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Lent 2008
What's happening across
the Diocese during Lent ...
by the Bishop of Derby
The Rt Rev’d Alastair Redfern
Anglican Spirituality – the Art of Spiritual Direction – resources
for our own journey and for offering assistance to others.
Mondays – 11, 18 & 25 February and 3 & 10 March
- at St Oswald’s Church, Ashbourne, 7pm Evening Prayer
and 7.30pm Lecture. All welcome.
Re-Assembling Divided Anglicanism?
Feb 12: Distinguishing Division from Difference
The Rev’d
Canon Robert Parsons, Derby Diocesan World Church Portfolio
Feb 19: Penitence for Defect of Charity and Patience
Fr Simon
Ellis SSC, St Laurence, Long Eaton
Feb 26: Planning Worship Apart and Work Together
The Rt Rev’d
Humphrey Southern, Bishop of Repton
Mar 4: Settling for All that Bible and Creeds enjoin
The Rev’d Allan Brown, St Mary’s,
Ilkeston
Mar 11: Reaching from One Diocese to Foreign Provinces
The
Rev’d Christopher Harrison, Derby Diocesan World
Development Portfolio
Mar 18: Holy Week Prayer Vigil (7-9pm)
Lent Studies commence at 7pm with Compline. Guest speakers
will guide meditations for 20-30 minutes, concluding with a
Blessing. It is customary in Lent to depart in silence. The
final prayer visil for the unity of faith within Christ’s
Church will be silent. People may come and go quietly throughout
and candles may be lit.
Lent Series enquiries to 01159 320833.
The diocesan daily prayer booklet ‘Renewing Prayer 2008’ is
a joint production by the Diocesan Prayer and Spirituality
Group and the Bishop of Derby’s Worship Advisory Group.
It can be ordered from Canon Sheana Barby, 2 Margaret Street,
Derby DE1 3FE, 01332 383301, sheana@talktalk.co.uk.
Cost £1.25 (5 or more @ £1). They can be posted
or collected from the Cathedral Centre office. Copies are also
on sale in the Cathedral Shop and Morley Retreat House.
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