental health. May they receive the help and support they need. 

• We pray for all those caught up in conflicts and natural disasters around the world. This week we remember all who have lost their lives in conflicts of the past and pray for a peaceful future

• We pray for healing for several members of our congregation. For those awaiting test results and those undergoing operations

COLLECT FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT

Heavenly Lord you long for the world’s salvation

stir us from apathy, restrain us from excess

and revive in us new hope that all creation will one day be healed

in Jesus Christ our Lord
AMEN

READINGS FOR 13TH NOVEMBER - REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

Psalm 98                                  Micah 4. 1-6

Malachi 4. 1-2a                        Romans 8. 31-end

1 Cor. 15. 50-end                    2 Thess. 3. 6-13

Luke 21. 5-19

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

S FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 

• We pray for Dominic, that he will continue to improve after his accident

•  We pray for the pupils and staff at Sentamu Academy that this year will be one of new beginnings and strength as they move forward

•  We pray for all who will benefit from our Harvest gifts asking that no one goes without food or warmth this winter

•  We pray for Bishop Eleanor as she begins her new role as Bishop of Hull. May she and her family be blessed in all that they do
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

COLLECT FOR THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Lord of creation whose glory is around and within us;

open our eyes to your wonders that we might serve

you with reverence and know your peace at

our lives end,

through Jesus Christ our Lord

AMEN

   

READINGS FOR 2ND OCTOBER

Lamentations 1:1-6

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Luke 17:5-10

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

FRIDAY 30TH

 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Workshop

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Icon Painting Workshop

3:00 p.m. Radio Humberside Awards

SATURDAY OCTOBER 1ST 

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Bell Ringing Practice

12 noon to 2:00 p.m. Lunchtime concert

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2ND

 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

TUESDAY OCTOBER 4TH

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5TH

12:30 pm Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH

Details to follow Diverse Threads

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. John Healey Bromby’s Legacy - Talk and Tour

SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH

10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Craft Stall open - all proceeds going towards a

Defibrillator Box further details from

becky dexter001@hotmail.co.uk

1:00 p.m. HANA Fashion Show

4:00 p.m. Taize Service

More details later Grimethorpe Brass Band Concert

SUNDAY OCTOBER 9TH

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

1:00 p.m. Baptism of William James Norris

TUESDAY OCTOBER 11TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Grief Awareness Cafe

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 13TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Integration Coffee Morning

10:a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hand-dyed fabric and stitching workshop

FRIDAY OCTOBER 14TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime Concert – Simon-Mary Vincent piano

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16TH

All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 17TH

All Day Diversity Threads

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 18TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Shibori Fabric Dyeing Workshop

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Minster Praise

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21ST

12.30pm to 1.30pm History Talk - Moated sites of East Yorkshire

 All Day Diversity Threads

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22ND

All Day Diversity Threads

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer

SUNDAY OCTOBER 23RD

 All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 24TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Film Festival

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. History Talk - Dr. John Alderson, Hull’s Medical Man

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Steam Punk Market

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

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Minster Lifeline 40

REV. IRENE WRITES:

Hull Minster welcomed Reverend Dominic back yesterday after his accident earlier in the year. Dominic will be doing a phased return over the next few weeks, hopefully building up his stamina ready for the ‘Christmas’ festivities. I have asked Dominic to write for Lifeline in the next couple of weeks so that you can get a first-hand update.

As I have been working on the progress report for the Henry Smith Charity several people have asked me:

WHO WAS HENRY SMITH? – hope you find this informative

Henry Smith was a businessman based in the City of London in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.  A monument to him can be found in All Saints church in Wandsworth, South London.  Very little was known of him until Lucy Lethbridge and Tim Wales wrote “HENRY SMITH His Life and Legacy”.  This book is available from Church House Booksellers (ISBN: 978-0-9930945-0-7).

You might well wonder what he has to do with Hull Minster.  He founded the Henry Smith Charity in 1628, as an independent grant making trust which aimed to use its resources to help people and communities at a time of need to bring about positive change.  For nearly four hundred years, this organisation, one of the largest grant making charities in Britain, has been helping combat disadvantage and poverty.   In 2021 the Charity distributed £39.8 million.  He made a fortune lending money to landed families of his time and became the owners of thousands of acres and the mortgagee of thousands more.  He had no children himself but provided for the descendants of his sister, Joan. 

In honouring his legacy to ‘poor clergy’, the Charity still makes grants administered by dioceses of the Church of England, and a separate fund makes grants to relieve poverty in around 200 specific parishes named by Henry and his early trustees.  Hull Minster has for many years, been given funds to help out with specific needs and projects.

