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Holy Trinity Church, St. Tudno’s Church, Mostyn Street Great Orme Sundays 11.00 am Open Air Service (Sun 8.00 am Holy Eucharist from end of May to end of September) 10.30 am Sung Eucharist (1st, 3 rd & th On the first Sunday of 4 Sundays) each month, the service is Matins followed by followed by a shortened shortened Eucharist (2nd Eucharist in the church. Sunday) 6.00 pm Exploring Worship – in Church Hall (2nd Sunday Please check the Calendar for of month unless notified the month on pages 8 and 9 otherwise) for any additional services or amendments. Weekdays 9.00 am Holy Eucharist (Wed) Parish of Llandudno 11.00 am Holy Eucharist (Thurs) Plwyf Llandudno Holy Eucharist in Welsh Registered Charity No. 1131171 (Sat)

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Sun 1st Fifth Sunday after Trinity 1st Sunday in July 8.00 am Holy Eucharist 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 10.30 am Junior Church in Church Hall 11.00 am Open-air Service at St. Tudno’s followed by a Shortened Eucharist There is no 6.00 pm Exploring Worship today 8.00 pm Men Who Sing concert (Warrington MVC) Mon 2nd 9.30 am Parent and Toddlers’ Group Tue 3rd 10.00 am Cytûn Julian Group at Stella Maris Wed 4th Thomas, Apostle (Transferred from Tue 3rd) 9.00 am Holy Eucharist 10.00 am Coffee Morning 7.00 pm Gospel Songs of Elvis Concert with Wynne Roberts Thurs 5th 10.30 am Guild of Health and St. Raphael prayers for healing 11.00 am Holy Eucharist 6.30 pm Performance by the Fort Walton (USA) Community Chorus Fri 6th 7.30 pm Bell ringing practice Sat 7th 11.00 am Yr Offeren Sun 8th Sixth Sunday after Trinity – Sea Sunday 2nd Sunday in July 8.00 am Holy Eucharist 10.30 am Choral Matins followed by a Shortened Eucharist 10.30 am Junior Church in Church Hall 11.00 am Open-air Service at St. Tudno’s There is no 6.00 pm Exploring Worship today 8.00 pm Men Who Sing concert (Cor Meibion ) Mon 9th 9.30 am Parent and Toddlers’ Group Tue 10th 1.00 pm Organ Concert (Paul Carr) All services/activi- 7.30 pm Compline by Candlelight at St. Tudno’s ties will take part in Wed 11th 9.00 am Holy Eucharist Holy Trinity Church/ 10.00 am Coffee Morning inc 150 Club Draw Church Hall unless Thurs 12th 10.00 am Guild of Health and St. Raphael meeting indicated otherwise. 11.00 am Holy Eucharist with Ministry of Healing Entries in grey are Fri 13th 9.00 am Friends’ of St. Tudno’s Pilgrimage organised by others 7.30 pm Bell ringing practice and are printed for Sat 14th 11.00 am Yr Offeren information only. Sun 15th Seventh Sunday after Trinity 3rd Sunday in July 8.00 am Holy Eucharist 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 10.30 am Junior Church in Church Hall 11.00 am Open-air Service at St. Tudno’s There is no 6.00 pm Exploring Worship today 8.00 pm Men Who Sing concert (Cor Meibion Maelgwyn) Mon 16th 9.30 am Parent and Toddlers’ Group

8 Wed 18th 9.00 am Holy Eucharist 10.00 am Coffee Morning Thurs 19th 10.30 am Guild of Health and St. Raphael prayers for healing 11.00 am Holy Eucharist Fri 20th 7.30 pm Bell ringing practice Sat 21st 11.00 am Yr Offeren Sun 22nd Mary Magdalene (Trinity 8) 4th Sunday in July 8.00 am Holy Eucharist 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 10.30 am Junior Church in Church Hall 11.00 am Open-air Service at St. Tudno’s There is no 6.00 pm Exploring Worship today 8.00 pm Men Who Sing concert (Cor Meibion Dyffyrn Peris) Mon 23rd 9.30 am Parent and Toddlers’ Group Wed 25th James, Apostle 9.00 am Holy Eucharist 10.00 am Coffee Morning Thurs 26th 10.30 am Guild of Health and St. Raphael prayers for healing 11.00 am Holy Eucharist Fri 27th 7.30 pm Bell ringing practice Sat 28th 11.00 am Yr Offeren Sun 29th Ninth Sunday after Trinity 5th Sunday in July 8.00 am Holy Eucharist 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 10.30 am Junior Church in Church Hall 11.00 am Open-air Service at St. Tudno’s There is no 6.00 pm Exploring Worship today 8.00 pm Men Who Sing concert (Audley MVC) Mon 30th 9.30 am Parent and Toddlers’ Group August Wed 1st 9.00 am Holy Eucharist 10.00 am Coffee Morning Thurs 2nd 10.30 am Guild of Health and St. Raphael prayers for healing 11.00 am Holy Eucharist Fri 3rd 7.30 pm Bell ringing practice Sat 4th 10.00 am Open Day at St. Tudno’s (to 5.00 pm) 11.00 am Yr Offeren Sun 5th Tenth Sunday after Trinity 1st Sunday in August 8.00 am Holy Eucharist 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 10.30 am Junior Church in Church Hall 11.00 am Open-air Service at St. Tudno’s followed by a Shortened Eucharist There is no 6.00 pm Exploring Worship today 8.00 pm Men Who Sing concert (Orthopaedic Hospital MVC) Mon 6th 9.30 am Parent and Toddlers’ Group Tue 7th 10.00 am Cytûn Julian Group at Stella Maris 1.00 pm Lunchtime Organ Concert (Norman Rimmer)

