The Seven Last Words from the Cross
Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do
Sunday 28 January 2018, 6.30pm
Preacher: The Very Rev’d Dr David Ison, Dean, St Paul’s Cathedral
Brought up in Brentwood, Essex, David went to university in Leicester and theological college in Nottingham before a curacy and part-time PhD in inner-city Deptford in S.E. London, before becoming a tutor at the Church Army training college and then vicar of an outer housing estate in north Coventry. In 1993 he moved to Exeter to work in in-service training for clergy in Devon and became a diocesan canon at Exeter Cathedral, leading in 2005 to appointment as Dean of Bradford with the task of rebuilding the Cathedral’s ministry and mission. He became Dean of St Paul's in May 2012, helping the cathedral in its governance and mission, and has been on Synod since 2010, joining the CNC in 2017. He is married to Hilary, also a priest, and they have four children and four grandchildren.

Today shalt thou be with me in paradise
Sunday 4 February 2018, 6.30pm
Preacher: The Rev’d Karen Young, Vicar, St James, Heckmondwike (with All Souls, Norristhorpe) and Liversedge
The Rev'd Karen Young is the Vicar of Heckmondwike and Liversedge in West Yorkshire. She grew up in Oxford, studied accountancy and law and worked for Oxford University. From 2004 she was parish finance adviser for the Diocese of Chichester, based in Brighton. She trained for ordination at Cranmer Hall in Durham, completing an MA in Theology and Ministry in 2014 while serving her curacy in the city of Chichester. Karen moved to Yorkshire in 2016 and hopes to settle there, after decades of traversing the country. Her latest interest is the medieval angel roofs of East Anglian churches, which she visits rather obsessively during her holidays.

Woman, behold thy son! Behold thy mother!
Preacher: The Rev’d Ellen Eames, Chaplain, St Gabriel’s College, Camberwell

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Sunday 18 February 2018, 6.30pm
Preacher: The Rev’d Bryony Taylor, Assistant Curate, St Michael and All Angels, Houghton-le-Spring

I thirst
Sunday 25 February 2018, 6.30pm
Preacher: The Very Rev’d Jane Hedges, Dean, Norwich Cathedral
Jane was ordained Deaconess in 1980, Deacon in 1987 and Priest in 1994. She was the first woman to be appointed a Residentiary Canon in the Church of England, serving as Canon Pastor at Portsmouth Cathedral. In 2006 she became the first woman Canon at Westminster Abbey, moving from there in 2014 to become the first woman Dean of Norwich. She oversees the life of the Cathedral, chairing the Chapter, and is also a member of the Bishop’s Senior Staff Team.

It is finished
Preacher: The Rev’d Canon Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Kings’ College, London
Nicholas Sagovsky is Whitelands Professorial Fellow at Roehampton University and a Visiting Professor at Kings College London. He has been Canon Theologian at Westminster Abbey, William Leech Professorial Research Fellow in Applied Christian Theology at Newcastle University and Dean of Clare College, Cambridge. Much of his work has focused on Anglican-Roman Catholic ecumenism: he has been a member of ARCIC (the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission) since 1992. He is a Vice-President of SPCK.

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit
Preacher: The Rev’d Canon Neil Heavisides, The Assistant Chaplain
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