St Mary Redcliffe Church Parish Magazine - September 2018

St Mary Redcliffe 

+ singing the the song of of faith faith and and justice justice + 

Parish parish magazine Magazine 

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september 2018 

ARTICLES BLESSING AND GROWTH: REVD KAT CAMPION-SPALL // YOUTH 

WORK NEWS: DAVID COUSINS // PROJECT 450: RHYS WILLIAMS // AT BRISTOL 

CITY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY—II: ELEANOR VOUSDEN 

Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum 

Altar frontal by Elizabeth Fry; drawing: EJL ‘18 

DIARY FAITH PICTURES COURSE: 13 SEPTEMBER // BRISTOL DOORS OPEN 

DAY: 15 SEPTEMBER // CHRISTIANS IN SCIENCE LECTURE SERIES: 28 SEPTEMBER 

// ARTS & SOCIETY: 22 SEPTEMBER // COFFEE MORNING, MACMILLAN NURSES: 

28, 29 SEPTEMBER

St Mary Redcliffe 

With Temple, Bristol & St John the Baptist, Bedminster 

church wardens 

Richard James: 0117-966 2291 

Elizabeth Shanahan: 07808 505977 

vergers 

Vergers’ office: 0117-231 0061 

Matthew Buckmaster, Head Verger 

Andy Carruthers, Verger 

Paul Thomas, Verger 

director of music 

Andrew Kirk: 0117-231 0065 

assistant organists 

Claire and Graham Alsop 

vicar 

Revd Dan Tyndall: 0117-231 0067 

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 

research assistant 

Rhys Williams: 0117-231 0068 

education officer 

Sarah Yates: 0117-231 0072 

community development worker 

Rachel Varley: 0117-231 0071 

community youth worker 

David Cousins: 0117-231 0067 

For more information about 

the church visit www.stmaryredcliffe.co.uk 

Any of the staff may be contacted at 

parish.office@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk 

vicar's letter 

BLESSING AND GROWTH 

— REVD KAT CAMPION-SPALL 

ASSOCIATE VICAR 

WHETHER you’re tied to academic 

terms or left that all behind many 

years ago, somehow September has 

the feel of the start of a new year, even as the 

leaves start to turn and the nights start drawing 

in. As we welcome Dan back after his extended 

study leave over the summer, there will be an 

air of a fresh start here at SMR. We will also be 

welcoming Anthony Everitt to our clergy team 

on 30th September as an Associate Priest. Anthony 

has a full time job as an accountant elsewhere, 

so his ministry is offered in a voluntary 

capacity, and he is committed to being with us three Sundays a month and 

taking on some additional ministry responsibilities as his gifts and availability 

allow. You or members of your family may also have new starts 

this month. Over the autumn the PCC and its sub-committees will also be 

thinking and praying carefully about how we want to see our church change 

and grow over the coming years to better enable us to do God’s mission as 

we “sing the song of faith and justice”. 

Times of change can prompt us to reflect on our lives and think about 

where we want to change or grow. If you are thinking about your 

Christian journey, and want to develop or reflect more deeply, you 

may be interested in some opportunities this autumn. 

The Seekers group is starting a new term with a year-long journey of faith 

using “Faith Pictures” material — you can find more information on pages 6 

and 7, and overleaf. The group is for anyone who wants to explore and 

engage in a new and creative way with their faith, as participants set out 

together to find a personal faith picture that connects with their beliefs 

and resonates with their experiences. 

If you have been wondering if God might be calling you to a licensed 

ministry role in the church, the Vocations Group continues. It’s a

chance to mutually explore and encourage, to be challenged and to 

think about next steps. Contact Dan for more information. 

from the diocese of bristol 

If you are thinking about making a deeper commitment to God, you may 

like to think about confirmation. If you’ve been confirmed a long time 

ago, you may like to attend the course as a refresher, to revisit the commitment 

you made and reflect again on your faith journey. Confirmation 

is on offer to adults and young people in school year 6 and above. We 

are hosting the deanery confirmation service in November so it’s a lovely 

opportunity to be confirmed in our own church. Reflections from some 

recent candidates and more details can be found on pages 10–11. Preparation 

for adults will be fortnightly on Wednesday evenings 8-9.30pm in 

the Vicarage, starting 3rd October, and for young people it will be weekly 

on a Sunday afternoon at 4pm in the Undercroft, starting on 14th October 

with a break for half-term. 

You may be wanting to take on a new role in the life of the church and 

are looking for the right opportunity — please do speak to me or Dan if 

that’s the case as we’d love to have a chat and find out what’s the right 

job for you — there are always plenty of things to get involved in and 

teams that will welcome new members. 

Whether this September is a time of change and new starts, or a gentle 

continuation of the summer, I hope it’s a time of blessing and growth. 

Revd Kat Campion-Spall 

Associate Vicar 

faith pictures course basics: 

thursdays 7.30–9.00pm at the vicarage, 10 redcliffe 

parade west bs1 6sp, from september 2018–july 2019 

semester i — sep 13 freshers ’ week / oct 11 opening the 

conversation / nov 8 the power of the ordinary / dec 13 

film night // semester ii — jan 10 travellers ’ tales / feb 14 

talking pictures / may 9 companions on the journey / jun 13 

hidden opportunities / jul 11 graduation — find new 

ways to talk about your faith in this fun and inspiring no-exams course 

seekers † 

NEWS AND EVENTS— 

RECAPPING PLANS: ST NICHOLAS, A RESOURCING CHURCH 

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, which lies on the corner of Baldwin Street and 

High Street, will open its doors to a new congregation in autumn of 

2018. As a Resourcing church, its focus will be to serve the wider city, by 

reaching out to people currently unconnected to the Church and by assisting 

future church plants. With 60 per cent of people in the city centre aged 

between 15 and 29, the new church’s particular focus will be on younger 

generations. The team at St Nicholas will be led by Revd Toby Flint, who is 

currently the Lead Pastor at Holy Trinity Brompton in London. 

As well as focusing on exploring the three priorities laid out by the Diocese 

of Bristol in its vision — making disciples, growing leaders and engaging 

younger generations — St Nicholas will also partner with other churches 

and organisations as it gets involved in social action, including looking at 

ways to tackle homelessness, food poverty and youth unemployment. 

St Nicholas closed as a church following bomb damage during the Second 

World War. It was leased to Bristol City Council and was rebuilt as a 

museum telling the story of Bristol and making reference to the church 

setting. A central feature of the church is a large altar triptych by William 

Hogarth originally commissioned for St Mary Redcliffe and subsequently 

bequeathed to the city. 

