Forthcoming Events
Tuesday 7th February 2012
The Priest Theologian’s Research Reports
The Reverend Dr. Alistair Stewart has been Priest Theologian of Sherborne Abbey since Easter 2010. At 2.30 pm on six successive Tuesdays (commencing 10 January) Dr. Stewart will discuss the fruits of his recent research into the life of the Early Church. All sessions will be held in the Vicarage dining room, and each will be complete in itself: come to as many as you can. 10 January: Preparing for baptism in the first century, and the fourth. 17 January: Why two professions of faith in our baptism service today? 24 January: On the way to death with Ignatius of Antioch. 31 January: One church, one faith… one bishop? 7 February: The white stuff: milk and the transmission of virtue. 14 February: Picking up some fragments: prayers on papyrus.
Wednesday 8th February 2012
Sherborne School Choral Society
Haydn Nelson Mass
Poulenc Organ Concerto
Duruflé Requiem
Soprano Natalya Romaniw
Mezzo soprano Catia Moresco
Tenor Alexander Sprague
Baritone Laurence Meikle
Organ Sandy May
Conductors John Jenkins and James Henderson
Tickets: £15, £12 and £10 available from Sherborne School Reception, 01935 812249, email tickets@sherborne.org
Wednesday 8th February 2012
Julian Meeting
We meet in the Chapel of St Johns’ Almshouse, Half Moon Street, Sherborne from 3.55 pm to 4.30 pm. Everyone is most welcome and the meetings are ecumenical. Come and enjoy silence and meditation in the company of fellow Christians. For further information please contact Shirley Fry (01935 389124) or Lorna Lipscombe (01935 817173).
Saturday 11th February 2012
Men's Breakfast
Men’s Breakfast 8.00—10.00am, The Crown, Sherborne. Speaker: Revd Ken Adolphe - 'A Minister's Hero - Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, a WWI Chaplain'. Tickets: £7 from Tim Bagwell
Tuesday 14th February 2012
The Priest Theologian’s Research Reports
The Reverend Dr. Alistair Stewart has been Priest Theologian of Sherborne Abbey since Easter 2010. At 2.30 pm on six successive Tuesdays (commencing 10 January) Dr. Stewart will discuss the fruits of his recent research into the life of the Early Church. All sessions will be held in the Vicarage dining room, and each will be complete in itself: come to as many as you can. 10 January: Preparing for baptism in the first century, and the fourth. 17 January: Why two professions of faith in our baptism service today? 24 January: On the way to death with Ignatius of Antioch. 31 January: One church, one faith… one bishop? 7 February: The white stuff: milk and the transmission of virtue. 14 February: Picking up some fragments: prayers on papyrus.
Sunday 19th February 2012
Parish Shrove Lunch
Digby Memorial Church Hall
12.30 pm for 1.00 pm
Tickets available from the Parish Office
£6.50 each or £18 for a family
(closing date for tickets Thursday 16 February)
Monday 27th February 2012
Lent Compline & Address
Each Monday in Lent, there will be an address given in the Abbey at 8.00 pm, after which Compline is sung by the Gentlemen of the Choir. These occasions (which always last for under an hour) are always well-attended. The addresses will follow the themes of the Lent study programme.
Monday 5th March 2012
Quiet Day for Lent
The Griffiths Room, Digby Memorial Church Hall
10.00 am to 3.30 pm
Led by The Revd Graeme Hartley
Please bring a notebook and pen, a Bible and a packed lunch. Tea, coffee and soup will be provided. Please book your place in The Parish Office.
Monday 5th March 2012
Lent Compline & Address
Each Monday in Lent, there will be an address given in the Abbey at 8.00 pm, after which Compline is sung by the Gentlemen of the Choir. These occasions (which always last for under an hour) are always well-attended. The addresses will follow the themes of the Lent study programme.
Monday 12th March 2012
Lent Compline & Address
Each Monday in Lent, there will be an address given in the Abbey at 8.00 pm, after which Compline is sung by the Gentlemen of the Choir. These occasions (which always last for under an hour) are always well-attended. The addresses will follow the themes of the Lent study programme.
Wednesday 14th March 2012
Julian Meeting
We meet in the Chapel of St Johns’ Almshouse, Half Moon Street, Sherborne from 3.55 pm to 4.30 pm. Everyone is most welcome and the meetings are ecumenical. Come and enjoy silence and meditation in the company of fellow Christians. For further information please contact Shirley Fry (01935 389124) or Lorna Lipscombe (01935 817173).
Saturday 17th March 2012
The Glories of Venice
Sherborne Chamber Choir with the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
Conductor Paul Ellis
Be transported to the splendour of 16th century Venice for this concert of music by Monteverdi and Gabrieli. The programme contains a wide variety of textures of voices and instruments, with solo and multi-voice works for choir and instruments and instrumental music from one of the country’s top period ensembles.
Tickets £5-£16, under 18s free of charge, available from Sherborne Tourist Information Centre, Digby Road, Sherborne, 01935 815341, and The Dorset Music House, 01935 816332
Monday 19th March 2012
Lent Compline & Address
Each Monday in Lent, there will be an address given in the Abbey at 8.00 pm, after which Compline is sung by the Gentlemen of the Choir. These occasions (which always last for under an hour) are always well-attended. The addresses will follow the themes of the Lent study programme.
