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Magazine for the Irfon and Wye Valley Churches
Issue No 147 November 2012
by Revd Carolyn Hall
Prisons Week allows the
Christian community an
opportunity to pray for the
needs of prisoners, their
families, victims of crime
and those who are involved
in caring for prisoners. In the
Diocese of Swansea and
Brecon we might
specifically include in our
prayers the prison chaplains
who work in Swansea Prison
and the crèche there
provided by the Mothers
Union which assists families
visiting those in prison.
Barry Morgan, the
Archbishop of Wales, writes,
‘One of the most difficult
things we can humanly do is
to stand alongside someone in different
circumstances to ourselves. Few of us can understand
the isolation, loneliness and hopelessness of prison.
And this not only affects those within the prison
system but their families, their victims, and those
who work there. Judges and police too, often work
alone and the responsibilities of directly deciding the
future of another human being must weigh heavily on
them. Christians rejoice that Jesus himself shares that
same sense of imprisonment, and that he walks
alongside all who live in loneliness.
This Prisons Week is a chance to identify in prayer
with those who need compassion and understanding,
those whose lives have been broken through their
own mistakes and the deeds of others. I commend
this Prisons Week in a spirit of freedom, recalling
always that Jesus came to proclaim liberty to the
captive and freedom to those in prison.’
For those in prison it can be encouraging to know
that there are people praying for them. Our prayers
demonstrate our recognition that no can be separated
from the love of God; that God loves us, whatever
our past may have been. Our prayers signify that
those who are separated
from society are not
forgotten and are seen to
have value. The importance
of being remembered
should not be
underestimated.
Terry Waite tells how
valuable it had been for him
to know that he was not
forgotten when he was
imprisoned in Lebanon by
Hezbolah. Terry Waite was
the Archbishop of
Canterbury’s envoy who
was kidnapped in 1987
while trying to secure the
release of British hostages,
including the journalist,
John McCarthy. He was
held for five years, shut in a
room on his own. His
family had no way of knowing whether he was alive
or dead.
He said, “I sometimes find it difficult to believe,
looking back now, that I managed to survive those
years. You take every day at a time and you don’t
think too far ahead. I spent five years sleeping on a
floor, five years without seeing the sun or the sky and
five years without books or paper or nothing to read
or anyone to speak to. I was never in a room with
natural light – shutters were always up at the
windows. Every day I would exercise as much as I
could. I wrote my first book in my head too because I
had no pen or paper and I built some structures for
the day to give it a certain shape. Sometimes I could
hear the prayers from the mosque at day break and
midday and they gave you an opportunity to form a
routine for the day.”
Continued on page 13
Contributions for next issue (Dec/Jan) Monday 12
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Diocese of
Swansea & Brecon
Readers Day and AGM
at Brecon Cathedral
Saturday 17th
November
Builth Deanery
Mother’s Union
Eucharist at Brecon Cathedral
followed by
lunch at Pilgrim’s Café
in the Cathedral Close
November 16th
at 12.00
contact Gina Ayling
01982 551498 for details
DiocesanDiocesanDiocesanDiocesan Vision MeetingsVision MeetingsVision MeetingsVision Meetings
An evening for clergy and at least
TWO members of every PCC to
discuss the new Vision for the
Diocese and how it will help
congregations to meet the
challenge of changes that we face
(growth; transformation;
Provincial Review etc).
Choose from either:
1st November (Thursday) –
St. Mary’s, Brecon 6.30pm
29th
November (Thursday) –
Holy Trinity, Llandrindod 6.30pm
Open Meeting
November 6th
at 7pm
Brecon Cathedral
to discuss the
Harris Review of the Church in Wales
‘Vision’ Builth Deanery Conference
Wednesday 14th
November at 7.30pm
in St Mary’s Builth Major Hall.
Speaker: Canon Janet Russell, Diocesan Director of Mission
Diocesan and Deanery Clergy invite parishioners to an
open meeting to express their views regarding
the Diocesan Conference and the Church in Wales Review.
All welcome
LLANGASTY
RETREAT HOUSE
The Diocesan Retreat House at Llangasty
has a drop-in Quiet Day every month.
This day is set aside from10.00-16.00 for anyone to just turn up,
no booking necessary and use the facilities of the house to pause
for a day and engage in prayer, personal reflection or even attend
the midday Eucharist. Bring your own packed lunch - there is no
charge, just leave a donation of whatever you can afford.
This Months Drop-In Quiet Day is MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER
Deanery Notices
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The Colwyn Group of Parishes
Dear FriendsDear FriendsDear FriendsDear Friends How the seasons move on. November is a time to
remember the Saints who have gone before us. We
remember them on All Saints Day on 1st November.
Then, to quote the children’s poem, “Remember,
remember the Fifth of November….”. This is a time
for us to remember the Gunpowder Plot.
As I write this we are moving out of the Harvest
season towards Remembrance Sunday, when we
remember the devastation caused by wars and those
who gave their lives in the Great Wars and conflicts
since. We also remember those who have given their
lives in Afghanistan in recent days together with their
families. It will be a poignant time for many as we
pray for peace in our world. – a peace that is all too
frequently shattered.
This year there will be a Service at 10.45am at Bettws
on 13th November which will be a traditional
Remembrance Service. A representative from each
parish will come and read the names of those
remembered in their churches who have died in the
Wars. Then we remember Advent as it comes at the
very beginning of next month. That too is a time of
remembrance - remembering God coming to us at
Christmas time with the birth of his Son.
So as we remember Christ is the same, yesterday,
today and forever, let us remember and look forward.
