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REVD WENDY HOUGH / EDUC<strong>AT</strong>ION<br />
Wendy Hough’s last day’s service here at Redcliffe was on 30 th March 2014 where she presided at all services.<br />
It was a very moving day for Wendy made a little more emotional, I feel, as it was also Mothering Sunday.<br />
A 19 strong contingent from Redcliffe made the journey to Cyprus to support Wendy at her installation and<br />
licensing by the Ven Dr John Holdsworth, Archdeacon, as Chaplain at St Andrew’s church In Kyrenia on<br />
Saturday 12 th April 2014. It was a warm and sunny day and an equally warm reception was given to Wendy<br />
by both the officials and congregation alike. The Church was packed, with standing room only and the<br />
congregation included the mayor of Kyrenia and Muftu Fuat Tosan, the senior Muslim cleric for the area.<br />
After her historic licensing as the first woman priest of the church all present enjoyed a buffet the<br />
congregation had prepared for us in their “undercoft” and we all had the opportunity to congratulate Wendy.<br />
The occasion concluded with a group photograph shown below (sadly without the Schnurr Family who had<br />
to leave in order to catch a flight).<br />
The SMR worshippers attended her first Sunday service the next day – Palm Sunday a somewhat different,<br />
though noticeably intimate occasion.<br />
Education Work Report<br />
Vision<br />
Our vision is to enhance the spiritual development and support the religious education of pupils in the wider<br />
Bristol area through a creative partnership between St Mary Redcliffe Church and individual schools.<br />
Purpose<br />
Our purpose is initially to engage with schools local to the church and subsequently with schools further<br />
afield to offer support with religious education which is a statutory subject of the school curriculum.<br />
It is clear that certain aspects of the Religious Education (RE) curriculum can come to life if they are<br />
approached in St Mary Redcliffe Church where children can use all their senses to experience some aspects of<br />
Christian belief and practice. By attending workshops in the church, children can be introduced to some<br />
aspects of Christianity more easily than in a classroom.<br />
Strategy<br />
Our purpose is achieved by approaching local schools and building good relationships with them and
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