St Mary Redcliffe Church Parish Magazine - November 2017

St Mary Redcliffe
singing a song of faith and justice
parish magazine . . .
November
2017
ARTICLES: Project 450 — Revd Dan Tyndall // Holding on to
Worries — The Ven Christine Froud, Archdeacon of Malmesbury //
Modern Slavery — Cecile Gillard // Project 450: update — Rhys
Williams // Myanmar; donations — Jenny Martin
Montage for All Saints Day — from SMR Lady Chapel windows by Harry Stammers (1961)
DIARY: Temwa Winter Concert — 4th November // All Souls Day
Service — 5th November // Remembrance Sunday — 12th November
// Christians in Science; autumn lecture series — 17th November

St Mary Redcliffe
With Temple, Bristol & St John the Baptist, Bedminster
vicar
Revd Dan Tyndall: 0117-231 0067
vicar's letter
PROJECT 450
— OUR FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
— revd dan tyndall
associate vicar
Revd Kat Campion-Spall: 0117-231 0070
associate clergy
Revd Canon Neville Boundy, Revd Peter Dill
Revd Canon John Rogan, Revd Canon Michael Vooght
operations manager
Peter Rignall: 0117-231 0073
admin executive
Evelyn Burton-Guyett: 0117-231 0064
admin associate
Pat Terry: 0117-231 0063
admin assistant
Ros Houseago: 0117-231 0063
the parish office
12 Colston Parade, Redcliffe
Bristol BS1 6RA 0117-231 0060
THINGS HAVE BEEN RATHER QUIET
on this front for the last few months.
This time last year we decided to
seek some external funding to assist us
with our development plans and in early
January we put in an application to the
Heritage Lottery Funding scheme ‘Resilient
Heritage’.
Sadly that application was not successful
and it has taken us some time to re‐group
and work out what to do next. In the
meantime, the PCC has had a full conversation
about the merits of Hogarth’s altarpiece
to our development plans and has determined that, for the time
being, it should remain within the scope of the project. However, “there
are many a slip twixt cup and lip” and we will all need to be convinced that,
to put it bluntly, the Hogarth will be an asset not an albatross!
church wardens
Richard James: 0117-966 2291
Elizabeth Shanahan: 07808 505977
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
You can read more details of the work that has been undertaken in the
last couple of months elesewhere in these pages, but, from my point of
view, it is important to underline that, after a few months’ ‘pause’, we are
up and running once again. We know what we are seeking to do and we
know the next few steps in bringing that about.
So, what are we seeking to do?
This takes us back to the original ‘Statement of Need’ written and
approved by the PCC way back in 2013. This outlines, in headline terms,
the spaces we need to enable us to do what we feel called to do as a
church. This ranges from the basics of toilets and level access; through a

decent hospitality offer in a café and heritage offer through signage and
a shop; includes the ‘backstage’ requirements of a small charitable trust
employing a dozen people; to the ‘nice-to-haves’ of large gathering space
and possibly even our own brewery!
What we’ve stopped doing (to be honest, what I’ve stopped doing ... never
forget that this is a serious learning process for me as well!) is focussing on
one thing at a time. We / I got hooked onto the Hogarth and forgot that our
attention should be on delivering against the Statement of Need.
So what are our next few steps?
For one thing, the project board will be working closely with me, Rhys and
our consultants to draw up a timetable for action. If we want to deliver
any new facilities in time for the 450th anniversary of the visit to Bristol of
Queen Elizabeth I then we need to keep alert to the passage of time. (And,
yes, that’s where the title ‘Project 450’ comes from — it’s a working title
for the time being, but at least it is easier to say than “St Mary Redcliffe’s
Facilities Development Project”!)
But we all have a part to play in this process. And one of the vital elements
of any project within a church or other Christian community is continually
to ensure that the work is ‘of God’: is this direction of travel helpful in SMR
becoming the community we are called to be? Will our goals and our
aspirations help us speak ever more deeply of the love of God? Will our
plans reveal more of the grace, mercy and wonder of God?
This is a central element in our discernment of what we should be doing.
Sometimes, those who are close to the centre of a project, end up so close
that we cannot see the wood for the trees. That is where we need you to
keep your eye on what is going on, to keep yourselves informed of plans
as they unfold, and to pray that the journey we are on is the journey that
God is calling us towards.
To that end, over the last few months, I have been trying to craft a prayer
that we can all use to help us offer this project to God, and I invite you to
pray this regularly and often:
GOD OF THE AGES,
who stirred our ancestors
to build this house of prayer to the glory of your name,
inspire us with that same longing to be a beacon of your kingdom;
bless our current endeavours, that, begun, continued and ended in you,
what we build in stone, may be woven into a community of hope
where your name is praised, your story is told, and your love is shared;
so that this and future generations may be heard
singing the song of faith and justice;
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Revd Dan Tyndall, Vicar
Reformation 500 . . .