Since the museum closed, the Council has used the space for firstly the 

Tourist Information Centre and latterly for offices. An agreement has been 

reached to continue to house the painting in the church when it reopens, 

with allocated days, when it will be made available for the public to see. 

This article is taken from the Diocesan website; 

for the complete version visit 

https://www.bristol.anglican.org/bristol_resourcing_church/

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 

At the Going Down of the Sun 

5 September–19 November 

Bristol Cathedral // Free admission 

REMEMBERING those who lost 

their lives in the First World War, 

At the Going Down of the Sun is the 

culmination of a four-year photographic 

project by Marko Dutka, and 

features images of Commonwealth, 

civilian and enemy war graves, war 

memorials and associated bomb 

and air crash sites across the Bristol 

and Bath region, photographed between 

the hours of dusk and dawn. 

For further details visit the cathedral 

website at: 

https://www.bristol.anglican.org/ 

news/2018/08/24/photo-exhibition-cathedral-captures-poignance-bristol-war-graves/ 

RECOVERY FESTIVAL 

7 September 12pm to 6pm 

St Agnes Park & Church BS2 9LJ 

Free event 

LAST YEAR’S highly successful event 

is being repeated this year— a 

chance to celebrate the achievements 

of those in recovery from alcohol and 

other drugs. For details and what’s 

on, please visit the Recovery Festival: 

http://www.therecoveryfestival.co.uk/# 

SLAVERY PAST AND PRESENT 

12 September 6.30pm 

Bristol Cathedral 

IN 2016, at any given time, an estimated 

40.3 million people worldwide 

were in modern slavery, includforced 

labour and forced marriage. 

This equates to 5.4 victims of modern 

slavery per 1,000 people in the 

world, 1 in 4 victims being children. 

Understand the roots of this international 

epidemic, its relationship to 

human enslavement from the past, 

and how individuals and communities 

might help tackle these crimes 

and support survivors. An evening 

of discussion and learning with: 

Bishop Alastair Redfern, Bishop of Derby 

Revd Canon Malcolm Rogers, Bishop of 

Liverpool’s Canon for Reconciliation 

Dr Alison Gardner, Assistant Professor of 

Local Governance and Antislavery Policy, 

University of Nottingham 

Dr Madge Dresser, Honorary Professor 

of History, University of Bristol 

Rosie Hopley, Chief Executive of Beloved 

Metropolitan Nikitas, Metropolitan Bishop 

of the Metropolis of the Dardanelles 

Organised by Bristol Cathedral, the 

Diocese of Bristol, the Social Justice 

Network, and The Clewer Initiative. 

To book a place visit— 

https://www.bristol.anglican.org/ 

events/2018/09/12/slavery-past-and-present/ 

church matters 

prayer: revd dan tyndall 

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. 

photo: peter morgan 2018

·faith·pictures· 

faith 

pictures 

seekers faith group 

course — starts 

september 

2018 

FAITH PICTURES — OUR AIMS 

as Christians we want 

to talk about our faith 

in a way that we find 

comes naturally... — we 

don't think one size fits all 

when it comes to doing so, 

so we want to provide space 

for ourselves and others to 

engage in new and creative 

ways with our faith so we 

can piece together belief 

and experience, and speak 

freely — and also for people 

to meet others in the church 

community, learn from each 

others' journeys in faith and 

build friendships... 

seekers † 

for course details see over 

seekers 

faith 

group 

faith pictures 

course 

starts thursday 13 

september 

7.30–9.00pm at the 

vicarage 

13 September 

11 October 

08 November 

13 December 

10 January 

14 February 

09 May 

13 June 

IF you’re keen to 

explore and talk 

about your 

Christian faith 

(whatever your 

tradition) in new 

and creative ways 

then this course is 

for you. 

It's is based on the 

idea that finding 

images that 

resonate with our 

faith journey will 

help us talk about 

what we believe. It's 

loosely structured 

on the college year, 

with six core sessions 

sandwiched 

between a 

Freshers’ Week 

evening, ‘downtime’ 

at Christmas, an 

Easter recess — 

and Graduation. 

Looking forward to 

meeting you as we 

start this new and 

thought-provoking 

journey — for details 

of times and dates 

see here and on the 

flyer in church. 

Please note that 

unfortunately 

Nadine Aujla is 

unable to take 

part in leading the 

course as advertised 

on the printed flyer 

in church. Sessions 

will be led by Revd 

Dan Tyndall; and 

to find out more 

please contact Dan 

or the Parish Office. 

Meanwhile a big 

thank you to 

Nadine for initiating 

and leading 

Seekers faith group 

until recently, and 

for introducing us 

to the Faith Pictures 

course. 

THE COURSE . . . is for people of any Christian 

tradition keen to explore their faith... — we 

set out to help each person identify an image that 

both connects with their beliefs and resonates with 

their experience — a personal faith picture — that 

will remain with them as a reminder of their faith 

journey. With sessions based on discussion and 

on CofE Church Army material, we lead students 

through the college year in a fun and inspiring 

journey from Freshers' Week in September to 

Graduation in July. So, remember, it's never too 

late to have a conversation about your faith, and... 

what will your faith picture be? 

details — who, where, when: 

Faith Pictures is led by Revd 

Dan Tyndall at The Vicarage 10 

Redcliffe Parade West BS1 6SP 

on Thursdays 7.30– 9pm from 

September 2018 to July 2019: 

13 Sep 

11 Oct 

08 Nov 

13 Dec 

10 Jan 

14 Feb 

Mar– Apr 

09 May 

13 Jun 

11 Jul 

FRESHERS WEEK: Meet, 

greet & Course information 

Opening the Conversation 

The Power of the Ordinary 

Film night: a vintage 

Christmas movie 

Travellers’ Tales 

Talking Pictures 

Easter break 

Companions on the Journey 

Hidden Opportunities 

GRADUATION 

further information: To find out 

more and to join our email list, please contact 

revd dan tyndall — tel: 0117-231 0073 

email: dan.tyndall@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk 

the parish office — tel: 0117-231 0060 

and visit us at — www.stmaryredcliffe.co.uk 

looking forward to meeting you! 

seekers †

PROJECT 450 NEWS 

— RHYS WILLIAMS 

RESEARCH ASSISTANT 

TWO IMPORTANT PIECES of Project work will be delivered during the 

next few weeks: the latest iteration of Purcell’s options appraisal and 

a draft version of Imagemakers’ Interpretation and Learning Strategy. 

