St Mary Redcliffe Church Parish Magazine July/August 2019

St Mary Redcliffe
Singing the song of faith and justice
parish magazine
JULY-AUGUST 2019
ARTICLES
GOD’S BELOVED CREATION — REVD KAT CAMPION-SPALL
VOLUNTEERING IN RWANDA — ANNA BROOKE
TRINITY ONWARDS — BECKY MACRON
SMR’S ECO FOOTPRINT — ALEX PODD
PROJECT 450— RHYS WILLIAMS
DIARY
PARISH WEEKEND AWAY: 5-7 JULY / FEMINIST THEOLOGY GROUP: 9 JULY
ST MARY REDCLIFFE FESTIVAL: 14 JULY / THEOLOGY BOOK CLUB: 16 JULY
SUMMER FAMILY WORKSHOPS: 24 & 31 JULY
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St Mary Redcliffe
with Temple, Bristol & St John the Baptist, Bedminster
CHURCH WARDENS
Elizabeth Shanahan — 07808 505977
eshanahan21@googlemail.com
Richard Wallace — 0117-923 2219
oldwal_wynnford@btinternet.com
operations manager
Peter Rignall — 0117-231 0073
peter.rignall@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
OFFICE ASSOCIATE
Pat Terry — 0117-231 0063
pat.terry@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
ADMIN ASSISTANT
Ros Houseago — 0117-231 0063
ros.houseago@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
VERGERS
Vergers’ office — 0117-231 0061
Matthew Buckmaster — Head Verger
matthew.buckmaster@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
Judith Reading — Verger
judith.reading@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
VICAR
Revd Dan Tyndall — 0117-231 0067
email: dan.tyndall@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
ASSOCIATE VICAR
Revd Kat Campion-Spall — 0117-231 0070
email: kat.campion-spall@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
ASSOCIATE MINISTER
Revd Anthony Everitt
email: anthony.everitt@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
CURATE
Revd Aggie Palairet
email: aggie.palairet@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
ASSOCIATE CLERGY
Revd Peter Dill
THE PARISH OFFICE: 12 Colston Parade, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6RA. Tel: 0117-231 0060
email: parish.office@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk. Staff may also be contacted via the parish office.
SMR ONLINE: please visit us at www.stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
Andrew Kirk — 0117-231 0065
andrew.kirk@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
ASSISTANT ORGANISTS
Claire and Graham Alsop
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Rhys Williams — 0117-231 0068
rhys.williams@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
EDUCATION OFFICER
Sarah Yates — 0117-231 0072
sarah.yates@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
FAMILIES & YOUTH MINISTER
Becky Macron — 07387 909343
sunday.school@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKER
Rachel Varley — 0117-231 0071
rachel.varley@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
COMMUNITY YOUTH WORKER
David Cousins — 0117-231 0067
david.cousins@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
Vicar's letter
GOD’S BELOVED CREATION
— REVD KAT CAMPION-SPALL
ASSOCIATE VICAR
YOU CAN’T IGNORE IT — over the last
few months more and more people seem
to be taking seriously the possibility that we
are in crisis. And by we, I mean all the inhabitants
of this planet. From 16-year-old Greta Thunberg’s
mobilisation of children and young people
around the world, which has rippled up through
other generations, to the wisdom of 93-year-old
David Attenborough’s advocacy for the planet he
has studied and showcased over a lifetime, more
and more people are becoming aware of the impact of human life on our
planet and our need to radically reassess how we live.
At the end of May, I was in Salisbury Cathedral, on the day Gaia, an artwork
by Luke Jerram was installed — a 7m-wide globe, hanging in the crossing,
gently turning. To worship in the cathedral with the world turning a few
metres away was an extraordinary experience — as the person leading
evensong said, “so huge, and yet ironically so small” as the earth is 1.8
million times larger than Jerram’s globe. Part of his intention with this work
is to try and offer people a taste of “the overview effect” experienced by
many astronauts. Seeing the whole earth from space can have a profound
impact on people, as the earth’s fragility suddenly becomes clear, and the
need to protect it self-evident — but also the barriers and divisions created
by humans disappear, and a sense of the possibility of a planetary society
uniting to protect the earth becomes real.
Part of our Christian calling is to look beyond ourselves — we do this when
we reach out towards God, but also when we are open to our neighbour,
to the stranger, the person who is different from us. And we are also called
to look beyond ourselves to the whole of creation. Dan mentioned the “5
marks of mission” in his APCM remarks; the fifth is “to strive to safeguard
the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth.”
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Caring for our planet is part of the mission God calls us to as Christians;
doing this across boundaries and barriers is how God calls us to work.
As individuals we may be doing well at cutting down on our disposable
plastics, eating less meat, thinking about our travel choices and so on, but
as a church we clearly have the opportunity to do more to safeguard
creation. Over the last month, Alex, one of our ordinands on placement
has carried out an environmental audit of our church life as part of the Eco
Church scheme. The initial assessment suggests that our worship, liturgy
and teaching place a high emphasis on the wonder of God’s creation.
However, there is plenty of room for improvement in the environmental
impact of other areas of our church life — our buildings and land, our
engagement with the community and the world — but particularly our
lifestyles. Are we practising what we preach, pray and sing?
We may be in climate crisis, but our response does not need to feel
burdensome. We are, after all, being asked to care for God’s beloved
creation, and this can be done with wonder, love and joy. In the words of
Rowan Williams at the recent Christian Climate Action vigil at St Paul’s
Cathedral, “Christians are called by God to show to the world what the
divine image looks like — the image of a divine creator who brought the
world to birth, called it good, and summoned human beings to reflect this
divine care and delight through their own work in the world, animated by
the gift of Christ’s Spirit… In the face of impending environmental crisis,
we need to encourage one another to grow more fully into the joyful
responsibility we are made for.”
If you would like to explore how we as a church can take this responsibility
more seriously, and more joyfully, please do let me know. To change our
practice will take dedication and persistence, and the more champions we
have, the more likely we are to change.
— Revd Kat Campion-Spall; Associate Vicar
See pages 15 & 16 for information on the Eco-Church Scheme referred to in last
month’s magazine, and SMR’s eco-footprint // The photo opposite is of Gaia, also
referred to last month, an installation by Bristol artist Luke Jerram that hung in
Salisbury Cathedral during the city’s recent Arts Festival.
