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Welcome to Redland Park United Reformed Church on Bristol’s Whiteladies Road. Redland Park is a church with all ages represented in the congregation. What is more Redland Park is also genuinely multi-ethnic with a number of African households as well as a thriving Korean congregation that meets at the same time as ourselves on a Sunday morning. Though normally the Koreans worship in their own language at several  times in the year we have joint services wherein we use both English and Korean. Projected sub-titles are used to help when the language being spoken is not your own. The Korean Church is now also a United Reformed Church, having been received at General Assembly in 2010.  We are currently in the process of seeking a full-time Korean minister to serve the Korean Church.  This will open out many new possibilities in terms of joint ministry and mission.  The Korean Church website can be accessed from our Homepage, but the address is also here: www.bristolchurch.org

Like the congregation the church is light, bright and warm and is always ready to extend a welcome to new friends. We aim to practice real and genuine hospitality. Gradually we are learning what it means to be church in the challenging context of the 21st century. To this end we undertake creative outreach projects in partnership with the local community. Green issues are the front of much of what we do and with that we have done much work with our local primary school and also Sustainable Redland. Cell Church is also part of our response to the 21st century. We have three cells running at present, this involving some 40 people. See our cell church page for more details. From 2011-2012 we are running a London 2012 Inspire project called Redland And Clifton Energised, www.racenergised.tumblr.com

Our main service is at 10.30am on a Sunday morning. Therein we integrate traditional and modern elements through worship songs and hymns, the church choir and projected images. We hold occasional ecumenical services and always seek to do something different in format for the high days and holy days. We work closely with our friends at Victoria Methodist Church and Tyndale Baptist Church, both on Whiteladies Road. Both churches have a very similar approach and ethos to ourselves. We work together on various projects.

Every other week (second and fourth Sundays) there is the 6pm Prayer and Praise service, which is informal and free flowing. This is also a time for open prayer and for study. This service is lay-led.

I’ve been at Redland Park since September 2001. My wife, the Reverend Helena McKinnon is a member of the South Western Synod Training Team, specialising in spirituality and retreats. My two daughters, Isabella and Lucy keep me on my toes.

Dougie