Here are just a few of the projects that Henry Smith Grants have funded: Integration café, Grief Awareness café, winter hardship grants, support for musical activities at Adelaide School, Jubilee Day, Teddy Bears’ picnic, Godly play equipment, and coming soon Peter and the Wolf project giving children from the city the opportunity to experience this interactive production.

We are so thankful that we have been, and hopefully will be, recipients of the Henry Smith Grants Scheme past and future.

 DELIGHTFUL VISITOR FROM CAPE TOWN

It was good to have Canon Natalie from South Africa with us at the 11 a.m. service on Sunday and to listen to her encouraging words.

MINSTER SHOP

This year’s Minster Christmas card is a lovely nostalgic image of Hull Minster from an original painting by Julia Allum. Cards are £1 each or packets of 5 for £4.50. We’re going plastic free this year so bundles of 5 will be smartly wrapped with a recyclable paper collar. Any quantity can be pre-booked by contacting a Shop volunteer or myself or email: shop@hullminster.org. Of course, you can also buy direct from the Minster Shop where you will be able to view the wonderful selection of gifts and Christmas decorations. 

Sue McGaw

PILGRIM COURSE

This continues to run on Wednesday evenings, 7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m, with Revd. Louise.  It is held in the café and coffee and cakes will be served!

BIBLE STUDY GROUP

Our Bible study on Hebrews, ‘A new and better way’, is going really well. If you can’t make every week then dip in whenever you can, it is well worth it as we extend our knowledge on the book of Hebrews. To join go to the website and click on Church and Worship, then Teaching and click the banner at the top.  You can also access the Bible Studies by clicking on the topic instead of the Teaching banner.

THE GOLDEN BOOK

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

As we have done since 2014, except during Covid restrictions, during the afternoon of Remembrance Sunday, November 13th, a group of readers will read out the names of almost 3000 men of this city who gave their lives during World War 1. Their names are inscribed in the Golden Book which is permanently on display in Hull Minster.

We will begin reading the names at 1:00 p.m. in alphabetical order.  The Minster will be open for all who wish to come and sit for a short time or longer.

There were many men who died in the conflict and are not listed in the Golden Book, and we are still adding names as requested. If anyone wishes to know if their relative’s name is in the Golden Book, please contact Dave Allum on 07856 942067 or dja15@allum.karoo.co.uk

 If you would like to join the group of readers, you will be very welcome – please contact Dave as above.

WARM SPACE IN THE MINSTER

Tim reports that although the start has been slow, it has already been very helpful.  Some of the people coming in knew Tim from when he and Irene did the Tuesday evening soup run.  They were so pleased to meet up again.

Every Thursday between 10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. there will be an area set aside with a small team to meet with people and to offer them a warm drink and a hot lunch, of homemade soup and a roll and a dessert served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.  Advice and support will be available.

If there are any readers of Lifeline who would like to be part of the team that will be delivering this new project, then please talk to Irene or Tim.

PRAYER POINTS FOR THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER

• We pray for Dominic’s phased return to work; that he may feel strong both physically and mentally

•  We pray for the ‘warm church’ initiative. May we reach out to those in need
  

• For children and young people who struggle with school because of poor mental health. May they receive the help and support they need. 

•  We pray for all those caught up in the ‘crush’ in South Korea, for families that have lost loved ones, and healing for those injured.

• We pray for healing for several members of our congregation. For those awaiting test results and those undergoing operations

COLLECT FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT

God our refuge and strength

bring near the day when wars shall cease

and poverty and pain shall end

that earth may know the peace of heaven

through Jesus Christ our Lord

AMEN

READINGS FOR 6TH NOVEMBER

Psalm 171:1-9

Job 19:23-27a

2 Thessalonians 2:1-6, 13-end

Luke 20:27-38

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

S FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 

• We pray for Dominic, that he will continue to improve after his accident

•  We pray for the pupils and staff at Sentamu Academy that this year will be one of new beginnings and strength as they move forward

•  We pray for all who will benefit from our Harvest gifts asking that no one goes without food or warmth this winter

•  We pray for Bishop Eleanor as she begins her new role as Bishop of Hull. May she and her family be blessed in all that they do
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

COLLECT FOR THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Lord of creation whose glory is around and within us;

open our eyes to your wonders that we might serve

you with reverence and know your peace at

our lives end,

through Jesus Christ our Lord

AMEN

   

READINGS FOR 2ND OCTOBER

Lamentations 1:1-6

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Luke 17:5-10

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

FRIDAY 30TH

 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Workshop

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Icon Painting Workshop

3:00 p.m. Radio Humberside Awards

SATURDAY OCTOBER 1ST 

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Bell Ringing Practice

12 noon to 2:00 p.m. Lunchtime concert

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2ND

 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

TUESDAY OCTOBER 4TH

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5TH

12:30 pm Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH

Details to follow Diverse Threads

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. John Healey Bromby’s Legacy - Talk and Tour

SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH

10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Craft Stall open - all proceeds going towards a

Defibrillator Box further details from

becky dexter001@hotmail.co.uk

1:00 p.m. HANA Fashion Show

4:00 p.m. Taize Service

More details later Grimethorpe Brass Band Concert

SUNDAY OCTOBER 9TH

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

1:00 p.m. Baptism of William James Norris

TUESDAY OCTOBER 11TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Grief Awareness Cafe

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 13TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Integration Coffee Morning

10:a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hand-dyed fabric and stitching workshop

FRIDAY OCTOBER 14TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime Concert – Simon-Mary Vincent piano

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16TH

All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 17TH

All Day Diversity Threads

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 18TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Shibori Fabric Dyeing Workshop

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Minster Praise

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21ST

12.30pm to 1.30pm History Talk - Moated sites of East Yorkshire

 All Day Diversity Threads

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22ND

All Day Diversity Threads

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer

SUNDAY OCTOBER 23RD

 All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 24TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Film Festival

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. History Talk - Dr. John Alderson, Hull’s Medical Man

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Steam Punk Market

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

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Minster Lifeline 39

This week John Lawson writes for us:

Recently I was away from the Minster for a couple of weeks. The first week: a planned holiday; the second week: an unplanned bout of Covid!

When I was able to return, I found the Minster had changed. The new extension, including cafe, toilets, and music room, was open and being used. The south porch allowed people to move easily between these spaces and the nave. The porch itself was a revelation with renovated ledger stones and memorials revealing our connection to important local families including the Maisters and Thorntons. Once in the nave the shop looked splendid, including some tempting Christmas tree ornaments. Elsewhere a volunteer was using the longest feather duster I had ever seen to dust the woodwork near the crossing. Everywhere was bustle and purpose.

I was Welcoming and one of the first groups to come into the Minster were four Dutch people, spending a few days on holiday in the city. They were grateful to be given one of our leaflets in Dutch to guide them round the church. Later I saw them enjoying coffee and cake in the cafe and later still, browsing in the shop. They had spent most of the morning in the Minster. Nothing too remarkable in that, except the next day they came back and again enjoyed spending time in our church.

Whilst our Dutch visitors, and many others, were enjoying the Minster as a place of leisure, the working church was going on around them. Midweek communion, the bereavement group, individuals coming in to pray, others just spending time enjoying the quiet it is always possible to find for reflection in Hull Minster. It took me back to an event in November 2014 when Archbishop Sentamu visited Holy Trinity, as it was then, for the official launch of the fundraising to make the changes we see now. The challenge to raise the money seemed daunting then and I’m sure there have been many faltering and false starts in the intervening period, particularly during the pandemic. But it is a credit to those involved in leading the project that they have been steadfast in their determination to achieve the goal that was set in 2014.

In the current session of the Wednesday Bible group, Val has been guiding us through a study of Hebrews. During that study, I have been reminded of one quotation from Hebrews 3 that I think was used at the November 2014 event, and certainly, has been used subsequently about the work the Minster embarked upon: For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. Seeing the Minster that Tuesday morning I was reassured that if we have faith in God’s plan, we can achieve great things.

MINSTER SHOP

This year’s Minster Christmas card is a lovely nostalgic image of Hull Minster from an original painting by Julia Allum. Cards are £1 each or packets of 5 for £4.50. We’re going plastic free this year so bundles of 5 will be smartly wrapped with a recyclable paper collar. Any quantity can be pre-booked by contacting a Shop volunteer or myself or email: shop@hullminster.org. Of course, you can also buy direct from the Minster Shop where you will be able to view the wonderful selection of gifts and Christmas decorations. 

Sue McGaw

PILGRIM COURSE

This continues to run on Wednesday evenings, 7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m, with Revd. Louise.  It is held in the café and coffee and cakes will be served!

BIBLE STUDY GROUP

Our Bible study on Hebrews, ‘A new and better way’, is going really well. If you can’t make every week then dip in whenever you can, it is well worth it as we extend our knowledge on the book of Hebrews. To join go to the website and click on Church and Worship, then Teaching and click the banner at the top.  You can also access the Bible Studies by clicking on the topic instead of the Teaching banner.

THE GOLDEN BOOK

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

As we have done since 2014, except during Covid restrictions, during the afternoon of Remembrance Sunday, November 13th, a group of readers will read out the names of almost 3000 men of this city who gave their lives during World War 1. Their names are inscribed in the Golden Book which is permanently on display in Hull Minster.

We will begin reading the names at 1:00 p.m. in alphabetical order.  The Minster will be open for all who wish to come and sit for a short time or longer.