Photo: Ed
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Bristol diocese
PASTORAL PRINCIPLES FOR LIVING WELL TOGETHER —
an excerpt from the June 2019 Synod Report
WITH A SYNOD that is increasingly engaging enthusiastically and
passionately with difficult topics of mission and ministry, members
considered how the Church could relate well together.
The main topic of discussion was the Pastoral Principles, a set of six
prompts which invite church communities to consider and discuss their
life together as a diverse community. The resources focus on LGBTI+
issues but apply to wider issues of diversity. It was introduced by Ed Shaw,
a Licensed Lay Minister who leads Emmanuel City Centre, a member of
the Pastoral Advisory Group tasked by the Archbishop of Canterbury to
advise churches on pastoral guidance. Ed began by asking members to
think about topics churches find difficult to discuss. Ideas put forward
included money, Brexit and sexuality.
He said: “The English response [to these difficult conversations] is silence.
It leaves people asking the questions feeling they are out of order and not
welcome in the church. By having a conspiracy of silence, it allows us to
avoid conflict and lead a quiet life [...] But what if people want help with
a particular area which has been considered a ‘no-go’ area? What does
church experience feel like for them?” Ed then introduced the Pastoral
Principles, which have been designed to help churches examine afresh life
together. He said: “The Pastoral Principles are to challenge all of us. It helps
us to recognise those evils that are present in our hearts and our lives and
our church communities. Which of these evils do we see in our own hearts?
We should think about this before we think about anybody else.”
A session was then facilitated with members asked to consider how we
all might speak into the silences around the lived experiences ST MARY of LGBTI+ REDCLIFFE
people. Members reflected on the need to find space in churches FESTIVAL for EUCHARIS
non-confrontational debates; they also commented on the need to
be welcoming to all, regardless of their views and experiences. Bishop
Viv concluded this part of the meeting by reflecting on how to extend
these kinds of discussions well across the Diocese.
NEWS: THE DEAN OF BRISTOL APPOINTED DEAN OF WESTMINSTER —
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has approved the appointment of Very Revd
Dr David Hoyle as the new Dean of Westminster [...] Bishop Viv said:
“The Diocese of Bristol is proud of Dean David’s impact for good on the
Diocese and City of Bristol and we are proud to hear of his preferment, the
second Dean of Bristol to leave us for Westminster. David has been a wise,
generous and loyal colleague in my early months as Bishop and I know the
Westminster Abbey team will benefit greatly from his leadership.” [Please
continue reading online]
LINKS — Synod Report: https://www.bristol.anglican.org/news/2019/06/20/
how-church-relates-well-together-june-2019-diocesan-synod-report/ //
The Dean’s appointment: https://www.bristol.anglican.org/news/2019/06/19/
very-reverend-dr-david-hoyle-appointed-new-dean-westminster/
TRINITY. Front cover — “Angels at Mamre”; Andrei Rublev (c.1360s–1420s). The icon
is a depiction of the Genesis story and is often regarded as depicting the Holy Trinity. A
postcard of the image was provided at the Choral Eucharist service at church on Trinity
MAGAZINE READER SURVEY...
Sunday as a visual aid to the sermon, preached by Revd Anthony Everitt, on the nature
of the Trinity. // Above — detail of the ‘Lilies’ Trinity altar frontal created for SMR by Janet
Last month we promised an update on the Reader Survey in the next issue of the
Elizabeth Fry and her workforce (1930s). // Source — Rublev icon: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54421
(US Public Domain); Lily photo: Ed.
but are doing so this month (July) and will provide an update in the Autumn. In
magazine. Unfortunately we weren’t able review the results in June as planned
the meantime apologies for the wait and thanks again for your responses — Ed
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At church...
INSTALLATION AS AN HONORARY CANON
The Bishop of Bristol
has invited me to be an
Honorary Canon of Bristol
Cathedral and I have gladly accepted
her invitation. This position is, as
it says, honorary, but is one of the
only ways that a diocese can offer
a form of recognition to clergy and
lay people for their contribution
to the mission of God within the
diocese. At a personal level it is
a real delight to be offered this
title and I am “tickled pink”… when
you see the colour of the dressing
up clothes, you’ll get the reference!
However, I sense something working
at a deeper level, something at a
structural level, as well.
For those who have been part of
SMR for over a decade you will
know that the relationship between
the church and the diocese has not
always been as straightforward as
it might have been; indeed, some
would even venture to suggest
that there was a sense of suspicion
and mistrust. I am confident that
those days are behind us and see
this invitation as a sign and seal of
a new and positive, creative and
collaborative relationship between
the diocese and SMR.
Bishop Viv is fully engaged and
fully supportive of our mission to a
wide range of people and our plans
for new facilities to generate funds
so that we can serve our parish even
better than we do at the moment.
It is a pleasure to work alongside
her, and under her authority, and
I look forward to developing our
working relationship as an Honorary
Canon of Bristol Cathedral.
The installation will take place at
Choral Evensong at 5:15pm on
Tuesday 30th July and all are
welcome to attend. [see the Diary]
RUSH
SUNDAY
2019
— Revd Dan Tyndall; Vicar
OPPOSITE — Rush Sunday snaps: a handful of our congregation members and Welcomers;
with Bishop Viv, the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Dan & Kat and Churchwardens Elizabeth (centre,
bottom row) & Richard (next to Dan) — Photos: Ed.
RUSH SUNDAY FLOWERS — at the time of going to print the magazine has no photos of the
flower arrangements created for this year’s service by Mildred Ford and her team. How about
a magazine ‘floral special’ in 2020 both to mark Pentecost and the 75th anniversary of VE Day
and to celebrate the creativity of our flower arrangers past and present...?
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Welcome...
Congratulations to Revd Aggy
Palairet, pictured here with
Dan outside Bristol Cathedral
after her ordination on Sunday
30th June, at the Service of
Ordination conducted by Bishop
Viv — Aggy begins her Curacy at
St Mary Redcliffe on 1st July —
Welcome, Aggy and family!
St Mary Redcliffe with Temple Bristol & St John the Baptist Bedminster
singing the song of faith and justice
as a thriving, inclusive christian community
as a recognised, welcoming heritage destination
as a church that makes a difference in the parish
animated by a progressive, sustainable organisation
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
Held on Monday 29th April 2019 in Faithspace, Prewett Street
Present:
Revs Dan Tyndall, Kat Campion-Spall and Anthony Everitt,
Elizabeth Shanahan, Richard Wallace and several members
of the newly constituted Council.