Reformation 500 exhibition views; photos: EJ Lee 2017

Right — Exhibition Panel (the Reformation in England) © Penny Delmon; Mammalcreate; 2017
REFORMATION 500 EXHIBITION IN CHURCH 21ST-31ST OCTOBER
NORTH & SOUTH TRANSEPTS — exhibition and family activities // notes . . .
SMR marked the 500th anniversary
of the Reformation by mounting an
exhibition in church aimed at the
geography of Redcliffe, what the
church looked like at the time, how
the Mass was celebrated, and SMR
church artefacts and customs that
pre-date the Reformation.
The exhibition was launched on 21st
October at the Pipe Walk — which
pre-dates the Reformation — and
was planned to coincide with the
school holidays as well as with the
publication of Martin Luther’s 95
Theses on October 31st in 1517.
Visitors to the North Transept were
able to discover mediaeval Bristol and
Redcliffe (including the Pipe Walk), and
the Reformation in England: Liturgy
and the Mass; Churches and Chapels;
Conscience and Persecution; Music,
Art and the Reformation — and the
legacies of the Reformation.
In the South Transept hands-on
family-friendly activities were laid
out on a ‘help yourself’ basis that
explored the themes and people
described in the North Transept.
Visitors described the exhibition as
“accessible”, “informative”, “easy to
read” and “smart”. They enjoyed the
large exhibition boards and their
corresponding “eyecatching” panels
with “inviting” text and pictures.
— Jane
Vousden
The exhibition was the work of a team of SMR associates, colleagues and friends, and a graphic
design studio. Thanks to Revd Tyndall for commissioning the work and for textual input, to
the Dean of Bristol Cathedral and Director of Music at the Cathedral for textual input also,
and to the Canynges Society for help with facilitating the exhibition.
news from the diocese of bristol
HOLDING ON TO WORRIES —
— THE VENERABLE CHRISTINE FROUD
ARCHDEACON OF MALMESBURY
AYOUNG WOMAN confidently walked around the room while
carrying in her raised hand, a glass of water. She was leading a
training day on wellbeing. She asked “How heavy is this glass of
water?” She smiled as answers ranged from 250–500 grms. She took her
time and then replied. “The weight of this glass of water doesn’t matter,
what matters is how long I hold it...
if I hold it for a minute it’s not a problem…
if I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm…
if I hold it for a day, someone will need to call an ambulance!
The longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”
She went on to say: “That is the way it is with worry! If we carry our burdens
all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we
won’t be able to carry on ... as with the glass of water, so it is with the worry
in our lives, sooner or later we have to lay it down, or we will be overcome by it.”
We worry too. About the current political upheaval, not only in our own
country but in places as diverse as North Korea, Afghanistan and even the
USA. We worry about the enormous population movements, as many in
the Middle East flee from war and persecution. We worry about the disregard
for international law and order as innocent people are mown down in Las
Vegas, Barcelona, Nice, London and in other cities across our world.
Perhaps, though, your worries aren’t “out there.” Perhaps your worries are
inside you:
...secret concerns about your health,
...private worries about your marriage,
...hidden fears for your children and grandchildren,
...concealed anxieties about the direction your life is taking.

AYOUNG WOMAN confidently walked around the room while
carrying in her raised hand, a glass of water. She was leading a
training day on wellbeing. She asked “How heavy is this glass of
water?” She smiled as answers ranged from 250–500 grms. She took her
time and then replied. “The weight of this glass of water doesn’t matter,
what matters is how long I hold it...
if I hold it for a minute it’s not a problem…
if I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm…
if I hold it for a day, someone will need to call an ambulance!
The longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”
Read Archdeacon Christine’s full article at www.bristol.anglican.org
UPCOMING EVENTS AND TRAINING
Visible Discipleship: A Discussion Panel
Wednesday 8 November at 7pm: Christ Church Clifton, Bristol
How do we understand the relationship between social action and
evangelism? An evening of discussion and conversation exploring the
relationship between social action and gospel evangelism?
Christians in Science: Professor Sir Colin Humphries
Friday 17 November at 7pm: Christ Church Clifton, Bristol
Professor Sir Colin Humphreys will be speaking on Science and the
Historicity of the Bible.
Godly Play Taster Day
Saturday 25 November at 9.30am: Tyndale Baptist Church, Bristol
An introduction to using Godly Play in your church as a way of creating
sacred space and building a community.