Over the summer we have been working with Purcell on developing the brief 

for the Project to ensure that the eventual built infrastructure reflects church 

and community needs, as outlined in the PCC’s Statement of Need. Accordingly, 

work has focused on developing plans for new built infrastructure 

that will support the organisational priorities of offering a more enjoyable 

and informative experience for visitors, providing improved facilities for 

the various groups of church users, and ensuring that the building is readily 

accessible by everyone. Sustainability is of vital importance, so we are also 

thinking carefully about how the new facilities can help us maximise revenue 

through income-generating activities. 

The information gathered through the questionnaire that many of you 

completed and returned earlier in the year has helped to inform this latest 

phase of work, which is why we are focusing on pressing organisational 

needs and how these can be answered in as short a time as possible. 

To help achieve this, we have decided to adopt a phased approach to the 

development that will allow some of the new facilities to be completed 

before others are begun. We are also investigating the option of temporary 

structures that could be assembled relatively quickly to help answer 

pressing needs before being reused in the permanent buildings at a later 

stage of the development. This phased approach means that important 

project drivers, such as the need for new and accessible toilets, can be 

addressed more quickly than if we decided to do everything at once. This 

approach is also likely to make fundraising for the Project more achievable 

by breaking it into definable component parts that can be presented 

as discrete projects within the whole. 

Recent work on the options appraisal has focused on developing ideas for 

a complex of buildings in the areas around the existing Undercroft that will 

house a new visitor welcome point, a block of toilets with disabled access, 

space for a larger shop, improved hospitality facilities and, importantly, 

will create level access to the church via a lift and new entrance. It is envisaged 

that most of the new facilities can be accommodated in buildings 

that are at or below the level of the existing Undercroft, thus minimising 

the impact of the development on views of the church from the north. 

The creation of a new accessible entrance to the church is one of the more 

controversial elements of the project, since it is likely to involve alterations 

to the historic fabric. Purcell’s architects are looking in detail at whether a 

lift and entrance can best be accommodated in the area between the choir 

vestry and north porch, or whether a solution can be found that uses the 

western door as a ‘grand entrance’, taking advantage of the spectacular 

view of the nave. One of the ideas being investigated is that of opening 

the existing choir vestry to the public as an exhibition space. If this were to 

happen, a new facility would need to be created for the choir. Part of the 

current options appraisal is looking at what kind of new building would be 

needed and where this might sit in relation to the church building. Purcell’s 

architects have posited the idea of a new building to the north of the 

north ambulatory that would access the church via a new link with the 

staircase that runs from Canynges’ Kitchen to the current Vergers’ office. 

No decision has been made on this proposal, but it is important that 

the ongoing appraisal considers all the options available to the church. 

The second piece of work to be delivered in September is Imagemakers’ 

Interpretation and Learning Strategy, which will provide us with information 

about how we can best use the church and associated artefacts to tell 

its story to the many thousands of visitors who come to enjoy the church 

each year. This will include ideas for new physical pieces of interpretation, 

but will also look at how low-impact technologies, such as video projection 

and VR [virtual reality], can be used to create an immersive and rewarding 

experience that can help us to attract a broader audience to the church. 

Finally, we are currently working closely with staff from Bristol Museum 

to develop a partnership that will allow us access to the many items relating 

to St Mary Redcliffe held in the collection of Bristol Museums, Art Gallery 

and Archives. Work is ongoing, to see whether it is viable for the 

church to rehouse Hogarth’s altarpiece — described in our Heritage Asset 

Review as being “undoubtedly one of the most significant historic artefacts 

associated with the church as well as with Bristol’s wider history”

— as part of the development project. However, there are hundreds of 

photographs, paintings, maps, documents, and artefacts held by the city 

that can help enrich our visitor experience while providing materials for 

revolving exhibitions and displays. We also plan to tie in with the work 

of Bristol Museums’ Participation Team, which runs successful initiatives 

that use culture and heritage to offer rewarding experiences to disadvantaged 

and hard-to-reach members of the community. This work will help 

us to link the heritage and cultural legacy of the church with its mission to 

help improve the lives of people living in the local community. 

A 

Rhys Williams 

Research Assistant 

V OICES... 

... anticipating this year’s Confirmation service, here are 

further reflections from last year’s at which 14 of our 

congregation were confirmed 

“... a good book to help lead the way ... discussions to 

help everyone understand others’ relationship with God 

... fun interactive and a good way to make friends... 

... I felt a better understanding of 

God and the Christian faith 

...” — Harry 

COPPE AND COMMUNION... 

FEW MONTHS AGO I came 

across this: 

“Why after a consecration in a 

new forme, eating a bit of bread, 

and drinking a sip of wine perhaps 

once a moneth, why mother of 

mischief is this Communion?” 

Written in 1649 by Abiezer Coppe, 

labelled a “Ranter” during that time 

of extraordinary political, social and 

religious turmoil (Diggers and Levellers, 

Quakers, Quietists, Anabaptists, 

Antinomians, Brownists, Familists, 

Fifth Monarchists, Millenarians, 

Muggletonians), these words set me 

wondering, at Communion in a wide 

variety of settings: great buildings, 

large congregations and 

splendid ceremony on high days, 

tiny Sunday gatherings on the 

Celtic fringes. 

There are answers to Coppe’s 

question, of course: for example, 

the injunction “Do this”; commemoration 

of the “full, perfect and 

sufficient sacrifice” at the heart of 

redemption; and then there’s the 

sharing (my dictionary refers me to 

Old French communer, “to share”). 

Indeed, Coppe goes on: 

“The true Communion amongst 

men, is to have all things 

common, and to call nothing one 

hath, one’s own. And the true 

externall breaking of bread, is to 

eat bread together in 

singleness of heart, and to break 

thy bread to the hungry, and tell 

them its their own bread &c, els 

your Religion is in vain.” 

Neither Communion, perhaps, is 

enough without the other. 

— Richard 

thanks to everyone for comments 

and photos sent (and permissions 

given), more are very welcome 

for the October issue 

of the magazine

HARVEST FESTIVAL LUNCH: SAVE THE DATE! 

the Harvest Festival Lunch will be held on 

SUNDAY 5TH OCTOBER AFTER THE 10.30 SERVICE 

further details nearer the time 

EVERYONE INVITED! 

Quizzingo—Saturday 6th October 

THE Servers invite the Congregation to a fun 

evening in the Faithspace Centre with a prompt 

start at 7.30pm so as to finish at 10pm after 2 quizzes 

Quizzingo... a Quizzingo is a fun quiz with an element of luck 

as the team’s answers are placed in a grid of 25 squares that are 

uniquely numbered. The numbered answers are called out (as in 

Bingo) in random order and the winners are the first team to have 

a straight line in any direction, of 5 correct answers. 

