A CATHEDRAL DIRECTORY
The Dean:
The Very Revd. Christopher Armstrong
Residentiary Canons:
The Revd. Canon Andrew Hindley
(Canon Sacrist)
The Revd. Canon Dr. Ian Stockton
(Canon Chancellor)
The Revd. Canon Dr. Susan Penfold
(Diocesan Director of Ministry)
The Revd. Canon Dr Shannon Ledbetter
(Community Canon)
Honorary Assistant Priests:
The Revd. Canon Michael Wedgeworth
The Revd. Steven Harvey
Dean’s Secretary:
Mrs. Pauline Rowe
Cathedral Secretary:
Mrs. Lynne Trudgill
Bursar:
Mrs. Janine Brown
Finance Officer:
Mrs. Alison Feeney
Administrator:
Mr. Maurice Maguire
Events Assistant:
Mr. Philip Hunwick
exChange Dialogue Development Officer: Ms. Anjum Anwar MBE
Education Officer:
Mrs. Joanna Booth
Cathedral Under 18’s Co-ordinator:
Mrs. Denise Sanderson
Communication’s Officer
Mr. Alec Stuttard
Catering Manager:
Mr. Paul Flowers
Cathedral Gift Shop Manager:
Mrs. Julie Grimshaw
Dean’s Virger:
Canons’ Virger:
Assistant Virger:
Hon. Assistant Virger:
Housekeeper:
Cathedral Churchwardens:
Mr. Mark Pickering
Mr. Jeffrey Robinson
Mr. Alex Barnes
Mr. Brian Newton
Mrs. Ann Frankland
Mr. Stuart Rothwell, Mr. Philip Carr
Mr. Michael Emery and Mrs Kath Atkinson
Mrs. Rowena Hargreaves
Deputy Churchwarden:
Stewardship:
Director of Music:
Assistant Director of Music:
Music Administrator:
Organ Scholar:
Mr. Michael Emery (Chairman)
Mr. Roger Brickell (Recorder)
Mr. Samuel Hudson
Mr. Shaun Turnbull
Mrs. Linda Bruce
Mr. James Kealey
Appeal Director:
Appeal Fundraiser:
Mrs. Louise Hicks
Ms. Julie Claux
Head Server:
Ringing Master:
Vacant
Mr. Ray Hutchings
Cathedral Chapter:
Membership includes: Mr. Stuart Rothwell
Mrs. Jean Duerden and the Residentiary Canons
Cathedral Council:
Membership includes: Mr. Brian Whittle & Mrs. Parnal
Rothwell
Mr. Jim Holden, Mr. Ray Duckworth,
Mr. Philip Milloy-Robinson and Mr. Gary Wignall
Judge Jeremy Duerden (Chairman)
Ms. Kate Thompson (Chairman)
Deanery Synod:
Friends of Blackburn Cathedral:
Friends of Blackburn Cathedral Music:
ALL THE ABOVE OFFICERS MAY BE CONTACTED VIA THE CATHEDRAL OFFICES
(01254) 503090
BLACKBURN CATHEDRAL
NOVEMBER 2012
CATHEDRAL DIARY
The Dean’s Post Script
1. My thanks go to Canon Stockton for again designing an interesting autumn
study course on which our Sunday Sermons will be based. We have
extended the Kingdom and Advent Season – partly because of its Sunday
interruptions – so that it begins on the first Sunday in November with a
sermon from Michael Sadgrove, The Dean of Durham. Michael is a
theologian and pastor of considerable skill, honing his gifts in Cathedrals at
Coventry, Sheffield and now in Durham.
2. Pam Rhodes will be the guest speaker at The Friends of Blackburn
Cathedral Annual Dinner on Saturday 17th November. Pam is a very
accomplished broadcaster and delightful company. She has fronted ‘Songs
of Praise’ expertly and will be a very entertaining after dinner speaker.