There were many men who died in the conflict and are not listed in the Golden Book, and we are still adding names as requested. If anyone wishes to know if their relative’s name is in the Golden Book, please contact Dave Allum on 07856 942067 or dja15@allum.karoo.co.uk

 If you would like to join the group of readers, you will be very welcome – please contact Dave as above.

WARM SPACE IN THE MINSTER

Tim reports that although the start has been slow, it has already been very helpful.  Some of the people coming in knew Tim from when he and Irene did the Tuesday evening soup run.  They were so pleased to meet up again.

Every Thursday between 10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. there will be an area set aside with a small team to meet with people and to offer them a warm drink and a hot lunch, of homemade soup and a roll and a dessert served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.  Advice and support will be available.

If there are any readers of Lifeline who would like to be part of the team that will be delivering this new project, then please talk to Irene or Tim.

PRAYER POINTS FOR THE FOURTH WEEK OF OCTOBER

• We pray for Dominic, as he prepares to come back to work.

•  We pray for the ‘warm church’ initiative. May we reach out to those in need

• All adults who work in schools, that they might be able to carry peace and hope within themselves, as they build restorative relationships with the children and young people they serve.        

• We pray for the teachers and staff at Adelaide Primary School as they work hard to meet the children’s needs

•  We pray for healing for several members of our congregation. For those awaiting test results and those undergoing operations

COLLECT FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT

God of glory,

touch our lips with the fire of your Spirit,

that we with all creation

may rejoice to sing your praise

through Jesus Christ our Lord

AMEN

READINGS FOR 30th OCTOBER

Psalm 32:1-8

Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18

Ephesians 1:11-end

Luke 6:20-31

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH

All Day Diverse Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Steam Punk Market

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH

 All Day Diverse Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30TH

 All Day Diverse Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea/toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 31ST

 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY NOVEMBER  1ST

 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2ND

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Pilgrim Course

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4TH

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Merchants of the Minster Talk by John Lawson

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5TH

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime Concert – Rachel Miller/Caroline Blair

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6TH

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea/toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY NOVEMBER 7TH

 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8TH

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Guildhall Tour

6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9TH

 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Grief Awareness Cafe

1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Teacher Trainer R.E. in Hull Remembrance Theme

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Choral Union Rehearsal

7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Pilgrim Course

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10TH

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Integration Coffee Morning

6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Choral Union Concert

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11TH

 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Little Fishes

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12TH

12 noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime concert – Simon Ashmead

4:00 p.m. Taize

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13TH - REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea/toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

1:00 p.m. Reading of the Golden Book

MONDAY NOVEMBER 14TH

 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15TH

6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16TH

 All Day Last Days of Thunder Child-light Show

7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Pilgrim Course

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Zoom Bible Study

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17TH

10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Minster Praise with coffee and cakes

12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sew for the soul

All Day Last Days of Thunder Child-light Show

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18TH

10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Little Fishes

6:00 p.m.to 9:55 p.m. Last Days of Thunder Child-light Show

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19TH

9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Record Fair

12 noon to 1.00 p.m. Lunchtime Concert

4.00 p.m. Choral Evensong

6:00 p.m.to 9:55 p.m. Last Days of Thunder Child-light Show

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20TH

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea/toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

1:30 p.m. Baptism of Teddy McGrath

MONDAY NOVEMBER 21ST

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Peter and the Wolf, Schools event

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Musical Beasts, Family Production

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22ND

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Peter and the Wolf, Schools event

6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 23RD

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Peter and the Wolf, Schools event

7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Pilgrim Course

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Zoom Bible Study

THURSDAY N0VEMBER 24TH

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Peter and the Wolf, Schools event

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Veterans’ Craft Day

S FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 

• We pray for Dominic, that he will continue to improve after his accident

•  We pray for the pupils and staff at Sentamu Academy that this year will be one of new beginnings and strength as they move forward

•  We pray for all who will benefit from our Harvest gifts asking that no one goes without food or warmth this winter

•  We pray for Bishop Eleanor as she begins her new role as Bishop of Hull. May she and her family be blessed in all that they do
  
  
  
  
  
  

COLLECT FOR THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Lord of creation whose glory is around and within us;

open our eyes to your wonders that we might serve

you with reverence and know your peace at

our lives end,

through Jesus Christ our Lord

AMEN

   

READINGS FOR 2ND OCTOBER

Lamentations 1:1-6

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Luke 17:5-10

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

FRIDAY 30TH

 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Workshop

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Icon Painting Workshop

3:00 p.m. Radio Humberside Awards

SATURDAY OCTOBER 1ST 

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Bell Ringing Practice

12 noon to 2:00 p.m. Lunchtime concert

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2ND

 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

TUESDAY OCTOBER 4TH

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5TH

12:30 pm Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH

Details to follow Diverse Threads

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. John Healey Bromby’s Legacy - Talk and Tour

SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH

10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Craft Stall open - all proceeds going towards a

Defibrillator Box further details from

becky dexter001@hotmail.co.uk

1:00 p.m. HANA Fashion Show

4:00 p.m. Taize Service

More details later Grimethorpe Brass Band Concert

SUNDAY OCTOBER 9TH

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

1:00 p.m. Baptism of William James Norris

TUESDAY OCTOBER 11TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Grief Awareness Cafe

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 13TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Integration Coffee Morning

10:a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hand-dyed fabric and stitching workshop

FRIDAY OCTOBER 14TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime Concert – Simon-Mary Vincent piano

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16TH

All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 17TH

All Day Diversity Threads

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 18TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Shibori Fabric Dyeing Workshop

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Minster Praise

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21ST

12.30pm to 1.30pm History Talk - Moated sites of East Yorkshire

 All Day Diversity Threads

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22ND

All Day Diversity Threads

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer

SUNDAY OCTOBER 23RD

 All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 24TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Film Festival

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. History Talk - Dr. John Alderson, Hull’s Medical Man

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Steam Punk Market

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

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Minster Lifeline 38

Rev. Irene writes:

It was good to have such a great group of people at our Integration Café last week. Whilst talking to various groups it was decided that next month (10th November) we would make it a time of Remembrance and Hope. The café will take place as normal however there will be small areas representing different countries so that individuals can reflect, meditate, and pray if they wish to.

Please do pass the word around that this is taking place.

One of our Ukrainian ladies also asked whether we could collect warm clothing, shoes etc. for children from the age of 2 – 16. There is a truck going to Ukraine in two weeks’ time, (sorry about the short notice). She also was asking for school stationery, pencils, pencil cases, crayons, etc. She explained that so many people have only the clothes they are presently wearing, and children are suffering from the lack of equipment and warm clothing.

Many thanks

GIRLS’ BRIGADE

The 9:30 a.m. service was privileged this week to have the Girls’ Brigade, who meet at Hull Minster, participating in the service. They had put together this poster and they worked out their own actions. This Sunday the gospel reading was from Matthew 3:7-19 and Rev. Irene talked about them walking with Jesus. They would have seen all the wonderful miracles that he did. However, he couldn’t do all the work himself, he needed helpers and so he called twelve disciples.

On the board, initially, were anagrams of the names and the children came up to say what was the correct name. Irene explained that these disciples not only stayed but became committed to following Jesus.  The wonderful clip from Sister Act, with Whoopie Goldberg and the choir singing “I will follow him”, followed and everyone was under no illusion that following Jesus is fun!  Especially when we sang “Who breaks the power of sin and darkness”.

It was great to hear two of the children leading the prayers before the Commissioning as leaders of two members of our congregation: Gill Alden and Jill Harpham, who were both clearly enjoying their new roles.

By the way, the Praise Like Fireworks poster was completely designed by the girls.

THE GOLDEN BOOK

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

As we have done since 2014, except during Covid restrictions, during the afternoon of Remembrance Sunday, November 13th, a group of readers will read out the names of almost 3000 men of this city who gave their lives during World War 1. Their names are inscribed in the Golden Book which is permanently on display in Hull Minster.

We will begin reading the names at 1:00 p.m. in alphabetical order.  The Minster will be open for all who wish to come and sit for a short time or longer.

There were many men who died in the conflict and are not listed in the Golden Book, and we are still adding names as requested. If anyone wishes to know if their relative’s name is in the Golden Book, please contact Dave Allum on 07856 942067 or dja15@allum.karoo.co.uk

 If you would like to join the group of readers, you will be very welcome – please contact Dave as above.

BIBLE STUDY GROUP

Our Bible study on Hebrews, ‘A new and better way’, is going really well. If you can’t make it every week then dip in whenever you can, it is well worth it as we extend our knowledge of the book of Hebrews. To join go to the website and click on Church and Worship, then Teaching and click the banner at the top.  You can also access the Bible Studies by clicking on the topic instead of the Teaching banner.

PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO BIBLE STUDY ON 26TH OCTOBER (HALF-TERM).

Tim Wilson writes about project, recently started:

As part of Irene's address on Sunday 18th September, she suggested that we create a 'Warm Space’ within the Minster for those who are experiencing difficulties caused by the economic crisis.

Every Thursday between 10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. there will be an area set aside with a small team to meet with people and to offer them a warm drink and a hot lunch, of homemade soup and a roll and a dessert served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.  Advice and support will be available.

If there are any readers of Lifeline who would like to be part of the team that will be delivering this new project, then please talk to Irene or Tim.

PRAYER POINTS FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF OCTOBER

• We pray for Dominic, as he prepares to come back to work.

