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<strong>St</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Redcliffe</strong><br />
+ singing the song of faith and justice +<br />
Parish <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
…<br />
<strong>December</strong><br />
20<strong>17</strong><br />
January<br />
2018<br />
Articles: The Meaning of Christmas — Revd Kat Campion-Spall //<br />
TEDxBristol: Generational stereotyping — Clive Colledge // Seekers;<br />
escape from the pew — Helena Hoyle King<br />
detail after Rembrandt’s Adoration; fEJL 2005<br />
Diary: Treefest — 6th–12th <strong>December</strong> // Festival of Nine Lessons<br />
& Carols by Candlelight — 22nd <strong>December</strong> // Christingle — 23rd<br />
<strong>December</strong> // New Year Party — 7th January // Christians in Science<br />
lecture: Our Fragile Earth — 19th January
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Redcliffe</strong><br />
With Temple, Bristol & <strong>St</strong> John the Baptist, Bedminster<br />
vicar<br />
Revd Dan Tyndall: 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0067<br />
associate vicar<br />
Revd Kat Campion-Spall: 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0070<br />
associate clergy<br />
Revd Canon Neville Boundy, Revd Peter Dill<br />
Revd Canon John Rogan, Revd Canon Michael Vooght<br />
church wardens<br />
Richard James: 01<strong>17</strong>-966 2291<br />
Elizabeth Shanahan: 07808 505977<br />
operations manager<br />
Peter Rignall: 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0073<br />
admin executive<br />
Evelyn Burton-Guyett: 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0064<br />
admin associate<br />
Pat Terry: 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0063<br />
admin assistant<br />
Ros Houseago: 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0063<br />
the parish office<br />
12 Colston Parade, <strong>Redcliffe</strong><br />
Bristol BS1 6RA 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0060<br />
head verger<br />
Matthew Buckmaster: 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0061<br />
vergers<br />
Carys Underdown: 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0061<br />
Andy Carruthers: 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0061<br />
director of music<br />
Andrew Kirk: 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0065<br />
research assistant<br />
Rhys Williams: 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0068<br />
education officer<br />
Sarah Yates: 01<strong>17</strong>-231 0072<br />
assistant organists<br />
Claire and Graham Alsop<br />
For more information about<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Redcliffe</strong> visit our website at<br />
www.stmaryredcliffe.co.uk<br />
Any of the staff may be contacted at<br />
parish.office@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk<br />
vicar's letter<br />
WHAT IS THE TRUE MEANING<br />
OF CHRISTMAS? At this time<br />
of year, we are faced with the<br />
fascinating phenomenon of the Christmas<br />
advert — where big stores present us with<br />
lavishly produced short films that are<br />
designed to make us spend our money<br />
at their branches, while trying to point us<br />
towards a deeper truth about Christmas<br />
than mere consumerism. The message is<br />
often something like “look for the good in<br />
people”; “spend more time with your loved<br />
ones”; “reach out to strangers”; “delight in<br />
the small things”.<br />
CHRISTMAS<br />
— ITS TRUE MEANING?<br />
— revd kat campion-spall<br />
For many people who celebrate Christmas in our society, people talking<br />
about the ‘true meaning’ of Christmas aren’t talking about God becoming<br />
human to live with us as one of us. It usually boils down to something<br />
about caring for other people, setting aside our differences and being<br />
united in our common humanity, reaching out to people we might usually<br />
disregard. Despite Jesus not getting a mention in this kind of description<br />
of the true meaning of Christmas, these are fundamental parts of how we<br />
live out our Christian faith.<br />
Charities find Christmas a time of year when it is particularly effective<br />
to appeal to people’s compassion and generosity, and we may find ourselves,<br />
in various ways, making more donations to good causes. That’s<br />
really important — again, our Christian faith compels us to be generous<br />
with our money. But I’d like to ponder whether our charity is more like<br />
Father Christmas or Jesus.<br />
Because Father Christmas is a bit like some people’s idea of God. A benevolent<br />
but rather distant character who we give our wish list to, and
if we’re good we’ll get what we ask for, but if we’re bad we might not; he<br />
comes in the night so we receive the gifts as a wonderful surprise, but without<br />
any personal contact. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with Father<br />
Christmas — he comes to my house every year while I’m at Midnight Mass!<br />
But God isn’t really like that. We get our Christmas gift whether we deserve<br />
it or not. We don’t have to be good to receive the grace and mercy that<br />
Jesus brings. And our encounter with God isn’t detached and in the dead of<br />
night — Jesus was born that Christmas night but he stayed, being present<br />
here as a human as he grew into an adult and ministered among us, and<br />
still present with us through his Holy Spirit and the Eucharist that he left us.<br />
For Christians the true meaning of Christmas is about God not being distant<br />
and detached, but being present with and for everyone, whoever we are,<br />
for all time.<br />
So what might that mean for us when it comes to our acts of charity? We<br />
can be the Father Christmas type of distant benevolent figure, and there<br />
is a really important place for that — charities would not survive without<br />
donors and the benefits they offer millions of people around the world<br />
would not be sustainable. So please don’t stop giving to charity!<br />
But in recent decades there has been a shift in international charities<br />
from aid to development — the acknowledgement that communities can<br />
become dependent on gifts: aid coming in from elsewhere. That is sometimes<br />
extremely necessary but in the long term can be disempowering<br />
and unsustainable — what has a more lasting impact is equipping and<br />
empowering communities to meet their own needs. As the saying goes,<br />
give someone a fish and you’ll feed them for a day, teach them to fish and<br />
you’ll feed them for a lifetime.<br />
That is the more incarnational model — following the example of God who<br />
comes alongside us as Jesus, who teaches us, who nurtures us and enables<br />
us to be our best selves. Jesus came among us as one of us, living, working<br />
and ministering alongside ordinary people, and enabling his disciples to<br />
continue his work, and to teach others to do the same.<br />
who might otherwise be alone, or unable to participate in a Christmas<br />
celebration, can come together as guests and volunteers, to share a meal<br />
and enjoy each other’s company. And the night shelter we will be running<br />
one night a week in January and February, where we have a chance to offer<br />
genuine hospitality to people who would otherwise be sleeping rough;<br />
