Aggy ... Vicar of St Francis
On Tuesday twenty one Redcliffe folk set out from SMR on a coach to travel to St Francis of Assisi, North Radford, Coventry for the Collation, Induction and Installation of Aggy by The Bishop of Coventry, The Right Reverend Dr Christopher Cocksworth and The Reverend Tim Cockell, Associate Archdeacon.
All was well with our journey and, although I think we were a bit concerned that we might not be on time, we arrived with time to spare and were greeted with a welcome cuppa in the church hall before we went to the seats reserved for the ‘Bristol people’. By then there were 24 of us, three people having made their own way there.
A significant number of Clergy from the Diocese of Coventry were there and Dan was robed and took part in the service. All the legal requirements were met. Aggy responded to the requests made of her by different people by asking her own questions of the congregation and the reply to both was – With the help of God I (or ’we') will. She was serene and appeared confident throughout what several of us thought was a very moving service.
Afterwards everyone enjoyed a super spread which was provided in the church hall and Chris Duncan took photos before we returned to the coach arriving back at SMR around 11.15 pm. We set off home with a lovely service to look back on, having seen Aggy very much welcomed by her congregation and assured of our continuing love and interest in her future as a Vicar.
Marion Durbur, Alison Ranken , Denise Reynolds