Teams... it is possible for a team to have all their answers correct 

and yet not win, as a team with only a few answers correct may 

have them placed in a line whose numbers are called out first 

— hence the luck element. You are most welcome to bring your 

friends in a ready-made team, or just come along on the night 

and join others to make up a team of four. 

Cost and other things... bring your own drinks and nibbles if 

desired. The cost is only £1 per person, which covers the cost of 

the prizes — any profits going to the SMR Guild of Servers. There 

will also be the opportunity to win a raffle prize! 

Come & enjoy, support the SMR Guild of Servers 

Raffle, prizes and lots of fun — £1 only 

soundbites music 

SINGING AWARD SUCCESSES — at the end of last term, seven of 

our choristers took their RSCM bronze and silver singing awards. In 

their 25-30 minute exams, they had to show their skills with singing 

a hymn, psalm, anthem, reading a piece of new music ‘at sight’, ear tests, 

music, church and bible knowledge. I am delighted to say that all of them 

passed with merit or distinction: 

. Bronze Award 

Daniel Brooke, Barnaby Westrup 

Silver Award 

Lily Cooper, Liv Chapman, Alice Turvey 

Michael Alsop, Moses Cardwell 

PLANS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 

— ANDREW KIRK 

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC 

NEW ACADEMIC YEAR 

It is always exciting to start a new choir year. As usual in the autumn term, 

we will need to recruit some more boy and girl choristers. I will be arranging 

some school visits shortly. If you know of any potential new recruits 

who might like to come along to a practice to see what it is like, please 

have a word with Andrew Kirk. 

At the end of September we will be welcoming several new choral 

scholars from the university, including Isobel Reid (alto) and Jonathan 

Tennet (tenor). We said farewell to two of our choral scholars at the end 

of the summer term, Alice Leonard and Josh Richardson. 

COMMUNITY OPERA FOR THE FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY 

Home at Last , commissioned by St Mary Redcliffe and Horfield School, 

written by Mark Lawrence and Claire Williamson, takes place on Friday 

12th and Saturday 13th October at 7pm in church. Tickets are £3 and will 

be available soon. Performers will include pupils from Horfield Primary 

and St Mary Redcliffe Primary and Secondary Schools, the church choirs,

Bristol MAN Chorus, Gurt Lush Choir — it promises to be a magnificent 

occasion which I hope you will be able to support. 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Claire Alsop and her team 

for their enthusiasm and vision for this project over the past five years, 

and for recently securing funding from the Arts Council. 

REDCLIFFE REMEMBERS — EXHIBITION AND CONCERT 

Details of the music to be sung at the choir concert on Saturday 10th 

November at 3–4.15pm will be published next month. Tickets are £5 and 

there will be tea and cake afterwards too. 

During November there will be an opportunity to view the exhibition 

Sing unto the Lord a new Song in the North Transept which focuses on the 

sixteen choirmen from St Mary Redcliffe who lost their lives 1914–1918. 

I am very grateful to the sponsor of this exhibition who has enabled it to 

take place. 

VISITING CHOIR THANKS 

Thank you to Christine Bush and her team of helpers for serving refreshments 

for our visiting choirs over the summer period — I know this has 

been greatly appreciated by the singers from the choirs. 

There is one more visiting choir: The Abbeydale Singers, Sheffield who 

will be singing at the three services on Sunday 28th October at 9.30am, 

11.15am and 6.30pm with music by Stanford, Howells and Ives. 

Andrew Kirk 

Director of Music 

sunday school 

EXCITING TIMES! 

— BECKY MACRON 

SUNDAY SCHOOL LEADER 

OUR CHILDREN’S WORSHIP starts again on Sunday 2nd September, 

with an All Age Service in the Undercroft with Kat. Our first Sunday 

School session takes place the following Sunday, and our topic for 

the day is “Welcome to St Mary Redcliffe”; we will also be launching our 

youth group in the afternoon. Exciting times! 

Our phrase for this year is “Seek God first, and all the other things will be 

given you besides”. This will be the theme for many of our Sunday School 

projects, including this year’s Treefest, and our annual Sunday School Bake 

Off in Lent. It also sets the theme for this year’s Doors Open Day. Our 

activities will be based around the Gospel Reading (Matthew 6:33) and 

include water play (fishing), messy play (boats!) and painting. 

During Doors Open Day, we will be introducing Charlie, the Church Fairy, 

who, along with her fairy door (to be created on the day), will be taking up 

residence in the Family Worship Area. 

Children’s activities will be running throughout the day, so please come 

along and join in the fun! 

Sunday School is supported by a team of very talented leaders who 

dedicate a lot of their time to planning and delivering fun and exciting 

lessons for our children. Our numbers have increased a great deal over 

the past couple of years… and we just seem to keep growing! Of course, 

this is excellent, but it does mean that we need more teachers to lead our 

sessions. If you are interested in becoming a Sunday School teacher and 

would like to find out more about this very rewarding role, please let me 

know at my new email address— sunday.school@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk 

Wishing you all a very happy and successful academic year — Becky 

St John’s Passion 

Rehearsal 18th March 

Becky Macron 

email: sunday.school@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk

community 

OPPORTUNITIES AND NEWS! 

DAVID COUSINS 

COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORKER 

Sunday School activities 

from last year’s album 

2017–18 school year 

with permission 

MARY’S MEALS 

backpack appeal 

It’s back to school, and the time of year we 

come together to help our African friends 

access an education. You can support this 

very worthy cause in any of three ways by — 

donating toiletries, clothing and stationery 

donating a backpack: either empty or with donations 

making a monetary donation towards a backpack 

purchased at £2.99 by the end of September 

nb: donations received after this date will 

be paid directly to Mary’s Meals charity 

Our special Sunday School session dedicated 

to filling the backpacks will be taking place 

on Sunday 28th October. 

For further details please contact Becky Macron 

mob: 07443000420 // email: sunday.school@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk 

I 

T’S BEEN A FASCINATING FEW MONTHS in the 

role as I’ve begun to get to know everyone across 

the community. It’s a real privilege to work in a place 

that is so diverse. Almost every day I feel I am meeting 

someone new and building local connections. I have 

come from an organisation, LPW, whose sole focus 

is young people, and having been managing services 

across the whole of South Bristol it has been refreshing 

to work more closely with the community — it really feels as though 

we’re building something exciting alongside people living here rather than 

just providing a service. 

There have been a few 

highlights for me over the 

Summer months which 

have really shown the potential 

of people to come 

together for the good of 

children and young people 

in the community. 