not simply buying them a cup of coffee but sitting down to eat together in<br />
a warm, safe and welcoming environment. Also our Lent Appeal, which<br />
has a focus on not just raising money but building relationships with our<br />
charity and, where appropriate, the people they work with.<br />
So for our <strong>December</strong> and January edition of the parish magazine, I’d like<br />
to share with you a poem that takes us beyond Christmas — because the<br />
truth about Christmas is that it isn’t just about Christmas. The poem is<br />
Now the Work of Christmas Begins by Howard Thurman, an African-American<br />
theologian, educator, and civil rights leader:<br />
Revd Kat Campion-Spall<br />
Associate Vicar<br />
When the song of the angels is stilled,<br />
when the star in the sky is gone,<br />
when the kings and princes are home,<br />
when the shepherds are back with their flocks,<br />
the work of Christmas begins:<br />
to find the lost,<br />
to heal the broken,<br />
to feed the hungry,<br />
to release the prisoner,<br />
to rebuild the nations,<br />
to bring peace among the people,<br />
We’re working hard to align our involvement with charities and the local<br />
community on this kind of incarnational model — ‘being with’ people, not<br />
‘doing to’ them. For example, our Christmas Day lunch, where people
Christmas and New Year 20<strong>17</strong> at smr <br />
worship and community <br />
Saturday 2 Dec 6.30pm<br />
ADVENT PROCESSION<br />
From Darkness to Light<br />
Music and bible readings to reflect the period of anticipation<br />
of the birth of the Christ Child<br />
Sunday 3 Dec 6.30pm<br />
ADVENT PROCESSION<br />
From Darkness to Light<br />
Music and bible readings to reflect the period of anticipation<br />
of the birth of the Christ Child<br />
Wednesday 6–Monday 11 <strong>December</strong> 10.00am–5.00pm<br />
TREEFEST<br />
A spectacular festive display of Christmas trees<br />
held in the Gothic splendour of<br />
<strong>St</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Church<br />
Sunday <strong>17</strong> <strong>December</strong> 6.30pm<br />
NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS<br />
Well known carols for congregation, bible readings<br />
and Choir Carols to celebrate the birth of the Christ Child<br />
-<br />
Tuesday 19 <strong>December</strong> 7.30pm<br />
UNITED CAROLS<br />
Traditional Carols accompanied by<br />
the Easton Salvation Army Brass Band<br />
with festive carols from our choirs<br />
Wednesday 20 <strong>December</strong> 1.15pm<br />
CAROLS AT LUNCHTIME<br />
Carols for all to sing, sacred and secular, with poems and readings<br />
led by the <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Chamber Choir<br />
Friday 22 <strong>December</strong> 7.30pm<br />
NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS<br />
Well known carols for congregation, bible readings and Choir Carols<br />
to celebrate the birth of the Christ Child<br />
Saturday 23 <strong>December</strong> 4.00pm<br />
CHRISTINGLE<br />
A child-friendly service to hear the Christmas story<br />
and to welcome the Bethlehem Peace Light<br />
Sunday 24 <strong>December</strong><br />
CHRISTMAS EVE<br />
8.00am: Said Communion<br />
9.30am: Sung Eucharist<br />
11.15am: Choral Mattins<br />
4.00pm: Family Carols<br />
An all–age service<br />
with popular carols and a nativity tableau<br />
Children are invited to come dressed in costume<br />
11.30pm<br />
MIDNIGHT MASS<br />
The First Eucharist of Christmas<br />
With choirs<br />
Monday 25 <strong>December</strong><br />
HRISTMAS AY<br />
8.30pm: Said Holy Communion<br />
10.30pm: All–age Festival Service<br />
Sunday 31 <strong>December</strong><br />
8.00am: Said Holy Communion<br />
9.30am: Sung Eucharist<br />
11.15am: Mattins — Said, with hymns<br />
6.30pm<br />
A service marking the end of one year<br />
looking forward to the next<br />
with gentle carols<br />
and time for reflection<br />
Monday 1 January 2018 12.30pm<br />
THE NEW YEAR<br />
New Year Eucharist<br />
Said Eucharist in the Lady Chapel
T reefest 20<strong>17</strong><br />
6th – 11th <strong>December</strong><br />
YOUNG BRISTOL—OUR CHARITY IN 20<strong>17</strong><br />
Christmas Day lunch . . .<br />
IF YOU’D LIKE SOME COMPANY ON CHRISTMAS DAY, you’re warmly<br />
invited to join us for Christmas Lunch at Faithspace. We can arrange for<br />
someone to come and pick you up if that would be helpful. Please let us<br />
know by 15th <strong>December</strong> if you would like to come, so we can plan for the<br />
right number of people.<br />
If you are able to help on Christmas Day — either with the practical tasks<br />
of setting up in the morning, serving and chatting to guests at lunchtime<br />
or washing up and clearing away in the early afternoon—please do let us<br />
know as we’d love to have more helpers. Perhaps a member of your family<br />
doesn’t usually come to church with you on Christmas morning, but might<br />
be interested in helping set up while you’re at the service?<br />
TREEFEST — A SPECTACULAR<br />
display of Christmas trees at<br />
church during the first and<br />
second week of <strong>December</strong> . . .<br />
Each year we invite local organisations<br />
to get involved by entering a<br />
Christmas tree and decorating it in<br />
a style of their choosing. This offers<br />
local charities, schools, businesses<br />
and other organisations a great opportunity<br />
to tell local people about<br />
their services, causes or activities,<br />
while helping to raise money for<br />
good causes. There’s also a varied<br />
musical programme and a chance<br />
for visitors to vote for their favourite<br />
tree. Treefest has become increasingly<br />
successful over the last three<br />
years, attracting 1000s of visitors<br />
from far and wide and helping to<br />
raise valuable funds for local charities.<br />
This year the event will support<br />
our work in the community and local<br />
youth charity Young Bristol.<br />
Treefest opening times:<br />
Wednesday 6 to Monday 11 <strong>December</strong><br />
(closed to the public on Sunday 10<br />
<strong>December</strong>) from 10am until 5pm, and<br />
until 8pm on Thursday 7 <strong>December</strong><br />
For information on Young Bristol’s work<br />
and projects visit youngbristol.com<br />
New Year party . . .<br />
Please contact Lorraine or Chris Legg on 01<strong>17</strong>–9041533<br />
or the Parish Office if you would like to be a guest or a helper.<br />
FOOD FUN FRIENDSHIP — NEW YEAR'S PARTY SUNDAY 7TH JANUARY<br />
Happy New Year, and let’s celebrate the start of another year together<br />
and the promises in store for us in 2018! Come and enjoy chat,<br />
friendship and food — bring some if you can — plus quizzes, games, music<br />
and more! When & where . . .<br />
Sunday 7th January 2018 · 12.00–2.30pm · Faithspace Community<br />
Centre · Bring & Share food · Entertainments · All welcome!<br />
From 0–100 there should be something to suit all ages so please look<br />
out for event flyers mid-<strong>December</strong> plus a Bring & Share Food sign-up list,<br />
and let’s connect — see you there, and if you'd like to help just get in touch!<br />
<br />
For more details and to get involved<br />
call Roma Widger on 07896708031 or Eleanor Vousden on 01<strong>17</strong>-963485<br />
get in touch with the Parish Office or email the Parish <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