Tickets are now on sale from Karen Brooke on 07742 065335, e-mail:
fobc@btinternet.com or from the clergy or any member of the Friends’
Council. Tickets cost £25 for members; £30 for guests.
3. Off Loom Bead Weaving will be on display in the Cathedral Crypt on
Friday 9th November. Marlene Birtwell will be present to give a demonstration
of Beading and we are all invited to have a go too! Why not have lunch on
that day in the Crypt and see what this is all about?
4. ‘Spiritual Capital’ – a report commissioned by The Association of English
Cathedrals and The Foundation for Christian Leadership – was conducted by
The Grubb Institute and Theos. It reported last month at a Reception held at
Lambeth Palace and hosted by The Archbishop. The purpose of the report
was to help us understand better the place which cathedrals fulfil today in our
society. Six cathedrals were chosen – Canterbury, Durham, Wells,
Manchester, Leicester and Litchfield – with 2000 people taking part in local
surveys. Some results were not surprising:

11 million adults of the resident population of England visited a
cathedral at least once in the last year. They come from across the
demographic and social spectrum;

53% agreed that cathedrals welcomed people of every faith and no
faith.

87% saw cathedrals as a symbol of local identity.
Other results were surprising however:

1.5 to 3 million people whom we might call ‘spiritually unreceptive’ visit
cathedrals each year;

59% of visitors who don’t go to church agreed that cathedrals give a
greater sense of the sacred than elsewhere;

36% of non-believers felt that cathedrals could offer an experience of
God
From this survey we can see that cathedrals carry huge influence in their
localities as well as regionally and nationally. They have the ability to add
spiritual capital to their town or city. Critical in all of this is the working
dynamic of the cathedral. They are not museums or historic ruins. Their
purpose is obvious. Our purpose at Blackburn Cathedral is obvious: “Good
News for Lancashire.”
The Archbishop in his remarks at the launch of this report said, “Why gather
round the hearth if the fire has gone out?” The maintenance of prayer and
worship is central to the ongoing values of our Cathedral. We all have a
responsibility for that!
5. Stewardship Giving for September 2012:
Monthly Giving for September 2012
Target for September
£8000.00
Total Received.
£7,059.00
September Below Target
£941.00
Canon Ian Stockton, Canon Chancellor writes:
An old man once said to me, “It’s hope that keeps me going.” Since he was a
lifelong Port Vale supporter we can understand how he felt at times. He was
also a man of faith and Christian love, who spent his life as a collier. He had
seen hard times through two world wars and the Depression. Faith for him
was born of joy and sorrow, and his hope was no facile optimism. It was a
hope that came from God, from beyond himself and his circumstances. He
had learned to trust God and believed that finally God’s purposes would be
achieved in justice, peace and well-being.
Wilf had a true sense of Advent of hope. He believed in God’s coming
kingdom, in spite of what he had seen below and above ground. Yet for all his
radiant joy in God, he didn’t sit around and wait for God’s kingdom to be
completed. Rather it was God’s hope that motivated his actions and kept him
going. He understood that the resurrection hope of St. Paul in 1 Corinthians
15 concludes with the words, “Therefore, be steadfast, immovable, always
abiding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labour is not in
vain.” Maybe those words of hope should sound in our ears like a manager’s
half-time pep talk.
We hear much about faith and love, but less of that third member of the triad
– hope. It is one of Scripture’s great themes and is a hope that endures and
transcends exodus, exile and crucifixion. For some people today hope is in
short supply, not least for those young people regionally, and across much of
Western Europe, who face long-term unemployment, and others for whom the
global economic exchanges have brought severe changes in financial
circumstances and personal well-being. We can offer no easy hope for
others, but we are called to pray and work for God’s kingdom to come on
earth, and for this to be glimpsed in life together now.
