[Ely Events] Celebrating Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding: 4 December

[Simon Kershaw]

      Nicholas Ferrar Day


      Saturday 4 December
      The Celebration of the Feast Day of Nicholas Ferrar
      10.30am

The life and witness of Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding, who died on 4 
December 1637, will be celebrated at a Festival Holy Communion in the 
famous church at Little Gidding. The Rt Revd David Walker, Bishop of 
Dudley, will preside.

After the service Bishop David will give the Address in Ferrar House. 
Bishop David is suffragan Bishop of Dudley in the diocese of Worcester 
and is the Church of England's lead bishop on religious communities, and 
has a special interest in social housing.

The Address will be followed by lunch, after which the Friends of Little 
Gidding will hold their AGM.

/Nicholas Ferrar renounced a promising career at Court and in the City 
to live a life of Christian retreat in his household at Little Gidding, 
inspiring succeeding generations with his devotion to prayer, scripture, 
and Anglican practice. Little Gidding remains a place of peace and 
beauty, and it continues to be sanctified by the life of the saintly 
Nicholas Ferrar, an important figure in our Christian heritage./

All welcome to all or part of the day. Please contact the Friends' 
Secretary, Judith Hodgson, if you would like to have lunch -- telephone: 
01832 275 343; email: secretary at littlegidding.org.uk



Simon Kershaw

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Simon Kershaw
simon at kershaw.org.uk
Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire

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