From the Vicar's Desk

From the Vicar's Desk - 18 December

Welcome to "From the Vicar's Desk" for 18 December 2020

Services this weekend

Saturday

9.00am : Morning Prayer : SMR Live

4.00pm : Carol Service, public worship : a few tickets will be available on the door

7.00pm : Carol Service, public worship : a few tickets will be available on the door

Sunday - 4th Sunday of Advent

9.00am : Morning Prayer : SMR Live

10.00am : Holy Communion, live streamed : SMR Live

12.00noon : Holy Communion, public worship : Book here and Earth Church for children (more information about that from Becky James)

4.00pm : Carol Service, public worship : a few tickets will be available on the door

7.00pm : Carol Service, public worship : a few tickets will be available on the door

Christmas Services during the week

Everything about our Christmas service plan is on the website here for both public worship and live streamed worship.

This is where you will find

- what is happening, where and when

- Orders of Services / Hymn Sheets to download

- how to get the right code for those services being held on Zoom

- how to book tickets for Christmas Day Communion service (all other services are fully booked now)

All services in church (so that excludes Tuesday's Carols with the Salvation Army and Wednesday's Nativity Trail in the churchyard) do have a few tickets available on the door on a first-come-first-served basis.

This is why we really need to know if you cannot make use of tickets that you have been allocated: we can then give your seats to people waiting in the queue. Please do contact the me or the vergers (0117 231 0061) if you are unable to use your tickets.

And, let's remind ourselves, please stay at home if you are suffering from any Covid-19 symptoms.

Looking further ahead

Sunday 27 December

9.00am : Morning Prayer : SMR Live

10.00am : Holy Communion, public worship : booking form here will open on Tues 22 Dec

No Live Stream Communion service today

Sunday 3 January

Back to what has become our standard pattern of worship:

9.00am : Morning Prayer : SMR Live

10.00am : Holy Communion, live streamed : SMR Live

12.00noon : Holy Communion, public worship : booking form here will open on Tues 29 Dec

Community News

It is with a heavy heart that I share some sad news with you. You may well have heard that Liz Scott died last week. Her funeral has now been arranged for Thursday 14 January. More recently, I heard in the last couple of days that Corrine Rees has also died: no plans have yet been made for her funeral. We remember their families in our prayers. May they rest in peace and rise in glory.

Bishop's Appeal for the clergy of Uganda

You may remember that back in November, Bishop Viv made an appeal for the Church in Uganda (read it here). I heard today that this has raised £33,000 and the bishop sends her thanks to all those who helped. The appeal is still alive and you can donate here.

Don't forget ...

TreeFest 2020

TreeFest has been launched as online event. Click here to see the entries and to read about the projects we are supporting this year.

Carols for All (aka Carols by Zoomlight)

On Monday 21 December at 7.30pm.

Zoom link here and Order of service here

Dial In Worship - 0117 427 0104

Don't forget to pass on details of our listen-in live streamed services from Sunday afternoon.

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

We Are Bristol phone line is available for people who need support during lockdown: 0800 694 0184 (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm)

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