at editor.mag@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
soundbites music at smr<br />
Example: DDDGGGG... On the First day of Christmas (Twelve Days...)<br />
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hristmas Melodies Quiz Name that Tune ?<br />
DDGGF#GAA...<br />
DGGGABBB...<br />
DGGGABABCD...<br />
DGGF#GBBA...<br />
DGGGF#GD...<br />
DGGAGF#EE...<br />
DGGABGG...<br />
DGGABDBA...<br />
DGGFFD...<br />
DGBbACBb...<br />
— ANDREW KIRK, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC<br />
If you've got a piano/keyboard or even one on your iphone or ipad,<br />
perhaps you can work these out? There will be a prize for the winner!<br />
Please send your entries either handwritten to Andrew Kirk at the<br />
Parish Office or by email to andrew.kirk@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk (Those<br />
who attended Lunch Club have a bit of a headstart with some of the<br />
answers!)<br />
church matters <br />
EJL 20<strong>17</strong><br />
Image: detail from the Christmas Altar Frontal<br />
created by Janet Elizabeth Fry for SMR ca. 1930<br />
T<br />
HIS IS OFTEN the favourite time of year for the choristers, singing the<br />
traditional carols as well as some exciting carols for the choirs. This<br />
year we have three new choir carols:<br />
Halflidi Halgrimsson — As Joseph was a walking<br />
Cecilia McDowall — Before the paling of the stars<br />
John Rutter — All bells in Paradise<br />
I hope you will be able to attend some of the carol services this year and<br />
join in the festive offerings. In the New Year the choirs will be recording<br />
a new Christmas CD ready for release in Autumn 2018!<br />
<br />
Andrew Kirk<br />
GOD OF THE AGES,<br />
who stirred our ancestors<br />
to build this house of prayer to the glory of your name,<br />
inspire us with that same longing to be a beacon of your kingdom;<br />
bless our current endeavours, that, begun, continued and ended in you,<br />
what we build in stone, may be woven into a community of hope<br />
where your name is praised, your story is told, and your love is shared;<br />
so that this and future generations may be heard<br />
singing the song of faith and justice;<br />
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.<br />
Revd Dan Tyndall
church matters <br />
NEW SMR DATABASE<br />
AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW CHURCH DATABASE<br />
— FREDDIE HERROD<br />
"CHURCH DESK" — AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU<br />
CHURCH DESK provide databases for churches and are already<br />
working with over 1,000 churches in various countries. <strong>St</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Redcliffe</strong><br />
has joined those churches, and is confident that using Church Desk<br />
will provide a large step forward in organising our data, and improve our<br />
engagement with our community and beyond. The Church Desk database<br />
will also allow us to meet our responsibility to data protection law better.<br />
What we need from you:<br />
From the 6th <strong>December</strong> we will be contacting you, asking you to fill in a form<br />
on your computer or phone. The form will ask you to provide basic contact<br />
information about yourself. This data will automatically update itself to<br />
our database; it is important we update your data correctly to make sure<br />
we meet changes to data protection legislation, which comes into effect on<br />
25th May 2018. For members of the community who do not have access<br />
to a computer there is the option of coming into Church between 6th–13th<br />
<strong>December</strong> from 12.00–13.00 to fill in a form with the help of a staff member.<br />
Or feel free to contact the Parish Office: 01<strong>17</strong>–231 0060. If you do not<br />
want your data to be stored electronically by the church, do not fill in a<br />
form. If there are records of your data still on the system by the time the<br />
new legislation comes into effect, then it will be completely erased from<br />
our system.<br />
You can find out more about the database by visiting the Church Desk website,<br />
including their information regarding the legal and secure storage of<br />
your data, at:<br />
https://www.churchdesk.com/<br />
https://www.churchdesk.com/legal/data-security/<br />
Freddie Herrod<br />
Database Intern<br />
CONFIRMATION 20<strong>17</strong><br />
20TH NOVEMBER, ST PETER'S CHURCH, BISHOPSWORTH<br />
Fourteen people — seven children, seven adults — from church were<br />
confirmed by the Rt Revd Bishop Lee Rayfield, Bishop of Swindon, at <strong>St</strong><br />
Peter's in Bishopsworth; Confirmation reflections to follow in February's<br />
issue of the magazine [Ed].<br />
Deadline:<br />
The Church is eager to update its records as quickly and accurately as<br />
possible. Please complete and submit your form by 13th <strong>December</strong>.<br />
We are here to help:<br />
If you have any queries about the changes that are occurring within the<br />
church administration or want to know more about how the database will<br />
affect you please contact either:<br />
Evelyn Burton-Guyett — Administration Executive<br />
email: evelyn.burton-guyett@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk<br />
Freddy Herrod — Database Intern<br />
email: freddy.herrod@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk<br />
Peter Rignall — Operations Manager<br />
email: peter.rignall@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
Clive Colledge at TEDxBristol; photo © Grace Golf 20<strong>17</strong><br />
TEDxBristol; generational stereotyping . . .<br />
WHY BABY BOOMERS, MILLENNIALS AND GENERATION X DON’T EXIST<br />
— CLIVE COLLEDGE<br />
SPARRING BETWEEN<br />
THE GENERATIONS<br />
has made headline<br />
news in recent years and<br />
seems set to continue. With<br />
“Millennials” reportedly at<br />
odds wth “selfish Seniors”,<br />
the Parish magazine asked<br />
award-winning designer and<br />
communications expert Dr<br />
Clive Colledge about his talk<br />
on the subject in November<br />
for TEDxBristol — a local<br />
franchise licensed by its internationally<br />
acclaimed parent organisation TED, set up to deliver “ideas worth<br />
spreading” in the fields of Technology, Entertainment and Design.<br />
PARISH MAGAZINE: With discontent between generations reportedly on the<br />
rise, it was heartening to listen to your talk for TEDxBristol, especially at this<br />
time of year — could you give a brief outline of it and tell us something about<br />
your work and background?<br />
CLIVE COLLEDGE: On 3rd November this year I gave a talk on the main<br />
stage at the Colston Hall for TEDxBristol. The talk — titled Baby Boomers,<br />
Millennials and Generation X Don’t Exist — began by describing how age<br />
stereotypes are irrational generalisations about entire generations that<br />
are creating division between between age groups, and ended by suggesting<br />
ways to encourage connection between them. My talk — and<br />
those of other speakers — was delivered to approx 2,500 people in the<br />
Hall and broadcast live through Facebook video to thousands around the<br />
<br />
world. It will shortly be published on the TEDxBristol’s YouTube Channel.<br />
I’m 70 years old and have had a 31–year career as a creative art director<br />
and designer in advertising and marketing, followed by <strong>17</strong> years as an<br />