Read all the latest news from the Diocese of Bristol at our website www.
bristol.anglican.org Details of all events and training can be found at
www.bristol.anglican.org Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.
com/Diocese.of.Bristol or Twitter at @diobrizzle We love sharing stories
about what our churches are doing — tell us your stories by getting in touch
with our Communications Officer, Ben, at ben.evans@bristoldiocese.org
church & pcc matters
THE 9.30 SERVICE — TIME TO REVIEW . . .
Back in September we introduced a few alterations to the way we
run the 9.30 Sung Eucharist. As promised, I would like to hear from
everyone your thoughts and feelings about:
moving the Family Worship area to the north aisle;
removing all but a few of the chairs from West End;
receiving Communion in St John’s Chapel.
Please would you let me know what works well — and what doesn’t!
I would appreciate your comments by the end of November.
PROJECT 450 — DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UPDATE
— RHYS WILLIAMS
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
FOLLOWING THE HERITAGE ASSET REVIEW that has been carried out
during the last few months, and which has identified and evaluated the
significance of the various moveable heritage items associated with
the church, we are now beginning to look at how the story of the church
and its people might be told through interpretation.
Earlier this year the church appointed an organisation called Imagemakers,
which employs a team of experts experienced in creating imaginative
visitor experiences that allow the public to better interpret historical
sites and buildings. From www.imagemakers.uk.com:
“Imagemakers has been planning, designing and delivering visitor
experiences for 26 years. We love what we do — taking a thoughtful,
creative and practical approach to projects, working closely with clients
and communities to develop a shared vision from inception to completion.
Thanks, Dan

Our starting point is always thorough research. We spend time getting to
know sites and subjects in order to develop convincing and meaningful
story lines and visitor experiences that really resonate.
We’re a creative bunch and we enjoy the challenge of coming up with
design solutions that spark people’s imagination and help them enjoy and
appreciate heritage. Small touches here and there help our designs stand
out and make a statement.
It’s all very well coming up with bright ideas, but how do you make them
work in reality? Being practically-minded, we are used to converting bright
ideas into workable solutions that fit within real world budgets. We have a
rigorous approach to project management and quality control and pride
ourselves on delivering to time and budget.”
One of the key milestones during the next year will be the submission
in November 2018 of a bid to the Heritage Lottery Funding scheme
(HLF) for significant funding to support the creation of new built facilities.
As we are asking for HLF funds, we will need to ensure that our project
matches HLF outcomes for heritage, people and communities. One of
the reasons that Imagemakers was chosen to carry out the interpretation
work is that the organisation has a long-established working knowledge
of the HLF and a strong track record of delivering successful HLF funding
applications.
The first stage of the planning will take place on Wednesday 15 November,
when Imagemakers host an interpretation workshop in Bristol. This will be
attended by Dan Tyndall, Peter Rignall, Rhys Williams, the church wardens,
representatives from the PCC and the various consultants who have been
employed to work on the project. During this meeting we will seek to identify
the various stories and themes that are associated with the church and begin
to discuss the various interpretative approaches that might be employed to
tell these stories through our collection of heritage assets and the church
building itself.
Rhys Williams
Research Assistant
soundbites music at smr
CONGRATULATIONS, AND FAREWELL
— ANDREW KIRK, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
SILVER AWARD SUCCESS: Congratulations to Head Choristers, Hugh
Arthur and Ben Allison-Scammell on achieving high marks in their
recent RSCM singing exams. Hugh achieved the joint equal highest mark
for a Redcliffe chorister in the past decade. They will be presented with
their medals shortly.
FULL CHORISTERS: Leo Borgnana, Hal Cleave and Barnaby Westrup will
receive their surplices to mark the end of their time as probationers in
the boys choir. We have 17 boys in the choir at the moment and my aim
is to get to 20 in the next few months. Our Sunday School is thriving too
— perhaps there are one or two boys/girls who might give choir a try?
NEW ORGAN SCHOLAR: We are delighted to announce the appointment
of Matthew Brown as our Organ Scholar. We had three candidates for
the position this year. Matt is a first year music undergraduate. Before
coming to Bristol he spent two years in Canada where he picked up the
church music bug!
BATH ABBEY COMBINED CHOIRS EVENSONG AND FOOTBALL MATCH:
Congratulations to SMR choir striker Hugh Arthur for scoring a goal at
the match held at SMRT School after the combined Evensong. The Bath Abbey
choristers played well — our guests won 2–1. Thanks to the school for giving
us the outdoor pitch free of charge. The Evensong went very well too with
music including Stanford in C and For Lo I raise up. We hope to make this an
annual meet-up.
BILL BARWELL — RIP : Bill Barwell was a tenor in our choir for over 11
years and will be greatly missed for his lovely voice, his nurture of the
young people in the choir and his great sense of humour. There was no
mistaking when Bill was in the room — he filled it with energy! Many of the
choir sang at his Memorial Service on Thursday 26 October.