Vicar Richard
Church in Wales Review There will be a meeting to discuss this in the
Cathedral in Brecon on Tuesday 6th November at
7pm in the Cathedral. Tea/coffee will be available
from 6.30pm.
Benefice Council Meeting There will be a Benefice Council Meeting on
Thursday 15th November at 2.00pm in Hundred
House Hall.
Crib Service – Advance Notice Every year we hold a Crib Service at Glascwm
Church at 4.00pm on Christmas Eve. This year is no
exception. However, we have been asked to hold an
additional one at Llanelwedd at 4.00pm on the same
day. This will be a traditional Crib Service. Please
bring your family – All welcome!!
Details of all our Christmas Services next month!
Messy ChurchMessy ChurchMessy ChurchMessy Church
The next Messy Church will take place on
Thursday 29th November from 3.30pm.
Crafts – Worship – Fellowship & Food all on the
theme of looking forward to Christmas.
All Welcome All Welcome All Welcome All Welcome –––– Come and join us!! Come and join us!! Come and join us!! Come and join us!!
Services for November 2012 4
th November Kingdom 1
Llanfaredd 9.30 LK Morning Prayer
Llansantffraed 10.00 RK Eucharist
Glascwm 7.00 RK/LK Village Service
11th
November Remembrance Sunday Cregrina 9.00 RK Eucharist
(Said Service) Note change of time Bettws 10.45 RK Remembrance Sunday Service with representatives of
all parishes bringing names of the fallen
18th
November Kingdom 3 Llanfaredd 9.30 RK Eucharist
Llansantffraed 10.00 MO Morning Prayer
Glascwm 11.15 JO Eucharist
25th
November Christ the King Bettws 9.30 RK Eucharist
Cregrina 9.30 ET Village Service
Llanelwedd 11.15 ET Morning Prayer
Rhulen 11.15 RK Eucharist
Remembrance SundayRemembrance SundayRemembrance SundayRemembrance Sunday During the Remembrance Service on
Sunday 11th November at Bettws
Church, we shall remember those from
each of the parishes of the Benefice
who died during the Wars.
Last year a representative from each
parish came to read the names. We are repeating it
again this year, so please contact your Wardens for
further details.
Radnor 2014 RWAS fundraising supper with Hundred House Hall
Entertainment by Builth Ladies Choir
at Hundred House Hall
Saturday 10th November 7pm for 7.30pm
Admission £10
Tickets from: Clive 01982 570235, Margaret 01982
570221 or Berwyn 01982 570219
Llanelwedd with Llanfaredd, Llansantffraed-in-Elwell, Bettws, Cregrina, Glascwm and Rhulen
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Wales moves forward on Women Bishops?
At the April 2012 meeting of the Governing
Body of the Church in Wales, members
discussed a consultation paper prepared by
the Bishops of the Church in Wales on the
Ordination of Women to be Bishops, and
completed a questionnaire about the topic.
The results of the member’s questionnaire
indicate that:
• There would appear to be clear and
sufficient support for the Bench to
bring forward a Bill to enable women
to be ordained as bishops. • There is smaller, but nevertheless
significant, support, for some form of
pastoral provision for individuals
who, in conscience, cannot accept that
this step should be taken. • There is little support for provision for structural or parochial opt-outs.
The Bishops proposed to the GB that appropriate legislation be drawn up to enable women to be ordained
to the Episcopate, but to do this through two separate Bills:
The first Bill would deal with the following matters of principle:
• Women may be ordained as bishops in the Church in Wales.
• There will be a scheme of pastoral provision, to be approved by the Governing Body by means of
a second Bill, making provision for those who cannot in conscience accept the ministry of a
woman bishop.
• If this first Bill were to be passed and become a Canon, it would not come into force until such a
second Bill is approved by the Governing Body and becomes a Canon.
The second Bill would refer to the Canon enabling women to be ordained as bishops. A scheme of
pastoral provision would be included as a schedule in a second Bill in order to give as much confidence as
possible to those for whom it provides that their genuinely held views are being taken seriously and that
the Church is being faithful to its declared intent in 1996. Once the principle in the first Bill is
established, appropriate time and careful consideration would be given to further discerning the nature
and extent of pastoral provision required.
After debate, GB agreed through a majority vote for legislation to be drawn up in this way.
Swansea University Chaplaincy
Theology Public Lecture Series 2012 – 2013
Tuesday, 6th November
The Revd Roy Jenkins
(Baptist Minister; Broadcaster; and Chair of ‘Christians Against Torture’)
“Why not torture terrorists?”
7.00pm James Callaghan Lecture Theatre, Swansea University Mosque,
Sketty, Swansea SA2
This lecture is open to all who are interested and admission is free
For further information please contact: -
The Reverend Nigel John on 01792 205678 Ex. 4442
Or email E-mail: - [email protected] THE DIOCESE OF
SWANSEA & BRECON
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The Builth Wells Group of Parishes
Prayers which are said most weekdays in the Chapel of the Holy Name of Jesus in St Mary’s, Builth – see St Mary’s noticeboard for details.
