St John's Cathedral Community News October 2017 #91

Contemplative Eucharist

SOUTHSIDE / 14th St Bernard’s Catholic Church Hall (left of the Aspinall centre) 4 Klumpp Road, Upper Mt Gravatt NORTHSIDE / 29th Aspley-Albany Creek Anglican Church of the Resurrection Church Hall 30 Ridley Road, Bridgeman Downs How can communities of faith respond with compassion & justice, guided by teachings to treat others as we want to be treated, welcome the stranger and recognise the dignity of all people? Love Makes a Way (LMAW) and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) present an interactive workshop of reflection and sharing ways of how to have value-based conversations informed and motivated by your faith with family, friends, fellow community members, as well as people of influence, about the issues that impact people seeking asylum. Now more than ever, the situation faced by people seeking asylum is critical. Learn how you can help and engage your community to do the same. RSVP by email to: action.qld@asrc.org.au or by phoning 0432 699 934 “Allow: embrace the world as it is” On the second Wednesday each month all are welcome to share in a Contemplative Eucharistic service featuring music, poetry and silence. Come and reflect on what it means to listen to the gentle voice of the Spirit and sense the call of the life that is peculiarly your own. Music will again guide us through the liturgy as we encounter God in the stillness, and in the bread and wine. We will gather around the main altar as our guest pianist and harpist together provide contemplative music and lead us in the songs of Taize. The service commences at 6.00pm, but those who would like to meditate before are welcome to arrive from 5.30pm to enjoy the silence. The Prayer Book services of Morning and Evening Prayer (the Daily Offices) are among the great spiritual gifts of the Anglican Communion. Evensong and Matins are sung versions of two ancient forms of the Daily Offices. Monday to Friday we offer said versions of these services in the Cathedral. They can also be prayed at home. The regular use of the Daily Offices enables one to connect with Bible readings, with the story of the Christian faith and to celebrate the ebb and flow of the church year. This morning the Dean will be leading a session on ‘how to drive’ the prayer book to get the most out of this way of praying. The session will cover the use of the lectionary (calendar of psalms and readings), choosing the prayer of the day, and some tips on the use of silence and the choosing of prayers. The session will be in Room 23, St Martin’s House and all are welcome.

Wed. 11th October 6.00pm

MULTI-FAITH SEMINARS

Sat. 14th October 1.00pm – 5.00pm Sun. 29th October 1.00pm – 5.00pm

Changing the conversation about people seeking asylum

PRAYING MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

Sun. 15th October 11.15am

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