Andrew Kirk; Director of Music

Illustration: EJL 2017 — Madonna & Child from SMR Christmas Altar Frontal by Janet Elizabeth Fry ca.1930
sunday school smr
LEARNING, CELEBRATION AND FUN...
— becky macron, sunday school leader
THE FIRST TERM has certainly been eventful.
Alongside our usual studies, we have had lots
of fun in our sessions. Our visit from Jane
Ashman on 8th October gave our families the
opportunity to learn about the important role of
the Vestment Ladies in our church and this was met
with great interest. The children also had a fun time
putting their own needlework into practice with
some needle felting led by Natasheya, one of our
Sunday School parents. Needle felting is proving to be a Sunday School
favourite and Natasheya will be working with us in the future with the aim
of making a Sunday School banner to display in our children’s area.
As we approach the end of a busy and long school term, there is no doubt
that our families are looking forward to a break. At Sunday School we plan
to end the term in style: This Sunday (22nd October), we are dedicating
our session to supporting Mary’s Meals Backpack Project. Mary’s Meals
is a charity which provides one good meal to some of the world’s poorest
children every school day. Their work is named after Mary, the mother of
Jesus, who brought up her own child in poverty. The Backpack Project is a
very worthy cause. Its aim is to support the children who do not have even
the most basic learning tools by donating a backpack full of the things they
need. The Backpack Project has become an annual event at Redcliffe, initiated
and overseen by Marion Durbur. It has always been very well supported by
our families and the wider church community — and this year is certainly no
exception. We have sold a record 90 backpacks and have received many
donations of stationery, clothing and toiletries from members of our church
and the community. We are very grateful to everyone for their support. As
well as filling the backpacks this Sunday, our children will learn about the
charity and the important work carried out by its volunteers.
The final Sunday of the month (29th October) will be a true celebration — as
we will be hosting a “Light Party” during Sunday School. We will be “break‐
ing out” from our usual Sunday School routine to enjoy a carousel of activities.
Our studies will focus on Jesus, the light of the world, and in addition
to some craft activities centred on some bible stories, there will be a very
important doughnut eating competition — the aim being to eat a doughnut
with your hands behind your back. I am sure that there is an important
lesson to learn here about perseverance and the need to keep trying, no
matter what! In true party style, there will be cake and biscuits to enjoy,
and, the icing on the cake that day will be (of course) the extra hour in bed!
Looking forward, we have lots of fun and exciting activities planned for
November, not least at the end of the month (26th November) when our
Sunday School groups will take on the important job of preparing for this
year’s Treefest. Our Sunday School theme for 2017 is “Joseph and his coat
of many colours” — it’s going to be bright!
Becky Macron
Sunday School Leader
TED
TEDxBRISTOL
Technology
Education
Design
3rd November
Colston Hall
Bristol
TEDxBRISTOL: Why Baby Boomers, Millenials & GenerationX Don’t Exist
Dr Clive Colledge is an award-winning
designer and communications expert.
He says: “My wide international
experiences have increased my love
of communication and built a desire
to disrupt the communication that
dishonours individuals. I will demonstrate
that segmenting individuals by
age into groups like Baby Boomers, is
based on false data that stereotypes
individuals, leading to divisions in
society. I’ll explore a fresh approach,
encouraging individuals of different
ages to come together, creating
innovations across society, locally
and internationally.”

Modern slavery . . .
MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE UK
SEE IT — AND DO SOMETHING!
— CECILE GILLARD
THE NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY (NCA) has recently admitted it is
shocked by the scale of modern slavery and human trafficking in
Britain. Victims are hidden in plain sight ‘in almost every’ town and
city in the UK. Previous estimates of 10,000–13,000 people are ‘”the tip
of the iceberg”* In fact it is so widespread many of us are unwittingly in
contact with victims in our daily lives — key sectors include (but are not
limited to) food processing, fishing, agriculture, construction, domestic
and care work, car washes, beauty parlours and nail bars.
Will Kerr, Director of Vulnerabilities at the NCA, says: “As you go about your
normal daily life there is a growing and a good chance that you will come
across a victim who has been exploited and that’s why we are asking the
public to recognise their concerns and report them.”
If you see anything that does not look or feel ‘right’ please report your
concerns confidentially to the official Modern Slavery Helpline 0800 0121700
or online at www.modernslaveryhelpline.org/report or report to the police on
101 (call 999 if you believe anyone is in imminent danger).
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be
prohibited in all their forms.
UN Declaration of Human Rights 1948
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me,
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed to bind up the broken
hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and to release the prisoners.
Isaiah 61 v 1 [NRSV]
See it — and DO SOMETHING! Find out more from Unseen, the charity
working towards a work without slavery at www.unseenuk.org Unseen’s
Resettlement, Integration and Outreach team can help support those who
have been abused through servitude, slavery and trafficking and those in
frontline professional roles helping victims.