ST MARY REDCLIFFE
CHURCH FESTIVAL
Kat writes —
ON SUNDAY 14TH JULY
at 10:30 am we are having
a very special celebration as
we give thanks for all our St
Mary Redcliffe church family.
We will have a procession of banners representing different aspects of
church life; we will be welcoming people into the church through Baptism
and admission to Communion; and we will be celebrating the contribution
and achievements of the choir this year — all within an all-age Sung
Eucharist. This is one of the occasions in the year when adults and children
worship together for the whole service so there is no Sunday School, but
the service is designed to be accessible to children and adults alike.
After the service you are invited to stay for lunch. Please
bring some finger food to share. Paper plates, water and
squash will be provided. There are a few benches in the
south churchyard but please bring your own seat or picnic
rug if you need one. You’re also welcome to bring outdoor
games to play. — Revd Kat Campion-Spall
In attendance:
001-19/20
002-19/20
003-19/20
004-19/20
005-19/20
006-19/20
007-19/20
008-19/20
David Harrowes and Keith Donoghue
Appointment of Vice Chair of the PCC
It was agreed that as by tradition the Church Warden,
Elizabeth Shanahan be duly appointed.
Appointment of PCC Treasurer
David Harrowes was re-appointed.
Appointment of PCC Secretary
Keith Donoghue was re-appointed.
Appointment of Electoral Roll Officer
Ken Petrie was re-appointed.
Safeguarding Appointments
Stephen Brooke was re-appointed Safeguarding Officer with
champions for children and vulnerable adults.
Agreement to Bank signatories
Any two of Dan Tyndall, Kat Campion-Spall, Elizabeth
Shanahan and David Harrowes were authorised.
Election of two representatives to Standing Committee
It was agreed that Chris Duncan and Ken petrie should be
appointed.
Appointment of PCC Treasurer
David Harrowes was re-appointed.
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Sing the song of great thanksgiving
Blessèd be God’s name
All compassion, all forgiving
Praise God’s holy name
in the songs that we are singing,
in the bread that we are bringing,
as it was in the beginning,
Hallow’d be God’s name.
Sing the song of great thanksgiving
THE WORDS ARE SET to one of my favourite hymn tunes: Carolyn.
Written by the 20th century English composer Herbert Murrill, who
was commissioned by the BBC to write a tune for the hymn “God of love
and truth and beauty” when that hymn was included in the BBC Hymn
Book of 1951. It was also included in One Hundred Hymns for Today
which is where I first encountered both the words of that hymn and this
tune, named after Murrill’s daughter Carolyn. The music combines a fabulous
tune, with some glorious shifts in harmony and some really interesting
singing for the inner parts (often missing, especially for altos and tenors,
in hymn tunes).
The words combine:
a) our mission statement, “Singing the song of faith and justice”, which can
be found in all verses but is central to verse 5;
b) our three key themes of mission, “a thriving, inclusive Christian community
(v2); a recognised, welcoming heritage destination (v3); a church that makes
a difference in the parish and beyond (v4)”, and
c) the centrality of the Eucharist for us as a worshipping community (v1).
— Revd Dan Tyndall
Sing the song of those who follow
Christ the one true way
and for those who will tomorrow
turn to Christ, The Way:
this our purpose and our vision
to embrace without division
all those making this decision:
I shall walk The Way.
Sing the song of human healing
known within God’s love
Found when awe and wonder bring in
those in search of love:
may the grace of what is found here
fill the hearts of those who draw near,
thus displacing guilt, regret, fear
in the name of love
Sing the song of true compassion
from the heart of Christ,
Turn our lives to that same passion
for the sake of Christ:
ours the hands that do the labour,
ours the heart that shall not waiver
love transforming lives of neighbour
in the name of Christ.
Sing the song of all our futures,
all that life becomes;
universal truths that teach us,
how love overcomes:
called to sing of faith and justice
till we truly know what trust is
when your love is all that just is
and your kingdom comes.
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©
Dan Tyndall
2019

at church...
YOU’LL NOTICE some new
members of staff around
church this summer — Helen
Jack and Lizzie Wilson, who
will be working alongside our
wonderful Steward volunteer
team to welcome visitors to the
church.
Left-right: Helen and Lizzie
As a church, we’ve been thinking
about how we can generate more
income from our church building,
and particularly how we can encourage
our heritage visitors to donate
more. This is one of the key ways
we can raise money to fund our
outreach and mission work.
We don’t want to be a church that
charges for entry, so Helen and
Lizzie will be looking at how we
better understand our visitors,
who they are, what brings them to
SUMMER WELCOMERS
— REVD KAT CAMPION-SPALL
ASSOCIATE VICAR
us and what their needs and wishes
are as they visit SMR, and then how
we can encourage them to give
generously in response to the positive
experience they have here.
This is a new departure for us, and
is a really important step as we see
how we can grow as a church that
is a welcoming heritage destination,
which in turn enables us to invest
more into being a thriving Christian
community and a church that
makes a difference in the parish
and beyond.
Please do encourage and support
Helen and Lizzie in this work, and
if you’d like to volunteer some of
your time and energy to our visitor
welcome, either as a steward or in
other ways, please do contact the
Parish Office.
— Kat Campion-Spall
ECO–CHURCH AUDIT
Churches complete the unique online Eco Survey about how they
are caring for God’s earth in different areas of their life and work.
The answers a church provides will collect points towards an Eco
Church Award — the more your church does, the more points you
get! Eco Church — an A Rocha UK Project
In last month’s magazine Kat mentioned the Eco Church audit that she
planned to initiate — read Ordinand Alex Podd‘s report on how SMR is
shaping up, and follow the link overleaf for the Scheme online...
...ECO–CHURCH — THE ‘A ROCHA’ AWARD SCHEME
— ALEX PODD; ORDINAND
THE A ROCHA ECO AWARD aims to bless Churches who are actively
trying to reduce their impact on God’s creation. Five categories of
church life are assessed: 1) Worship and Teaching; 2) Buildings; 3) Land;
4) Community and Global; 5) Lifestyle. To achieve a bronze, silver or gold
award, the church must be operating at least at that level in each category
(for example, to achieve a bronze award it does not matter that Worship
and Teaching is in the gold, but it does matter if Lifestyle is in the black).
