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WHAT’S ON

Saurday 3rd November. 9.30-4pm. Celebration of Healing at Ely Methodist Church. Saturday 10th November. 10-3.30pm. Christmas Craft and Flowers Day at Grove House, Mepal. To book contact 01353 775308. Saturday 10th November. 11-7pm. Sharing Sacred Places - a symposium to discuss and explore complementary uses of old and new church buildings at Michaelhouse, Cambridge. Full details and booking at http://www.michaelhouse.org.uk. Saturday 17th November. 9.30-1.30pm. LLM Training Day - Living Doctrine with Canon Alan Hargrave at Ely Cathedral Centre. Friday 23rd November. 8-11pm. Concert in aid of Great St Mary’s Development Appeal at Great St Mary’s Cambridge. For tickets contact 01223 300085, www.adcticketing.com or from Great St Mary’s Shop. Saturday 24th November. 3-5pm. The Etheldreda Community will study ‘Living with Contradiction’ by Esther de Waal and explores “Rule of Benedict” Further details from Canon Alan Hargrave on alan.hargrave@cathedral.ely.anglican.org

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Fun at the Cathedral In this issue Fun at the Cathedral

New Dean at Ely Cathedral

Our latest church primary

school has opened

Ely Foodbank

Christmas gifts .

Children and schools have recently been part of some fantastic events at Ely Cathedral, as you can see from the

pictures.

In September, some 300 children, families and friends attended the first ever Messy Cathedral.

Together they celebrated and explored the themes of harvest and creation.

The cathedral was full of craft and activity zones. Children took part in Godly Play,

model and glider making, light catcher painting, hand bell ringing and turning the handle on an apple press to squeeze fresh juice for one another. There were puppets, gingerbread men to decorate and eat, and generally lots of messy painting and sticking areas.

The whole event was drawn to a close, after an enormous picnic lunch, in an act of Messy worship.

And, in October, the cathedral hosted special days for church schools. Over a four day period some 58 schools and 2,400 primary pupils joined in a journey to the time of Henry VIII, the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the beginnings of the Church of England.

The children were captivated by history come to life, by being able to take part – in costumes, and with props. The herbalist and the King’s messenger in particular caught everyone’s attention. Treason was most definitely in the air!

More photos of both events can be found on the diocesan Facebook page:

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COMINGS AND GOINGS The Revd James Mackay has been appointed Rector of Stilton with Denton and Caldecote and Folksworth with Morborne and Haddon and Priest in Charge of Elton. James will be licensed on 10th January at Stilton. The Revd Christine Worsley has been appointed Honorary Canon of Ely Cathedral. She was collated and installed on 17th October. The Very Revd John Irvine was licensed as Associate Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge on 10th October. The Revd Alyson Buxton has been appointed Director Ministry for the Diocese of Ely. It is expected that she will take up post in the New Year. The Revd Dr Anthony Moore, Dean of St Catherine’s College, Cambridge has been appointed Canon Chancellor of Lichfield Cathedral. He will be installed on 19th January. The Revd David Spencer retired from his post as PIC of Elton on 30th September. Mrs Daphne Calvert succeeds The Revd Alan Jesson as Sub-warden of Readers for the Wisbech area. Mrs Tricia Pritchard has been appointed Interim Director of Education for the Diocese of Ely with effect from 1st January 2013.

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announcements/ Newsletter editor: Sarah Williams � 01353 625728 � sarah.williams@ely.anglican.org

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Our latest church primary school has opened A £4.2m new church primary school has been opened by Bishop David. St Michael’s has been built to serve the new community of South Standground, near Peterborough. Providing 210 paaces to children from the local area, the school has been designed and built for sustainability and to better support the environment. It has a growing sedum roof, large areas for planting and growing, a pond and hedges specifically chosen to attract wildlife to the area.

More photos can be found at:

www.facebook.com/elydiocese/photos_albums

New Dean at Ely Cathedral

The Revd Canon Mark Bonney has been installed as Dean of Ely Cathedral. Mark comes to us from Salisbury Diocese where he was Canon Treasurer at the cathedral there. He is married to Kate and they have two daughters.

Christmas gifts—with a difference

This Christmas, why not give a gift with a difference – give a special gift that will make a huge difference to someone’s life in the Diocese of Vellore, one of our worldwide church links. Further details can be found at: www.ely.anglican.org/education/schools/vellore/

candles-of-hope.html or from fiona.brampton@btinternet.com

Ely Foodbank Ely Foodbank will be officially launched on Friday 9 November. Schools, churches, businesses and individuals are invited to donate non-perishable, in-date food to the foodbank to meet the needs of local people in crisis. For more information go to: http://ely.foodbank.org.uk/

Time to Change At the recent mental health conference, Bishop Stephen signed the Time to Change pledge on behalf of the diocese. This is a national campaign aimed at challenging and bringing to an end mental health discrimination. Our diocese will now be exploring ways in which we can support the pledge. Further information about the campaign can be found at: www.time-to-change.org.uk/home