Good Friday
Three Hour Service with Canon Sammy Wainaina
Good Friday Three Hour Service
Friday 29 March
12.00 – 3.00
This year our reflections at the foot of the cross will be led by Rev Canon Sammy Wainaina. A Kenyan Clergy for the last 27 years, Sammy was Dean of All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi, for ten years before moving to London last summer to become the Adviser of the Archbishop of Canterbury on Anglican Communion Affairs, London. Sammy is married to Beatrice and they have three children.
Sammy will be taking the theme “The Way of the Cross” and will use readings, reflections, music and silence to help us understand more deeply and enter more fully into the experience of Good Friday.
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We've seen lots of amazing work in the visitor services department so far this year. SMR stewards have generated over £4,500 donations between January and April 2026 and welcomed over 5000 visitors to the Church. We are welcoming new tour guides to the front of house team with the eventual goal to expand the number of tours we are able to offer to the public. Janet and Reuben have both done their first tours and have received wonderful reviews from visitors. If you are interested in volunteering on the front of house team please contact me on lucy.marshall@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk . We have had some amazing feedback from our outreach events as we aim to welcome not only those familiar with SMR but also those that have never been before. These have included film screenings, talks and most recently the Redcliffe Sessions which raised just under £150 for our Lent charity partner, CALM. Thank you to all those who have supported these. The next Redcliffe Session will be in support of SMR and will feature Bristol band Dogsbody on guitar, cello and violin, and songwriter, Alex Pester on 13th June. I am very excited looking into the rest of 2026 for our future events run both in house and by external hirers, more information of which can be found on our website. If you are interested in volunteering at any future SMR events please let me know! Lucy Marshall Visitor Services Coordinator 06.05.2026