St Mary Redcliffe could achieve a bronze award by the end of the year,
by improving in the “Lifestyle” section — the diagram below shows SMR
scoring the following Eco Church Award Points:
Worship & Teaching: 89 / 110 (gold)
Buildings: 183 / 385 (bronze)
Land: 50 / 145 (bronze)
Community & Global: 86 / 230
(bronze)
Lifestyle: 18 / 160 (black)
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However, the important question isn’t whether St Mary Redcliffe would
like the award, but whether St Mary Redcliffe feels called to take active
steps towards caring for God’s creation. The following questions in the
Lifestyle Section are areas that SMR could improve on:
• Q1: Our church has appointed an individual or group to champion the
cause of our church community becoming more environmentally
sustainable: [Options: “yes” / “no” / “need to find out” ...]
• Q2: Walking and cycling to church services and events is promoted in our
church: [Options: “often” / “occasionally” / “never” / “need to find out”...]
• Q4: The members of our church received encouragement to undertake
a personal carbon footprint audit... [see website for options]
• Q5: Our church encourages members to reduce their personal energy
consumption... [see website for options]
• Q6: Our church encourages members to limit their waste by adhering to
the principles of reduce, re-use, recycle... [see website for options]
• Q7: Our church hosts activities and/or events that facilitate the recycling
and/or re-use of goods (eg. Clothes swap events or ‘rive and take’
schemes)... [see website for options]
at church development
PROJECT 450 AND OTHER NEWS
— RHYS WILLIAMS
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
WE’VE ARRIVED AT A PAUSE in the project before the team at
Purcell begins working on the next phase of planning. Part of
the reason for the pause is that the initial contract with Purcell
covered phase one of the planning work, which is now complete, so the
church has needed to reappoint Purcell as Project 450 architects. The
letter of appointment has been sent and Purcell will recommence work
on Monday 1st July.
As a result of this pause, little has happened in the three or four weeks
since the completion of the P450 Business plan by Glevum Consulting. This
plan, which has been slightly amended in response to comments made by
the Project Development Board, will be presented to the PCC at its next
meeting on 24th June, for approval by members.
• Q8: Our church operates a communal Christmas and/or Easter card
scheme among the congregation... [see website for options]
• Q9: Personal use and consumption of Fairtrade and/or ethically sourced
goods is promoted in our church... [see website for options]
• Q12: The ethical investment of personal savings is encouraged at our
church...[see website for options]
• Q15: As part of our life together, the members of our church undertake
an environmental lifestyle audit... [see website for options]
— Alex Podd
Ordinand
For further details of the Eco Church Award Scheme visit www.ecochurch.arocha.org.uk
For the online survey please visit https://ecochurch.arocha.org.
uk/eco-survey-non-saving-example/
As previously reported, the plan maps out a six-phase approach to business
development that will take place over the next seven years. The aim
of the plan is to provide a robust framework for income generation, based
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on improvements to the visitor experience and increased visitor numbers,
that will put the church on a sound financial footing and promote longterm
sustainability. By the end of the seven year period, the church will
have increased visitor numbers from the current 45,000 to 140,000. The
implementation of each phase will be supported by increased revenue
generation from the previous phase, with the exception of the first phase,
which will need to be funded.
Assuming the PCC is happy with the business plan, phase one of the
plan will form the basis for an August bid to the HLF for £250,000, to
support:
1. the implementation of the first phase of the business plan, including the
employment of a Visitor Services and Retail Manager, and a Volunteer
Manager, as well as improvements to the interpretation in church;
2. improvements to the fabric to enable a programme of paid tours around
the church, including currently inaccessible areas of the building;
3. the implementation of recommendations from the heritage asset review,
relating to conservation of artefacts and archives, including the
employment of a Collections Support Officer; research and conservation;
specialist storage; digitisation costs and project management costs for
the next two years.
However, in discussions to date no red lines have been drawn and, in
the case of the Church Buildings Council (CBC), the church has received
active support. This has been provided through an invitation to benefit
from access to expertise through the Cathedrals Project Support Panel;
an indication that the CBC recognises the scope, ambition and significance
of the church’s development plans and wants to help ensure an appropriate
and successful outcome. This panel is composed of expert volunteers
in a range of disciplines — including project management, engineering,
architecture, management and governance, fundraising and project
implementation — and was formed in order to support cathedrals undertaking
multi-million pound development projects but which lack access to
professional expertise. The project has now been extended to cover major
churches, such as St Mary Redcliffe, facing many of the same issues.
If this bid is successful, the church will seek to employ the new staff
members by the end of 2019, so that the first phase of the business plan
can be up-and-running during the first half of 2020. If not, the church will
seek alternative sources of funding.
Following Purcell’s reappointment, the architecture team will begin the
process of creating a Project 450 masterplan in readiness for the various
rounds of consultation with statutory and non-statutory stakeholders. This
is a crucially important step on the road to realising our ambitions for the
church’s new facilities. Fortunately, the church and Purcell have consulted
with organisations such as Historic England, the Church Buildings Council
and Bristol City Council throughout the process and received broadly
supportive feedback, notwithstanding the fact that these organisations
are unable to comment on the architectural elements of the scheme until
they have been formally consulted.
Following an initial workshop that was held at the beginning of April, the
church now has ongoing access to the knowledge and experience of the
following four experts:
Ed Baldwin, a retired senior partner in Arcadis — a global design,
engineering and management consulting company— who is an expert in
business development and large capital projects.
Bonnie Kitching, an architect and former Bristol resident who describes
her work as “a portfolio ... spanning a decade that has been primarily
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focused in working with large complex sites embodied with built fabric
and heritage that sit at the heart of community life”. Bonnie has worked
on a number of church projects and with the cathedral architects at York
Minster, Southwark Cathedral, Shrewsbury Catholic Cathedral and
Canterbury Cathedral.
Revd James Bryson, an architect with twenty years experience, who is
now Parish Priest at St John the Baptist, Eltham, South London. James
has particular interest in pre-project advice and the clarification of
mission. He was Founding Director of Grace Architects, which worked
for five years solely with church clients.
Jill Preston, who has wide-ranging experience in marketing communications,
project leadership and business planning, both in major corporations
and in senior roles at heritage and visitor attractions, including Kew
Gardens. Jill is a former board director of ALVA (the Association of
Large Visitor Attractions) and a board member of of the National Trust
London and SE region. She also chaired Chelmsford Cathedral Fabric
Advisory Committee.