•  We pray for the ‘warm church’ initiative. May we reach out to those in need

• For any chaplaincy work in schools, especially for Revd Anne at Archbishop Sentamu Academy. For wisdom, insight, and courage to speak at the right time to the right people. 

•  We pray for the teachers and staff at Adelaide Primary School as they work hard to meet the children’s needs.

•  We pray for all the children and leaders involved in Girls’ Brigade.

•  We pray for healing for several members of our congregation. For those awaiting test results and those undergoing operations

COLLECT FOR THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Merciful God,

teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty,

that trusting in your word

and obeying your will

we may enter the unfailing joy of Jesus Christ our Lord

AMEN

READINGS FOR 23RD OCTOBER

Psalm 65

Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-end

2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

Luke 18:9-14

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22ND

 All Day Diversity Threads

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer

SUNDAY OCTOBER 23RD

 All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 24TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27TH

All Day Diverse Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Film Festival

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH

All Day Diverse Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Steam Punk Market

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 31ST

 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY NOVEMBER  1ST

 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2ND

 12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4TH

 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Merchants of the Minster Talk by John Lawson

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5TH

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime Concert – Rachel Miller/Caroline Blair

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6TH

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY NOVEMBER 7TH

 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8TH

 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Guildhall Tour

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9TH

 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Grief Awareness Cafe

1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Teacher Trainer R.E. in Hull Remembrance Theme

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Choral Union Rehearsal

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10TH

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Integration Coffee Morning

6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Choral Union Concert

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11TH

 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Little Fishes

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12TH

 12 noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime concert – Simon Ashmead

4:00 p.m. Taize

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13TH - REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

1:00 p.m. Reading of the Golden Book

MONDAY NOVEMBER 14TH

 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15TH

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16TH

 All Day Last Days of Thunder Child-light Show

7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Pilgrim Course

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Zoom Bible Study

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17TH

 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Minster Praise with coffee and cakes

12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sew for the soul

All Day Last Days of Thunder Child

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18TH

 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Little Fishes

6:00 p.m.to 9:55 p.m. Last Days of Thunder Child-light Show

S FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 

• We pray for Dominic, that he will continue to improve after his accident

•  We pray for the pupils and staff at Sentamu Academy that this year will be one of new beginnings and strength as they move forward

•  We pray for all who will benefit from our Harvest gifts asking that no one goes without food or warmth this winter

•  We pray for Bishop Eleanor as she begins her new role as Bishop of Hull. May she and her family be blessed in all that they do
  
  
  
  
  
  

COLLECT FOR THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Lord of creation whose glory is around and within us;

open our eyes to your wonders that we might serve

you with reverence and know your peace at

our lives end,

through Jesus Christ our Lord

AMEN

   

READINGS FOR 2ND OCTOBER

Lamentations 1:1-6

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Luke 17:5-10

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

FRIDAY 30TH

 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Workshop

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Icon Painting Workshop

3:00 p.m. Radio Humberside Awards

SATURDAY OCTOBER 1ST 

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Bell Ringing Practice

12 noon to 2:00 p.m. Lunchtime concert

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2ND

 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

TUESDAY OCTOBER 4TH

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5TH

12:30 pm Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH

Details to follow Diverse Threads

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. John Healey Bromby’s Legacy - Talk and Tour

SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH

10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Craft Stall open - all proceeds going towards a

Defibrillator Box further details from

becky dexter001@hotmail.co.uk

1:00 p.m. HANA Fashion Show

4:00 p.m. Taize Service

More details later Grimethorpe Brass Band Concert

SUNDAY OCTOBER 9TH

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

1:00 p.m. Baptism of William James Norris

TUESDAY OCTOBER 11TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Grief Awareness Cafe

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 13TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Integration Coffee Morning

10:a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hand-dyed fabric and stitching workshop

FRIDAY OCTOBER 14TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime Concert – Simon-Mary Vincent piano

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16TH

All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 17TH

All Day Diversity Threads

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 18TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Shibori Fabric Dyeing Workshop

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Minster Praise

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21ST

12.30pm to 1.30pm History Talk - Moated sites of East Yorkshire

 All Day Diversity Threads

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22ND

All Day Diversity Threads

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer

SUNDAY OCTOBER 23RD

 All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 24TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Film Festival

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. History Talk - Dr. John Alderson, Hull’s Medical Man

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Steam Punk Market

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

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Minster Lifeline 37

Rev. Irene writes:

Once again, we see the autumn rich colours beginning to show on our trees and we feel the coolness in the air. Yesterday we sang a new worship song at our 9:30 a.m. service all about the changing seasons of life, a reminder that nothing stands still, even our journey with Jesus goes through different stages.  However, there is one certainty, Jesus’ love for us never changes.

