St Mary Redcliffe Church Parish Magazine - September 2017

St Mary Redcliffe
With Temple, Bristol & St John the Baptist, Bedminster
vicar
Revd Dan Tyndall: 0117-231 0067
associate vicar
Revd Kat Campion-Spall: 0117-231 0070
associate clergy
Revd Canon Neville Boundy, Revd Canon Peter Dill
Revd Canon John Rogan, Revd Canon Michael Vooght
operations manager
Peter Rignall: 0117-231 0073
admin associate
Pat Terry: 0117-231 0063
vicar's letter
ONE OF THE STRONG FEELINGS that
came out of the parish weekend in
July was of the need to mix things
up a bit. We had a great weekend getting
to know people better: particularly older
members of the church getting to know
younger ones, and newer arrivals getting
to know some of the old hands. This is
critical if we are going to live out vision of
being one, inclusive, diverse community,
and not a gathering of an assortment of
groups. This is one of the reasons why we
are introducing some significant changes,
as an experiment, at the west end of the
church for the 9.30 Sung Eucharist.
MIXING IT UP
— revd dan tyndall
church wardens
Richard James: 0117-966 2291
Elizabeth Shanahan: 07808 505977
admin assistant
Ros Houseago: 0117-231 0064
the parish office
12 Colston Parade, Redcliffe
Bristol BS1 6RA 0117-231 0060
head verger
Matthew Buckmaster: 0117-231 0061
vergers
Carys Underdown: 0117-231 0061
Andy Carruthers: 0117-231 0061
director of music
Andrew Kirk: 0117-231 0065
research assistant
Rhys Williams: 0117-231 0068
education officer
Sarah Yates: 0117-231 0072
assistant organists
Claire and Graham Alsop
For more information about
St Mary Redcliffe visit our website at
www.stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
Any of the staff may be contacted at
parish.office@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
As with the changes in the content of the service over the last couple
of years, we will introduce some changes and then live with them for a
few weeks before asking people to comment. We will ask for feedback
and I truly hope that you will, either directly to me or via the wardens or
parish office, let me know your opinions. Of course, I am interested to
know how you feel about the changes, but primarily the considerations
will be around whether the changes enable us to be a more thriving
Christian community; a more welcoming heritage destination; a more
effective parish church.
On Sunday 10th September three specific changes that will be introduced:
Family Worship Area; West End chairs; Receiving Communion.
Family Worship Area: The corbels that have been sitting on the shelf
in the north aisle (rather hidden and not easily accessible for people to
enjoy and understand) are being moved to the south transept where
they can be placed more deliberately and given better interpretation.
The Family Worship Area will then be moved from the West End into the
unchaired area of the north aisle. This will, intentionally, be a smaller