We feel that the invitation to benefit from this ground-breaking scheme
demonstrates significant support from the Church Buildings Council, although
we understand that it doesn’t constitute a judgement on any of the
architectural planning that has taken place so far.
If you would like more information about Project 450 or are interested in
looking in more detail at documents relating to the various ongoing workstreams,
please contact me via phone or email.
REDCLIFFE WAY...
IN OTHER NEWS, following a review of the impact of the roadworks at
Temple Circus, the City Council has postponed the consultation on a new
road layout for Redcliffe Way. This pause provides an opportunity for a
more robust analysis of placemaking and community need complementing
the work that has been carried out so far to address technical challenges
relating to infrastructure modification, transport and traffic flow. This is
a welcome development, since there will now be more opportunity to
discuss ways in which the church’s development can work alongside and
integrate with the wider re-development of Redcliffe.
CHATTERTON COMMEMORATION...
2020 IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY of the death of St Mary Redcliffe’s
famous eulogist, the poet Thomas Chatterton.
We’ve just received news from Bristol Cultural Development Partnership
that it plans to mark the anniversary with a city-wide year of celebrations
around Bristol’s poetic heritage.
Clearly, the church will have a role to play in these celebrations and,
accordingly, we have just received an invitation to take part in a meeting
to discuss ideas with other partners and stakeholders.
This is especially good timing, since one of the intended outcomes of the
first phase improvements to the church’s visitor experience is that the
Chatterton Room — located above the north porch and closed for most
of the year — will be open to the public. This will form part of a broader
interpretative programme that will re-establish awareness of the church’s
links with Chatterton, and underline the cultural significance of the poet to
church visitors.
— Rhys Williams
Research Assistant
CONTACT — contact Rhys via email at: rhys.williams@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk or tel:
0117-231 0068. For news of Project 450 visit also the church website at www.
stmaryredcliffe.co.uk/development // IMAGES — pp17 & 19: concept designs for
SMR north side development.
PROJECT 450 SEE OVER FOR NEWS JUST IN
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WATCH
THIS
SPACE!
450 : VICAR’S UPDATE : PROJECT 450 : VICAR’S UPDATE :
ON WEDNESDAY 26TH JUNE
I met with Project 450 Lead
Architect, Dan Talkes, officially
to commence the next phase of
work on the church’s development
project. The meeting was positive,
businesslike and, frankly, quite
exciting. Exciting because, during
our discussion, it became very
clear that we’ve reached a very
significant point in the life of the
Project. In fact, following a relatively
quiet few months, it’s fair
to say that Project 450 is about to
start moving ahead very quickly!
As has previously been reported,
between now and February 2020
Purcell will move the project
towards a fully realised set of
designs, that will have been worked
out in detail and extensively
consulted on with the various
groups of statutory stakeholders
who will be involved in planning
decisions relating to our proposals.
What’s particularly exciting is that,
during this process we will begin
to see detailed visual representations
of the various elements of the
architectural design work. Early
on in this process we will have an
updated model. Then, through RIBA
Level 2, which is due to commence
at the end of July, we’ll start to see
more detailed plans, elevations and
sections of the emerging designs.
Following this, during RIBA Level 3,
work on which is due to start
towards the end of September, we
will start to see fully-rendered 3D
visualisations of the new buildings.
All of this work will form the basis
for a series of consultations with
the church community in July,
September, November and, finally,
February as we work towards a final
design that we can all be proud of.
So this is just to say, thanks for your
patience during the recent quiet
patch, and be prepared for lots of
progress, updates and opportunities
to have your say between now
and the February. It’s going to be an
exciting six months!
— Revd Dan Tyndall
Vicar
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sunday school
BUSY!
BECKY MACRON, FAMILIES & YOUTH MINISTER
“...our children’s ministry has certainly been
busy over the past couple of months!”
DURING THE MAY SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
we had our first workshop in church
— From the Tiny Ant to the Elephant.
Our visitors from Noah’s Ark Zoo received a
very warm welcome from the community of
Redcliffe, which was lovely! We had around
70 children join us for the day, and lots of
adults. The children listened attentively in
their groups as the member of staff and volunteer
from Noah’s Ark Zoo did a “meet and
greet” with some of their animal friends. The children also really enjoyed
exploring the arts activities organized and led by Liz Hewitt. Amongst other
exciting things, different tools were used to create animal foot prints, and
all the creations were put together in a booklet that the children could
take away. The prayer for the day encouraged children and their families
to think about the role we all play
in God’s world, and that no matter
how small or big we are, we are all
very special in the eyes of God.
Dear Lord, we thank you
for all the wonderful
creatures in our world.
Help us to remember that we all
have an important role to play.
And no matter who we are—from
the tiny ant to the elephant—we
are all so very special and you love
us very much. — Amen
For me the day was a great gift as I had not anticipated such a huge response
and such positive feedback, and it made me very happy to provide something
that the children, families and people could enjoy. I am now working
on another two workshops for the summer holidays, on 24th and 31st July
from 10am–12 midday. The first one is called Love and Protection: The gifts
of our Creation and is all about looking after God’s earth. The second one is
Faith and Justice: the sing-along” and its focus is music.
Each year in Sunday School we dedicate
one of our sessions to the bible. This year’s
bible day took place on 23rd June — the
children grew in their knowledge of the
bible by learning some facts, as well as
exploring the meaning of God’s word and
what this means to us as individuals on
our own faith journeys. After the service,
we had a bible-themed bake off and cake
sale in aid of ARA [*]. Adèle and Ruth won
the competition with their interesting
creations. Adèle used icing to create the
story of Daniel and the Lions and Ruth used a recipe which had been passed
down through the generations to create an actual bible cake!
After the service, we had a stay and play in the Undercroft with some of
the team with ARA. It was a lovely opportunity to hear about what goes
on in the Arc Café. It was lovely to see members of the congregation
who came down to see what we had been up to and to have a go at some
needle-felting! Our latest needle felting project is a mobile phone display
of the 10 commandments! Look out for the final product in the Autumn!
The day ended with our final preparation session for baptism and communion.
Whilst I love every aspect of my role at St Mary Redcliffe, there
is something very special that I find about working with our families and
children as they prepare for baptism and communion that I cannot put
into words. In this session we focused on stories in the bible, prayer and
the Eucharist. The St Mary Redcliffe Festival Eucharist will be taking place
on Sunday 14th July at 10:30am, followed by a bring and share picnic
lunch. We are really looking forward to it.