9 Letter From the Vicar

Can I begin by thanking those and ideas about how we people who have worked so can best work together to hard during the Interregnum further the ministry of the to keep things ticking over; Church in this place. This will especially those retired clergy involve conversations with who offered support by tak- people about their hopes and ing services and the church vision for Holy Trinity and St. wardens who have worked Tudno’s so that a detailed so hard at maintaining the picture can emerge over time church over these past seven that all will feel able to rec- months. ognise, to give their consent to and to own. My role is to try and enable these The task at hand for us as a fledgling two church communities to deeper ministry area is to produce a mission their discipleship and to enable the statement about how we are address- people of God to be the people God ing the three diocesan priorities of is calling us to become. • worshipping God, At the minute so much is new, and I • growing the church, and must beg your forbearance and pa- • loving the world. tience as I feel my way into becoming As disciples of Christ our first call is to your spiritual leader. Please pray for glorify and enjoy God – to offer all of us as a family as we settle into your our lives to God in service for blessing, midst and journey with you in what and to acknowledge that everything will be both exciting and challenging comes from God and belongs to God. times ahead. Secondly, we are called to deepen and Yours in Christ share our faith in God with others – so that the Church grows numerically and Andrew grows in spirituality and grace. Thirdly, as disciples of Christ, we are called to love the world by selfless acts of giving and generous attitudes – to love the world by showing and living the hope of the Cross and Resurrection. To help in this work, I’ll be producing a questionnaire to help get your views

10 News and Notices

Month of Pilgrim Prayer at St. to its proper place in our lives and to Tudno’s: Daily in August 2018 centre our lives once more on God. It would be nice to offer the Pilgrim/ “This is why pilgrimage and places of Visitor/Spiritual Seeker something pilgrimage are so important to us. They more in August than the weekly out- are not escapes from the world – pil- door service on a Sunday morning so grims are real people who journey to I’m proposing piloting a daily prayer real places. But they are opportunities time at St.Tudno’s every day at midday for us to find space and peace to reflect using a book written by the late Jim on our lives and our relationship with Cotter called Pilgrim Prayer. God so that we can help refocus on them. For some, a pilgrimage may be a Pilgrim Prayer is a bilingual resource that physical journey, others will make their was translated into Welsh by Cynthia pilgrimage where they are, embarking Davies, wife of the late Bishop Saunders. on a spiritual journey within the pattern It has a Celtic flavour, more precisely of their daily lives. the tradition of the spirituality of Wales. The imagery of the pilgrim path is wo- ven through psalms, biblical readings, poems, hymns, and prayers. At the heart of the praying a period of silence is sug- gested – not to be reduced to a pause by the impatient and anxious. One way of praying the psalms is to pause after each line and, as it were, hear the echo of the line come back to you in the silence before going on to the next... In his Foreword to the book, Arch- bishop writes: “Why do we need to go somewhere special to pray? In an ideal world prayer would be as much part of our daily lives as work or play. But the pressures we face, day by day, can very quickly push prayer to the bottom of our list of priorities. We need help to restore it

11 “Too often as a church we tell people Service to Celebrate New Vicar to pray without giving them much sup- and Associate Vicar port to do this. The carefully written Holy Trinity Church (Llandudno) was and selected prayers and readings and full on the evening of Sunday 3 June to psalms in Pilgrim Prayer provide thought- welcome the Reverend Andrew Sully ful and challenging resources which will and Archdeacon Mary Stallard. be of enormous benefit to the user. But also there is a real sense of sharing in The Reverend Andrew Sully was li- the vision, faith and encouragement of censed and inducted as the new Vicar our brothers and sisters in Christ from and Ministry Area Leader of Llandudno every generation – fellow pilgrims who at a special service to celebrate the share with us the vision of God and start of his new ministry there. The their faith, We do not journey alone – Llandudno Ministry Area serves the we are surrounded and supported by northern part of Llandudno and the so great a cloud of witnesses.” Great Orme, and includes Holy Trin- ity Church in the town centre and St. I’m looking for volunteers to lead it Tudno’s Church, which is on the Great after the first week, when I’ll start Orme. things off... The - the Right Rev- Andrew erend Andy John - lead the service, during which the Venerable Mary Stal- lard, the new ,

Retired and visiting clergy in the Memorial Chapel.