academic, teaching and researching in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. I<br />
was awarded a PhD at age 64. My professional experience and research<br />
led me to the conclusion that stereotyping people by age inhibits<br />
connection between us, and that when we stop stereotyping each other<br />
and start connecting together across generations we can release a vast<br />
untapped problem-solving capability. My wife and I became committed<br />
to the teaching of Jesus in our sixties through the inspiration of our<br />
daughter — an example of young inspiring old.<br />
What is TEDxBristol?<br />
TEDxBristol is licensed by the international TED organisation to put on<br />
events that feature the TED mission, which is to deliver short talks that<br />
communicate “ideas worth spreading”. Chris Anderson, Head of TED says<br />
that “carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking empathy,<br />
stirring excitement, sharing knowledge, and promoting a shared dream.<br />
Done right it can electrify a room and transform an audience’s worldview”.<br />
Curated by a BBC producer, Melanie Rodrigues, TEDxBristol is one of the<br />
largest TED events in Europe.<br />
Why did you speak about generational stereotyping?<br />
Its a topic I’ve been passionate about and have researched for many years,<br />
originally because of something that happened to my wife. My wife and<br />
I have been married for 47 years, and a few years into our marriage she<br />
contracted an illness that developed into disability. She bravely said at the<br />
time that she was learning what it will be like to be old so she could plan for<br />
that time. Now that we genuinely are old we know that was never true: old<br />
age, illness and disability are not the same, and old age is not necessarily a<br />
precursor to illness or disability. Old people and disabled people are often<br />
seen through the lens of stereotyping. Sociologists Macionis and Plummer<br />
describe stereotyping as “an irrational generalisation about an entire<br />
category of people with little regard to facts”.<br />
My experience as an advertising art director, a university lecturer tutoring<br />
people of all ages and from many different cultures, and as a researcher into<br />
generational advertising, brought me to the conclusion that stereotyp-
ing affects all generations and is creating divisions between age groups.<br />
It goes beyond ageism because there is evidence of prejudice towards<br />
younger generations — as I explained in the talk. The word “prejudice”<br />
comes from prejudgment, and stereotyping people is a form of prejudging<br />
people. My examination of news headlines from the UK and US about the<br />
generation labelled “Millennials” revealed descriptions such as “lazy” and<br />
“self-obsessed” — the “me, me, me generation” — with few facts to suggest<br />
that all members of the generation are like that.<br />
Can you tell us the key points you would like people to take away from<br />
your talk?<br />
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Old age is not necessarily a precursor to disability and illness...<br />
We don’t all develop when young or age when we’re older in the<br />
same way or at the same rate as each other...<br />
<strong>St</strong>ereotyping by age into Seniors, Baby Boomers, Millennials,<br />
Generation X and Generation Z is ineffective in understanding<br />
people and is creating divisions in society...<br />
Recognising that we share values across generations transcends<br />
age differences and creates connection between age groups...<br />
Shared values equal trust...<br />
Generations connecting together are a huge untapped source<br />
of problem-solving...<br />
Innovation happens when generations connect...<br />
Processes exist to help groups of mixed ages and cultures work<br />
together to develop innovative solutions to problems...<br />
I’ve been working on developing such processes over the last<br />
<strong>17</strong> years at Birmingham City University...<br />
We were not born to stereotype, we were born to connect.<br />
How did your understanding of Christ’s message inspire your talk?<br />
Christ’s message is fundamental to it. As a very young child I was ill with<br />
measles, which led to bronchitis and other complications; I therefore<br />
missed a lot of early years schooling, so my father bought me educational<br />
comics to help develop my reading. One was a comic about Jesus. It left<br />
a huge impression on me, particularly His messages: love your neighbour,<br />
love your enemies, and don’t judge others. I’ve found those very difficult<br />
to carry out, but after 60-odd years I now believe them to be fundamental<br />
to building a healthy society and creating connection between generations,<br />
genders, cultures and nations. Christ is asking us to connect. It’s a message<br />
that the world needs now; we live in a world that is highly connected<br />
through technology, yet many people still live as if in separate tribes.<br />
What did you learn from being part of a TEDxBristol event?<br />
It was one of the most uplifting experiences of my 70 years. Many TED<br />
speakers, including Oprah Winfrey, have said that the best experience of<br />
being a TED speaker is meeting and learning from the other speakers. I<br />
thoroughly agree. I learnt from all the speakers that they want to make a<br />
positive difference to the world by improving, transforming and teaching.<br />
Plus they have the courage and the strategy to achieve that. Most importantly<br />
they have the passion to transform a problem or issue — issues that<br />
include cleaning the seas of plastic, turning street hustlers into legitimate<br />
business people, and disrupting attitudes to autism. I also learnt that big<br />
new ideas can be communicated effectively within 18 minutes. And that<br />
that can be achieved through commitment, excellent coaching and a very<br />
supportive team behind the speakers. I learnt that an idea worth sharing<br />
can be spread across the world within seconds. As soon as I came off stage<br />
and checked Twitter, Facebook and emails I found messages from Sydney,<br />
New York, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, London, Northampton and Bristol<br />
from people who’d seen it broadcast live on Facebook.<br />
Is there anything the Church could take from your talk and/or TEDxBristol?<br />
Some churches do great work in connecting generations. The Church has<br />
been different to most organisations as someone can become a Christian<br />
at any age, as I did at the age of 64; I was therefore both a member of a<br />
young generation in terms of being a new Christian and, by date of birth, a<br />
member of an older generation. That situation needs a Church sensitive<br />
to the needs of an older person who requires training as a new Christian.<br />
As many of us are living longer, and therefore working longer, that situation<br />
is also beginning to be seen in business organisations, and there are now<br />
interns or trainees in their 50s and 60s. I changed career at the age of 51<br />
to become an academic and therefore went through the trainee stage as<br />
an older person. It required flexibility from me and wisdom from my new<br />
managers. At the age of 70 I’ve just been trained in speaking to thousands of