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community overseas
top:
needle
felting
bottom:
on Trinity
Sunday!
MY FORTHCOMING TRIP TO RWANDA —
ANNA BROOKE; VOLUNTEER WITH
HANDS AROUND THE WORLD
Sunday School and Youth Group will continue to take place throughout
the summer holidays. Sunday School will be in a slightly different format
— Sunday Club, and we’ll be having themed sessions. On 25th August,
our focus will be “transition” as we start to think about the academic year
ahead, and there will be a picnic on the church lawn after the service.
Becky Macron; Families and Youth Minister
email: becky.macron@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk / mob: 07387 909343
Photos & permissions: Becky Macron [nb: the magazine doesn’t yet have details of
the animals shown on p19; contact Becky if you would like to know more]. // * ARA is
short for Addiction Recovery Agency, the charity that runs the ARC café.
AFRICA — I THINK OF THE NAME and hear the wondrously
delicious voice of Sir David Attenborough saying it. Is that
why I’ve always been intrigued by it, I wonder? And perhaps
more recently my interest was fed by Professor Alice Roberts’s
fascinating talk at St Mary Redcliffe a few years ago when she
reminded her packed audience that the human race had its origins
in Africa. How enticing.
Despite this interest, my travels, whilst relatively widespread, have
remained within what used to be called, laughingly to think of now,
the civilized world — extensively throughout North America and Europe.
I’ve built a career and with my husband Stephen am raising a family: all
thoughts of more extensive travel have been on hold. And then a small
legacy in 2018 nudged insistently at my subconscious: could this provide
the opportunity I didn’t know I was waiting for to have a career break and
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finally make THE trip? With my husband’s and my children’s blessings and
including, most importantly, my mother-in-law’s, I started making plans.
An appeal for advice from friends and family brought the small charitable
organisation Hands Around the World (HATW) to my attention — their
details are at the end of this article. Being a woman of ‘no useful or specific
talent’ (I’m not a doctor, teacher, engineer) HATW appealed to me as they
had enticing volunteering opportunities for “Encouragers”. Totally up my
street — if there’s one thing I can do it’s avoid hard work by encouraging
everyone else to do it. So I applied, was interviewed, and was accepted to
work on projects in Rwanda in November and December this year.
HATW is based in Monmouth and supports 3000+ vulnerable children in
five different countries in Africa and India, ensuring they are clothed and
fed, have a home and are receiving an education. In Rwanda HATW is
funding several construction projects, building classrooms so that more
children can access secondary education. I will be involved in helping to
renovate classrooms, mainly through working alongside local people, as
well as teaching English and organising any other fun activities I can come
up with. You will, I’m sure have heard of the increasing concern, most
recently highlighted by Comic Relief, of Westerners seeing themselves
and being seen in the countries in which they volunteer, as ‘White Saviours’
— that is, providing charitable support at the expense of empowering local
people to support themselves and grow their own economy. HATW has long
been at the forefront of this local empowerment. In Rwanda the building
projects on which I will be working will all be led by local craftsmen
and workers.
The projects are in the
south western corner
of the country close to
the borders with the
Democratic Republic of
Congo and Burundi. In
the countryside around
the town of Bugarama,
a 7-hour drive from the
capital Kigali where we
will land, are a number
of schools where much
work is being done—
not only to renovate
and build classrooms
but also to build accommodation
for teachers
(to encourage teachers
to stay in this desperately
poor corner of the country)
and a vocational training unit so that employable skills such as carpentry
and masonry can be taught. It also includes establishing a school Feeding
programme to encourage pupil attendance.
The Genocide in Rwanda in 1994 is a horror of which we are all aware. The
country’s National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) has been
incredibly successful in promoting unity and reconciliation amongst the
former opponents present in the Rwandan population. Rwandans no
longer think of themselves tribally and the phrase “Ndi Umunyarwanda” [*]
has become common currency; it was the first phrase I learned in preparation
for my forthcoming trip. The country has made incredible progress since
1994. It has the world’s highest representation of women in its Parliament
(over 60%), has one of the fastest growing economies in the world and has
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made dramatic improvement in healthcare delivery and health outcomes,
which has seen life expectancy in Rwanda rise by 10 years in the last decade.
c0mmunity messages
Whilst I am funding my own trip, I have been keen
to fund-raise in order to take financial resources
out to Rwanda for the local economy. A newfound
love of running has fuelled my fundraising
efforts beautifully. Having run the Bristol 10k in
early May, I am now — at my teenage daughter’s
suggestion — embarked upon completing six
‘parkruns’ whose initial letters together spell out
R W A N D A. To date I have done the Rogiet
parkrun in Wales and the Winchester parkrun. Ayr
parkrun beckons on 22nd June [achieved], and the Newport, Forest of Dean
and Ashton Court parkruns will complete the set.
People have been incredibly generous and I’m already 88% of the way to
achieving my initial goal of £2,000 — but it would be extra special to reach
(maybe even surpass) that target with the support of the congregation of
St Mary Redcliffe. May I ask you to consider donating via my Justgiving
fundraising page at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/anna-brooke
Thank you!
— Anna Brooke; Volunteer for HATW
Support Anna: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/anna-brooke
Hands Across the World — visit: http://hatw.org.uk/
Anna Brooke is a regular member of the St Mary Redcliffe congregation — her
husband Stephen is the Safeguarding Officer for the Church and sings in the
Choir along with their son Daniel; their daughter Catherine was previously also
a Chorister in the choir.
Photos — p27: new classroom block at Mihabura built by HATW in 2017 /
p28: working together with local people / p29: i) student volunteers; ii)
children at Kibangira where HATW hosted a Christmas party last year / p30:
i) Anna (left) and her sister Naomi finish the Ayr Parkrun // Rwanda project
photos courtesy of HATW.
[*] Ndi Umunyarwanda — translated as “I’m Rwandan” in the Rwandan
newspaper The New Times, 3 Dec 2013. See the article at https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/7
THANK YOU!
Jon Ball and Alex Podd,
the two Ordinands from
Trinity College who were
with us at church during
June, write —
Thank you so much, we’ve
really enjoyed our time
here! We’ve learnt a lot,
and we’ll continue praying
for you as we continue on
our training — “Every time I
think of you, I give thanks
to my God.” Philippians 1: 3
— Jon and Alex
THANK YOU
The Tyley family would like to
thank everyone at Redcliffe
for their cards, kindness
and prayers, following Eric’s
death.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,
nor power, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor
any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which
is in Christ Jesus our Lord — Romans 8: 38, 39
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BANK HOLIDAY
Fluffy clouds,
White as shrouds,
Against the deep cerulean blue;
Flocks of crows,
Black as sloes,
Fly past the sun; enhance the view.