Cecile Gillard
Victims are of all ages (children as young as 12 have recently been rescued
by the authorities from domestic servitude) and all backgrounds. Signs that
may suggest a person is being held in a form of captivity and/or forced or
coerced into work can include:
•
•
•
Physical appearance — poorly dressed, unkempt, ill-fed, visible
signs of injury;
Isolation, rarely interacting with others;
Restricted freedom of movement (eg not allowed to go out in public
or travel alone);
Unusual travel patterns to and from work (eg dropped off and
collected very early or late or in groups)
Appearing to be under someone’s control; afraid to speak to
strangers or make social contact; showing other signs of stress;
Something odd about how they have come to live or work in an
area or location.
•
FROM UNSEENUK.ORG — Case study
Asif escaped persecution in his home country and arrived in the UK vulnerable
and desperate for work. He managed to find a job but was subjected to labour
exploitation for three years, working in various restaurants for little or no pay,
sleeping on their floors and working in hazardous conditions, frequently
receiving burns and scars, which caused him great mental and physical stress.
Thankfully, a former colleague put him in touch with a refugee support
service, which eventually led him to get help from Unseen’s outreach service
... Asif says that if he’d had 24-hour support when he needed it, “it would have
changed my life. I would have had my basic needs met and felt there was
someone there beside me”.
Read the rest of Asif’s story at https://www.unseenuk.org/our-impact/case-studies2
NB: Unseen has changed the victim’s name and some details to protect his identity
•
• * The above Modern Slavery article had been planned to appear in the print edition
of the October issue of the magazine to coincide with Anti-Slavery Day on 18 October.
Unfortunately, due to space restrictions in the issue marking the 500th anniversary of
the Reformation, it was not possible to do so but we are pleased to publish it now. [Ed]

Redcliffe Gardening Club . . .
Redcliffe Gardening Club . . .
. . .meets every Thursday
10am to 12noon
Somerset Square, Prewett St
FLOWER POWER II
— ANGELA HOGG
Redcliffe Gardening’s Open
Event at the end of September
featuring Amy’s homemade
cake, lots of chat, and the best
ever veggie soup — home
grown of course...
THANKS to Amy Stone at
Growing Support for all her
work with Redcliffe Gardening
Club. As readers know, community
gardening enterprise Growing
Support had to finish its support
at the end of September, but Amy
has left the Club — a group of local
people — committed to carrying on
and sufficiently trained for the job
to keep going alone. But with an eye
on smartening up the surroundings
as well as cultivating the plot, there’s
always a lot to do. The Club’s made
up of Redcliffe residents (about
12 to date) plus volunteers from
beyond Redcliffe, and would be
delighted to see any members of
the congregation who’d also like to
help. So whether or not you’re able
to make a regular commitment, if
you would like to help in any way,
please get in touch — parishioner
involvement could really make a
powerful difference to joint church
and Redcliffe neighbourhood life.
For all further information
call Angela Hogg on 0117-9734560
A passer-by in Somerset Square
told me the following story while
I was with Redcliffe Gardening
Club — digging up the last of
the root veg plants and picking
chard. You get good stories as
well as veggies...
During World War I, the Germans
put up a sign beside one of their
trenches, “Gott mit uns” (God is on
our side). Not to be outdone, the
next day some Tommies on the
British side put up a sign beside
their trench, “We got mittens too!”
...I don’t know whether this is a
true or an apochryphal story but
we all know what a wonderful
sense of humour British soldiers
have, and that it often comes out
at or just after the most critical
moments of battle — a way of
staying sane perhaps . . . — AH

forgotten voices WWI passchendaele 1917
Private Leonard Haine, 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company
IT WAS AN EXTREMELY SEVERE WINTER. The gunners behind us told
us there were forty degrees of frost. It made things almost impossible, because
a shell bursting a quarter of a mile away could kill you. Now usually if you
were in luck a shell could burst within a few yards of you and if your number
wasn’t on it you were all right. But at that time these shells, they just hit this solid
ice and they scattered.
illustration: Furnace; E J Lee 2005
parishioner to parishioner msgs
THE REWARDS OF STEWARDING: Stewards never know who they will
meet when they are on duty in St Mary Redcliffe. Maurice Scofield met
a visitor from Switzerland there, and they reminisced about many years
ago when Maurice visited the small town where the visitor’s wife lived.
She recognised the photograph of Maurice taken back home to her, and
emailed information about old friends and colleagues.
So, how about Stewarding? You never know who you may meet, new
friends or old!