Worship 04 November (Kingdom I) 09.30 Holy Eucharist at St. Mary the Virgin, Builth Wells
11 November (Kingdom II) (Remembrance Sunday) 09.45 Royal British Legion Remembrance Sunday Service
15.00 Evening Prayer at St. David’s, Llanddewi’r-Cwm
18.00 Deanery CELEBR8 Service at St. Mary the
Virgin, Builth Wells
18 November (Kingdom III) 09.30 Holy Eucharist at St. Mary the Virgin, Builth Wells
15.00 Holy Eucharist at St. Mauritius, Alltmawr
25 November (Christ the King) 09.30 Holy Eucharist at St. Mary the Virgin, Builth Wells
11.00 Holy Eucharist at St. David’s, Maesmynis
18.00 Sung Evensong at St. Mary the Virgin, Builth Wells
Parish Diary 01 Nov Bellringing Practice – All Welcome
St. Mary’s Tower, Builth 19.45
02 Nov Sung Solemn Requiem Mass for All Souls
St Mary the Virgin 20.00
03 Nov Builth Craft Market
St. Mary’s Hall 10.00 – 15.00
05 Nov Eucharist from the Reserved Sacrament
Brynhyfryd Care Home, Builth Wells 11.00
06 Nov Diocesan Open Meeting
Brecon Cathedral 19.00
08 Nov ‘Rich Inheritance’ Ecumenical Discussion
Course at Builth Vicarage 19.30
Bellringing Practice – All Welcome
St. Mary’s Tower, Builth 19.45
14 Nov SAINTS ALIVE! Kids Club
Maesmynis Hall 16.00-17.00
15 Nov ‘Rich Inheritance’ Ecumenical Discussion
Course at Builth Vicarage 19.30
Bellringing Practice – All Welcome
St. Mary’s Tower, Builth 19.45
16 Nov Mother’s Union Builth Deanery Eucharist
Brecon Cathedral 12.00
22 Nov ‘Rich Inheritance’ Ecumenical Discussion
Course at Builth Vicarage 19.30
Bellringing Practice – All Welcome
St. Mary’s Tower, Builth 19.45
28 Nov SAINTS ALIVE! Kids Club
Maesmynis Hall 16.00-17.00
29 Nov ‘Rich Inheritance’ Ecumenical Discussion
Course at Builth Vicarage 19.30
Special Notices ‘Rich Inheritance’ – Jesus’ Legacy of Love is a five
week ecumenical discussion course which Father Neil
is hosting at The Vicarage during the Kingdom
Season (November). Featuring audio contributions by
Bishop Stephen Cottrell (Anglican Bishop),
Archbishop Vincent Nichols (RC Archbishop), Paula
Gooder (Freelance Writer), Jim Wallis (Founder of
the Sojourners Evangelical Community) and Inderjit
Singh Bhogal (Leader of Corrymeela Community &
Methodist Minister). Space is limited to twelve so
please reserve your place quickly!
From the Vicarage Children are a blessing
from the Lord, and with
these blessings also
come responsibilities.
As stewards of God's
children, parents are
responsible for helping children grow physically,
intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. But our
churches also have a responsibility toward children,
too. We all want to provide an environment in which
children are safe, are taught at an age-appropriate
level, and are encouraged to develop a relationship
with Jesus Christ.
That is why we are kick-starting our children's
ministry program by launching SAINTS ALIVE!SAINTS ALIVE!SAINTS ALIVE!SAINTS ALIVE! a
fortnightly kids club at Maesmynis Hall from 16.00-
17.00. With fun, games and activities run by our CRB
Checked, fully resourced kids ministry team it is
suitable for any kids between the ages of 4 and 12.
If the church community is to have a healthy future, it
is essential that we have a viable children's ministry,
please pray for and support this new programme.
Blessings,
Father Neil
Swansea & Brecon Diocesan Guild of Bellringers St Mary’ Church, Builth Wells, Powys
Sunday 7 October 2012 in 2 Hr 25 (6-2-17)
5040 Doubles (14m/v) In 14 m/v (4 Methods/10 Variations):- (1-3) Newington; (4-6)
All Saints Place; (7-9) Newborough; (10-12) Grandsire; (13-15)
Rev. St Bartholomew; (16-18) Northrepps; (19-21) Clifford’s
Pleasure; (22-24) Salwarpe; (25-27) Rev.Canterbury Pleasure
Place; (28-30) Southrepps; (31-33) April Day; (34-36)
Seighford; (37-39) Kennington; (40-42) Plain Bob.
1 David A Childs, 2 Alison C Alcock, 3 Andrew L Mainwaring
(C), 4 Colin A Lewis, 5 C Martin Foster, 6 David Katz
To celebrate the reopening of the church after extensive
roof repairs. Circled tower 4.
Builth Wells with Llanddewi’r Cwm & Llangynog with Maesmynis & Llanynis with Alltmawr
Revd Father Neil Hook, The Vicarage, 1 North Road, Builth Wells LD2 3BT, Tel: 01982 552355, Email: [email protected]
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scanning photographs, slides and negatives; fax facilities; binding; laminating. We also copy VCR/camcorder tapes to DVD, vinyl/cassette to CD, produce personalised/corporate items such as calendars and frame pictures enlarged from
original photographs. Please phone to discuss your requirements. We may also
collect and deliver.
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ROOF & CHIMNEY CARE
~PITCHED & FLAT ROOFS~ ~LEAD & DECORATIVE LEAD
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GETTING ON with the net
a service
for
Are you set up with computer & broadband
but still not confident about going online?
Call Marianne on 01591 620547 or email [email protected]
FREE initial session to resolve small problems
and discuss potential requirements
www.gettingonwiththenet.co.uk
PRINTING The Deanery of Builth is looking to donate
An elderly but still functional scanprinter
to a community or non-profit group.
This machine is used for producing
mass copies NOT small runs of printing.