Sparkling sheen,
Grey blue-green,
The sea laps gently on the shore;
Gurgling rills,
From rocky hills,
Fill pools for catching crabs galore.
Overdone skin,
Yang and yin,
Under the scorching all-day sun;
Ice cream gloop,
Sea gulls swoop,
This is what we think is fun.
Deserted beach,
Rotten peach,
The detritus of a summer’s day;
Plastic bottle,
Pipe smoke dottle;
Silence descends upon the bay.
Geoffrey Robinson
“Gaia” at Salisbury Cathedral
and its reflection in the Font — photo: Ed
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AUGUST
SPECIAL
Fergus Butler-Gallie @_F_B_G_
I have a long and boring train journey
ahead of me today so here’s a thread
of post Reformation Archbishops of
Canterbury as crisps:
4:09 AM – 2 Nov 2018
icons by Freepik from
www.flaticon.com
glorious summer...
Holiday Reading: those of you who
haven’t yet chanced upon The Revd
Fergus Butler-Gallie’s recent A Field
Guide to the English Clergy:
A Compendium of Diverse
Eccentrics, Pirates, Prelates and
Adventurers; All Anglican, Some
Even Practising, I suggest you rush
out and obtain a copy (it’s funny; mine
was a Christmas present). Or visit Ship
of Fools website for excerpts. Failing
that, enjoy the Crisps...
See
sportive tricks...
camping store Sale sign spotted in York...
NOW IS THERE DISCOUNT ON OUR WINTER TENTS
victorious wreaths ...
Q: when was the first
tennis match recorded?
A: when Joseph served
in Pharoah’s court...
ABC OF CRISPS?... ‘SILLY SEASON’ CHOICE —
clever, laugh-out-loud tweet that’s done the rounds.
Check out the link below. Follow if you haven’t already...
https://twitter.com/_F_B_G_/status/1058315229908684801
T
HE
Line-up... i) myth or
true? no idea (as with
RIII The Play) but makes
I laugh; ii) rw et al.
Groan factor still too
high? Never mind...
J OKE SLOT is bowing out
for the summer and has been
wondering whether to return for a
further season in the autumn. If you
would like to help “entertain these fair
well-spoken days” by sharing your wit
or any amusing happenings out there
in the real world or just more jokes
please send material in. Anon is ok!
Usual rules apply: contributions from
children plus adult eccentrics or anyone
else one bead short of a rosary (so
everyone) are very welcome. Warning:
material of an offensive nature will “as
eny fule kno” be given rotten tomato
status and fed into the magazine waste
caddy quicker than one can mutter bell,
book or candle — but other than
that... happy postings!

diary dates July & August
please note that all entries in the diary are correct at the time of going to print given the
information supplied. please note also that, in addition to the 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 // 10:00am–12 noon — Faithspace Community
Centre (FCC)
Christian Meditation // 6:15–7:00pm — Parish Office
Jazz in the Undercroft // 7.30–10.00pm
Redcliffe Gardening Group // 10:00am–12.00 noon — Somerset Square
Police Beat Surgery Drop-in // 1:00–2:00pm — FCC
1 Pot Luck Lunches // 12:30pm — at the Pickards’
1 Postcard Club // 7:30pm — FCC
2 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Kat Campion-Spall
3 Hymn Singalong // 11:00am — Rosemary Kingsford — FCC
3 Redcliffe Lunch Club // 12 noon — Bingo — FCC
3 Redcliffe Film Club // 2:30pm — FCC
4 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill
4 Organ Recital // 1:15pm — Colin Andrews; USA
5–7 PARISH WEEKEND AWAY; Sidmouth, Devon
9 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill
9 Feminist Theology Group // 8:00pm — Kat’s house
10 Redcliffe Lunch Club // 12 noon — Meal, followed by trip — FCC
10 Mothers’ Union // 2:30pm — to be arranged — FCC
11 Eucharist with Healing Prayer // 12:30pm — Revd Kat Campion-Spall
11 Organ Recital // 1:15pm — Hans Hielscher; Wiesbaden, Germany
14 ST MARY REDCLIFFE FESTIVAL EUCHARIST // 10:30am
16 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Dan Tyndall
16 Theology Book Club // 8:00pm — at John Rogan’s house
17 Redcliffe Lunch Club // 12 noon — Sargeant Andy; saxophone — FCC
17 Redcliffe Film Club // 2:30pm — FCC
18 Holy Week Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Kat Campion-Spall
18 Organ Recital // 1:15pm — Alessandro Bianchi; Italy
23 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill
JULY
24 Summer Workshop // 10:00am–12.00 noon — Love & Protection: the Gifts of
our Creation — at church
24 No Redcliffe Lunch Club: Summer break
25 Eucharist with Healing Prayer // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill
25 Organ Recital // 1:15pm — Jean-René André; Rennes Cathedral, France
Last recital of the term; recitals restart 12th September
30 Holy Communion // 12:30pm — Revd Dan Tyndall
30 Installation of Revd Dan Tyndall at Choral Evensong as Canon of Bristol
cathedral // 5:15pm — Bristol Cathedral
31 Summer Workshop // 10:00am–12.00 noon — Faith & Justice: the
Sing-along — at church
1 Holy Communion // 12:30pm —
3 Wedding of Isaac Bale & Vicky Wilson // 1:00pm — Revd Kat Campion-Spall
3 Shrewsbury Abbey Choir // 4:30pm — Evensong
5 Pot Luck Lunches // 12:30pm — at the Pickards’
6 Holy Communion // 12:30pm —
7 Hymn Singalong // 11:00am — Rosemary Kingsford — FCC
8 Eucharist with healing prayer // 12:30pm — Revd Peter Dill
9 Wedding of Stephen Matthews & Tara Gregory // 12 noon — Revd Kat
Campion-Spall
13 Holy Communion // 12:30pm —
14 Mothers’ Union // 2:30pm — Communion; Mary Sumner Day — FCC
15 Holy Communion // 12:30pm —
16 Deadline for July-August parishmagazine // please send your contributions
to Eleanor Vousden at editor.mag@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
17 Wedding of Jonathan Watts & Thea Hoskin // 1:00pm — Revd Kat Campion-
Spall
17 St Ann’s Manchester Choir // 4:30pm — Evensong
20 Holy Communion // 12:30pm —
22 Eucharist with healing prayer // 12:30pm —
23 Wedding of Timothy Potter & Emily Stenner // 3:00pm — Revd Andrew
Doarks
27 Holy Communion // 12:30pm —
29 Holy Communion // 12:30pm —
AUGUST
NB: For further diary information during the holiday season
please see the church website or contact the parish office
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Parish register & Sunday records
editor’s note
email: editor.mag@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
FUNERAL
Rita Button
died 4th June 2019 aged 84 years
SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICE ATTENDANCE