people in an auditorium which at the same time was videoed for broadcast<br />
across different countries. The coaches were over 30 years younger than<br />
me but didn’t approach me as a stereotypical ‘Baby Boomer’. So I think<br />
the main message that any organisation could take from my talk is not to<br />
see anyone through the lens of a stereotype — instead, copy Jesus, and see<br />
everyone as an individual with individual characteristics and needs. Jesus<br />
didn’t see Matthew as a stereotype of a tax collector for the Roman government.<br />
He saw the potential for a trusted follower. And as for TED, I think<br />
the skills of communicating a complex topic within 18 minutes, in a way<br />
that inspires, informs and entertains and is relevant both to a local and<br />
to an international audience are skills that are worth any organisation<br />
learning. As is the use of media to broadcast the talk across the world.<br />
Is your talk available online?<br />
The Talks are being edited by TEDxBristol but should be on the TEDxBristol<br />
YouTube channel by mid-<strong>December</strong>. Presently my talk can be found on the<br />
TEDxBristol website at tedxbristol.com where it is 2hrs 4mins into the video.<br />
Looking to the future, how do you think the generational concerns you have<br />
raised can best be addressed, and what impact would you like your talk to have?<br />
The number of people around the world who watch TED videos is in the<br />
millions. I would like my talk to influence many to drop the generational<br />
stereotyping and labelling of others and to recognise that someone much<br />
older or younger may share their values. And for many to be inspired<br />
enough to work in cross-generational groups to solve problems in society<br />
through creative thinking — shared values transcend age differences and<br />
equal trust. We were born to create, but that lesson is often lost after childhood.<br />
Through my work at the university I’ve found that most adults can<br />
relearn how to create, including creating innovative solutions to problems.<br />
I’m writing a book based on my research of generational stereotyping, and<br />
how generations can transform that into cross-generational connection<br />
leading to innovative cross-generational problem solving. I’m also using<br />
social media plus public speaking to spread the message and, finally, I’m<br />
continuing to develop the cross-generational process of innovative problem<br />
solving with various groups and organisations.<br />
Clive Colledge<br />
— an interview for<br />
SMR Parish magazine<br />
Dr Clive Colledge is a writer, creative, and academic researching generational<br />
stereotyping. He spent 30 years as an award-winning art director and designer for<br />
advertising and marketing agencies in the UK, Europe (including Bristol) and North<br />
America. Having worked on campaigns for Walls Ice Cream, Granada TV, Wall<br />
<strong>St</strong>reet Journal, Duracell Batteries and Coca-Cola, a short spell playing jazz and<br />
running a jazz club gave him a healthier respect for audiences and a love of more<br />
‘disruptive’ communication. He has spent the last <strong>17</strong> years lecturing and researching<br />
at Birmingham City University and in Singapore and Hong Kong, particularly on<br />
creativity, visual communication and audiences.<br />
AMMERDOWN CENTRE AND COURSES 2018<br />
THE Ammerdown Centre is a well-established Christian Retreat<br />
and Conference Centre with a chapel, open to people of all<br />
faiths and none, with a special emphasis on dialogue, reconciliation<br />
and renewal. Courses are offered in a variety of areas including<br />
spiritual nurturing and personal development, interfaith and<br />
dialogue, recreation and rejuvenation, and creative arts activities.<br />
The 2018 Course programme is available at www.ammerdown.org/<br />
courses. Below are a couple for the New Year:<br />
5 to 7 January - Being Baptised<br />
The ritual of baptism announces that we now share in Christ’s threefold<br />
ministry as Prophet, Priest, and King. What does this actually mean<br />
in ordinary daily life? How can we incorporate these categories into our<br />
sense of who we are and how we live? This retreat explores the way in<br />
which a deeper theology and spirituality of baptism give rich meaning to<br />
every aspect of our life as Christians.<br />
For further information or to book, ring 0<strong>17</strong>61 433709<br />
or go http://ammerdown.org/being-baptised-Sr-Gemma-Simmonds-2018<br />
6 January Quiet Day- Seeking <strong>St</strong>illness<br />
Ammerdown’s Quiet Days offer an opportunity to take time out from our<br />
busy lives to pray, reflect and meditate with the help of Libby Dobson and<br />
Sarah Chabowska.<br />
For further information or to book, ring 0<strong>17</strong>61 433709<br />
or go http://ammerdown.org/Quiet-Day-Libby-Dobson-Sarah-Chabowska-2018
Seekers escape from the Pew . . .<br />
CURIOSITY, CUES AND Q'S...<br />
— HELENA HOYLE KING<br />
<strong>Redcliffe</strong> Gardening Club . . .<br />
THROUGH FELLOWSHIP and a characteristic curiosity about the ideas<br />
and issues that surround our faith, the Seekers have asked the<br />
questions “Why is my faith important to me?” and “How do I love somebody<br />
I don’t like?” — which has provided much needed (metaphorical)* fuel as<br />
the autumn chill descends.<br />
In October’s session, Nadine Elahi Ajula led a session which encouraged the<br />
group to think about why faith is important to them, starting by asking the group<br />
to talk about something they were passionate about (including cars, bikes,<br />
books, films and — ahem — pet mice). The group agreed: it is terribly easy to<br />
talk about the things we are passionate about, but perhaps not so easy to talk<br />
about our faith. Nadine then introduced the idea of ‘faith pictures’ — whereby<br />
the group were asked to draw what their faith might look like and why that was<br />
significant to them. Inspired by Nadine’s creativity, our own pictures gave us an<br />
excellent visual cue from which to talk about our faith, and we found that these<br />
ostensibly simple pictures were actually highly pertinent, and multi-faceted.<br />
In November, Greca Warr invited us to her home, and deftly guided<br />
us through the difficult topic of how we love people we find it difficult<br />
to like. Greca facilitated a thought-provoking discussion on the difference<br />
between ‘like’ and ‘love’, the group concluding that love was deep,<br />
complicated, sacrificial, and sometimes difficult. Greca then drew on<br />
a combination of Biblical and psychologically informed concepts of<br />
love to add a scholarly element to our session. We were then skilfully<br />
guided through some hypothetical scenarios, which led to a debate in<br />
which a plethora of ideas on how we might show love were discussed.<br />
It is the creativity and curiosity of its members and those who volunteer<br />
to lead sessions that makes Seekers such a wonderful group. The ideas<br />
sparked during these autumn sessions will surely kindle a flame to further<br />
fuel our goal: to explore our faith, and escape from the pew occasionally.<br />
Helena Hoyle King<br />
*sometimes the fuel is biscuits...<br />
. . .meets Thursdays 10am to 12noon<br />
Somerset Square, Prewett <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