12 was licensed as an Associate Vicar in Llandudno. Andrew and Mary are mar- ried and have two daughters, Joanna and Carys. Mary will combine her new ministry in Lla- ndudno with be- ing Archdeacon of Bangor. The service was attended by mem- bers of Cytûn Lla- ndudno, as well as civic dignitaries. Mary Stallard and Andy Herrick, the Archdeacons of Bangor and Pupils from Ysgol respectively; Andrew Sully and Matthew Corbett-Jones. 13 The scene is set. San Siôr, the primary school in Llandudno, also took part with a presentation for the Rev An- drew Sully. Andrew was born in Germany and brought up in Newport. He studied History and Theology at Southampton and trained for ordained ministry at the Queen’s College, Birmingham. His M Phil thesis focused on the poetry of RS Thomas. Following a curacy in Newport, Andrew became incumbent of the Parish of Llanafan y Trawscoed with Llanfihangel y Creuddyn with Ysbyty Ystwyth and Gwnnws in the Diocese of St. Davids, where he also served as Diocesan Ecumenical Officer. In 2002, Andrew became Vicar of the The Right Reverend installs Rectorial Benefice of St. Asaph, also Andrew Sully and Mary Stallard as Vicar serving for a time as the North Wales and Associate Vicar, respectively, of Llandudno.

14 Carys and Joanna Stallard read the lessons. Field Officer of Cytûn: Churches To- Since 2006, Andrew has been Vicar of gether in Wales, and as a member of the Llangollen, Trevor & Llantysilio, a role Diocesan Parish Renewal & Develop- he has combined with service to the ment team. Provincial Environment Group CHASE, the diocesan link with the Diocese of

The Mayor of Llandudno, Councillor David Hawkins, is introduced.

15 The Archdeacon of Anglesey introduces the new clergy and their family. Shown in addition to Carys and Joanna are Mary Stallard’s parents, the Revd Charles and Daphne Stallard. South West Tanganyika, and chaplaincy Speaking of his appointment as Ministry ministry at Llangollen Cottage Hospital Area Leader of Llandudno, Andrew and Ysbyty Maelor. said: ‘I’ve spent a decade and more ministering to tourists and visitors to Andrew’s ministry has been marked by Llangollen, a town where Wales wel- a deep and long-standing commitment comes the world. Llandudno has even to the liturgical and spiritual renewal more visitors as North Wales’s premier pioneered by the Taizé Community seaside town, and so the opportunity and the ecumenical movement, and of welcoming and connecting with a more recently by work to reimagine large number of new people gives the adult spirituality through the work of Church a huge opportunity of present- modern writers, spiritual teachers and ing Christianity to people in a vibrant film-makers. Andrew, a Welsh-language and fresh way. learner, is now a fluent Welsh speaker. ‘Having been fortunate to have worked Andrew’s interests include cycling, with some outstanding musicians and swimming, film and theatre, the Green- choirs in recent years, I’m particularly belt festival, poetry, real ale, the En- looking forward to being part of the neagram, men’s spirituality, gardening, fine musical tradition at Holy Trinity Pilates, singing, meditation, Scandinavia Church. Good music gives worship its and pilgrimage. texture and depth.

16 Mary Stallard, Bishop Andy, and Andrew Sully. The opportunities to develop links with Looking forward to the service, the the local schools and uniformed organi- Bishop of Bangor, the Right Reverend sations, to be part of the ministry of Andy John, said, ‘Andrew brings great the Sunday School, and to share in the experience to his new role in Llan- pastoral care of all within the church dudno. His ministry has been marked and without are all things that make me by a desire to find new ways to make excited by what lies ahead.’ Christianity and Church relevant, and commitment to ecumenism and en- vironmental issues, all of which is un- derpinned with his interest in Taizé and spirituality. I’m really looking forward to seeing how Llandudno develops under Andrew’s ministry. Please do pray for Andrew and Mary, the people of Llandudno, as well as the people of Llangollen.’ This article previously appeared on the website of the . It has A reception was held after the service. been reproduced with permission.

17 cese of Bangor. He is now completing his studies on a three-year course in Kampala to be- come a consultant paediatrician back in Lango, and people in the Diocese of Bangor are raising money to help with his studies.

Wynne Roberts and Dr. James. If Wynne Roberts appears familiar, readers may have seen him in the Welsh Forthcoming Events in Holy news recently at the Annual Elvis Festi- Trinity val at Porthcawl. • The Gospel Songs of Elvis The entrance fee is £10. On Wednesday 4 July at 7.30 pm at Please do come along for an excellent Holy Trinity, the Revd Wynne Roberts, evening on US Independance Day. a chaplain at Ysbyty , performs Elvis’ Gospel Songs to raise money for • Performance by the Fort Wal- the Dr. James Fund. ton Beach (USA) Community Chorus Dr. James is a hospital doctor in Lango, Uganda, whose whole education has Keeping up with the American theme, been paid for by people from the Dio- on the following day, 5 July, at 6.30 pm, Holy Trinity Church will be the venue for a performance by the Fort Walton Beach Community Chorus during its 2018 Tour to Ireland, Wales and London. Not a great deal of information has been forth- coming so your editor has con- sulted the FWB- CC website and discovered the following: ‘The Fort Walton Beach Community Chorus “family” share the love of singing with friends, family and neighbors. We present two shows