We have begun a Basketball session every 

Thursday evening for teenagers on the 

courts in between Francombe, Waring and 

Underdown Houses. It was one of the first 

things that young people have said they 

wanted when we conducted our initial 

outreach — and it’s been great that we were 

able to find Phil George, a basketball coach 

who knew the area and was willing to 

volunteer a couple of hours of his time. It’s

een a good way to get know local young people as they can teach me how 

to play basketball! Other highlights include a week-long sports camp 

run alongside the police and some community volunteers at St Mary 

There is much to look forward to over the next few months and I’m excited 

about the next phase of this project. I will be starting a weekly youth club 

in the area, aimed at 9–15 year-olds as they have emerged as the age 

group for which there is currently very little provision. Alongside this, we’ll 

be looking to appoint a youth support worker for a few hours per week in 

the next few months to help me as we develop this and other activities. 

Redcliffe and Temple Secondary School. We had over 50 local children 

per day attend and enjoy games they don’t always play, such as dodgeball, 

bench ball, football, cricket and more. On the last day the Hilton 

Double Tree Hotel donated a free lunch for the children. 

Waterslide fun 

playing ‘Bulldog’ 

We had a great day on 16th August with local 

artist, Candice, painting a mural with children 

in the park near Waring House in the morning. 

In the afternoon, we used the last bit of 

summer sunshine for a lovely BBQ organised 

with Faithspace out on Somerset Square. The 

children loved trying out the makeshift water 

slide and warmed up in the sun with burgers. 

On 18th August we had a coach trip to the Mumbles organised by local 

community member, Marky. Whilst the weather wasn’t kind, it was 

wonderful to see over 120 children and their families come along, for 

some of whom it was the first time visiting the seaside. 

I’ve been supporting Playing Out with their initiative to encourage parents 

to get their children out playing in the local area. With a dearth of safe 

open spaces, it is a challenge in Redcliffe and the work is much-needed in 

the area. We’ve had some really successful afternoons with lots of children 

out with families sprinkling the area with chalk, dens, skipping and hula 

hooping. Playing Out’s funding finishes at the end of August but a local 

resident, Alem, is taking on responsibility for bringing out the play kit every 

week and giving children the chance to play near where they live. 

I’ll be continuing working every fortnight with a wonderful youth worker 

from St Luke’s Church in Barton Hill, Ria Harding, using the pioneer 

approach to work with young people wherever we find them. This has 

already resulted in some great conversations about whether young people 

want a group for them and what that would entail. 

Next term I will be re-visiting the Secondary School and Sixth Form to speak 

to local young people about what they want for the area and how they 

might be able to achieve that. 

In September we’ll be running four food and fitness sessions alongside 

Playing Out and Jumpstart, who run fun health activities for children 

developing a particular mental or physical skill. 

The Redcliffe Autumn 

Festival on 14th October 

should be an upcoming 

highlight as people old 

and young showcase 

what is great about 

Redcliffe. 

 

Please continue to 

pray for the young 

people and families of 

Redcliffe — keep them 

in your thoughts over 

the coming months and 

help them to overcome 

the challenges they face 

Football Tournament 

— David Cousins 

Community Youth Development Worker 

all photos shown with appropriate permissions

community 

REDCLIFFE 

LUNCH CLUB — 

RACHEL VARLEY 

COMMUNITY 

DEVELOPMENT 

WORKER 

HAVE YOU ever visited Faithspace 

on a Wednesday lunchtime? If 

not I would thoroughly recommend 

it! Open the door and enter into a 

bubbling atmosphere as people 

living in Redcliffe and nearby gather 

together to share a hot meal and 

some good company. Some are 

friends who have attended for a 

while; others acquaintances and 

still getting to know one another; 

many are older and face barriers to 

getting out and about as they used 

to do. All are welcome, and appreciate 

the opportunity to socialise 

outside of their home. 

What’s more, each week the guests 

are treated to a different form of 

entertainment, often from a visiting 

speaker or performer. 

How and why does this happen? 

Redcliffe Lunch Club has been 

running for many years now, with 

volunteers from St Mary Redcliffe 

Church working together to make 

it possible. Their desire is to create a 

space where those who have become 

more isolated, due to ill health or 

frailty, feel able to come and enjoy 

a hot meal, connect with others and 

enjoy a social occasion together. 

Why am I telling you this? 

We would love for more people 

to be involved! We are looking for 

anyone who may be able to help 

with some light admin duties or be 

available on Wednesdays between 

11am–2pm to help lift tables, collect 

and serve food, welcome guests and 

chat with those attending — whether 

you can attend every week, or less 

regularly, we would love to hear 

from you! 

— Please get in touch and discuss how 

you might become involved. 

Rachel Varley 

tel: 0117-231 0071 

email: rachel.varley@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk 

Redcliffe cultures... 

AT BRISTOL CITY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY — FURTHER REFLECTIONS 

ELEANOR VOUSDEN 

1: The Adoration of the Cage Fighters 

IN JUNE, as reported in the summer magazine, some of us from church 

went to see Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences at Bristol City 

Museum and Art Gallery — an exhibition of Grayson Perry’s six large 

tapestries made in response to William Hogarth’s Rake’s Progress. We had 

wanted to explore this Turner Prize winner’s take on the work of Hogarth 

given that the latter’s altarpiece is of interest to us at present, and were given 

a tour by the Museum’s Curator of Modern Art. To recap, Hogarth’s Rake’s 

Progress is a series of eight images conceived and created as paintings that 

the artist subsequently issued as sets of engravings for sale by subscription 

to the public. The series depicts the demise of a rich and feckless youth in a 

riches-to-rags tale that is one of the best-known of the artist’s many depictions 

of “modern moral subjects” (as he called them). The tapestries depict 

the opposite trajectory: an upwardly mobile ‘local lad’ and his demise at the 

height of his fame. The exhibition also featured works from other periods 

resonant with Hogarth’s satirical tale: notably David Hockney’s etchings of the 

same title; ceramics from the Museum’s collection; Channel 4’s documentary 

All in the Best Possible Taste; an audio guide featuring responses to the show from 

specialists in a variety of fields. We had an interesting time, especially given 

the wealth of media and historical periods exhibited side-by-side.