for further information call Angela Hogg on 01<strong>17</strong>-9734560<br />
<strong>Redcliffe</strong> Gardening Club . . .<br />
AS A PANEL MEMBER ON<br />
RADIO 4 Gardeners' Question<br />
Time said this week (26th<br />
November), “Never say you have<br />
to put your garden to bed in the<br />
winter.” There's no chance of the<br />
<strong>Redcliffe</strong> Garden Club tucking up<br />
their gardens for the winter season.<br />
All through November the members<br />
have been busy — clearing litter<br />
from all the green areas round the<br />
flats, especially the copious junk<br />
thrown into hedges and shrubberies,<br />
digging in all the plants donated by<br />
WINTER?<br />
— ANGELA HOGG<br />
various people from church (thank<br />
you again), planting bulbs and<br />
weeding, clearing leaves from paths<br />
and, finally, constructing a “tree” for<br />
the church Treefest which takes<br />
place from 6–11 <strong>December</strong> — you<br />
can't miss our creation; it's made up<br />
of bits and pieces from the garden<br />
shed and some vivacious communal<br />
thinking.<br />
AH
forgotten voices WWI 19<strong>17</strong> into 1918<br />
parishioner to parishioner msgs<br />
SMR Sunday School wreath, Remembrance Day 20<strong>17</strong><br />
Lieutenant Charles Carrington, 1/5th Battalion, Warwickshire Regiment <br />
T<br />
HE AUSTRALIANS SUGGESTED that as we were having a few days<br />
without any particular battle going on, it was surely the moment to<br />
have latest match. They found a bit of unshelled ground within reach<br />
of their positions and ours, we got some balls, bats, bales and stumps — and we<br />
played cricket. What the Germans could have thought was going on I can't imagine.<br />
But it must have been reported by some German because unfortunately<br />
next morning, when the Australians were assembling on the pitch and we were<br />
on our way, they were heavily shelled. Some were killed and others were wounded<br />
and the ground was ruined. There was never going to be a return match.<br />
Gunner H Doggett, Royal Artillery <br />
OUR AMMUNITION WAGON had only been there a second or two<br />
when a shell killed the horse under the driver. We went over to him and<br />
tried to unharness the horse and cut the traces away. He just kneeled and<br />
watched this horse. A brigadier then came along, a brass hat, and tapped this boy<br />
on the shoulder and said, “Never mind, sonny!” The driver looked up at him for a<br />
second and all of a sudden he said, “Bloody Germans!” Then he pointed his finger<br />
and he stood there like a stone as though he was transfixed. The Brass Hat said to<br />
his captain, “All right, take the boy down the line and see that he has two or three<br />
days’ rest”. The he turned to our captain and said, “If everyone was like that who<br />
loved animals we would be all right.”<br />
Voices compiled by Lester Clements, for <strong>December</strong> and January<br />
ERIC TYLEY CELEBRATED HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY on 25th November,<br />
and would like to thank everyone for their kindness, cards and good<br />
wishes.<br />
Born in Totterdown, Eric was educated at <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Boys School on<br />
<strong>Redcliffe</strong> Parade. He joined the SMR family when he was admitted to the<br />
choir in 1926 and has continued to play an active part in church life ever<br />
since — as a server, sidesman, PCC member, steward and as a firewatcher<br />
on the church roof between 1939 and 1941. He will be talking about his<br />
wartime memories in the final part of “Blitz” on BBC2 at 9pm on Thursday<br />
14th <strong>December</strong>!<br />
MARY'S MEALS: Marion Durbur writes "We have received a letter<br />
thanking us for our generous donation of 122 backpacks, which<br />
included the following information:
For many of the children who receive a donated backpack it will be the only<br />
gift they have ever been given. Tadala, 12, from Malawi tells us "I’m very<br />
happy. I’ll be able to keep my exercise books and pens safely in my new bag.<br />
I’m going to cherish everything within my bag. It will all help me learn. It’s like<br />
I have won a prize." Supporting <strong>Mary</strong>’s Meals through the Backpack project<br />
is a practical way to enable children to make the most of their education.<br />
— so a huge thank you to everyone who helped us to make this wonderful<br />
20<strong>17</strong> donation!"<br />
FOOD FUN FRIENDSHIP — NEW YEAR'S PARTY SUNDAY 7 JANUARY 2018<br />
A reminder of our main notice on p9 — join us for food (bring some<br />
if you can) chat, games, music and more — 12.00–2.30pm at Faithspace<br />
Community Centre · look out for event flyers mid-<strong>December</strong> plus a<br />
Bring & Share Food sign-up list. FFI or if you'd like to help, call Roma on<br />
07896708031 or Eleanor on 01<strong>17</strong>-963485, get in touch with the Parish<br />
office, or email the Parish magazine (usual address).<br />
BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL REMINDS: the annual Canvass Form has arrived<br />
Visit www.bristol.gov.uk.uk/voting-elections/register-to-vote for futher<br />
information, or call 01<strong>17</strong>-922 3400,<br />
or email electoral.services@bristol.<br />
gov.uk — it is a legal requirement<br />
to respond to the Form.<br />
diary dates <strong>December</strong> & January<br />
Please note that in addition to events opposite which vary in frequency or other<br />
details, the following happen every week in this period:<br />
Mon<br />
Tue<br />
Tue<br />
Wed<br />
Thur<br />
Fri<br />
Faithfood // 11.00am — Faithspace Community Centre (FthCC)<br />
Faithspace Coffee Morning // 10am–12pm — FthCC<br />
Christian Meditation // 6.30–7.00pm — FthCC<br />
Jazz in the Undercroft // 7.30pm–10.00pm<br />
<strong>Redcliffe</strong> Gardening Group // 10.00am–12.00pm — Somerset Square<br />
Police Beat Surgery Drop-in // 1.00pm–2.00pm — FthCC<br />
<br />
<br />
diary <br />
1st <strong>December</strong> – 2nd February<br />
2 From Darkness to Light // 6.30 am — Boys’ Choir — Advent<br />
3 From Darkness to Light // 6.30 am — Girls’ Choir — Advent<br />
4 Pot Luck Lunches // 12.30pm<br />
4 Postcard Club // 7:30pm — Christmas Social, American Supper — FthspCC<br />
5 Holy Communion // 12.30pm — Revd Dan Tyndall<br />
6 Hymn Sing-Along // 11.00am — FthspCC<br />
6-11 Treefest // 11.00am–5.30pm daily (until 8pm on Thurs 7 Dec)<br />
6 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Lunch Club // 12.00–2.00pm — Mildred Ford; Christmas floral<br />
decorations — FthspCC<br />
6 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Film Club // 2.30pm — A Private Function<br />
6 Community Carol Service // 5.00pm<br />
7 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill<br />
7 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Andrew Kirk; <strong>St</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Redcliffe</strong><br />
11 <strong>St</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Redcliffe</strong> & Temple School Carol Service // 7.30pm<br />
12 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Kat Campion-Spall<br />
13 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Lunch Club // 12.00–2.00pm — Christmas Lunch — FthspCC<br />
13 Mothers Union // 2.30pm — Carols, Readings, Holy Communion — FthspCC<br />