PIPE WALK — THANKS: A general vote of thanks from walkers to the
stewarding team for a welcoming homecoming after this year’s Pipe
Walk, and especially for the post-Walk rations: tea, coffee, doughnuts,
cake... Thanks also to the Viner family for sharing the pictures below:
views from this year’s Walk — spot the landmarks in the main picture, see
the source of the Pipe in the photo inset on the left — plus a couple of
‘waymark’ photos from last year’s...
We had our colonel killed there during that February. He was a wonderful chap:
Ernest Boyle. He was fifty-six years old, which for a front-line soldier was very old.
He’d been severely wounded at Hooge in 1915 when we did a show there. But he
was one of the few real fire-eaters I ever met. There were a few; most were unintelligent
people; they hadn‘t got the imagination. But Ernest Boyle was a complete
and utter patriot, and I remember he used to say, “My ambition is that my bones
shall be buried in Flanders” — and they were, poor chap. He got just a thing from a
shell which landed, oh, two or three hundred yards away I suppose; killed him. He
was taken down the line to a little village called Hamel. He was a very well-known
chap because he’d got such a wonderful career, and several generals and people
turned up for his funeral. But they couldn’t dig a grave because the ground was
completely solid.
Voices compiled by Lester Clements, for September 2017

THANKS — HELP IN HANDS MYANMAR: Jenny Martin is very grateful
for the many donations she’s received from people in support of Help In
Hands Myanmar — she writes:
Hello Everyone
On Tuesday 3rd October, we left Fry’s House with the car loaded up
with all the hand-knitted blankets (58), dozens of knitted hats, scarves
and gloves, soft toys, puzzles, books, clothes, pens and pencils etc on
our journey to Aylesbury where we met Elaine and Tristan. They were
delighted to receive the goods and said it was the biggest single
donation they had received, and have already started packing for the
next shipment.
I would like to thank you all for all the hard work in knitting squares for
blankets, or hats etc, and also for all the other donations (of soft toys
etc). Hope you will still continue to carry on — it is much appreciated!
Thanks again — Jenny
To find out more from Jenny about her initiative call her on 0117-9254027,
and read the details below, which come from information Jenny has from
Tristan and Elaine Evans — the UK contacts for Help In Hands Myanmar.
HELP IN HANDS MYANMAR — from the UK contacts...
Helpin Hands began in 2005 with a small shipment of left-over items
from a Buckinghamshire Middle School jumble sale that was sent
out to a few villages in Myanmar (Burma). Our contacts in Myanmar
spend this first year visiting organisations and identifying places that
were in need of material goods such as toys, books, school equipment
and clothes. By 2007 we had begun to distribute donations to more
villages and established links with six charity homes.
The vast majority of donations the following year went towards
the victims of cyclone Nargis which killed over 130,000 people and
left many more without homes and personal belongings. To ease
distribution of goods, we enlisted the help of the Myanmar Red
Cross and Save the Chldren. The number of charity homes we had
connections with increased to eight. We continued this aid work
Photos: donations to Little Sisters Home for the Aged, Myanmar; source: Helpinhandsmyanmar
in 2009, bringing the total to 14 which, over the next two years, we
increased to 31 — a figure that five years earlier we would never
have envisaged! The intervening years have seen the number of
projects increase and, in addition to one-off donations, the number
of homes and schools we regularly support has grown to over sixty.
These include orphanages and children’s homes, schools for the deaf
and blind and homes for the aged — but we support monasteries
and nunneries too as monks and nuns often provide education and
food to poorer families and orphans. Additionally, staff in the homes
return to their hometowns in the far north and often take clothes to
these areas, meaning that our donations can reach hundreds of miles
across the country.
Huge political change has taken place recently in Myanmar, and a
number of children’s homes we know are seeing more children coming
in because of the increasing number of conflicts, and general unrest
in certain areas — change in Myanmar will take many years and there
remains a constant need in all the organisations there that we support.
