Parish News
Rudry Kids' Club
had a very bracing walk to the top of Rudry Common to celebrate Ascension Day. We finished a fun evening of games and discussion with a feast of sausages cooked to perfection.
Ros Murray
Diamond Wedding
Peggy and Goronwy James celebrated their diamond wedding and Peggy’s 80th birthday at the Maes Manor Hotel. Despite being stricken with MS twenty seven years ago, Peggy has always worshipped at St Sannan’s, Bedwellty and was enrolling member of the Mothers’ Union for some ten years. Goronwy was churchwarden for some thirty three years with Peggy always by his side.
With them in this photo is Revd David Jones, Area Dean of Bedwellty and Edwina Samuel, churchwarden at Abercarn.
ARCHBISHOP’S AWARD FOR CHURCH MUSIC
On March 23rd, Graham Pratt celebrated sixty five years as a chorister at St. Paul’s church, Newbridge. He joined the choir in March 1942 at the age of eight.
In recognition of dedicated service he was awarded the Archbishop’s Award for Church Music on Saturday, 18th March 2006, at Brecon Cathedral by Bishop Anthony .
By One, Get One Free at the Summer Festival, Portskewett
Planning a summer festival seemed like a good idea at the time, it was cold and miserable and it was January. Then the time came and it was cold and wet and it was June but we weren’t miserable. The ‘I am’ Spiritual Journey in St. Mary’s was complemented by a tastefully arranged flower festival. There were cream teas and local strawberries on the vicarage lawn, with live music, a balloon race and much, much more. The rain held off just long enough on both Thursday and Friday mornings for the 120 junior children of Archbishop Rowan Williams school, the class teachers and the head teacher, to do the ‘journey’ in church. The comments of the children in the visitor’s book tell it all! The event was opened by Archdeacon Glyndwr and many visitors came and braved the elements, encountering God in and through the ‘journey’, in the pleasant and peaceful surroundings of St Mary’s church.
Pam Richards