The Season of Advent and the Kingdom period that precedes it give us
opportunity to dwell upon hope, spiritually and practically. A range of
preachers at all of our main Sunday services will be tackling different aspects
of hope. These sermons include “The Death of Death and Christian Hope,”
“Finding Hope in Despair; Christ the King,” and Hope in Later Life.” This is in
addition to “Hope for Justice”, “Hope for the Desperate” and “Hope from the
Margins.” Hopefully all of this will inform our praying, stimulate our thinking,
enliven our conversations and inspire our actions. Further details can be
found on our posters and leaflets.
You may have noticed that churches and other agencies in Blackburn have
been setting up recently a Foodbank in Blackburn to help people in time of
temporary crisis. This provision is not geared towards people who are “street
homeless,” and it therefore, complements the Cathedral’s dry foods aid. The
Foodbank receives food from schools, churches, businesses and members of
the public, and food is distributed through a voucher system. The Cathedral
will be part of this initiative, and if you wish to know more, speak to me or to
one of the virgers. We may say that there should be no need for Foodbanks,
yet in the UK four new centres open each week. All of us can suddenly find
ourselves in situations that seem hopeless, and then we may find hope
coming from God, from a neighbour or from changes in how we order our
common life to reflect better God’s coming kingdom.
All good wishes
Canon Ian Stockton
Cathedral Sunday School: (for age 4 – 11years) - During the Cathedral Eucharist
– Co-ordinators: Canon Michael and Mrs Pat Wedgeworth
Mothers’ Union:
Monthly Thursday afternoons
Enrolling Member: Mrs. Parnal Rothwell
Cathedral Ringers:
Thursday from 8.00pm
Ringing Master: Mr. Ray Hutchings
Cathedral Choir:
Friday evenings & Sundays (Men)
Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays (Boys)
Director of Music: Mr. Samuel Hudson
Cathedral Handbell Choir: Tuesday mornings, 9.45am – 10.30am Chesters Room
Leader: Mrs Ruth Watton
Cathedral Girls’ Choir:
Tuesday and Thursday evenings
Director of Music: Mr. Samuel Hudson
Young People’s Choir:
Thursday evenings & Sundays
Assistant Director of Music: Mr. Shaun Turnbull
The Renaissance Singers: Thursday evenings
Director of Music: Mr. Samuel Hudson
Children’s’ Choir:
NB. ‘Lantern Voices’:
Thursday afternoons: Helen Burton and Jeff Borradaile
November
Sunday 11th
 Sunday Services
8.00am Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
9.00am Parish Communion (Young People’s Choir)
10.30am THE CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST
4.00pm Choral Evensong
 Weekday Services
Daily Morning Prayer 8.40am (Saturdays 9am)
Holy Communion is celebrated at the following times:
Mon: 12.30pm; Tues: 7.30am; Wed: 11.00am; Thu: 8.10am
Fri: 12.30pm; Sat: 9.30am
Daily Evensong 5.15pm (3.30pm Saturday)
(Sung on Tuesdays to Fridays in Term Time and
occasionally on Saturdays)
* The Café in the Crypt is open Tuesday to Friday as follows:
9.00am – 11.00am
Breakfast, Drinks & Light Bites
11.30am – 2.00pm
Full Lunch Menu
2.00pm - 2.30pm
Drinks and Cakes
* The Cathedral Shop is open Tuesday to Saturday 10.30am to 3.00pm
8.00am
Holy Communion (BCP): Canon Ian Stockton
(Please note there is no 9.00am Parish Communion today)
9.30am
Civic Service of Remembrance
10.40am
Celebrant: Canon Andrew Hindley
4.00pm
Preacher (Ramsay Sermon): Canon Andrew Raynes
Tuesday 13th
Wednesday 14th
Thursday 15th
Friday 16th
Saturday 17th
Sunday 18th
Tuesday 20th
1st
12.00pm
7.30pm
Saturday 3rd
10.00am
Thursday
3.30pm
Sunday 4th
Wednesday 7th
Thursday 8th
9.45am
1.00pm
5.15pm
9.00am
1.00pm
5.15pm
7.30pm
9.00am
5.15pm
Friday 9th
Saturday 10th
Dean’s Poetry Marathon (until 12.00pm on the
Lancashire Police & Crime Commissioner Election
Hustings in the South Transept
Cathedral Walking Group: Downham Circular – Leader:
Russell Dyson
Blackburn Bellringers’ Branch Ringing Meeting
ALL SAINTS SUNDAY
8.00am
9.00am
10.30am
4.00pm
Tuesday 6th
2nd)
5.15pm
9.30am
7.30pm
Holy Communion (BCP): Canon Sue Penfold
Celebrant & Preacher: Canon Shannon Ledbetter
Celebrant: The Dean
Preacher: Rev’d Steven Harvey
Handbell Choir Rehearsal – Chesters Room
Dialogue: A Day in the Life of Helen Leigh – N. Transept
Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Girls’ Choir
Music Outreach Project Teacher Training – Song School
Lunchtime Organ Recital by Ben Chewter (Chester
Cathedral)
Choral Evensong sung by the Boys of the Cathedral Choir
Renaissance Singers’ Committee Meeting – Chesters Rm.
