From the Vicar's Desk

From the Vicar's Desk - 5 March

What is wisdom? Dear Rhys,

Welcome to From the Vicar's Desk for Friday 5 March

What is wisdom?

Our readings on Sunday leave this question hanging in the air: from the simple directive of the Ten Commandments .. Read more...

Lockdown - one year on

Next week we will be able to share the full details of "Let there be light" a special event to mark the turning of the year since the first lockdown. We aim to light one candle in church for every day of the year throughout the day and to share that with whoever wants to join us on our live stream feed on the website. Full details next Friday.

Holy Week

Plans are beginning to come together for Holy Week and Easter. As with Christmas we are planning for a 'blended' liturgical week with some services on line, some on Zoom, some in the churchyard and, yes, some in church. Full details will come out as soon as we have something definitive to share.

Lent carries on

A journey of prayer continues

Prayer Laboratory also continues

As does Sunday Evening Service

Contact Kat: kat.campion-spall@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk for further details about lent services and events.

Grief and Sandwiches

Thank you to the person who pointed me to this article by Grace Dent ... she is one of the judges on Masterchef who I like ... and writes beautifully here about the intrinsic link between coping with loss and the making of sandwiches. Read more ...

Liturgy & Worship Consultation

Thank you to those who have already filled in one of the consultation forms. The next consultation meeting is on Sunday at 11.30am. Contact me for further details: dan.tyndall@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk

Live Stream kit

Almost a year ago we started live streaming Sunday services from the Vicarage basement .. ah, those were the days! Now, thanks to the Canynges Society and the work of Conferex and our vergers, the full kit is now ready to be used for the first time this Sunday morning. Once they've mastered the art, the vergers will be panning, tilting and zooming with any (or all) of the cameras installed in church!

Finance Officer post

We are now advertising for the post of Finance Officer. It's part of the ongoing work to ensure that we are ever more efficient in our use of resources and resilient as an organisation. Please do encourage anyone you know who might be interested to have a look at the paperwork which you can find here.

Tidying up we found ...

As you may remember we've recently had an upgrade on our IT system in the office which means that we've (well, other people, to be honest!) have been tidying up the files and folders on the old server. And amongst the files "Ruth's Marinades" was found. Click here to download a copy. It was compiled in 2006 by Anita Herod and contains 10 pages of recipes by Ruth Roche. We're not charging now and if you'd like to make a donation in memory of Ruth and in thanks for Anita, please click here

Grant award

I'm delighted to say that in recognition of the work we have done over the last year in partnership with the City Council, SMR has been awarded a significant grant towards our community work as a 'thank you' for all that has been done. Huge thanks are due to Rachel, David and all those who have worked with them, and to all those who have helped keep our community outreach team up and running this year.

Laptops and Teachers

To help bridge the digital divide, our community team is looking for more laptops and some teachers (online or social distancing). If you have a laptop less than 3 years old or some teaching skills please click here to let David know. Otherwise please help us raise the necessary funds for new laptops (c.£200 each) by clicking here. Thank you very much.

SMR Online Shop

Our online shop is now up and running with an efficient postal service to ensure everything arrives quickly. Check out the new book list here and buy them (as well as CDs and other gifts) in the shop here.

Construction around Redcliffe

The development known as Redcliffe Quarter (opposite the Co-Op on Redcliffe Street) is gone through a fairly substantial re-think. If you would like to see what is being proposed now and to make any comments click here.

Send on / Contact me

Please forward this email on those who might be interested in SMR and contact me here (rather than using reply please)

With my best wishes

Dan

Canon D F Tyndall

Vicar, St Mary Redcliffe

0776 929 6220

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