2: The Agony in the Car Park 4: The Annunciation of the Virgin Deal 

I was particularly interested that, in title (5 of 6) and content, the tapestries 

referred to mediaeval and renaissance religious paintings, not least as I 

thought this would interest us as “a thriving, inclusive Christian community” 

in our thinking about art. I referred last month to the talk given by the Very 

Revd Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Bristol, titled “Do This in Remembrance of Me”* 

in which he explored remembering as ‘re-membering’ Christ’s command to 

break bread in His name, and the act of receiving the Eucharist as immersion 

into and identification with the Passion. His talk was illustrated by the sort 

of works the tapestries refer to, with the points made (and emerging in discussion) 

that images are ‘affective’, always present to the viewer (‘readable’ 

3: The Expulsion from Number 8 Eden Close 

at any point of entry, accessible any time) and comprise paradox (always the 

same, never the same twice) so are highly participatory. The works referred 

to (Bellini’s Madonna in the Meadow, for instance) were commissioned by the 

Church to make visible the gospel for a populace that, as we know, couldn’t 

read and that though the immersive power of architecture and imagery was 

a given at the time, the fabric of this sensory mediaeval world with its visual 

literacy and sense of wonder in the service (for the most part) of God was to 

be torn to shreds. As art historian Dr Bendor Grosvenor wrily notes (BBC 4’s 

Britain’s Lost Masterpieces), the Protestant reformers didn’t allow paintings of 

God so we painted ourselves instead and have been ever since. 

5: The Upper Class at Bay (or An Endangered Species)

Left: exhibition photo of Hogarth's Rake's Progress 

Right: Christ ascended; detail, after Raphael, from 

the Hogarth altarpiece; in-situ drawing EJL 2017 

6: Lamentation 

With more time it would be good to look at the theology of art but for now 

perhaps it’s enough to say how strange that depictions of God should have 

been proscribed. I understand Jesus as God’s self-portrait (imago Dei) and 

ours too, which I see as double-edged since he is our pattern but the Passion 

was our response (“God got into our justice machine” says S Mark Heim in 

A Theology of the Cross). This correlates with my thinking about the portraits 

we have created through the centuries (and today in photographs and film) 

which I see as finding form for the longing we have for potential amid our 

‘warts and all’ tendencies, and as such as a quest for meaning in a world 

that’s uncertain but where our end is already known. To me this matches the 

process of portrait-drawing in which one uses fragile pieces of the world to 

map the invisible ‘coordinates’ of one’s subject by paying attention to fleeting 

visible details. I think it also provides a way of understanding the works 

by the artists featured in the exhibition, which project our dreams, follies, 

prejudices and choices in high relief; in other words a context for the religious 

content in Perry’s tapestries, and in Hogarth’s ‘oeuvre’ too (for instance 

in Moses brought before Pharoah’s Daughter and the altarpiece, below). Whilst I 

am not intending to attribute religious belief to either artist, I am suggesting 

that there’s something incarnational about the business of making art and 

the mapping of one thing onto another that seems to lie at its heart. And as 

regards the artists’ work, I note that both comment on the plight of society 

using forms of satire (truth-telling); both provide compelling portraits of their 

time using sequencing format (storytelling); both have promoted the visual 

arts in their respective societies; both have a presence in our island culture 

and worldwide; both have referred to the iconography of the Church in ways 

that make me think about what it is to be human. As such, both remind me 

that visibility of and access to art is important. (I note the exhibition audio 

guide didn’t feature a religious response. Could it have done?) 

Eleanor Vousden, PCC 

Acknowledgements: thanks to Rhys Williams for permission to use details of his photographs 

taken at the exhibition. All 6 of Grayson Perry's tapestries are shown in this article; photos taken 

courtesy of the Museum // * The last talk in the series “One Hundred Years of Remembering and 

Forgetting: 1914–2018” at the Chapter House in June — see Bristol Cathedral online for a précis. 

... “modern moral subjects” 

whilst we’re on the subject, see 

over for details of two events this 

month, both with history, arts and 

storytelling themes and plenty of 

opportunity for discussion: 

a modern twist on an old 

favourite — The Knight's Tale from the 

Canterbury Tales by mediaeval 

poet Geoffrey Chaucer. New work 

and a production-in-the-round from 

dramatist and mediaevalist 

Professor Rob Pope; a cast of 

 

 

professional actors and lively local 

talent keep the pace up. 

a morning of talk and 

discussion open to all on the theme 

of arts and society; last of a 3-part 

series, with more planned. This 

one's on storytelling and the arts 

through the ages: Professor Rob 

Pope talks about his work, and I 

take a slot too. Open discussion. 

Free event — all welcome. 

All from Kingdom Creatives — arts 

initiative at Bristol Diocese. 

— EV

forgotten voices WWI September 1918 

“a12-inch Howitzer ready for action” 

Captain Montague Cleeve, Royal Garrison Artillery 

“out in the open country” 

IHAD A PHONE CALL ONE MORNING from General Alexander on August 

the 8th. He said, “You’re going to be inspected by a VIP this afternoon. Go 

into action on the Spur Maroeuil and be prepared to shoot at 2.30.” We 

thought it might have been the army commander or someone from GHQ. 

Anyway, I got the men all tidy, we put on our best clothes and all like that 

and got the gun into action, everything all perfectly ready, a model of how it 

should be done. Come 2.30 and a whole cloud of dust arrived as a motorcade 

drew up. Out of the first car stepped His Majesty King George V and all his staff, 

including General Alexander VC. 

His Majesty came round and he was terribly interersted in the gun, which 

was then depressed. He walked all over the mounting with me, asking all sorts 

of questions, and then he asked if he could see the gun loaded. So, of course, 

we said yes. All the VIPs by that time had climbed up onto the mounting and 

were standing on the load platforms. I said, “I’m awfully sorry, Sir,” to the King, 

“but I’m afraid nobody’s allowed to stand on the platform while the gun is fired.” 

So very reluctantly the King agreed. 

The gun was loaded by twelve men, six either side of the rammer, and 

they had to squash up together at the far end of the platform. A little carriage 

carried the shell, weighing about 2,500 lb, into the breech. It was terribly 

important to ram it home otherwise it would have slipped back at high elevation. 

So on the word ‘go’ from the number one, the twelve men pushed with all their 

might and rammed the shell into the bore. The King was very thrilled with that. 

When the gun was loaded it had to be laid. 

When all was ready, I saluted the King. “Gun ready, Sir.” His Majesty 

turned round to me and said, “Fire the gun, please.” The Navy always says 

please, so I immediately ordered fire. Many of his surrounding staff cupped 

their ears and turned away from the gun because they were frightened of the 

shock. His Majesty stood as still as a statue and seeing all these cowed heads 

turned round and said in quite a loud voice, “I consider it makes no noise at all, 

no noise at all.” His staff all looked awfully sheepish after that. But it did make 

an enormous bang. It was a gentle bang, but a very gigantic one. 

The King then said, “May I look at the map?” So we took him into the 

command post wagon and he pored over the railway map of the front line. He 

turned round to his staff and he said, “You know, gentlemen, I’ve just come from 

the launch of the Fourth Army attack at Amiens, down south. I see from the railway 

system that the Germans will have to rush there with their reinforcements, 

now at Ypres, to resist the attack of the Fourth Army. And I see from the railway 

line system that they’ll have to go through Douai station to get there. Why not 

keep Douai station under harassing fire from now on?” 