Monday 26th March 2012
Lent Compline & Address
Each Monday in Lent, there will be an address given in the Abbey at 8.00 pm, after which Compline is sung by the Gentlemen of the Choir. These occasions (which always last for under an hour) are always well-attended. The addresses will follow the themes of the Lent study programme.
Saturday 31st March 2012
Learning for Discipleship Taster"
St Paul’s Church, 9.30 am to 12.30 pm: ‘Mission Impossible?’ This is an introduction to Mission in God’s World, a core module in the Diocesan Learning for Discipleship programme, planned to run weekly from April to July 2012.
This ‘taster morning’ is a stand-alone session which may be attended free of charge by anyone interested, not just those thinking of doing the summer course. Refreshments provided. For further details please contact the course leaders: John Rennie (83003) and Mark Greenstock (812561, mcgreenstock@btinternet.com )
Monday 9th April 2012
Bank Holiday Organ Recital
At 2.30pm
Harold Jackson (Chilton Cantelo School) Free entry with retiring collection
Friday 20th April 2012
Symposium
The Vicar has asked one of our Associate Priests,
The Reverend Dr. John Rennie FRCS, to organise a
symposium on the topic of Assisted Dying
(also known as Assisted Suicide).
This is planned to be in the
Digby Memorial Church Hall. More details in due course.
Friday 4th May 2012
Sherborne Abbey Festival
Friday 4 May - Tuesday 8 May
A feast of music throughout the Bank Holiday weekend by performers including the Tallis Scholars, Sherborne Festival Chorus, Emma Johnson, Leslie Garrett, and festival evensong sung by the joint choirs of Sherborne and Romsey Abbeys.
Tickets on sale from 20 February. Full details at www.sherborneabbey.org or separate leaflet.
Tuesday 15th May 2012
Insight Lecture
The Insight Lectures explore different aspects of the
Christian faith and its borderlands.
They are not held in Lent
and so the next series – all given by the Vicar –
will be in the summer term, celebrating
the 350th anniversary of the publication of
The Book of Common Prayer 1662
They will be held at 7.30 pm in the Griffiths Room at the Digby Memorial Church Hall
Tuesday 29th May 2012
Insight Lecture
The Insight Lectures explore different aspects of the
Christian faith and its borderlands.
They are not held in Lent
and so the next series – all given by the Vicar –
will be in the summer term, celebrating
the 350th anniversary of the publication of
The Book of Common Prayer 1662
They will be held at 7.30 pm in the Griffiths Room at the Digby Memorial Church Hall
Saturday 2nd June 2012
Jubilee Celebration Concert
Sherborne Chamber Choir, Sherborne Abbey Choir and orchestra
Conductor Paul Ellis
A concert for all the family, celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Music written for Coronations and other Royal occasions through the ages, including favourites such as Parry I was Glad, Handel Zadok the Priest, Walton Coronation Ode and music from last year’s Royal wedding.
Tickets £5-£15, under 18s free of charge, available from Sherborne Tourist Information Centre, Digby Road, Sherborne, 01935 815341, and The Dorset Music House, 01935 816332
Monday 4th June 2012
Bank Holiday Organ Recital
Joby Bell (Appalachian State University)
Free entry with retiring collection
At 2.30pm
Saturday 9th June 2012
Ex Cathedra Choir and Baroque Ensemble
Summer Music Society of Dorset 50th anniversary concert
Alec Roth A Time to Dance (world premiere)
JS Bach Magnificat
Conductor Jeffrey Skidmore
Exploring the ‘times’ and ‘seasons’ of human existence, A Time to Dance has been commissioned by the Summer Music Society of Dorset to celebrate its 50th anniversary. It has been designed as a companion piece to Bach’s Magnificat, using the same orchestral forces and composed to be played on period or modern instruments.
Tickets £10-£32 available from Sherborne Tourist Information Centre, Digby Road, Sherborne, 01935 815341. Booking opens 16th April.
Tuesday 12th June 2012
Insight Lecture
The Insight Lectures explore different aspects of the
Christian faith and its borderlands.
They are not held in Lent
and so the next series – all given by the Vicar –
will be in the summer term, celebrating
the 350th anniversary of the publication of
The Book of Common Prayer 1662
They will be held at 7.30 pm in the Griffiths Room at the Digby Memorial Church Hall
Saturday 23rd June 2012
The Life of Christ - open aire play
The Life of Christ – an open air play in 3 acts: Wintershall near Guildford travelling by coach. A very moving experience. . The day is quite a long one; the performance starts at 10.00 am and finishes at 4.00 pm, and you do need to be able to be mobile as the performance moves through the grounds from the stable scene, to the feeding of the 5000, to the last days of Jesus’ life and beyond. Tickets cost £15.00 for adults, £7.50 for children and the cost of the coach is £11.00. Application forms are at the back of the Abbey and in the Parish Office. Please return the completed form with your money (cheques payable to Sherborne Abbey) to the Parish Office no later than Monday 13 February. Lesley McCreadie, Assistant Curate and Chaplain to Longburton