Whilst not written with the humour, eloquence or charm that Dad would have included in his blog post, we warmly invite you to celebrate the life of Ian Theodoreson with us at
2pm on Saturday 23rd November,
at Woodlands Church, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 2AA.
There will be a service followed by some light refreshments. Please arrive at the church in good time for the service to start at 2 o’clock.
Please note parking is metered in streets around Woodlands. The car park at Clifton Down shopping centre is the nearest public facility. There will be some limited parking on site for disabled access. The church is a short walk from Clifton Down or Redland station. Clifton Down is 5 stops from Bristol Temple Meads.
** We kindly ask that you RSVP here **
Ahead of the event, we would like to invite you to record and upload a (very) short video of yourself sharing 5 words about who Ian was to you (either as a short sentence or 5 individual words). We will be pulling these together into a video to be played at the service.
Please note that depending on numbers, we may not be able to include everyone’s videos, but we would love to see them anyway so please don’t hold back!
If you have a couple of photos of Ian you wish to share then please do so via the drop box too.
Please upload all videos and photos by 10th November – thank you.
Please click here for dropbox access
For those who are unable to attend in person, the service will be live streamed by Woodlands Church. If you would like to be sent the link to the live stream please indicate so on the RSVP link.
Please feel free to forward this invitation to others you know who may wish to join us. Thank you for your thoughtful comments and messages on Dad’s posthumous blog. We look forward to seeing and sharing stories with you on the 23rd November,
Sally, Emma, Mark, Clare and Jo
Sally and family, so sorry we cannot join you on the day, but I have uploaded a vid and a photo.
I found the five word limit quite challenging for a video, especially as my first attempt started with “lights, camera, action” and ended with “cut”, which only left room for one other word. 🤪.
Seriously, Janie and I send you lots of warm thoughts and hope that the celebration event goes well.
Ian & pp Janie x
I am sorry that I won’t be able to be there. I remember with great fondness Ian’s wisdom, humour and kindness, from being on the Board of Trustees at Vineyard (as it was), and from when he and Sally took my campervan for a trip around the North Island on their ‘gap year’.
He claimed he hasn’t written a book, but his blogs are a version of a book, and perhaps could become one. His eloquence, his love of language, his ability to explain deep truths in clear, beautiful prose stay with me.
Five words? Difficult to keep to that…:
Astute, kind, empathetic, faithful, funny.