Parish
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Last updated: 29 December, 2008
Meeting Point Trips Planned for 2009 |
Meeting Point Plus A new venture for our Parish!!!!! The followiong theatre trips are planned for 2009 and the closing dates for booking are given on the list in church or look at the information by clicking the link below. Click link to view information! ........ click here! |
SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP |
In recent months the P.C.C has agreed to sponsor a school in Africa through the organisation Link Community Development. During the past two or three years, the Parish has assisted Link through various collections such as Harvest and the Songs of Praise evenings. The speaker at November’s meeting of the Mother’s Union will be Ioan Dyer who through Link, worked as a global teacher in Nyantonzi, Uganda and knows how important our sponsorship money is to schools in Africa. As there is too much to write about Link and their work and how our sponsorship will help the young people, a separate leaflet has been printed. This is available from the churches. |
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| HARVEST ~ Thursday, 2nd October: |
A candlelight Service of Thanksgiving for the Harvest took place at St. Catwg’s
Church starting at 7.00pm. Following the service there were Harvest refreshments
in the Church Hall.
| Parish Lunch at the Monnington Lodge, 29th June 2008 |
Following the service at St. Gwladys’ Church at which the Rector’s wife, the Rev’d Sue Stevens celebrated her first service of Holy Communion, approximately thirty two people went to the Monnington Lodge in Blackwood for the Parish Lunch. Joining us at the meal, we were pleased to have the company of the Rev’d Andrew Bookless, Vicar of Bargoed and his wife Helen. It would be fair to say that everyone had not only a good meal but also a good time. The next Parish Lunch will be on the fifth Sunday of August and details will be available nearer the date. |
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| Symonds Yat |
I am sure the news has gone around about the success of
the first Meeting Point group outing, with our trip to Symonds Yat.
Of course the weather was fine! |
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| SONGS OF PRAISE/GYMANFA GANU ~ Sunday 22nd June |
Sunday evening we held a Songs of Praise at St. Margaret's
Church . Our organist was Mrs Maureen Pritchard and the conductor
was Mr Martyn Geraint. For those of you unsure of the conductor's
name, he is well known at S4C, doing programmes like planed plant
and others for Welsh media. He entertained us with the authors name
and date of birth of the hymns that we sang (can I say with great
gusto). |
| Congratulation to Carolyn |
Congratulaion to Carolyn on her licensing as a lay reader. A report to follow! |
| Joint Parish Eucharist & Lunch - Sunday 29th June 2008 |
On Sunday 29th June Rev. Sue Stevens, wife of our Rector, Tony, will be celebrating her first Eucharist as Priest, at St. Gwladys' Church Bargoed. This coincides with our next joint parish service and we have decided that as a Parish it would be nice if we could support Sue on this special day. We are therefore inviting all parishioners of the Parish of Gelligaer to attend St. Gwladys' Church 10am service on the Sunday and also all are invited to join us for a parish lunch at The Monnington Lodge in Blackwood after the service. Please put this date in your diary and note that there will be no services in the Parish for that particular Sunday. Menus and further details of the lunch will be announced in the notices soon. Thanks David |
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| Mothers Union is Back! |
** Inaugural Meeting at St Margaret’s – 6th May 2008 ** 14 of us met (and a number of apologies) at St Margaret’s and agreed that their will be a Parish of Gelligaer Mothers Union again. We met and after a Eucharist together we watched a Video presentation form Mothers Union showing the wide range of activities that MU is involved in throughout the world. Tony our Area Dean told us of some of the things that MU is involved in within this Diocese of Llandaff. |
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| 30th March Parish Lunch |
The combined Parish Eucharist will be held at St Anne's Church at 10.30 am. Following the services there will be a Parish Lunch at The Monnington Lodge, Gordan Road, Blackwood. The cost of the lunch will be £15.00. Should you wish to go please give your names into yor repsective Churches as soon as possible. A non-refundable deposit of £5.00 will be required by March 15th, and the balance by the 22nd of March, in order to make the final arrangements with the Lodge. |
| Easy fundraising Web-Site |
Thank you to everyone who used the "easy fundraising" website over the Christmas period and earned the Parish much needed funds. Remember, the website can be used all year round and has a brilliant selection of shops for a variety of purposes. Don't forget Mothering Sunday and Easter are only around the corner. Carolyn |
| Parish Lunch at the Maes Manor, 30th December 2007 |
Twenty-eight people from the three churches met for lunch after our joint Eucharistic Service at St Margaret's Church. It was a lovely service taken by the Rev. Robin Angel and it was good to once again get togther as a Parish. After the service and before going to the Maes Manor a New Year drink was offered to those who wished to partake. Thank you to St Margaret's. The food at the Maes Manor was very good as usual and it has to be said there was plenty of it! Thank you for all who bought raffle tickets as with a little extra money from the food we raised £75.10 for Parish funds. A thank you to Carolyn for arranging the lunch. Rosemary |
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| Congratulations to Carolyn |
Our congratulations
goes to Carloyn on passing her first year studies for her lay readers
course. |
| News from the Social Committee ~ Strawberry Tea St. Anne's Church 2007 |
Once again we had a very enjoyable afternoon in St. Anne's Church Cefn Hengoed. There were 31 adults and three children, all of whom had a very pleasant time enjoying the wounderful scones, cakes and strawberries. A raffle was held and a few enjoyable games of "Stand up bingo" were played, the latter proving to be great fun. Many thanks to the ladies of St. Anne's for proparing the tables, making the tea, buttreing the scones etc. thanks must also go to those who donated all the food, as this help towards us making a profit of £174.30, which will go towards the day to day runnnig of the Parish. Many thanks. Rosemary |
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| Pam Penrose awarded MBE. |
| Our congratulations goes to Pam Penrose (daughter of Audrey and Vic Davies of Waun Rhydd) on the award of the MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours list. Pam has worked for the National Assembly for Wales (former Welsh Office) for the past 37 years. We send our best wishes to Pam and her family. |
| Strawberry Cream Tea. |
On Saturday 17th June 2006, the parish held a well supported Strawberry Tea at St Anne's Church, Cefn Hengoed. The Social committee would like to thank all the people who supported the event either in person or by way of a donation. It was a glorious summer afternoon and everybody had a very enjoyable time of fun and fellowship. Around 38 people attended on the day and all enjoyed a lovely tea of scones, cakes and strawberries and cream. Our thanks to those who made the cakes and to those who help in the preperation for the event. There was a good and friendly atmosphere during the afternoon, people enjoyed the relaxing music being played while tucking into their delicious strawberries. The tea was then followed by a couple of game of bingo, which proved to be great fun. Many thanks to Dolores for arranging the games and providing all the prizes and to the Rector for being our "caller". |
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| Parish Sunday Lunch ~ Rhondda Heritage Park Hotel. |
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On Sunday 25th June there was the Parish Service at St. Catwg's Church at 10.30am. This was well attended and a great success. The service was then followed by a Parish lunch at the Heritage Park Hotel - we hope that this will be the first of many similar activities. In total 36 members of the three Churches met for a beautifully presented and delicious four course meal and a choice of red of white wine. There was a wide choice of food, evidently enjoyed by all the diners. Greatful thank to Victoria for making all the arrangements, it was a superb afternoon. It was good to get together as a family and have the time far a chat and a laugh with other parishioners from all three Churches. In addition to laying on a marvellous meal our thanks to the Heritage Park Hotel for their kind donation of £108.00 to our Parish Funds. So delighted were we with the success of the day, we have booked the hotel for a similar function on the 29th October. It would be great if even more of you could be there at the next celebration. |
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