St Mary Redcliffe Church Parish Magazine - September 2018

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