18 19 a year; an original production in the of the Church or in the hall. spring and a Christmas show during the I again thank everyone for your con- holiday season. Our goal is to entertain tinuing support in this project? both children and adults alike through our singing and dancing. Terry Dewar (Promoter) I have been told that the performance will last 30 to 45 minutes. Thanks Many thanks to my Church Family for 150 Club Report their love and concern to me following my recent operation. Enquiries, visits The draw for May was held during the and flowers have been very much ap- coffee morning on the 13th June 2018. preciated. I hope to be back with you The prize fund was £150 and the fol- in church very soon. lowing three winning numbers were Marion Heald drawn: 1st Number 114 M Jones (Peggy) £90 St. Tudno’s Church 2nd Number 60 On Sunday 20 May there was an open- Stephanie Searle £4 air service for Pentecost, which was led by Revd Mike Harrison. It was a fine, 3rd Number 91 warm morning and there was no wind Brian Smith £20 at all – which was unusual and almost We would like to congratulate all the disappointing for Pentecost! Daphne winners. Balchin played the keyboard and a can- ticle for Pentecost was sung in addition Since the club was started, we have now to the hymns which included “Breathe paid out £8200 in prize money. On Me Breath of God” and “Father, An updated list of all the winners will Lord of All Creation”. The theme of be displayed on the notice boards in the address was the many types of love, the Church hall and inside the main which was particularly topical after the Church entrance. Royal Wedding the day before. Refer- ences were made to the Royal Wedding The next draw will take place on sermon by Bishop Michael Curry and Wednesday, 11 July 2018 during the his preaching about the need of the coffee morning about 11.00 am. world to be suffused with love. At the Should you want more details of the end of the service William read a letter 150 Club, you can find forms at the back which had been left in the church by

20 Open-air Eucharist at St. Tudno’s on 3 June. Jamilla and Justin, asking for our prayers gation of 21 at the open-air service, that somehow, they could stay together which was led by the Area Dean, Canon despite the immigration law that ap- Robert Townsend. Ray Stythe-Jones plied to them. After the very moving letter and prayers, an additional hymn “Lord of All Hopefulness” was sung to finish the service. On Sunday 27 May Mike Harrison again led the service with Daphne Balchin at the keyboard but this week the weather was poor, and the service was held in the church. As it was Trinity Sunday, Mike gave everyone pictures of different representations of the Trinity to look at during the sermon. Hymns included “Praise to the Holiest in the Height and “Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God”. We were very pleased to wel- come Revd Andrew Sully as one of the congregation of 15. On Sunday 3 June there was a congre- Canon Robert Townsend.

21 The Pilgrims outside Holy Trinity Church. played the keyboard for the hymns, Those who were unable to make the which included “Great is Thy Faithful- Pilgrimage were able to take part in ness” and God is Our Redeemer. The this act of worship and then rejoin shortened Eucharist service which the Pilgrims at St. Tudno’s. The Pilgrims followed was, for the first time, held walked along the Prom and climbed up outside – it is normally too windy to do this at St. Tudno’s but this was a beautiful, calm morning with just a little mist over the sea. St. Tudno’s Day, on Tuesday 5 June, was celebrated with the annual Pilgrimage walk and Eucharist. Andrew led the Pilgrimage, which began with prayers and contemplation in the Memorial Chapel of Holy Trinity at 10.00 am.

Under the laburnum arch. The Pilgrims arrive at St. Tudno’s.

22 sprinkled the Pilgrims with water from the Well. About 20 people took part in the Pilgrimage but numbers fluctu- ated as people joined or left the walk, depending upon how much they could manage. Twenty-eight people took part in the Eucharist service, including the Deputy Mayor of Llandudno, Cllr Angie O’Grady, and her consort, who represented Llandudno Town Council. Andrew and Mary were welcomed to St. Tudno’s and then celebrated the Eucharist. After a misty start, the Andrew and Mary celebrate their first Eucharist at St. Tudno’s. weather improved through the Pilgrim- age and many of those attending the to the Camera Obscura for the first Eucharist enjoyed a picnic lunch in the stop for prayers, looking back over sunshine afterwards. the town. The walk continued through Happy Valley, where the laburnum It was a very hot, sunny morning on arch was in full flower, up the Orme Sunday 10 June, with a misty haze over past the ski slope and the second stop the sea. Revd David Jenkins led the for prayers was made with St. Tudno’s service and it was lovely to be joined in the distance and skylarks singing by Archdeacon Mary. Daphne Balchin overhead. St. Tudno’s Well was visited played the keyboard for the congrega- by kind permission of the landowners tion of 28 and hymns included “For St. and during prayers at the Well Mary Tudno’s Strong Foundation” and “A

Enjoying a picnic lunch.

23 New Commandment”. Friends of St. Tudno’s Church The first service of Compline by Can- Many thanks to everyone who took dlelight for the season was held on part in the spring working party on Tuesday 12 June and was led by Andrew. Saturday 26 May, when the church and Compline is a short but beautiful and churchyard were prepared for the sum- peaceful service and is held once a mer season. The church was cleaned, month through the summer, with the glassware washed and brass polished, church lit only by candles. The next while the churchyard was “swept” for service will be on Tuesday 10 July at litter and the benches set out for the 7.30 pm. open-air services. Being able to open the new shutters on the shed made it Open air services continue at 11.00 am so much easier to see what we were each Sunday throughout the summer doing while getting the benches out! and a free taxi departs from Holy Trinity The flagpole rope had to be re-fitted at 10.30 am. On the first Sunday of the after a break, which necessitated lower- month, the open-air service is followed ing and raising the heavy flagpole, and by a shortened Eucharist. St. Tudno’s is we are pleased to see the Church in open every day and self guided church- Wales flag flying again. The grass had yard tours can followed using leaflets been cut, so as much as possible was available in the church and the lych gate. raked and removed to the compost Shirley Georgeson heap in the corner of the churchyard, to Christine Jones encourage the growth of wildflowers.

Reminiscent of Iwo Jima in 1945, the refitted flagpole being erected at St. Tudno’s.

24 Making hay whilst the sun shines. There will be two churchyard working parties in July to prepare for visits of the “Bloom” judges. This year Llan- Facilities at St. Tudno’s are limited (but we dudno is taking part in the Wales in did use a washing up bowl in the font!). Bloom and International Communities The international Bloom judges will be in Bloom competitions and St. Tudno’s visiting the churchyard on Thursday 12 churchyard is part of the judges’ route. July, from 12.05 - 12.45 pm, and if you The working parties will be after the would like to come along to meet the open-air service on Sunday 8 July and judges and help to tell them about the on the morning of Wednesday 11 July, churchyard you will be very welcome. starting at 10.00 am, and if you are able The Wales in Bloom judge will be visit- to come along to either (or both!) ing on Tuesday 17 July and this is usually your help would be much appreciated. a 10-minute visit but I do not yet have

The workers take a breather in the cool of St. Tudno’s Church.

25 the time, so please contact me if you and tea / coffee will be available at the would like to take part. King’s Head pub. From Llanrhaeadr we will climb (in the cars!) up to 1400’ (427 Members of the Committee had a m) above sea level to the Ponderosa “recce” on Saturday 16 July, to plan the Cafe at the head of the Horseshoe Pilgrimage which will be on 13 July. We Pass. Popular with motorcyclists, the had a very pleasant day learning about “recce” party found this to provide a the places we will be visiting – and variety of good value snacks and meals, choosing somewhere to eat! Please with fast service. We will then descend see the separate article for details of through the dramatic Horseshoe Pass the Pilgrimage. to the atmospheric ruins of Valle Cru- The annual open day at St. Tudno’s will cis Abbey, just outside Llangollen. After be on Saturday 4 August from 10.00 am exploring the Abbey we will continue to – 5. 00 pm. Members of the Friends will our final destination, nearby Llantysilio be at the church all day, to welcome visi- Church. There will be time here to look tors, serve refreshments and tell people around the church and take a walk to about the church and churchyard. the lovely Horseshoe Falls. During the day, Pilgrim Prayers will be said along The Friends are always pleased to the way and we will finish with a short welcome new members, so if you are service in Llantysilio church, after which interested in joining us please contact the people of the parish will very kindly me. serve tea and scones. Christine Jones Costs for the day will be as follow. Tea / coffee at Llanrhaeadr: £2.00. Lunch at the Ponderosa Cafe: various prices Friends of St. Tudno’s Pilgrimage starting at about £6.00 for sandwiches The Friends welcome you to join us and a cake. Entry to Valle Crucis Ab- for our Pilgrimage on Friday 13 July. bey: Adult £4.00; Senior £3.20; Cadw We will leave Holy Trinity at 9.00 am, card holders free. In addition, we will travelling first to St. Dyfnog’s Church be asking for a small donation to both at Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch, near churches which we will visit. If you Denbigh, where we will be given a would like to come on the Pilgrimage, tour of the church and an explanation please sign the list in Holy Trinity or St. of the beautiful Jesse Window, which Tudno’s, indicating whether you would dates from 1533. There will be an like or can offer lifts. If you would like opportunity to visit St. Dyfnog’s Well more information, please talk to Vernon but this is optional as the path is very or me. rough. While in the village, there will be Christine Jones a demonstration at the Anvil Pottery

26 Parish Fellowship Annual Outing then drove to Cemlyn, not an easy place to find, and spent some time on The photographs on this page were the reserve enjoying the fine weather taken during the Fellowship’s Annual and, so we were told, the Arctic terns Outing to Cemlyn on Anglesey on 22 in the distance. The only bird to present May. Cemlyn on the north-west coast himself for the benefit of our cameras of the island, is a bird sanctuary and a was a mallard. home to many migrating birds. We returned to After leaving Holy Trinity Church, the the Black Lion party made its way in individual cars to for a splendid the Black Lion pub at where buffet luncheon. it enjoyed tea and coffee. Members

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Weekday Eucharists to May 5th 22 May 6th 8.00 am Holy Eucharist 17 Easter 6 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 59 May 10th 11.00 am Holy Eucharist 18 Ascension Day 7.30 pm Holy Eucharist 9 Other Weekday Eucharists 16 May 13th 8.00 am Holy Eucharist 11 Easter 7 10.30 am Holy Eucharist 55 12.45 pm Shortened Eucharist 24 Other Weekday Eucharists 31 May 20th 8.00 am Holy Eucharist 11 Pentecost 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 86 + 10 Other Weekday Eucharists 28

May 27th 8.00 am Holy Eucharist 11 Trinity Sunday 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 155 + 12 Other Weekday Eucharists 25

From the Parish Pump

India – 7th State passes anti- to change their religion must first get conversion law permission from the state government. A seventh state in India has become ‘These so-called ‘Freedom of Religion’ the latest to pass an anti-conversion laws have exactly the opposite effect,’ law, which Christians say will be used says Paul Robinson of Release Inter- by right-wing Hindu nationalists to national, which supports persecuted persecute Christians. Christians around the world. The new law requires clergy who lead ‘They are intended to limit the freedom a person to Christ to give one month’s of individuals to change their faith, and notice before doing so, which will spark the freedom of Christians to share a police investigation into the proposed their faith. These laws are the result of conversion. And individuals wanting a hard-line Hindu backlash to prevent the spread of Christianity in India.’ 30 Christians in Uttarakhand who share China stops sales of Bible their faith could now face a jail sentence China appears to have banned the Bi- of up to five years. ble from being sold online, or in large Hindu militants are alarmed by the bookstores. This seems to have fol- spread of the Christian faith among the lowed tensions between China and the Dalit underclass. These so-called un- Vatican over who should have influence touchables, who fall beneath the caste in appointing bishops in China. system, are responding to the Christian Searches for Bibles on major e-com- message that they are loved and valued. merce platforms JD.com and Taobao India is seeing the rise of Hindutva, or bring up no results, and staff at one of extreme Hindu nationalism, which be- Beijing’s biggest shops admit they no lieves that to be Indian is to be a Hindu. longer sell it. In April, China released Hindu radicals have made death threats its first white paper on religious free- against Christians and have ordered dom in more than 20 years. It called on them to close their churches. religions to adapt to a socialist society.

Sea Sunday is 8th July – buy Attacks by Islamists drive some yellow wellington boots! Christians out of city The Fishermen’s Mission is selling Christians in one of Pakistan’s major yellow wellington boots as part of its cities, Quetta, are being targeted by campaign to raise awareness of those Islamist bombs and guns, in an effort lost at sea while working in the fishing to drive them out. In the face of mob industry in the past ten years. violence, drive-by shootings, bomb- ings and increasing accusations of For every pair of boots sold, the charity blasphemy, many of the 50,000-strong will tie a yellow ribbon to the flagpole Christian population of the city now outside its head office in Hampshire. fear for their lives. The campaign, ‘100 in10’, hopes to highlight the dangers of working on Under such constant attack, many are trawlers, and the impact of deaths on fleeing homes where they have lived for families and communities. generations. As one Christian explained, ‘I have lost nine of my family members The Fishermen’s Mission provides 24/7 and friends.’ Christians make up less practical, financial and pastoral support than two per cent of Pakistan’s 207 to fishermen and their families. More million population. details at: www.fishermensmission. org.uk

31 Sunday Rota

Sunday 1 July Sunday 29 July Flowers Val Thomas Flowers Maggie Leitch Reader Vernon Morris Reader Anne Rimmer Sidespersons Joyce Smith Sidespersons Linda Blundell Wendy C-Stewart Ron Illidge Angela Pritchard Pat Ridler Cath Lloyd Barbara Yates Eucharistic Stan Whittaker Eucharistic Angela Pritchard Ministers Geoff Howard Ministers Geoff Howard

Sunday 8 July Sunday 5 August Flowers Val Thomas Flowers Maggie Leitch Readers Ruth Hodgson Reader Sandra Davies Peter La Trobe Sidespersons Joyce Crosby Sidespersons Linda Blundell Marion Heald Barbara Yates Angela Pritchard Pat Ridler Sue Stafford Vernon Morris Eucharistic Cath Lloyd E’ minister Judith Williams Ministers Judith Williams

Sunday 15 July Flowers Gay Stythe-Jones Performance by the Fort Reader Dianne Salisbury Walton Beach (USA) Sidespersons Joyce Crosby William Maidlow Community Chorus Sue Stafford Joyce Smith Holy Trinity Church Eucharistic Cath Lloyd Ministers Terry Dewar 5 July – 6.30 pm The Fort Walton Beach Community Sunday 22 July Chorus “family” shares the love of Flowers Gay Stythe-Jones Reader Charles Jones singing with friends, family and neigh- Sidespersons Annabel Jones bors. “Our goal is to entertain both Sandra Davies children and adults alike through our Wendy C-Stewart singing and dancing.” Cath Lloyd Eucharistic Marion Heald See page 18 for further Ministers John Ridler details.