Donations: we look for donations of clothes in sizes small adult/child/
infant; toys; books; games; jigsaws; bed linen and towels
We like to keep our donors informed of where their donations
have been sent — to view, support and keep up to date
with the work of our organisation
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diary dates 1st November – 3rd December
In addition to events which vary in frequency or other details, please also
note the following happen every week in this period:
Mon
Tue
Tue
Wed
Thur
Fri
Faithfood // 11.00am — Faithspace CC
Faithspace Coffee Morning // 10am–12pm — Faithspace CC
Christian Meditation // 6.30–7.00pm — Faithspace CC
Jazz in the Undercroft // 7.30pm–10.00pm
Redcliffe Gardening Group // 10.00am–12.00pm — Somerset Square
Police Beat Surgery Drop-in // 1.00pm–2.00pm — Faithspace CC
1 Hymn Sing-Along // 11.00 am — Faithspace CC
1 Redcliffe Lunch Club // 12.00–2.00pm — Mary Lane, singer — Faithspace CC
1 Redcliffe Care Film Club // 2.30pm — Beautiful Lies
2 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill
2 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Alison Howell ; Keynsham
4 Temwa Winter concert // 7pm — free entry
5 All Souls Day service // 6.30pm
5 Preparation sessions for Confirmation // 4.15–5.15pm — Undercroft
6 Pot Luck Lunches // 12.30pm —
6 Postcard Club // 7.30pm — Chris Bigg: Bristol & Co —
7 Holy Communion // 12.30pm — Revd Dan Tyndall
7 Compline // 7.30pm — Boys’ Choir
8 Redcliffe Lunch Club // 12.00–2.00pm — Darren Barelo; ex-ARC Café
— Faithspace CC
8 Mothers Union // 2.30pm — Andy Carruthers; Can a Leopard Change its
spots? — Faithspace CC
9 Eucharist with Prayer for Healing // 12:30pm — Canon Neville Boundy
9 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — David Robinson; Cornwall
9 Seekers Escape from the Pew // 7.30pm — The Vicarage — How do you love
someone you don’t like?
12 REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY // 11am — Act of Remembrance at War Memorial
// 6.30pm — Redcliffe Remembers WWI 1914-18
12 Preparation sessions for Confirmation // 4.15–5.15pm — Undercroft
14 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Kat Campion-Spall
NOVEMBER
14 Compline // 7.30pm — Boys’ Choir
15 Redcliffe Lunch Club // 12.00–2.00pm — Yvonne Long; Quiz — Faithspace CC
15 Redcliffe Care Film Club // 2.30pm — Hidden Figures
16 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Dan Tyndall
16 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Jonathan Hope ; Gloucester Cathedral
19 Confirmation service // 6.30pm — St Peter’s, Bishopsworth
20 PCC Meeting // 7.30pm — Business — Mercure Hotel
21 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Dan Tyndall
21 Compline // 7.30pm — Boys’ Choir
22 Redcliffe Lunch Club // 12.00–2.00pm — Andrew Kirk; music —Faithspace CC
23 Eucharist with Prayer for Healing // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill
23 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Huw Williams; Bath Abbey
25 Evensong // 4.00pm — RSCM Visiting Choir
28 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill
29 Redcliffe Lunch Club // 12.00–2.00pm — Belinda Price; Quiz & Talk —
Faithspace CC
30 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill
30 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Laurence Lyndon-Jones; Chelmsford Cathedral
2 From Darkness to Light // 6.30pm — Boys’ Choir — Advent
3 From Darkness to Light // 6.30pm — Girls’ Choir — Advent
DECEMBER
treefest 2017
6th – 12th December
REMINDER: IT’S TIME TO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN !
YOUNG BRISTOL—OUR CHARITY IN 2017
For more information
on Treefest 2017
please talk to
Marcus Ashman
Sue Hartley or John Viney

morning prayer lectionary november
morning and evening prayer are said daily at 8.30 am & 4.30 pm in the lady chapel
30 OCT Psalms
2 Maccabees
or 2 Chronicles
John
31 Psalms
2 Maccabees
or 2 Chronicles
John
1 NOV
All
Saints
Psalms
Wisdom
or Jeremiah
2 Corinthians
2 Psalms
2 Maccabees
or 2 Chronicles
John
3 Psalms
Tobit
or 2 Chronicles
John
4 Psalm
Tobit
or 2 Chronicles
John
13 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
14 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
15 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
16 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
17 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
18 Psalm
Isaiah
Matthew
123–125, 126
4: 7–17
33: 1–33
15: 1–11
123, 133
6: 12–end
34: 1–18
15: 12–17
111, 112, 117
5: 1–16
31:31–34
4: 5–12
143, 146
7: 20–41
35: 1–19
16: 1–15
142, 144
1
35: 20—36: 10
16: 16–22
147
2
36: 11–end
16: 23–end
19, 20
5: 8–24
4: 23—5: 12
21, 24
5: 25–end
5: 13–20
23, 25
6
5: 21–37
26, 27
7: 1–17
5: 38–end
28, 32
8: 1–15
6: 1–18
33
8: 16—9: 7
6: 19–end
6 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
7 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
8 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
9 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
10 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
11 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
20 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
21 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
22 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
