St Mary Redcliffe Church Parish Magazine - October 2016

Another Exciting Book by Simon Taylor
Imitation and Scapegoats- Pastoral insight from the work of Rene
Girard is Simon Taylor’s most recent book launched at Derby
Cathedral in September. The book uses Girard’s work on violence and
religion to ask how ministers and pastors can deal with rivalry, conflict
and scapegoats in their own lives and ministry. The ideas are explained
through stories from the Bible, case studies and questions for
reflection and discussion. Peter Dill has already reported that the
Church Times terms the book “a gem”.
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Forgotten Voices
October 1916
Collated by the late John Brewer in January 2015
One thing I shall never forget was my first experience of dead bodies.
On the first day at albert the weather was very hot, and I was sent up
to an observation post with another officer. We found we literally
couldn’t walk along the trenches without treading on dead bodies,
German and British. The stench and flies were simply appalling. That
was one of the most miserable memories I have of the Somme. It was
pathetic really. Eventually one just got over it and thought nothing of it.
We couldn’t help it, we were alive and that’s what mattered. And being
alive, we jolly well had to get on with it.
Lieutenant Montague Cleeve, Royal Garrison Artillery
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The Annual Pipe Walk
The annual Pipe Walk is on Saturday 22 October. It starts at 10am at
St Barnabas Church, Daventry Road and winds its way downhill (as
water does) through fields, back gardens, streets and Victoria Park with
a wonderful historical commentary from Ned Cussen, our honorary
church surveyor. There’s always something new to learn. It ends no
later than 1 pm with refreshments at St Mary Redcliffe Church.