14 Eucharist with Prayer for Healing // 12.30pm — Revd Dan Tyndall<br />
14 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Andrew Kirk; <strong>St</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Redcliffe</strong><br />
14 Seekers Escape from the Pew // 7.30pm — Christmas Party — The Vicarage<br />
<strong>17</strong> Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols by Candlelight // 6:30pm<br />
19 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Canon Neville Boundy<br />
19 Carol Service with the Salvation Army Band & Songsters // 7:30pm<br />
20 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Lunch Club closed for Christmas<br />
20 Carols for All at Lunchtime // 1.15–2.00pm — FthspCC<br />
20 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Care Film Club // 2.30pm — Casablanca — FthspCC<br />
21 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Kat Campion-Spall<br />
22 Undercroft closed for Christmas — re-opens Tuesday 2 Jan 2018<br />
22 Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols by Candlelight // 7.30pm<br />
22 Parish Office closed for Christmas — re-opens Tuesday 2 Jan 2018<br />
23 Christingle // 4.00pm<br />
DECEMBER
24 Family Carol Service // 4.00pm<br />
24 Midnight Mass // 11.30pm<br />
25 Holy Communion // 8.00am<br />
25 Eucharist and Nativity Play // 10.30am<br />
25 Church closed from 1.00pm<br />
26 Church Closed<br />
28 Eucharist with Prayer for Healing // 12.30pm — Revd Peter Dill<br />
JANUARY<br />
1 New Year Eucharist // 12.30pm<br />
2 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Canon Neville Boundy<br />
3 Hymn Sing-Along // 11.00am — FthspCC<br />
4 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill<br />
7 New Year Party // 12.00–3.00pm — Food Festivity Fun ; bring & share — FthspCC<br />
8 Postcard Club // 7:30pm —<br />
8 Pot Luck Lunches // 12.30pm —<br />
9 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Kat Campion-Spall<br />
10 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Lunch Club re-opens // 12.00–2.00pm — FthspCC<br />
10 Mothers Union // 2.30pm — FthspCC<br />
11 Eucharist with Prayer for Healing // 12.30pm — Revd Dan Tyndall<br />
16 Holy Communion // 12.30pm — Revd Dan Tyndall<br />
<strong>17</strong> <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Lunch Club // 12.00–2.00pm — FthCC<br />
18 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Kat Campion-Spall<br />
18 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Andrew Kirk; <strong>St</strong> <strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Redcliffe</strong><br />
23 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill<br />
24 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Lunch Club // 12.00–2.00pm — FthCC<br />
25 Eucharist with Prayer for Healing // 12.30pm — Revd Peter Dill<br />
25 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Jonny Allsopp; Westminster Abbey<br />
30 Holy Communion // 12.30pm — Revd Dan Tyndall<br />
31 <strong>Redcliffe</strong> Lunch Club // 12.00–2.00pm — FthCC<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
1 Holy Communion // 12.30pm<br />
2 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Joshua Hales; Sheffield Cathedral<br />
<br />
<br />
morning prayer lectionary <br />
december 20<strong>17</strong> & january 2018<br />
morning and evening prayer are said daily at 8.30 am & 4.30 pm in the lady chapel<br />
4 DEC Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
5 Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
6<br />
All<br />
Saints<br />
Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
7 Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
8 Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
9 Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
18 Psalm<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
19 Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
20 Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
21 Psalms<br />
Zephaniah<br />
Matthew<br />
22 Psalms<br />
Zephaniah<br />
Matthew<br />
23 Psalm<br />
Zephaniah<br />
Matthew<br />
50, 54<br />
25: 1–9<br />
12: 1–21<br />
80, 82<br />
26: 1–13<br />
12: 22–37<br />
5, 7<br />
28: 1–13<br />
12: 38–end<br />
42, 43<br />
28: 14–end<br />
13: 1–23<br />
25, 26<br />
29: 1–14<br />
13: 24–43<br />
9 (10)<br />
29: 15–end<br />
13: 44–end<br />
40<br />
38: 1–8, 21–22<br />
16: 13–end<br />
144, 146<br />
38: 9–20<br />
<strong>17</strong>: 1–13<br />
46, 95<br />
39<br />
<strong>17</strong>:14–21<br />
121, 122, 123<br />
1: 1— 2: 3<br />
<strong>17</strong>: 22–end<br />
124, 125–127<br />
3: 1–13<br />
18: 1–20<br />
128, 129–131<br />
3: 14–end<br />
18: 21–end<br />
11 Psalm<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
12 Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
13 Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
14 Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
15 Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
16 Psalm<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
25<br />
Christmas<br />
Day<br />
26<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephen<br />
27<br />
John<br />
28<br />
Holy<br />
Innocents<br />
Psalms<br />
Isaiah<br />
Matthew<br />
Psalms<br />
Jeremiah<br />
Acts<br />
Psalms<br />
Exodus<br />
1 John<br />
Psalms<br />
Baruch<br />
or Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
29 Psalms<br />
Jonah<br />
Colossians<br />
30 Psalm<br />
Jonah<br />
Colossians<br />
44<br />
30: 1–18<br />
14: 1–12<br />
56, 57<br />
30: 19–end<br />
14: 13–end<br />
62, 63<br />
31<br />
15: 1–20<br />
53, 54, 60<br />
32<br />
15: 21–28<br />
5, 86<br />
33: 1–22<br />
15: 29–end<br />
145<br />
35<br />
16: 1–12<br />
110, 1<strong>17</strong><br />
62: 1–5<br />
1: 18–end<br />
13, 31: 1–8, 150<br />
26: 12–15<br />
6<br />
21, 147: 13–end<br />
33: 12–end<br />
2: 1–11<br />
36, 146<br />
4: 21–27<br />
37: 13–20<br />
18: 1–10<br />
19, 20<br />
1<br />
1: 1–14<br />
111, 112, 113<br />
2<br />
1:15–23<br />
Lectionary Notes: If you have internet access, there is a feed on the Church of England<br />
website for the Daily Office. See http://churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/join-us-indaily-prayer.aspx<br />
If you have a smartphone, the CofE has produced apps for Daily<br />
Prayer—These provide the psalm and readings embedded in the daily office (Morning<br />
and Evening Prayer) liturgies. See http://www.chpublishing.co.uk/features/our-apps
1 JAN<br />
Naming &<br />
Circumcision<br />
Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Romans<br />
2 Psalms<br />
Ruth<br />
Colossians<br />
3 Psalms<br />
Ruth<br />
Colossians<br />
103, 150<br />
<strong>17</strong>: 1–13<br />
2: <strong>17</strong>–end<br />
18:1–30<br />
1<br />
2:8–end<br />
127, 128, 131<br />
2<br />
3: 1–11<br />
4 Psalm<br />
Ruth<br />
Colossians<br />
5 Psalms<br />
Ruth<br />
Colossians<br />
6 Psalms<br />
Baruch<br />
or Jeremiah<br />
Matthew<br />
89:1–37<br />
3<br />
3:12—4:1<br />
8, 48<br />
4: 1–<strong>17</strong><br />
4: 2–end<br />
99, 147: 1–12<br />
1: 15 — 2: 10<br />
23: 1–8<br />
20: 1–16<br />
parish register 29th October–19th November<br />
BAPTISMS<br />
Jack James Head<br />
Wilf Woody Carroll<br />
Christine Hagan-Bassett (adult)<br />
FUNERAL<br />
Edna de Cordova<br />
died 4th November 20<strong>17</strong> aged 88 years<br />
5th November 20<strong>17</strong><br />
5th November 20<strong>17</strong><br />