Music Outreach Project Teacher Training
Choral Evensong sung by Schola Cantorum
Beading Demonstration in the Crypt
Choral Evensong sung by The Cathedral Consort
RSCM Examinations – YPC Room, Sacristy & Song
School
Renaissance Singers Concert – They Shall Grow Not Old
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
Wednesday 21st
9.45am
10.30am
5.15pm
1.00pm
5.15pm
5.15pm
5.15pm
7.30pm
THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
8.00am
9.00am
10.30am
4.00pm
Holy Communion (BCP): Rev’d Steven Harvey
Celebrant & Preacher: The Dean
Celebrant: Canon Ian Stockton
Choral Evensong with Chorister Awards
Preacher: Canon Andrew Sage
9.30am
5.15pm
11.00am
1.00pm
Handbell Choir Rehearsal – Chesters Room
Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Girls’ Choir
Fabric Advisory Committee Meeting – Chesters Room
Lunchtime Organ Recital by Nick Sutton (Doncaster
Minster)
Diocesan Needleworkers’ Meeting – Chesters Room
Choral Evensong sung by the Boys of the Cathedral Choir
Cathedral Council Meeting – Chesters Room
Choral Evensong sung by Schola Cantorum
Walton-le-Dale High School Visit
Choral Evensong sung by The Cathedral Consort
Cathedral Walking Group – Arnside & Beetham: Leader –
Charles Leeming
Saturday 24th
1.30pm
5.15pm
2.00pm
5.15pm
9.45am
5.15pm
10.00am
Sunday 25th
CHRIST THE KING
Thursday 22nd
Friday 23rd
8.00am
9.00am
10.30am
12.00pm
4.00pm
Tuesday 27th
Handbell Choir Rehearsal – Chesters Room
Wheatley Lane Methodist School Year 2 Pupils Visit
Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Girls’ Choir
Lunchtime Recital by Laurenne Chapman (Soprano) and
Tim Kennedy (Piano)
Choral Evensong sung by the Boys of the Cathedral Choir
Choral Evensong sung by Schola Cantorum
Choral Evensong sung by The Cathedral Consort
FoBC Dinner in the Crypt
Wednesday 28th
9.45am
2.00pm
5.15pm
1.00pm
Thursday 29th
Friday 30th
5.15pm
5.15pm
5.15pm
Holy Communion (BCP): The Dean.
Celebrant & Preacher: Canon Sue Penfold.
Celebrant: Canon Shannon Ledbetter
Interment of the Ashes of Joe Prest - Columbarium
Preacher: Canon Andrea Titterington
Handbell Choir Rehearsal – Chesters Room
Open Guided Tour with George Kirby
Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Girls’ Choir
Lunchtime Organ Recital by David Davies (Exeter
Cathedral)
Choral Evensong sung by the Boys of the Cathedral Choir
Choral Evensong sung by Schola Cantorum
Choral Evensong sung by The Cathedral Consort