Welcome to Redland Park
United Reformed Church, a lively and forward looking church set on
Bristol’s Whiteladies Road. Whiteladies Road is one of the main
shopping streets in Bristol and incorporates the run from Bristol
University’s hall of residence to the university itself. It’s a
great position for a church and especially if you are a student
you should have no problem in finding us.
Like the congregation the church is light, bright and warm and is
always ready to extend a welcome to new friends. On various
Sundays you have no less than four services to choose from. At
10.30am there is the main service which includes a good
cross-section of all ages.
Also at 10.30 am we host
a Korean Service in our Upper Room. The Koreans have been
with us for over 3 years now and on occasion we worship together in
Korean and English. A Korean language school runs in the
afternoon.
At 6.00pm
there is the evening service which uses a more devotional/
contemplative style. Then every other week there is the “Fourth
Service”, this being a more informal prayer and praise style of
worship. For even further variety once every quarter we join
in with an ecumenical Taize-style service with the other Free Churches
in Whiteladies Road. This service rotates between Victoria
Methodist Church, Tyndale Baptist Church and ourselves.
All of my ministry so far has been spent in Bristol. My first ten
years were spent at Trinity United Reformed Church which is very
close by. I have been at Redland Park since September 2001. My
wife is the Reverend Helena McKinnon. Helena works with the
elderly at Bristol`s St. Monica Trust, but is also the Spirituality
and Retreats Officer for the South Western Synod of the United
Reformed Church. My two daughters, Isabella and Lucy,
keep me on my toes.
One of my favourite hobbies is cooking so
if you drop by the church some Sunday you might even be invited to
experience some manse hospitality.
Come and see us sometime. This is a good church to be around!
Douglas Burnett
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