If you are interested please contact
Revd Marian Morgan on 01982 560359
RAINBOW TOTSRAINBOW TOTSRAINBOW TOTSRAINBOW TOTS PREPREPREPRE----SCHOOLSCHOOLSCHOOLSCHOOL Irfon Valley CP School
Garth, Powys
Monday, Wednesday and Friday Mornings 8:50am-12:10pm
A lovely in school setting for children aged 2½ to school age.
£10 per session until the term after the child's third birthday, then the sessions are free.
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The Erwood & Painscastle Group of Parishes
Letter from Trefechan One of the questions I am often asked by people who do
not go to church but who want to know and love Jesus is
‘How can I know that God loves me?’ By the time we
get to middle age most of us have done things which we
have, with the experience and wisdom which comes with
age, come to regret. I have known for many years a
woman who allowed herself, much against her better
judgment, to undergo an illegal abortion because the
father of her child was married and of a different race
from herself, both factors which, in those days nearly
forty years ago, would have been
the cause of great shame and
distress to her parents. Today, she
remains traumatized by that event.
She is single, childless and locked
into the loneliness of her guilt and
shame, completely unable to love
or to trust in any new relationship.
She was herself, the product of a
broken home where she, like her
brothers and sisters, received no
expressed love or affection from
her parents. She sought ‘love’ and
found heartbreak.
Deep down the biggest need we all have is to experience
love. We only truly feel secure and significant when we
know in our minds and our hearts that we are loved and
that we have someone to love. But many of us are afraid
of the fickleness of human ‘love’ which can sometimes
be much more to do with physical passion than the kind
of love described by St Paul in Chapter 13 of his first
Letter to the Corinthians, a passage often chosen by
couples to be read as part of their marriage service.
In an age when human relationships can be so fragile, so
transient, and the cause of such insecurity for both adults
and children, the determination and ability of couples to
stay together, and to try to weather the stormy patches
which all relationships experience at some time or
another, may be lacking in a relationship which was
based on physical attraction alone. Sometimes, the ‘tie’
of marriage which one of a couple may sometimes come
to resent or regret, can be the very life-line which holds
them together when the going gets rough.
In my ministry I am privileged to meet many elderly
couples who have been married for many years,
sometimes for more than 50. In every case, whilst not
trying to deny that they had difficult times, the love
which they sometimes had to fight to keep alive grows
into a wonderful contentment in which shared memories,
of both the good and the bad times, are a source of great
comfort and deep companionship. For many of those
couples there has been great joy and dignity in knowing
that they had done their best to keep the vows they made
to each other at their marriage. Many of those
relationships were strengthened by a shared faith and
trust in God, even during the times of great danger,
separation and hardship experienced by their generation.
The truth for all of us, though, is that God loves each and
every one of us completely, faithfully and eternally. In
the Bible we are told that God’s love is patient and
forgiving, and able to endure much. To be truly patient
means being able to endure
hardship, suffering and severe hurt
without giving way to fight or flight.
We can see some of the suffering
the Father - God - endured in the
parable of the Prodigal Son in which
he suffered personal rejection,
rejection of the family heritage and
the rejection of the Father's lifestyle.
How does the Father react to this
rejection? He doesn't lash out or
respond in kind. He gives the
younger son his share of the
inheritance and lets him go. Underneath we sense he is
saying: 'Here is what you asked for, you will experience
some undesirable consequences of your choices and
decisions but I will never stop loving you; and I will be
here waiting for you, ALWAYS' - and he was, with open
arms and with great rejoicing when his errant son
returned seeking forgiveness.
God has had to experience much rejection from his
rebellious people (including you and me!) but he made
you, loves you, died for you, rose again for you and is, if
you want him to be, your perfect Father, Saviour,
companion and friend. May you believe yourself worthy
of, and know, that love and his peace today and always.
Revd. Marian Morgan, your parish priest
PAINSCASTLE MOTHERS UNION Tue 13th November 7.30
Painscastle Hall Please join us for the meeting
and look out for the topic on
posters, flyers and in the ‘Rhosgoch Gossip.’
Contact Fran Shaw 01982 560480
Advent Communion with Charity Lunch
takes place each Wednesday during Advent at
11.00 at Trefechan – All welcome
Aberedw w Llandeilo Graban w Llanbadarn-y-Garreg w Crickadarn w Gwenddwr & Bryngwyn w Newchurch
w Llanbedr Painscastle w Llanddewi Fach Priest-in-Charge: Revd Marian Morgan, Trefechan, Aberedw,
Builth Wells LD2 3UW Tel: 01982 560359 and 01982 560702 E-mail: [email protected]
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The Erwood & Painscastle Group of Parishes
Llandefalle YFC
Brilliant Prizes
1st Tea/Coffee and Biscuit FREE
Hot Dogs/Cakes/Teas etc. available
Friday 19th
October 2012 at 7.30pm
Erwood Hall - Everyone Welcome
Llandefalle YFC are raise money for local girl Naina
Dickens-Chauhan.
13 year old Naina lives in Llanfilo near Brecon and attends
Gwernyfed High School.
Unfortunately Naina has been diagnosed with
Osteosarcome (a form of Bone Cancer).
She is currently undergoing chemotherapy at The
Children’s’ Hospital in Cardiff
ahead of surgery in Birmingham.