1 CHRONICLES 16:34

“Give thanks to the Lord because he is good, because

his faithful love endures forever.”

We baptised William James Norris yesterday at the Minster. It was a great occasion with lots of children and a huge gathering of family and friends. Will’s dad is Billy who has been working at the Minster for the past 5 years on Phase 2 and 3 of the building project. Billy is an electrician and has built up a great relationship with our staff, particularly the churchwarden Iain Ogilvie. We were delighted to see him in a ‘different’ role yesterday, along with Jess his wife.

It is great to hear news from one of the younger members of our congregation.  Please read what Amy has to say:

I have been coming to the Minster for nearly 4 years now. I came along after singing with my school choir and my best friend had also joined the Minster choir, so I decided to join as well. I really like being in the choir as you get to explore lots of new types of music. The people are really friendly, and I like being able to join in all the services including Evensong.

As well as singing in the choir I have also helped at a few events as a volunteer. For the Platinum Jubilee Street Party, I helped with the craft activities and also restarted the Coronation video every time it stopped. I also enjoyed holding a collection bucket at the door as people were leaving and managed to get quite a lot of donations.

Recently I volunteered at the Teddy Bears’ Picnic. I helped choose the craft activities and ran the ‘Make Your Teddy a Teddy’ activity with some help from Chris Fenwick. I also help out on the desk for the 9:30 Breakfast Church service.

I like volunteering at the Minster because it’s fun and you get to meet new people. It’s not just for adults! If people want to volunteer at the Minster, I would say do it – and be kind!

Rev. Louise writes about The Pilgrim Course

The Pilgrim course is a course which written by Stephen Cottrell, Steven Croft, Paula Gooder, and Robert Atwell and consists of eight different courses of six weeks which are divided into a Follow stage and a Grow stage. It is particularly aimed at people who are wanting to know more about the Christian faith, new Christians, or those who want to grow in their relationship with God.

The understanding of the Christian life as being like a pilgrimage inspires us to see our lives as a journey which leads to fullness of life in God. The course which will be starting next week will be considering Jesus’ teaching known as the Beatitudes, and we will spend time looking at these and other Bible verses, discussing what they mean to us, and considering together how these might speak into our everyday lives. Jesus’ teaching is always challenging, at whatever point we are on in our journey with Him, but it is wonderful to spend time with others to talk about these challenges and to hopefully enjoy this journey and grow in our understanding together.

If you would like to join this group, we will be starting on Wednesday October 12th, meeting in the Trinity Room (the new cafe), from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m., starting with tea/coffee and cake together. The course will last for six weeks.  Please let me know if you are coming so that I can make sure I have a course booklet for you and hopefully get it to you before the course begins! I look forward to seeing you.

Flowers in Holy Trinity

When all the recent south aisle work began, keeping up with flower arrangements became problematic. The kitchen cupboards were lost and most of the items involved with the flower arranging were put into storage. A very limited number of useful items were placed in the north choir aisle cupboard. Dot Fullerton and I attempted to maintain an arrangement in the nave in a super vase that Dot had picked up in a charity shop. When Dot moved away from Hessle and I then went on holiday, had covid, and found the hot weather tiring, I’m afraid I did nothing about providing a display. Events such as Emma’s recent wedding, the death of the Queen, and harvest began to make me consider that it would be good to maintain a regular display. But here is the crunch point, I can’t do it on my own. My recent 80th birthday made me realise that I have limitations on tasks that take up time and often physical effort.

I would be quite happy to supervise a rota where willing members can offer to bring in fresh flowers and carry out their own arrangements. It might even be just an arrangement of flowers in a vase. Monies are available within the church budget for expenses. We now have a flower cupboard within the new storage area though I have yet to see how it will be used in a practical way.

Don’t worry about being an expert; my knowledge has only come by originally volunteering with Ilona Newman and Stella Barnes. As a church, we need to say a big thank you to both of them for the time they spent over the years when they worked on flower festivals and encouraged many to join in.

If this interests you, please contact me at jean@candjfenwick.karoo.co.uk.

PS: This is open to ALL. 

Tim Wilson writes about project that started last week:

As part of Irene's address on Sunday 18th September, she suggested that we create a 'Warm Space’ within the Minster for those who are experiencing difficulties caused by the economic crisis.

Every Thursday between 10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. there will be an area set aside with a small team to meet with people and to offer them a warm drink and a hot lunch, of homemade soup and a roll and a dessert served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.  Advice and support will be available.

If there are any readers of Lifeline who would like to be part of the team that will be delivering this new project, then please talk to Irene or Tim.