Later I went into Douai and spoke to a local woman. She said, “Well 

really, Douai was a very peaceful place until early in August. Then all of a 

sudden one afternoon there was a terrific explosion in the station and nobody 

knew what it was. We thought we were being bombed. Well, it so happened 

that there was a German troop train in the station at the time and a shell fell 

right on top of it. The people of Douai were delighted.” That first round, the first 

of anything that happened at Douai, was the King’s shot. So his idea worked 

extremely well, but unfortunately he never knew about it. 

Sergeant-Major Richard Tobin, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division 

I 

N THE SUMMER OF 1918 came the 

breakthrough. We had left the trenches 

far behind, those mud-sodden trenches 

that we had hated for so many years. 

We were out in the open country. We 

almost felt victory in the air. Admittedly 

the Germans were standing and fighting 

here and there, but they were going back 

and we were following them. The breakthrough 

had come. It was open warfare. 

We were in green fields once again. 

However, open warfare brought its difficulties. This was the test of a trained 

soldier and junior officer leadership. The battalion commander had to watch 

his flanks, wondering when to stop, when to dig in, when to go on We also had 

our ration problems. But it looked like the end and the peace we had longed for. 

Voices compiled by Lester Clements, for September 2108

parishioner to parishioner msgs 

HOMELESS HELP AT YOUR FINGERTIPS* — Angela Hogg writes: 

At SMR’s last APCM (annual parochial church meeting) in April, Dan asked 

us for any quick fix ideas for improving church life and provision. Some 

of us suggested we had a crib sheet of information to help us respond 

instantly and usefully to homeless people who come inside the church, or 

hover outside, seeking help. Perhaps put the following in your diary? 

Bristol Homeless Connect: https://bristolhomelessconnect.com/ 

The Compass Centre: 1 Jamaica Street, Stokes Croft BS2 8JP. Tel: 0117-9440581 

These are useful points of contact if you come across a homeless person 

who asks you for help. Specifically at night if you come across someone 

sleeping rough, you can contact Streetlink in Bristol online. 

Linda Faulkner, Information Officer at the Compass Centre, provided the 

above link to the Bristol Homeless Connect website, which includes the 

contacts that many of us often cast around for when faced with desperate 

need — night and day shelter, food, clothing, showers, loos, dentists, 

housing advice, alcohol and drug support; there are yet other facilities. 

Linda reports that the website is currently being updated as Compass 

Point staff feel some of it is slightly misleading — though most of it is correct 

as at mid-June. She adds that if we see anyone we are concerned about or 

are having particular issues with people who rough sleep we can contact 

them via bristolstreetconcern@mungos.org. 

NB: in addition, if there is a group of people at SMR who would like someone 

to come and give a talk on how to approach people who rough sleep — and 

general concerns — Compass Point could arrange this. Please also note 

that the Vergers have been sent the link to https://bristolhomelessconnect.com/ 

so that they are also able to direct homeless people themselves and advise 

other parishioners on how to help those in need who come into the 

church or hover outside. And it should be added that the staff in the ARC 

Café have always given wonderful front-line help to people on cold early 

mornings when no one else was around. 

* [This note was written in June for inclusion in a future issue of the magazine and is 

included now, at the end of summer, as the year starts to draw in] 

poetry 

corner 

HYMN AND HER 

Into the holy water stoup 

Stick your middle finger, 

By the image of the Virgin 

Cross yourself 

and briefly linger. 

Saying a prayer 

to Jesus’ mother 

Some might regard 

as rather quaint, 

But remember that 

Our Lady 

Is in Redcliffe our 

Patron Saint. 

Geoffrey Robinson 

this was composed 

in the (fairly) early hours 

this morning, July 18th 2018

morning prayer lectionary 2018 

morning and evening prayer are said daily at 8.30 am & 4.30 pm in the lady chapel 

Notice to readers: as previously reported we are looking into 

sourcing the copy we need, on a sustainable basis, for this 

much-valued resource — we hope this will prove possible and 

will keep readers informed. 

CHRISTIANS IN SCIENCE (CiS) — LECTURE SERIES 2018–2019 

CARING FOR THE OCEANS 

Friday 28 September 2018; 7pm for 7.30pm 

Dr Robert Sluka — on marine biological aspects including coral 

bleaching, biodiversity and sustainable fish stocks 

Venue: Redland Church Hall, Redland Green Rd, Bristol BS6 7HE. Free entry; 

donations to cover costs welcome (suggested amount £5). No need to book. 

Refreshments provided. Travel: no 9 bus or by train to Redland Station. 

OUR FRAGILE PLANET — A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE: 8 lectures looking at 

the Biblical mandate for caring for our world and the science that lies behind 

the challenges we face ... at the objective facts and controversies ... at how 

God’s people can respond as individuals and corporately in a manner that 

balances the needs of individuals and those of our planet. Bristol CiS is a 

local group for people in and around Bristol interested in discussing the relationship 

between science and faith. Email Christina Biggs at cmbbiggs@gmail.com for more 

information and full list of the 8 titles in the series, or the Lecture list with details can be 

downloaded as a PDF leaflet at CiS Bristol Our Fragile Planet 2018-19 

diary dates 1st September– 7th October 

please note that in addition to the diary listings below, which vary in frequency or other 

details, the following events happen every week in this period— 

Tues 

Tues 

Weds 

Thurs 

Fri 

Faithspace Coffee Morning // 10am–12noon — Faithspace Community 

Centre (FCC) 

Christian Meditation // 6.30–7.00pm — FCC 

Jazz in the Undercroft // 7.30pm–10.00pm. NB — Summer closure: last 

session 25 July; sessions start again 5 September 

Redcliffe Gardening Group // 10.00am–12.00noon — Somerset Square 

Police Beat Surgery Drop-in // 1.00pm–2.00pm — FCC 

3 Pot Luck Lunches // 12.30pm — at the Pickards 

3 Postcard Club // 7.30pm — FCC 

4 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Kat Campion-Spall 

5 Hymn Sing-Along // 11.00am — Rosemary Kingsford — FCC 

5 Redcliffe Lunch Club // 12.00noon — FCC 

6 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill 

11 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Dan Tyndall 


SEPTEMBER 

12 Mothers’ Union // 2.30pm — Mrs Aurea Hart, Diocesan President — FCC 

13 Eucharist with Prayer for Healing // 12.30pm — Revd Peter Dill 

13 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Andrew Millington; Exeter [details absent] 