Please join us in raising money to helping Naina and her
family. Thank you
Any enquiries please contact Joann Powell 07970 034645
SERVICES FOR NOVEMBER Sunday 4
th Nov – Kingdom 1
9.00 Newchurch HC (1662 Short) HJF
Refreshments in Rose Cottage – All welcome
9.30 Llanbadarn-y-Garreg HC MM
9.30 Gwenddwr MP AJH
10.30 Newchurch MP (1662Short) HJF Followed by Refreshments at Rose Cottage, all welcome
11.00 Llandeilo Graban HC MM
6.00 Aberedw Service to Remember the Departed
CH + lay team
Sunday 11th Nov – Kingdom 2 - Remembrance Sunday
9.30 Bryngwyn HC + Act of Remembrance MM
9.30 Crickadarn HC + Act of Remembrance CH
11.00 Aberedw HC + Act of Remembrance CH
11.00 Llanbedr HC + Act of Remembrance MM
2.30 Llandeilo Graban w Moriah Chapel MM
Service of Remembrance
Sunday 18th
Nov – Kingdom 3 - Prisoners Sunday 9.30 Llandeilo Graban HC MM
11.00 Gwenddwr HC MM
Sunday 25th Nov – Kingdom 4 Christ the King 9.30 Aberedw HC PJM
9.30 Llanbedr HC MM
11.00 Bryngwyn HC MM
11.00 Crickadarn HC PJM
3.00 Llandewi Fach HC HJF
Sunday 2nd
Dec Advent Sunday Yr. C begins 9.30 Llanbadarn-y-Garreg HC MM
11.00 Llandeilo Graban HC MM
6.00 Aberedw Service of Light MM + Lay Team
Churches and Chapels Consider Joining Forces Traditional dividing lines between churches and chapels in
Wales could soon be a thing of the past in a move towards
greater unity. Christian leaders from most denominations in
Wales will meet in Aberystwyth at ‘The Gathering’, a major
conference looking at radical new ways of working more
closely together. Among the proposals under consideration
will be ground-breaking proposals for a new breed of
bishops and a single United Church for Wales.
Representatives from the five Covenanted Churches in
Wales (Methodists, United Reformed Church, Presbyterians,
Anglicans and some Covenanted Baptist congregations), will
listen to the keynote speaker the Revd Dr Olav Fykse Tveit,
General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.
Revd Gethin Abraham-Williams, Chair of the Commission
of Covenanted Churches, said: “Four decades ago, five of the
leading Christian traditions of Wales embarked on a path
towards presenting a united witness to the Gospel. They
made a solemn covenant before God and with one another in
order that they might be brought into one visible Church to
serve together in mission to the glory of God. At The
Gathering, those churches will reassess their progress in
achieving those goals. The Gathering will also be an
occasion to wait again upon the Holy Spirit for the moment
that will ‘create out of their separated lives a new ecclesial
community committed to common mission in the world.”
Reports launched at ‘The Gathering’ will outline plans for
new bishops adopted by and expressing a Reformed church
understanding of the office of a bishop. They also envisage a
single United Church for Wales, in which there will be an
interchange of ordained ministries by those with church or
chapel backgrounds.
The day will close with the sharing of bread and wine using a
brand new order for Holy Communion. Official
representatives from each of the five Covenanted Churches
will take the reports back to their local churches and these
will respond to the recommendations in due course.
Aberedw w Llandeilo Graban w Llanbadarn-y-Garreg w Crickadarn w Gwenddwr & Bryngwyn w Newchurch
w Llanbedr Painscastle w Llanddewi Fach Priest-in-Charge: Revd Marian Morgan, Trefechan, Aberedw,
Builth Wells LD2 3UW Tel: 01982 560359 and 01982 560702 E-mail: [email protected]
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The Upper Wye Group of Parishes Dear Friends, I feel that I must begin this month
by expressing my profound thanks
to everyone who supported our
Harvest Festivals this year. Despite
the gloomy weather over the past
few months which have made
these some of the most challenging
agricultural conditions and the harvest perhaps
somewhat sparse, there was a real joy detectable at the
heart of all of our celebrations and, of course, all of our
six churches looked simply resplendent in their harvest
finery. To all who decorated our churches, all who
prepared the fabulous repasts we all enjoyed and to all
who attended the services thank you for making harvest
festival quite so special.
And so we move inexorably from harvest into
November, as the old folk tale puts it November is
probably one of the saddest months of the year; a ‘no’
month as that tale put it. Not Autumn any more, not
yet winter, not yet Christmas but with that joyful
season just waiting to get November out of the way!
This theme of gloom and despondency seems to
permeate November from the “remembrance of things
past” with All Souls’, Guy Fawkes Armistice Day and
Remembrance Sunday at the beginning of the month,
through to the remembrance of things not quite
forgotten in the hurly burly of the headlong dash into
Christmas at the end of it.
Yet, it seems to me that this month of quiet
remembrance and contemplation has a very great deal
to commend itself to our attention. All of us need
moments in life when we can pause and simply ‘be.’
Surely, November provides us with those precious
moments. As we “remember, remember November
5th” we are reminded of how different the life of our
nation and culture would have been if the extremist
idealogues of the past hadn’t been defeated. As we
pause on Remembrance Sunday we are reminded of
the very real cost of the freedoms and liberties which
we perhaps too often take for granted. As we stop to
remember the departed at All Souls we remember
with gratitude those who have shaped, moulded and
shared our own personal stories of life and faith.
May you in this month of remembering not forget to
find the time and space to stop, pause and reflect; to
enjoy the moment, for as someone once observed:
“the past is history, the future’s a mystery but the time
now is a gift, which is why we call it the present!”
Happy remembrances!
With my love and prayers as always, Ben
November 2012 in The Upper Wye Group
Highlights!
Saturday October 27th
: 10.00am-12.00pm Open
Morning at All Saints’ Church Newbridge-on-Wye.
Coffee Morning, Crafts Stalls, bell ringing children’s
craft activities and so much more!