Period: 30 March – 23 June
Date 2019 30 Mar 7 Apr 14 Apr 21 Apr † 28 Apr
Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child
8:00am 15 - 12 - 9 - 22 - 9 -
9:30am 110 20 96 14 122 26 195 24 92 28
11:15am 21 - 16 - 19 - 37 - 11 -
6:30pm 43 - 28 - 28 - 64 30 -
Date 2019 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 May 2 Jun
Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child
8:00am 15 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 14 -
9:30am 98 29 111 42 114 41 77 16 71 20
11:15am 15 - 25 - 21 - 18 - 18 -
6:30pm 28 - 41 - 30 - 29 - 27 -
Date 2019 9 Jun 16 Jun 23 Jun
Adult Child Adult Child Adult Child
8:00am 19 - 20 - 8 -
9:30am - - 78 25 96 31
11:00am c. 450 * - - - -
11:15am - - 13 1 16 -
6:30pm 41 * - 36 - 44 -
* Rush Sunday services: figures for the 11:00am service include children; there were no
9:30am or 11:15am services, and the 6:30pm service was a Sung Eucharist. Nb: attendance
figures refer to congregation not to clergy, servers, choir or vergers. Please also note that the
magazine has not received the Sunday Collection figures for a while — reporting will resume
as and when they become available.
24th June 2019
KEY
Mothering Sunday
Palm Sunday
† Easter Sunday
Pentecost; Rush Sunday
TRINITY... the events of Pentecost may seem a hard act to
follow but the ball’s in our court now — anyone for tennis?
Pass the strawberries, ‘tis the season, “let play begin”...
Congratulations: to Dan on becoming an honorary Canon of Bristol Cathedral,
an honour given him for his contribution to God’s mission in the Diocese [nb: all
are welcome to the service]; congratulations to Aggy on her ordination.
God’s beloved Creation: one of the interesting things about putting the magazine
together is seeing the connections between contributions in any given edition,
and indeed between editions. In this month’s Vicar’s Letter Kat follows through
on her mention (in the June edition) of ecology, our stewardship of our planetary
home and the commitments of young and old on the world’s stage to safeguard
our futures. Alex, one of the two ordinands with us in June, reports on SMR’s
eco-footprint. And Kat makes another mention of her chance encounter with
Luke Jerram’s work of art, Gaia, at Salisbury Cathedral recently — which I went
to see, coming away stunned by its communicative value and wondering how it
might look and what it might ‘say’ installed at SMR... Thence from the sublime to
the ridiculous (it’s the silly season) via my encounter with an amusing tweet about
post Reformation Archbishops of Canterbury as crisps... Does that have anything
to do with climate change? No, but the associations do — empty crisp packets;
Geoffrey’s poem; That Plastic Bag (of sweet wrappers; spotted seven miles down
on the ocean floor recently); Salisbury Cathedral’s spectacular black Font; Psalm
8’s glorious lines — so I amended the Prayers page to include the Psalmist’s cry
in addition to the prayers I’d already received. A prayer for our times?
Thanks: to Anna for her piece on her forthcoming work with Hands Across the
World in Rwanda and the opportunity to support her; to Rhys for again keeping
us informed about Project 450; to Becky for her projects this month with families
in church and parish; and Godspeed to Jon and Alex.
Reporting: The Diocesan Synod’s Report (June) talks about
Pastoral Principles: living together as a diverse community
(dignity; difference; listening; reflection; combatting silence).
In a similar vein, I am keen to provide space in the magazine
for a wide variety of interests, for opinions voiced in good
faith, for concerns where they exist to come to the fore, and for
these pages to be a place of prayerful and creative exchange.
?
— best wishes, Eleanor
Tel: 0117-9634856 (direct) or 0117-2310060 (Parish Office)
The deadline for the next issue is Friday 23rd August
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prayers Trinity
groups within the church
God’s Beloved Creation
W
hen I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower
than the angels and crowned them with glory and honour.
You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything
under their feet: all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, the birds
in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
— Psalm 8: verses 3–end
31st July — St Ignatius of Loyola
Teach us, good Lord,
to serve you as you deserve,
to give and not to count the cost,
to fight and not to heed the wounds,
to toil and not to seek for rest,
save that of knowing that we do your will,
through Jesus Christ our Lord
— Prayer of St Ignatius of Loyola,1481-1556
Media issues
Let us pray for positive legislation and practical guidelines
for the restraint of pornographic, blasphemous and violent material
on the internet and in the media.
May we remember each person’s dignity on this earth,
that what God has created is precious beyond belief.
May we find new and exciting ways to use the media
for spreading God’s message to the hearts
of viewers and listeners around the world.
— f rom “The Prayers We Breathe”
Sources — Psalm 8 verses 3-9; New International Version (UK) // The Prayer of St Ignatius
is reproduced from “An Anthology for the Church Year” H J Richards; by kind permission of
Kevin Mayhew publishing // “The Prayers We Breathe” © 2003 Mothers’ Union
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the appropriate group leader:
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Magazine Editor
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sunday services
8.00am holy communion
9.30am sung eucharist
with crèche and Sunday School / followed by coffee
11.15am choral mattins
all year round except from mid-July to end August
6.30pm choral evensong
weekday services
holy communion
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12.30pm
2nd and 4th Thursdays at 12.30pm with prayers for healing
morning and evening prayer
Monday to Friday at 8.30am and 4.30pm in the Lady Chapel
opening times
weekdays all year round from 8.30am–5.00pm
bank holidays 9.00am–4.00pm, except New Year's Day
Sundays 8.00am–8.00pm
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 8.00am–3.00pm
lunch served from 12.00 noon–2.30pm
tel: 0117-929 8658
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