15 DOORS OPEN DAY 



20 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Canon Neville Boundy 

20 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Charles Matthews; Chipping Campden 

21 Deadline for articles for September issue of the parish magazine // Please 

send to Eleanor Vousden at editor.mag@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk 

23 9.30am Eucharist // Canon Michael Vooght’s Farewell Service 

24 PCC Meeting // 7.30pm — Mercure Hotel 



27 Eucharist with Prayer for Healing // 12.30pm — Revd Kat Campion-Spall 

27 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Jonathan Clinch; Royal College of Music 

28 Coffee Morning in aid of MacMillian Nurses // 10.00am–2.00pm in church

29 Coffee Morning in aid of MacMillian Nurses // 10.00am–2.00pm in church 

29 Wedding of Kye Cos & Robyn Burgess // 1.00pm — Revd Kat Campion-Spall 

1 No Pot Luck Lunches until next week 

1 Postcard Club // 7.30pm — FCC 


3 Hymn Sing-Along // 11.00am — Rosemary Kingsford — FCC 

3 Redcliffe Lunch Club // 12.00pm — FCC 


4 Organ Recital // 1.15pm — Timothy Noon; Exeter Cathedral 

6 FULL PEAL BELL ATTEMPT 

6 Quizzingo // 7.30pm — Servers vs Congregation — Sue Pickard — FCC 

7 HARVEST FESTIVAL // 10.30am followed by lunch 

parish register & Sunday records Jul-Aug 2018 

BAPTISMS 

Grace & Mia Hazell 

Thomas George & Emily Elizabeth Leahy 

Willow Rose Archer 

Cordelia Fox Templar 

 

 

WEDDINGS 

Max Anthony Hogg & Abaigeal Charlotte Elizabeth Burrell 

John Patrick Hatton & Terri Natasha Louise Dowling 

Robert Michael Smalldridge & Chevonne Alexandra Marie Douglas 

FUNERALS 

Roger Charles Leslie Feneley 

died on 6th June 2018 aged 84 years 

Katina Abigail Susan Stokes 

died on 25th June 2018 aged 70 years 

SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICE COLLECTIONS 

Period: 24 June–5 August 2018 

 

OCTOBER 

1 July 2018 



5 August 


4 August 2018 

18 August 2018 



SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICE ATTENDANCE 

Date 2018 1 Jul 8 Jul 15 Jul* 22 Jul 29 Jul 

Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child 

8.00am 5 - 5 - 7 - 4 - 8 - 

9.30am 90 16 80 30 96 33 77 2 

10.30m* 147* 36* 

11.15am 22 - 13 1 12 - 13 - 

6.30pm 28 2 26 - 31 - 29 - 55 2 

5 Aug 12 Aug 19 Aug 26 Aug 

Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child 

8.00am 4 - 7 - 7 - 10 - 

9.30am 86 2 75 7 89 12 70 1 

11.15am 27 - 14 - 11 - 15 2 

6.30pm 25 - 52 - 36 2 36 - 

* Sunday 15 July — Redcliffe Festival: main service 10.30am Eucharist; no Eucharist at 9.30am 

or service of Mattins at 11.15am 

nb editor’s note 

— best wishes, Eleanor 

24 Jun 1 Jul 8 Jul 15 Jul 22 Jul 29 Jul 5 Aug 

Tel: 0117-9634856 (direct) or 0117-2310060 (Parish Office) 

£407.13 £323.09 £280.00 £410.91 £304.93 £514.61 £577.31 

The deadline for the October issue is Friday 21st September 

 

 

UST SAYING... September 2018 — a new term 

J 

NB — 

figures 

refer to 

congregation, 

not to clergy 

servers, choir 

or vergers 

email: editor.mag@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk 

Wishing everyone a good new year ahead, and hoping you've all had a 

lovely summer, heatwave notwithstanding! Very much looking forward to 

all your contributions, especially now that the magazine has proof-reading 

help — a huge thanks to those who've volunteered their time and expertise 

to help things along; it's a timely resource, and much appreciated. Over 

the summer I've been looking at streamlining work at the magazine (and 

will also be fine-tuning arrangements for the magazine's proof-readers to 

make their work easier) — this has involved me in setting out a schedule 

of magazine deadlines for the coming year (i.e. till next summer) so that 

anyone involved in at all with the magazine (writing for it, proof-reading, 

printing and so on) has a ready idea of what, ideally, happens when. Do 

let me know if you’d like to see a copy — otherwise, as usual, deadlines for 

copy are published here every issue and in the Pew Leaflet too.

prayers for September 

groups within the church 

— for grandparents 

W 

e pray for families that are split, 

especially for grandparents 

who have lost sight of their grandchildren 

through separated or divorced parents. 

Reach out to their emptiness; 

take them in your loving arms, 

and grant them peace. 

We pray that in time there will be healing on all sides. 

Lord in your mercy hear their cry — Amen 

O 

Jan Seaman 

in Mothers’ Union The Prayers We Breathe, ©2003 

— on perceiving need 

pen my eyes that they may see the deepest needs of people. 

Move my hands that they may feed the hungry; 

touch my heart that it may bring warmth to the despairing; 

teach me the generosity that welcomes strangers; 

let me share my possessions to clothe the naked; 

give me the care that strengthens the sick; 

make me share in the quest to set the prisoner free. 

In sharing our anxieties and our love, 

our poverty and our prosperity, 

we partake of your divine presence. 

Canaan Banana, Zimbabwe from Prayers Encircling the World 

reproduced by kind permission of publisher, SPCK (1998) 

with thanks to kendra lindegaard age 9 and family for this detail of a sketch of an smr candelabra 

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 

Head Server 

Head Sidesman 

Head Steward 

PCC Secretary 

PCC Treasurer 

PCC Safeguarding 

PCC Recorder 

Sunday School 

Faithspace Centre 

Lunch Club 

Meditation 

Mothers Union 

Church Flowers 

Coffee Rota 

Bell Ringers 

Canynges Society 

Journey into Science 

Magazine Editor 

Dean Barry 

Graham Marsh 

Andy Carruthers 

Keith Donoghue 

David Harrowes 

Stephen Brooke 

c /o Parish Office 

Becky Macron 

Sarah James 

Bobby Bewley 

Lewis Semple 

Hilda Watts 

Mildred Ford 

Christine Bush 

Gareth Lawson 

Pat Terry 

Eric Albone 

Eleanor Vousden 

0117-9099862 

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0117-2310061 

0117-9422539 

0117-9779823 

0117-3311260 

0117-2310060 

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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 – 4.00 pm (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

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