From the Vicar's Desk

From the Vicar's Desk - 12 February

Welcome to From the Vicar's Desk for 12th February

Seeking Transfiguration

This Sunday is Racial Justice Sunday, February is LGBT+ History month and the Gospel reading for this weekend is an account of the transfiguration. How are we shaping our lives together, as a church seeking to be and become a thriving, inclusive Christian community? Read more ...

Lent - A Journey of Prayer

Our focus this Lent will be on prayer, to help us move forwards on our journey, whatever our starting point. The full programme can be found here, but please note:

School of Prayer from 23rd February

either Tuesdays 8.00-9.30pm

or Wednesdays 7.30-9.00pm

A safe space to learn and strengthen the foundations of our prayer lives, where we'll be learning different ways of praying, and reflecting on our experiences. Each week involves a group session on Zoom and a 20-30-minute 1:1 time of spiritual accompaniment. Please contact Kat here by Tuesday 16th February to sign up.

Christian Meditation

Introductory session Thursday 18th February 6.00-6.45pm

You're invited to come to an introductory session to learn about this way of praying. Please contact Liz Hewitt here for the Zoom details

Ash Wednesday Services

We are holding two services this year, both on Zoom; the early one is designed with children and families in mind and the later one has a more meditative theme

4.00pm - Ash Wednesday Service for Children and Families - contact me for Zoom link - dan.tyndall@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk

7.30pm - Ash Wednesday service with hymns and reflections - contact me for Zoom link - order of service here.

Joyce Tyley's funeral

We had a lovely service for Joyce during the week, which you can watch here (fast forward 14 minutes) and donations, in her memory for SMR's mission and ministry can be made here.

Lady Chapel lighting

The lighting in the Lady Chapel is finished (except for the chandelier which will be back soon) and it looks amazing: here are a couple of snaps I took.

Bristol Churches Winter Nightshelter

Thank you for your generosity: we raised almost £1100 this year which is great. For the latest BCWNS newsletter click here.

Redcliffe Gardening Club

Thanks to all those who support the Gardening Club .. some lovely feedback here (thanks for sending this on to me - I love to see things like this).

SMR Quiz

Thanks to Liz, Belinda and Chris for a fun evening ... it wasn't fun just because I did so well ! If you would like to organise a social event let me know.

Bristol Charity "Beloved"

Beloved is one of our partner charities and it's looking for a new Director .. advert hereand job description here. Please share widely.

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

Services this Sunday - Sunday next before Lent.

9.00am : Morning Prayer : live stream here : words here

10.00am : Holy Communion : live stream here : Order of Service here: weekly sheet here

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We Need Your Help! Choir Chaperones – Thursday Afternoons St Mary Redcliffe has a thriving music department – in fact it is right at the centre of our mission here – singing the song of faith and justice. A key part of this is our work with children who make up our treble line. Over the last year, we have seen a number of families move on from the choir as their children have grown up, and therefore we are in need of recruiting some choir chaperones – maybe you could help us? A choir chaperone attends rehearsals and is there should a child need some help. This might be that you take them to the toilet, help them find music, or contact their parents should they need it. 99% of the time, you can sit there and read a book or get on with some work, but they are essential for that 1% of the time where something unexpected might happen. We can easily find interesting tasks for you to do alongside this (e.g. covering some copies, tidying up music) but the main responsibility is looking after the trebles in the choir. At the moment we particularly need them for Thursday Afternoons – from 4:15 through to 5:30 for our Girls Chorister Rehearsals. We are also looking for people with experience of working with primary school children to help out at Sing Start! which runs from 5:30 till 6:30, also on a Thursday evenings. Any person who would like to help on this role would be subject to a reference check, attaining a DBS and completing some safeguarding training. If you feel you could volunteer to help the choir, or want some more information about what it would involve, contact our Director of Music on joe.cryan@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk