Special Services & Events

6th       The Rural Decanol Conference will be held in St David’s Church Hall, Meidrim at 7.30pm.

9th       There will be a civil service to mark the end of the year of office for Cllr Dr. Mike Fletcher, Mayor of St Clears in St Mary’s Church at 6.00pm.

12th     The Mothers’ Union Festival for our Archdeaconry will be at 7.00pm in St Peter’s Church, Carmarthen.  The Guest Preacher will be the Revd Euryl Howells, Chaplain of Glangwili Hospital.  This service is for ALL members of the MU.  Please bring a green prayer book with you.

JUNE 29th.      There will be a Royal British Legion Veterans Day Service for Carmarthen County in St Mary’s Church at 3.00pm.  As  County Chaplain I shall be leading the service which is open to all service veterans to attend.

Vicar’s Thanks.

I would like to thank all who gave towards my Easter offering this year.  This is greatly appreciated and I am grateful for your continued support of the four churches.  Diolch o galon i chwi gyd.

Obegrammergau 2010

It was the dream of the late Revd Richard Thomas to lead a parish trip, plus friends, to Oberammergau in 2010, so to fulfil his dream a trip has been arranged for August 2010.

The trip will take 10 days:-

Day 1 – St Clears – Liege

Day 2 -            Liege via Cologne ( visiting the cathedral) to Boppard.

Day 3 – Boppard – Rhine cruise, then on to Oberammergau.

Day 4 – The Play

Day 5 -  Oberammergau to Alpbach.

Day 6 – Alpbach – Salzburg – Obendorf – Alpbach

Day 7 – Alpbach – Innsbruck – Vipiteno  via the Europa Bridge) – Alpbach.

Day 8 – Alpbach – St Anton – Feldkirch – Freiburg

Day 9 – Freiburg – Reims

Day 10 – Reims – St Clears.

Dinner, Bed & Breakfast throughout. In Oberammergau – full board.

The cost will be around £1000.

If anyone is interested to go on this journey, please contact either:-

Beti Thomas, 4 Lon Fair, St Clears, Carms. SA33 4EA.

Tel No: 01994 230686

Or

Revd B Witt, The Vicarage, St Clears, Carms. SA33 4EE

Tel No: 01994 230266

With a deposit of £100, payable to St Mary’s Church, St Clears by 31st May, 2008.

From the Registers

Jesus said, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.”

March 31st       Thomas Lewis, Newton Villa, St Clears

April 1st           Jim Lloyd, 68, Llanmilo Estate

         4th          Mary Turner, formerly of The Hermitage, St Clears

         7th          Joyce Griffith, High Firs, Llanddowror

We pray God’s blessing upon the families who mourn the loss of loved ones over recent weeks.  We especially remember Margaret and the family of Jim Lloyd, who collapsed in St Teilo’s Church on Easter Sunday morning.  May God support and comfort you in your loss.  We also pray for all who are sick, suffering or in need of God’s healing love in Jesus.

St Mary’s

Easter Vestry. There was no change to the Church officials this year, and the Vicar thanked everyone for their work over the last year.  We discussed various fund raising events for the year and the details will be announced accordingly.

Mothers’ Union. Fashion Show with a difference will be held on Wednesday 21st May, at 7.00pm in Ysgol Griffith Jones.  This will be given by and in aid of Plant Dewi Charity Shop.  Plant Dewi is the children’s charity set up by our dioceses to help children within our area.  It will be run by Mrs Muriel Jones, and the compere for the evening is Mr Sulwyn Thomas.  There is no entry fee but there will be a raffle.  MU members from other branches are welcome.

Mothers’ Union Festival. The festival for our Archdeaconry will be held on Monday, 12th May at 7.00pm in St Peter’s Church, Carmarthen.  The guest preacher is the Revd Euryl Howells, Chaplain of Glangwili Hospital.

Horse Racing.  This was held in The Forge Function room on April 11th, and was a great success both financially and socially.  The sum raised was approx £1376.  Many thanks to all who helped to put this evening on, and to those who helped on the night. Thank you to the Hill family at The Forge for all their help, and Mr Ben Evans for providing the screen etc for the evening.  Many thanks to Rowland for organising and taking charge on the evening.

Llanddowror

Mothers’ Union. Please remember the festival on May 12th at St Peter’s Carmarthen, at 7.00pm.

Easter Vestry. Treasurer.  At our last meeting Jessie Thomas retired after 22years as treasurer of St Teilo’s Church.  Jessie was thanked by the Rector and also by the former rector Canon Graham Edwards for all her hard work with the very responsible job as Treasurer. On Easter Sunday morning, the Rector presented Jessie with a gift voucher by way of gratitude from St Teilo’s.  The new treasurer is Isobel Protheroe, and we thank Isobel for taking on this work and wish her well.

Llanfihangel

Easter Vestry. The church officials remain unchanged for this year, and I am grateful to them all for their work. We are very pleased to see the spire looking so good and we hope to now turn our attention to repairing the roof.  To this end we discussed fundraising and have decided on a concert of local talent, to be held on Friday 2nd May at 7.00pm in Ysgol Griffith Jones.  We are moving our annual BBQ from August to earlier in the year, and so this will take place in the church field on Saturday 24th May.  We hope there will be good support for both these events.

Mothers’ Union. At the recently held AGM, Vilma Evans retired as our Branch leader.  Vilma has been leader for 6 years, and has been very active in promoting the Mothers’ Union work over this period, particularly of course with raising funds for the MU centre in Swaziland.  Diolch o galon i chwi Vilma, am eich waith i’r Undeb y Mamau. As Vicar I have appointed Heather as the new Branch leader and we have also changed our meeting day to the 4th Tuesday of the month.  Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, 27th May at 2.00pm.  We shall have a Corporate Communion and Admission Service in church, followed by tea in the Hall. MU members are reminded of the Festival on Monday 12th May at 7.00pm in St Peter’s, Carmarthen.

Churchyard. We are a little concerned at the condition of some graves and gravestones in the churchyard.  It is the responsibility of families to maintain these in good order, and so can I please ask you to check the condition of your family graves, and if necessary to make arrangements to have them repaired.  This will help us to keep the churchyard safe and looking good. Thank you.

Llangynin

Easter Vestry.  At our annual meeting Jayne Rees retired as people’s warden and secretary. The Vicar thanked Jayne for all her hard work and support to the church in this particular post as warden. In her place Clive Evans has been elected as People’s Warden and I thank Clive for taking on this position within the life of St Cynnin’s church.  Heulwen Reese was appointed as secretary.

Workday.  It was suggested we held a WORK DAY far as many as possible to come together and tackle odd jobs and any tidying up that needs doing both inside and outside the church.  We appeal to as many as are able to come along, and if you are not fit enough to join in, you might like to sponsor some part of the repair work needed.  We shall meet on Saturday 10th May from 10.00am onwards.

Mothers’ Union. We met at Jayne Rees’s home to organise our programme for the rest of the year, and members are reminded of the MU festival at St Peter’s Carmarthen on Monday 12th May at 7.00pm, and please bring a prayer book with you.  The next branch meeting will be on Monday, 19th May at 7.30pm in Heulwen Reese’s home, and the guest speaker will be the Revd Gilbert Hooper.