Sunday October 28th
: All Saints’ Church Newbridge-
on-Wye 4.00pm “Songs of Praise for All Saints”
Friday November 2nd
: Llamas and Youth Club
Bonfire Party Llanyre; everybody is welcome!
Sunday, November 4th
: 6.00pm: All Saints’ Church,
Newbridge-on-Wye A Service to Remember the
Departed. As last year this will be a simple service of
readings and hymns with at its heart the recitation of
the names of the departed and the opportunity to light
candles in their memory while this is being done.
Friday, November 9th
: 3.30-5.30pm is MESSY
CHURCH in Newbridge-on-Wye!!
Saturday, November 10th
: Newbridge-on-Wye
Community Hall a concert given by Builth Wells
Male Voice Choir and supporting artists: how could
you miss it! It’s even rumoured that the Vicar will be
performing!!
Thursday, November 15th
: Builth Wells Bowls Club
a Whist Drive in Support of Cwmbach Church.
Saturday, November 17th
: Newbridge-on-Wye
Community Hall Llanyre and Newbridge Churches
invite you to a grand Christmas Fayre
Sunday, November 18th
: 3.00pm: St. Afan’s Church
Llanafan Fawr: The annual Llanafan Festival
Pilgrimage and Eucharist. The guest preacher this year
is Fr. Neil Hook.
Saturday, November 24th
: 2.00pm: The Iron Room
at Cwmbach, the fabled Cwmbach Christmas Fayre.
Friday, November 30
th: Carol Singing
on the Green,
Lighting of the
Christmas Tree:
Newbridge-on-Wye.
Isn’t it a relief that
next month is a
quiet month!!!
Llanyre, Newbridge-on-Wye, Cwmbach Llechrhyd, Llanfihangel Helygen, Llanafan Fawr & Llanfihangel Brynpabuan
Revd Ben Griffith, 2 Highbury Fields, Llanyre, LD1 6NF, Tel: 01597 823321, Email: [email protected]
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The Upper Wye Group of Parishes Church Services for November 2012
Sunday, October 28th
: Bible Sunday/All Saints 9.30am Family Eucharist Newbridge-on-Wye
9.30am Morning Praise Cwmbach Llechrhyd
11.00am Holy Eucharist Llanyre
4.00pm Songs of Praise Newbridge-on-Wye
Sunday, November 4th
: Kingdom 1 9.30am Holy Eucharist Llanyre
11.00am Holy Eucharist Llanfihangel Brynpabuan
11.00am Morning Praise Newbridge-on-Wye
3.00pm Holy Eucharist Llanfihangel Helygen
6.00pm All Souls’ Service Newbridge-on-Wye
Friday November 9th
:
3.30-5.30pm: Messy ChurchNewbridge
Sunday, November 11th
: Remembrance Sunday 9.30am Holy Eucharist &
Act of Remembrance at Cwmbach
10.30am Joint Service of
Remembrance with Pentref Chapel
at All Saints’ Newbridge
10.45am Service of Remembrance Llanyre
3.00pm Eucharist & Act of Remembrance
Llanafan (with Llanfihangel Brynpabuan)
Wednesday, 14th
November 2.30pm Caerwnon Park Social Club
Songs of Praise for Remembrance
Thursday November 22nd
10.30am Llanyre MU Branch Eucharist
Sunday, November 25th
: Christ the King 9.30am Family Eucharist Newbridge-on-Wye
9.30am Morning Prayer Cwmbach Llechrhyd
11.00am Holy Eucharist Llanyre
Regular Parish Events:
Tuesdays:
Llanyre Llamas: Pre School Group
Llanyre Church Hall: 1.30-3.00pm
Wednesdays:
Morning Prayer 8.30am
Holy Eucharist: 10.00am: Newbridge
Thursdays: 10.30am: Holy Eucharist: Llanyre
Fridays:
Llanyre Youth Club: Church Hall: 6.00-8.00pm
From the Marriage Registers: Sonia Jones and James Owens were married at St.
Afan’s Church Llanafan Fawr on 22nd
September.
I’m confident that this will be a marriage that hits
the heights, as it began with a helicopter flight!!
Keeping their feet firmly on the ground, Chris
Heath and Hazel Phillips were married at Cabin
Lane Church, Oswestry on 29th
September.
To Sonia and James, Chris and Hazel we send our
heartfelt congratulations and love and prayers for
a happy and successful marriage.
Mothers’ Union: Llanyre Branch are holding
their annual meeting on
Wednesday 7th
November
in Llanyre Church Hall at
2.30pm. members, old new
and prospective are all
warmly welcome.
Newbridge and Cwmbach Branch are also
meeting in Llanyre this month for afternoon tea
and readings at the Vicarage on 21st November.
Llanyre, Newbridge-on-Wye, Cwmbach Llechrhyd, Llanfihangel Helygen, Llanafan Fawr & Llanfihangel Brynpabuan
Revd Ben Griffith, 2 Highbury Fields, Llanyre, LD1 6NF, Tel: 01597 823321, Email: [email protected]
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The Parishes of the Irfon Valley & Blaenau Irfon
Dear Friends As summer dies and winter begins we are invited to
practice the discipline of remembering those who have
gone before us. Our ancestors in faith, Saints, those men
and women who have given and continue to give their
lives for justice and peace and those whom we have loved
who are no longer with us. It is the season of All Hallows,
the honouring of those who have died.