BIBLE STUDY GROUP

Our Bible study on Hebrews, ‘A new and better way’, is going really well. If you can’t make every week then dip in whenever you can, it is well worth it as we extend our knowledge on the book of Hebrews. To join go to the website and click on Church and Worship, then Teaching and click the banner at the top.  You can also access the Bible Studies by clicking on the topic instead of the Teaching banner.

PRAYER POINTS FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER

• We pray for Dominic, that he will continue to improve after his accident.

•  We pray for the ‘warm church’ initiative. May we reach out to those in need

•  For children and young people who struggle with school because of poor mental health. May they receive the help and support they need. 

COLLECT FOR THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

God, our judge and saviour

teach us to be open to your truth

and to trust in your love,

that we may live each day

in confidence in the salvation which is given

through Jesus Christ our Lord

AMEN

READINGS FOR 16TH OCTOBER

Psalm 119:97–104

Genesis 32:22 - 31
2 Timothy 3:14–4.5

Luke 18:1-8

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime Concert – Simon-Mary Vincent piano

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 17TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 18TH 

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Shibori Fabric Dyeing Workshop

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Minster Praise

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21ST

 All Day Diversity Threads

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22ND

 All Day Diversity Threads

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer

SUNDAY OCTOBER 23RD

 All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 24TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dr John Alderson, Hull’s Medical Man

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Film Festival

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Steam Punk Market

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 31ST

 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY NOVEMBER  1ST

 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2ND

 12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4TH

 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Merchants of the Minster Talk by John Lawson

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5TH

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime Concert – Rachel Miller/Caroline Blair

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6TH

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY NOVEMBER 7TH

 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8TH

 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Guildhall Tour

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9TH

 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Grief Awareness Cafe

1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Teacher Trainer R.E. in Hull Remembrance Theme

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Choral Union Rehearsal

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10TH

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Integration Coffee Morning

6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Choral Union Concert

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11TH

 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Little Fishes

S FOR THE THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 

• We pray for Dominic, that he will continue to improve after his accident

•  We pray for the pupils and staff at Sentamu Academy that this year will be one of new beginnings and strength as they move forward

•  We pray for all who will benefit from our Harvest gifts asking that no one goes without food or warmth this winter

•  We pray for Bishop Eleanor as she begins her new role as Bishop of Hull. May she and her family be blessed in all that they do
  
  
  

COLLECT FOR THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Lord of creation whose glory is around and within us;

open our eyes to your wonders that we might serve

you with reverence and know your peace at

our lives end,

through Jesus Christ our Lord

AMEN

   

READINGS FOR 2ND OCTOBER

Lamentations 1:1-6

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Luke 17:5-10

DIARY FOR THE COMING FOUR WEEKS

FRIDAY 30TH

 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Workshop

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Icon Painting Workshop

3:00 p.m. Radio Humberside Awards

SATURDAY OCTOBER 1ST 

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Bell Ringing Practice

12 noon to 2:00 p.m. Lunchtime concert

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2ND

 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

TUESDAY OCTOBER 4TH

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5TH

12:30 pm Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH

Details to follow Diverse Threads

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. John Healey Bromby’s Legacy - Talk and Tour

SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH

10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Craft Stall open - all proceeds going towards a

Defibrillator Box further details from

becky dexter001@hotmail.co.uk

1:00 p.m. HANA Fashion Show

4:00 p.m. Taize Service

More details later Grimethorpe Brass Band Concert

SUNDAY OCTOBER 9TH

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

1:00 p.m. Baptism of William James Norris

TUESDAY OCTOBER 11TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Grief Awareness Cafe

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 13TH

All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Integration Coffee Morning

10:a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hand-dyed fabric and stitching workshop

FRIDAY OCTOBER 14TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15TH

 All Day Diversity Threads

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stained Glass Public Engagement Activity

12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime Concert – Simon-Mary Vincent piano

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16TH

All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 17TH

All Day Diversity Threads

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 18TH

All Day Diversity Threads

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Bible Study on Zoom

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Shibori Fabric Dyeing Workshop

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Minster Praise

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21ST

 All Day Diversity Threads

SATURDAY OCTOBER 22ND

All Day Diversity Threads

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Evening Prayer

SUNDAY OCTOBER 23RD

 All Day Diversity Threads

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

MONDAY OCTOBER 24TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Bell Ringing practice

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25TH

All Day Diversity Threads

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Girls’ Brigade

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26TH

All Day Diversity Threads

12:30 p.m. Holy Communion

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

THURSDAY OCTOBER 27TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dr. John Alderson, Hull’s Medical Man

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holiday Drop-In heritage activities for families

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Film Festival

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Steam Punk Market

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Choral Evensong

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30TH

All Day Diversity Threads

All Day Steam Punk Festival

9:30 a.m. Breakfast Church (Tea and toast from 9:10 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. Holy Communion

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