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“ Sir, please take us with you to the port. We have been here so long. We cannot

survive out here much33 longer.” In October 2017, Dr. Paul Burt, our chaplain in The Middle East, was delivering emergency supplies to three ships in Ajman anchorage off the coast of Dubai. For Paul, this has become a frequent task over recent years. Ships and their crews are being abandoned at an alarming rate and we have had to adapt our ministry to meet this new and heart-breaking trend. “In the steamy heat of summer in the Arabian Gulf air conditi oning is essenti al if crews are to survive the rigours of living and working in such conditi ons. The crew of a ship in the anchorage off Ajman in the UAE found themselves relying on air conditi oning in an even more basic way than usual. They were reduced to drinking the water that is a by-product of the air conditi oner’s condenser as it dripped off the casing. The ship had been without supplies for more than two weeks. The agent had not been paid by the owner and the owner was in fi nancial trouble. So, the men on board had nothing to keep them alive apart from licking up the water from the air-conditi oner and the few fi sh they could catch. On one vessel the crew had not received any salary for over a year. Most of that ti me they were stuck in the anchorage with no means of helping themselves get out of the trap they were in. They made an SOS call to The Mission to Seafarers, UAE on a phone that had almost no charge and no credit. A couple of weeks earlier they had made a desperate att empt to force a resoluti on of their predicament by taking the vessel into the port, but the harbourmaster refused to allow them to ti e up and sent them back out into the limbo of the anchorage. When our supply boat drew alongside it was clear that the men were in a poor state physically. Their clothes were dirty and ragged, and the vessel was rusty and unloved. Yet the men were remarkably resilient and very pleased to see myself and Fr Nelson and the desperately needed supplies. Unloading was a precarious operati on as the swell toyed with our litt le supply boat. Throwing frozen chickens up onto a ship in the hope that the crew would catch them and not drop them into the sea seemed a faintly surreal way of being an MtS chaplain! One of the men clambered down onto our litt le boat so that he could plead with us face to face. ‘Sir, please take us with you to the port. We have been here so long. We cannot survive out here much longer.’ It was not easy telling him that we could not smuggle him and his crewmates past the watchful eye of the coastguard.” While Paul was on this mission to deliver emergency supplies, he came across another ship – one

34 he had not seen before. On board was one lone seafarer, his name was Nirmal. Nirmal had been alone on the ship for nine months without pay and no way of getti ng home. Before Paul climbed aboard the dirty and rusti ng ship, Nirmal had not seen another human being or bathed for two months. He was surviving by catching fi sh and cooking them over a small fi re he had built on deck. Paul was very moved at the sight of Nirmal, “He looked bedraggled and forlorn. His eyes had a faraway, disconnected kind of look. I marvelled at his resilience. If it had been me I would have succumbed to the suicide urge weeks ago”. What happened to the seafarers? More than provide emergency assistance, the Mission to Seafarers is committ ed to tackling the root causes of abandonment and ensuring the human rights of seafarers are respected. Upon returning to his offi ce, Paul immediately contacted the Federal Transport Authority (FTA) and started the process of demanding wages and passage home for the seafarers. “Nirmal and the others moved straight to the top of our busy advocacy agenda. A few weeks later the coastguard towed Nirmal’s vessel into port – not because of the humanitarian need, but because the vessel was in danger of becoming a navigati onal hazard. A week or two later Nirmal got his exit visa and returned home to India, but without the salary he was owed. His employer had gone bust and he had no contract. His was one of the worst cases we have encountered but the patt ern that his case represented is one that we have seen replicated ti me aft er ti me. Thankfully new legislati on aimed at securing the humanitarian rights of seafarers in the Gulf, and a much more urgent approach displayed by the FTA to the problem of abandonment has led to a dramati c improvement in the overall situati on in the waters off Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman. From dealing with dozens of cases like these we now have just a few. That is sti ll too many, but we are thankful for the improvements we have seen – but not nearly as thankful as the seafarers themselves.”

35 Things to think about

• You will be familiar with the phrase ‘all at sea’ – to feel that things are not within your control. Imagine actually being all at sea - alone in a rusti ng ship with no hope. No way of contacti ng your family or calling for help. Can you think of a ti me when you felt completely isolated?

• When we think of Nirmal and the seafarers who had to drink the condensati on from the air conditi oner, we see an image of sheer desperati on. We are reminded of the words of Jesus on the cross – “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”

• At MtS, we are very proud of our chaplains and the amazing work they do. They are the message of the Gospels in moti on, a tangible and practi cal living out of God’s request to love one another.