In his book ‘Western Attitudes to Death’, Philippe Ariés
explores the way in which European attitudes to death
have changed from the middle ages until the 20th
Century. In doing so he observes that the further removed
from death and dying we have become, the more we feel
that we have tamed death with its accompanying physical
process and pain. In fact he asserts that since death moved
into institutions, such as the hospital and we have
therefore become less familiar with death and dying
within our homes and local communities. This has not had
the desired ‘taming’ effect, rather it has made death and
with it the dying person and their experience, wild,
dangerous, polluting and frightening. Or as Mary Douglas
might put it, death ‘is matter out of place’.
If this is true, and I think for many of us it is, it is not
surprising that people also feel isolated and lonely in
their grief. Partly because to some extent grief is a
uniquely individual experience by virtue of its rupturing
of a particular relationship, as well as in a shared
relationship and partly because people keep their distance.
Perhaps they have no experience of death, or fear saying
or doing the wrong thing. The latter might seem annoying
or cowardly, but there may also be something reverential
about it, perhaps awareness that this is holy ground which
needs to be approached appropriately.
Staying with that image of Holy Ground and its
source in the biblical book of Exodus, I find it helpful
to hold on to the following when preparing to visit
those who are newly bereaved
1. To recognise that whether the bereaved had a faith or not,
this place of brokenness and vulnerability is a ‘thin place’ or
holy place where God is present in the pain and loss.
2. To go unafraid to face and hold the pain and reality that
the bereaved are living with. Holding the reverence and fear
generated by approaching ‘holy ground’ in tension.
3. To demonstrate how holy this situation is by listening
attentively to the following: the events that culminated in
the death of the departed, what the person meant to the
bereaved (with all the joys and difficulties) and so find their
understanding of God in the context of their bereavement.
So as we find ourselves perplexed, amused and
perhaps even irritated by the ‘trick or treaters’ on All
Hallows Eve (Halloween), perhaps we can see their
activities as an opportunity to confront our untamed
fear of death, seeing it instead as holy ground and so
bless them for reminding us of all those beloved
people whose lives have blessed and inspired us.
Lucyann
SERVICES Saturday 3
rd November 7pm St. Cadmarch’s
A reflective service for All Souls.
4th
November. Kingdom 1 9.30am EOD LA
11am St. James Morning Prayer JA
11.15am Llanganten Morning Prayer Team
11.15am Llanlleonfel LA
Monday 5th
6pm-8pm Fireworks in Llangammarch in the field opposite
‘Glan yr Afon’ on road towards Cefn Growydd.
Bonfire will be lit at 6pm. Hot food available.
11th
November
Remembrance Sunday at 10.45am Joint Benefice Service of Remembrance at Eglys
Oen Duw, Beulah to be followed by laying of
wreaths at the War Memorial in Llanwrtyd.
2-5pm Irfon Valley Christmas Fayre in Garth Hall
18th
November. Prisoner’s Sunday 9.30am EOD LA
11am St. James Rev Andrew Tweed
11.15am Llanganten LA
11.15am Llanfechan Rev Nigel Hall
Baptism of Noah Cotterill at 3pm in Llanlleonfel
Parish Church LA
25th
November. Christ the King 9.30am EOD YP
9.30am St. Cadmarch LA
11am St. James
3pm St. James Baptism of Rose Parry LA
2nd
December. First Sunday in Advent 9.30am EOD LA
11am St. James Morning Prayer Barbara Hill
11.15am Llanganten Morning Prayer JA
11.15am Llanlleonfel LA
Advent Carol Service at St. Cadmarch’s 7.30pm
This month we celebrate The baptisms of Rose
Parry and Noah Cotterill and mourn the death of
Enid Lennard.
St Cadmarch’s, Llangammarch Wells; The Parish Church, Llanlleonfel, Garth; St Afan’s, Llanfechan; St Cannen’s,
Llanganten, Cilmery; St. James’, Llanwrtyd Wells; St. David’s, Llanwrtyd; St David’s Tirabad; Eglwys Oen Duw, Beulah;
Revd Lucyann Ashdown, The Rectory, Llangammarch Wells, Tel: 01591 620 244, Email: [email protected]
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The Parishes of the Irfon Valley & Blaenau Irfon
Operation Christmas Child
Shoe Box Collection Please return filled show boxes to
1 Tai cae mawr, Llanwrytd by 10th November.
Contact Ann Stocker on 01591 610231
MOTHERS UNION COFFEE MORNING @ St James Llanwrtyd. 10-12 midday. All welcome.
Those of you who have knitted squares for Uganda
please bring ready for posting
Côr Meibion
CWMANN Male Voice Choir
Soloist Kees Huysmans (Baritone)
(a winner at the last two National Eisteddfods)
will give a concert
in the Victoria Hall, Llanwrtyd Wells
at 7.30 pm on Saturday 27th
October
Proceeds to Blaenau Irfon Benefice and the Miriam Dean
Fund, a charity that reaches out to the world’s poorest &
most marginalised people.
Tickets £8
Contact John Rowlands 01591 610359
PRISONS PRISONS PRISONS PRISONS WEEKWEEKWEEKWEEK by Revd. Carolyn Hall (continued from front page)
One day a remarkable thing happened which gave him hope
and helped him to endure his ordeal. He wrote, ‘I was being
kept in strict solitary confinement and had been totally
alone for two or three years. I was not allowed to have any
news whatsoever of the outside world nor did I have
anything to read. The only words I uttered to another
human being were to my guard when he brought me a
simple meal three times a day. One day he came into my
cell and handed me something. I couldn’t see what it was as
whenever he entered I had to wear a blindfold. After he had
left I saw he had given me a postcard on which was written
a simple message of encouragement from someone I didn’t
know. I turned the card over and it showed John Bunyan in
prison, sitting at a desk with a pen in his hand gazing out
across the city of Bedford. I remember thinking: “Bunyan,
you’re a lucky fellow. You have a pen and paper, you have
your own clothes and you can see outside your cell.” All
these things were denied me.’