23 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
24 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
25 Psalm
Isaiah
Matthew
2, 146
1: 1–20
1: 1–18
5, 147: 1–12
1: 21–end
2: 1–15
9, 147: 13–end
2: 1–11
2: 16–end
11, 15, 148
2: 12–end
3
16, 149
3: 1–15
4: 1–11
18: 31–end, 150
31: 10–end
7: 1–12
46, 47
9: 8—10: 4
7: 1–12
48, 52
10: 5–19
7: 13–end
56, 57
10: 20–32
8: 1–13
61, 62
10: 33—11: 9
8 14–22
63, 65
11: 10—12: end
8: 23–end
78: 1–39
13: 1–13
9: 1–27
27 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
28 Psalms
Isaiah
Matthew
29 Psalms
Wisdom
Mark
Lectionary Notes: If you have internet access, there is a feed on the Church of England
website for the Daily Office. See http://churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/join-us-indaily-prayer.aspx
If you have a smartphone, the CofE has produced apps for Daily
Prayer—These provide the psalm and readings embedded in the daily office (Morning
and Evening Prayer) liturgies. See http://www.chpublishing.co.uk/features/our-apps
BAPTISMS
George Emmerson Gape
Joseph Alexander Bennett
FUNERAL
William Barwell
92, 96
14: 3–20
9: 8–34
97, 98,100
17
9: 35—10: 15
110, 111, 112
19
10: 16–33
30 Psalms
Ezekiel
or Ecclesiasticus
Andrew John
1 DEC Psalm
Isaiah
Matthew
2 Psalm
Isaiah
Matthew
47, 147: 1–12
47: 1–12
14: 20–end
12: 20–32
139
22: 1–14
11: 2–19
145
24
11: 20–end
parish register october
15th October 2017
15th October 2017
26th October 2017
* SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICE ATTENDANCE AND COLLECTIONS
DATE 2017 † 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October
8.00am Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child
6 - 4 - 4 - 8 -
9.30am † 146 † 45 95 37 99 31 91 20
11.15am 22 - 18 - 11 -
6.30pm 37 - 30 - 39 - 28 -
* Collection figures are not available for this period. Please see the Editor’s note below
† Attendance figures for Sunday 1 October reflect the fact that the Sung Eucharist
took place at 10.30am in lieu of 9.30am, and that there was no Mattins service
(NB: attendance refers to congregation, not to clergy, choir, servers or vergers)
nb editor’s note email: editor.mag@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
We are reviewing the way in which the weekly Collection figures are both collected
for the Parish Magazine and recorded in it; thanks for your patience as we devise an
appropriate system — Jane.
Magazine deadline for the December-January issue is Monday 27th November

prayers for november
groups within the church
St Paul to the Corinthians; First Letter — 13: 1–7
He spoke the language both of earth and of heaven,
but if he had had no love it would have been so much old iron.
He was a prophet who could explain all the wonders and secrets of God.
He was wise with all knowledge.
He had faith so complete he could have moved mountains,
but if he had had no love it would all have been worthless.
He gave everything he possessed, even his life,
as a martyr for what he believed
but if he had had been without love it would have gone for nothing.
He was never in a hurry and was always kindness itself.
He never envied anybody at all and never boasted about himself.
He was never snobbish or rude, or selfish.
He didn’t keep on talking about the wrong things other people do;
remembering the good things was happiness enough for him.
He was tough – he could face anything.
And he never lost trust in God, or in men or women.
He never lost hope.
Trs A T Dale, from An Anthology for the Church Year ©1998 H J Richards
by kind permission Kevin Mayhew Publishers
Man
My God, I heard this day
That none doth build a stately habitation
But he that means to dwell therein.
What house more stately hath there been,
Or can be, than is Man, to whose creation
All things are in decay?
Excerpt — Man; George Herbert (1593–1633)
English Metaphysical poet
and Anglican priest
The regular congregation is large, active and involved. If you would like to
join one of the many groups connected with the Church, please contact the
appropriate group leader:
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Mothers Union
Church Flowers
Coffee Rota
Bells Ringers
Canynges Society
Journey into Science
Magazine Editor
Dean Barry
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If you or one of your family are sick or have gone into hospital, please let us
know — contact the Clergy or Vergers as soon as possible.
Please consult the Parish Office before making any arrangements for
baptisms, weddings or funerals.

sunday services
8.00 am holy communion
9.30 am sung eucharist
With Crèche and Sunday School, and followed by coffee
11.15 am choral mattins
6.30 pm sung evensong
weekday services
holy communion
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12.30 pm
2nd and 4th Thursdays at 12.30 pm with Prayers for Healing
morning and evening prayer
Monday to Friday at 8.30 am and 4.30 pm in the Lady Chapel
opening times
Weekdays all year round from 8.30 am – 5.00 pm
Bank Holidays 9.00 am – 4.00pm (except New Year's Day)
Sundays 8.00 am – 8.00 pm
The Church is occasionally closed for special events and services
The Arc Café in the Undercroft
Serving home made refreshments all day
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 8.00 am – 3.00 pm
Lunch served from 12.00 – 2.30 pm
Tel: 0117-929 8658