19th November 20<strong>17</strong><br />
10th November 20<strong>17</strong><br />
8<br />
Baptism<br />
of Christ<br />
Psalm<br />
1 Samuel<br />
John<br />
9 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
10 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
11 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
12 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
13 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
89: 19–29<br />
16: 1–3, 13<br />
1: 29–34<br />
8, 9<br />
1: 20 — 2 :3<br />
21: 18–32<br />
19, 20<br />
2: 4–end<br />
21: 33–end<br />
21, 24<br />
3<br />
22: 1–14<br />
67, 72<br />
4: 1–16, 25, 26<br />
22: 15–33<br />
29, 33<br />
6: 1–10<br />
22: 34–end<br />
15 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
16 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
<strong>17</strong> Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
18 Week<br />
of prayer for<br />
Christian Unity<br />
Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
19 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
20 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
145, 146<br />
6: 11—7:10<br />
24: 1–14<br />
132, 147: 1–12<br />
7: 11–end<br />
24: 15–28<br />
81, 147: 13–end<br />
8: 1–14<br />
24: 29–end<br />
76, 148<br />
8: 15 — 9: 7<br />
25: 1–13<br />
27, 149<br />
9: 8–19<br />
25: 14–30<br />
122, 128, 150<br />
11: 1–9<br />
25: 31–end<br />
nb editor’s note<br />
§ SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICE ATTENDANCE AND COLLECTIONS<br />
DATE 20<strong>17</strong> 29 October * 5 November † 12 November 19 November<br />
8.00am Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child<br />
9 - 10 - 5 - 9 -<br />
9.30am 102 25 103 39 † 150 34 104 38<br />
11.15am <strong>17</strong> - <strong>17</strong> - † no mattins 26 -<br />
6.30pm 40 - * 115 - 27 - 32 -<br />
§ Collection figures are not available for this period // * Figures are for the All Souls Day Service<br />
of Remembrance held on Sunday 5 November // † Remembrance Sunday: figures are for the<br />
annual Service of Remembrance which took place at 10.30 not 9.30, and there was no Mattins<br />
Service // NB: attendance refers to congregation, not to clergy, choir, servers or vergers.<br />
email: editor.mag@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk<br />
Happy Christmas and New Year!<br />
22 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
23 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
66, 147: 13–end<br />
11: 27—12: 9<br />
26:1–16<br />
34, 36<br />
13: 2–end<br />
26: <strong>17</strong>–35<br />
29 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
30 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
123–125, 126<br />
18: 1–15<br />
27: 11–26<br />
132, 133<br />
18: 16–end<br />
27: 27–44<br />
Dear all — A seasonal and end of year note to say thanks for<br />
all contributions great and small (please keep them coming!)<br />
since the magazine changed hands over the summer. As I’m still<br />
‘getting my feet under the desk’ please make sure to get in touch<br />
with any concerns and, as always, with new ideas and material.<br />
24 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
25<br />
Conversion<br />
of Paul<br />
Psalms<br />
Ezekiel<br />
Phillipians<br />
45, 46<br />
14<br />
26: 36–46<br />
66, 147: 13–end<br />
3: 22–end<br />
3: 1–14<br />
31 Psalm<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
1 FEB Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
119: 153–end<br />
19: 1–3, 12–29<br />
27: 45–56<br />
143, 146<br />
21: 1–21<br />
27: 57–end<br />
On a personal and practical note, I was one of many from SMR<br />
confirmed by Bishop Lee last month at <strong>St</strong> Peter’s Church, Bishopsworth — a<br />
wonderful service. I chose to be confirmed using my first name (Eleanor) in<br />
lieu of my second name so am keen to say that the <strong>Magazine</strong> editor listed in this<br />
and the previous issue is the same person!<br />
26 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
27 Psalm<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
61, 65<br />
16<br />
26: 57–end<br />
68<br />
<strong>17</strong>: 1–22<br />
27: 1–10<br />
2 Psalms<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
3 Psalm<br />
Genesis<br />
Matthew<br />
142, 144<br />
22: 1–19<br />
28: 1–15<br />
147<br />
23<br />
28: 16–end<br />
The deadline for the<br />
February 2018 issue<br />
is Sunday 28 January<br />
best wishes<br />
Eleanor<br />
For you shall go out with joy<br />
And be led out with peace
prayers for december & january<br />
groups within the church<br />
Christmas in prison<br />
From the Christian point of view there is no special problem about<br />
Christmas in a prison cell. For many people in this building it will<br />
probably be a more sincere and genuine occasion than in places where<br />
nothing but the name is kept. That misery, suffering, poverty, loneliness,<br />
helplessness and guilt mean something quite different in the eyes of God<br />
from what they mean in the judgement of man, that God will approach<br />
where men turn away, that Christ was born in a stable because there was<br />
no room for him in the inn — these are things that a prisoner can understand<br />
better than other people; for him they really are glad tidings, and<br />
that faith gives him a part in the communion of saints, a Christian fellowship<br />
breaking the bounds of time and space and reducing the months of<br />
confinement here to insignificance.<br />
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)<br />
from An Anthology for the Church Year ©1998 H J Richards<br />
by kind permission Kevin Mayhew Publishers<br />
Life in the dimension of the Spirit<br />
is a mystery rooted in the joy of being.<br />
The wonderful beauty of prayer<br />
is that the opening of our heart<br />
is as natural as the opening of a flower.<br />
To let a flower open and bloom<br />
it is only necessary to let it be.<br />
So if we simply are,<br />
if we become and remain still and silent,<br />
our heart cannot but be open;<br />
the Spirit cannot but pour through<br />
into our whole being.<br />
It is this that we have been created for.<br />
John Main<br />
from The Prayers We Breathe<br />
Mothers’ Union © 2003<br />
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Sunday School<br />
Faithspace Centre<br />
Lunch Club<br />
Meditation<br />
Mothers Union<br />
Church Flowers<br />
Coffee Rota<br />
Bells Ringers<br />
Canynges Society<br />
Journey into Science<br />
<strong>Magazine</strong> Editor<br />
Dean Barry<br />
Graham Marsh<br />
Andy Carruthers<br />
Keith Donoghue<br />
David Harrowes<br />
<strong>St</strong>ephen Brooke<br />
Tal Singh Ajula<br />
Becky Macron<br />
Sarah James<br />
Bobby Bewley<br />
Lewis Semple<br />
Hilda Watts<br />
Mildred Ford<br />
Christine Bush<br />
Gareth Lawson<br />
Pat Terry<br />
Eric Albone<br />
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sunday services<br />
8.00 am holy communion<br />
9.30 am sung eucharist<br />
With Crèche and Sunday School, and followed by coffee<br />
11.15 am choral mattins<br />
6.30 pm sung evensong<br />
weekday services<br />
holy communion<br />
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12.30 pm<br />
2nd and 4th Thursdays at 12.30 pm with Prayers for Healing<br />
morning and evening prayer<br />
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