Notices
ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING - 12PM, THIS SUNDAY
The APCM will take place today in the Old Library at 12pm.
CHORAL EVENSONG - 3.30PM, THIS SUNDAY
Join us for Choral Evensong according to the Book of Common Prayer. The service draws on Scripture and the ancient monastic offices of Vespers and Compline, offering a simple, elegant framework for reflection and prayer. Repertoire by Pitoni, Tallis, Byrd and Farrant is sung by the University Church Choir.
POETRY HOUR - 5.30PM WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY 3 MAY
Poetry Hour is a forum for a diverse group of poets who have been reading and writing poetry together since 2015 in a relaxed and supportive environment. This term we are reading and responding to Liz Berry's collection The Home Child.
FREE LUNCHTIME RECITAL SERIES - 1PM THURSDAY
This week we welcome XinRu Chen to play works by Schumann & Jörg Widmann.
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES BIBLE STUDY - 12.45PM FRIDAYS
The Acts of the Apostles tells of the earliest disciples as they are drawn by the Holy Spirit to become a community that is genuinely inclusive, bringing God's salvation to all people and challenging the divisions created by Empire. The theologian Willie James Jennings describes it as a book of 'revolution', that highlights the disrupting, joyful presence of the Spirit of God, and our reading will be guided by his recent commentary The Book of Acts in the Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible series. All are welcome to join us in the Old Library beginning on 5th May.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING - 4.30PM, FRIDAY 5 MAY
The congregation are warmly invited to join the University Service of Thanksgiving for the Coronation. Register via the link.
BAMPTON LECTURES - 23 & 30 MAY
The Revd Dr Willie James Jennings will give this year's Bampton lectures titled:
'Jesus and the Displaced: Christology and the Redemption of Habitation'. Taking the work of the great African American theologian and mystic Howard Thurman in his famed text, Jesus and the Disinherited as inspiration, these lectures focus on the problems of displacement - geographic, racial, social, and environmental - and how a fresh consideration of the landed life of Jesus might speak to these problems.
HOLYWELL CEMETERY GARDENING DAY
There will not be a Gardening Day in April. The next one will take place on 13 May.
ELECTORAL ROLL
If you are baptised and over the age of 16, and are either resident in the parish or have regularly attended worship here for the last 6 months, you are eligible to join the church electoral roll. This enables you to attend and vote at the annual parochial church meeting and to stand as a member of the PCC. We update the electoral roll annually so if you would like to join or to amend your details, please pick up a form from the back of church.
BAPTISM AND CONFIRMATION CLASSES
If you are considering taking the next step in faith and would like to be baptised or confirmed at Pentecost (28th May), it would be wonderful to hear from you. Please be in touch with Hannah for an informal chat and put the following dates of baptism and confirmation preparation classes in your diary, all 5.30-6.30pm: 18 April, 25 April, 9 May, 16 May. On 23 May will be a rehearsal. To make it as accessible as possible we will be taking a hybrid approach with some sessions in the Old Library and some on zoom.
SUPPORTING OUR MINISTRY
If you would like to support the ministry of the University Church, you may wish to make a cash donation at the offertory or via the contactless card machine by the High Street entrance. You can also make a donation online (please use the QR code) through the Parish Giving Scheme or by sending a text: Text "SMV X" to 70085 to donate £X. E.g.: "SMV 5" to 70085 will donate £5.00. Texts cost £X plus one standard rate message. Thank you!