The picture on the postcard was of a stained glass window
from Bunyan’s Free Assembly Church in Bedford. John
Bunyan had been imprisoned for preaching at a time when
this was illegal for anyone other than ordained clergy of the
Church of England. Because he would not desist from
preaching he was held for twelve years in Bedford Gaol,
being released in 1672 when laws on religious observance
were relaxed. While he was in prison he began writing The
Pilgrim’s Progress. The example of John Bunyan’s
imprisonment must have been an inspiration to Terry
Waite, but more important to him was what was written on
the other side of the postcard. Terry Waite wrote, ‘It said,
“Don’t give up, many people are thinking of you.” It was
signed Joy Crozier, the address to which it had been sent
had been obliterated and just had my name on it. Years later
when I came out I made a radio broadcast and I asked the
person who had sent me the card to get in touch and sure
enough a lady by the name of Joy Crozier got in touch. By
then I knew that hundreds of cards had been sent to me but
only this one had got through. I said to Joy, “Where did you
send the card to as it was remarkable that it got through.”
Quite simply she said, “I just sent it to Terry Waite c/o
Hezbolah, Party of God, Lebanon.” It got through,
remarkable! But that little card, that little gesture, brought
some hope. I had thought, at that point, that everyone on the
other side would have forgotten about me by now – and to
be assured that there were people still thinking and still
remembering what happened to me!’
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, writes,
‘One of the most serious aspects of being in prison can be
the sense of isolation and even abandonment, and one of the
most effective witnesses that can be given to prisoners is
the assurance that they are not forgotten. “When I was in
prison, you visited me,” says Jesus and this tells us two
things – that Jesus is already with those in prison, as he is
with all who live in loneliness (including the loneliness of
self-reproach or self-hatred); and that he is waiting for us
there. I hope and pray that this years’ Prisons Week will
help us all to connect with the Jesus who waits for us in
prison, and that those undergoing imprisonment will feel
confident that they are accompanied in prayer and
compassion by the Lord and his servants.
St Cadmarch’s, Llangammarch Wells; The Parish Church, Llanlleonfel, Garth; St Afan’s, Llanfechan; St Cannen’s,
Llanganten, Cilmery; St. James’, Llanwrtyd Wells; St. David’s, Llanwrtyd; St David’s Tirabad; Eglwys Oen Duw, Beulah;
Revd Lucyann Ashdown, The Rectory, Llangammarch Wells, Tel: 01591 620 244, Email: [email protected]
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A radical vision for ChurchA radical vision for ChurchA radical vision for ChurchA radical vision for Church
A radical new vision for the future of the Church in Wales is set out in the Harries Review. Supersize parishes run
by teams of vicars and lay people, creative ideas for ensuring churches stay at the heart of their communities and
investing further in ministry to young people are among the report’s recommendations following an independent
root and branch review.
The Church in Wales commissioned the review a year ago to address some of its challenges and to ensure it was fit
for purpose as it faced its centenary in 2020. The Review Group held public meetings in all of the six Welsh
dioceses – at Cardiff, Abergavenny, Carmarthen, Bangor, St Asaph and Brecon - between November 2011 and
January this year. People were also invited to send in written submissions. Separate meetings were held with senior
clergy from each diocese, bishops’ advisers, ordinands and staff from Wales’ theological college, St Michael’s
College, Cardiff, and senior staff from the Representative Body. In March they met a delegation of young people
from across the Church to hear their views. At the open meetings people were asked what aspect of both their
diocese and the Church they felt most positive about and what changes they would like to see to make its ministry
more effective. They were also asked how they would address challenges such as the predicted fall in clergy
numbers and financial resources.
The review group was made up of three experienced people in ministry and church management who examined its
structures and ministry and heard evidence from the public meetings across Wales. The Review Group were: Lord
(Richard) Harries of Pentregarth, former Bishop of Oxford, who chaired it; Professor Charles Handy, former
professor of the London Business School; and Professor Patricia Peattie, first chairwoman of the Lothian
University Hospitals NHS Trust and former Chair of the Episcopal Church in Scotland’s Standing Committee.
Their report has been presented to the Church’s Governing Body for consideration and the Diocese is holding an
open meeting for ALL churchgoers to comment on 06 November at 19.00 in Brecon Cathedral.
The report makes 50 recommendations which include:
• Parishes replaced by much larger ‘ministry areas’ which would mirror the catchment areas of secondary
schools, where possible, and be served by a team of clergy and lay people;
• Creative use of church buildings to enable them to be used by the whole community;
• Training lay people to play a greater part in church leadership;
• Investing more in ministry for young people;
• Developing new forms of worship to reach out to those unfamiliar with church services;
• Encouraging financial giving to the church through tithing.
The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, has welcomed the report. He said, “We are enormously indebted to
the Review Group because it has absorbed a great deal of information about us as a church in a short period of time
and has made some very perceptive and insightful
comments and recommendations. I am also grateful to
members of the Church in Wales who in large numbers
have enthusiastically engaged with the process. We, as a
church, will have to give serious consideration to this
report and its recommendations from parish up to province
and decide where we go from here.”
Lord Harries said, “The Review Team found the Church
in Wales to be very warm and welcoming and there are
many good things happening. But in order to serve the
people of Wales effectively, particularly its young people,
we believe some radical re-thinking is necessary.”
The full report is online at www.churchinwales.org.uk/review.
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