• Take a moment to think of the world’s seafarers. Every person on this earth is created by God and connected to each other through our inalienable dignity. The world’s 1.5 million seafarers are connected to you even more deeply. They bring you almost everything you consume in life. The bricks used to build your home, the shoes you are wearing now, the breakfast you had this morning and the fuel in your car. All transported by our Global family to you and those you love.

If you would like to make a donation to the Mission to Seafarers, forms are available at the rear of Holy Trinity Church.

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The Churchyards in June

Thanks to those looking after the vari- On a cool morning I spotted a couple ous troughs and planters, Holy Trinity of male bumblebees (a buff tailed bum- grounds were very colourful. A num- blebee and a tree bumblebee) sitting ber of the flowers in the troughs and on flowers in the big trough planted by amongst the grass were also attractive the Guides, waiting for the sun to help to insects such as bees and hoverflies. warm them up. Female bumblebees 37 Male tree bumblebee at Holy Trinity. (queens and workers) shelter in their tailed bumblebees near the flagpole. nests at night or in bad weather but The nest itself is underground but once the males have left the nest they the worker bees can be seen coming do not return and so are homeless, in to land, sometimes with full pollen making do with shelter among (some- baskets, and disappearing between the times underneath) flowers. grass stems. Other workers can may be After a queen bumblebee has made her nest in spring the first bees to be pro- duced will be female worker bees, with males and new queens developing later in the season. Male bumblebees are less busy than females, as they feed only themselves and do not gather pollen and nectar for the nest. In St. George’s churchyard bumblebees feeding on the geraniums included common carder and early bumblebees, with the male early bumblebees showing up well with the bright yellow hair on their faces. At St. Tudno’s there is a nest of buff Pyramidal orchid at St. Tudno’s.

38 heard buzzing as they leave the nest and where it has, hopefully, laid some eggs. then flying off on a foraging trip. Most The churchyard management policy bumblebees nest below ground, e.g. in encourages wild flowers, including the old mouse holes, but some will nest in pyramidal orchids and common spotted piles of dry leaves (particularly com- orchid which started flowering in June, mon carder bumblebees), bird boxes or and the flowers in turn attract insects holes in trees (particularly tree bum- and birds, so all the hard work of raking blebees). Flowers at St. Tudno’s which the cut grass is bringing benefits. were providing food for bees included Christine Jones thrift and clover, while a cinnabar moth was seen visiting ragwort plants, Bumblebee Walk As you may have gathered from reading the above article, I am enthusiastic about bumblebees. On Sunday 8 July I will be lead- ing a bumblebee walk with Assistant Country Park Warden Sion Dafis and we will meet at Happy Valley Cafe at 1.00 pm. We will walk through Happy Valley and up on to the heath- land above the ski slope. On the way we will catch some bumblebees to look at them more closely and talk about their lifecycle, requirements and how gardeners can help. If you would like to join us, the walk will take about 2½ hours but places are lim- ited and must be booked with the Country Park on 01492 874151.

Pyramidal orchid at St. Tudno’s. Male early bumblebee feeding on a geranium at St. George’s. Christine Jones

39 40 The Bishop's Ministry Fund contribution for 2018 is £80136

This sum of money or "quotia" (formerly the "Parish Share") is paid by the parish contributing to the costs of clergy stipends across the diocese. If you have not already and are a payer of income tax or capital gains tax, please consider revising your method of regular giving so the Parish can more-easily pay its dues in the following way: please declare regular giving and donations as ‘Gift Aid’ so HM Customs and Revenue might refund to us the tax you paid on earning your gift. If you make a donation of £10, the Parish receives an extra £2.50 at no cost to you. Please contact Stan Whittaker, the Gift Aid Secretary. (Tel: 596796)

Coffee Time

Cryptics (thanks and courtesy Barbara Cartwright). All begin with “B” Results for 1. Fit blue arrangement round gold-lovely. (9) June 2. Financially rescue Lou, having been consumed by 1. Larches temptation. (4, 3) 2. Parade ground 3. Two allowed to get decoration on wrist. (8) 3. Slalom 4. Tribe amused but concealing wide smile. (4) 4. Pinnacle 5. Dog’s dinner as a fertiliser. (4, 4) 5. Lagoon 6. Staff continue to play cricket. (5) 6. Crevasse 7. He’s a fool to hinder the boss. (8) 7. Plantation 8. Naturists 8. Celebration? Old airline gets prohibitive reply. (5) 9. Greenhouses 9. Some herbal mixture or ointment. (4) 10. Marina 10. Sounds like the animal is naked. (4) 41 VAUGHAN STREET,

42 Bodysgallen Hall became part of the National Trust by donation in 2008, and is an award-winning hotel, restaurant and spa set within 220 acres of historic gardens and parkland; the original outlying watchtower of the main hall was built in the 13th Century as a lookout for nearby Conwy Castle. We welcome volunteers in the beautiful and exclusive gardens to assist with our work of continued restoration and maintenance (some of which are designated Sites of Special Scienti c Interest). If you would like to try gardening or estate woodland work, join our team of volunteer gardeners.

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