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BRO FAMAU GROUP OF PARISHES Parish Magazine February 2016 2 IN THIS EDITION • The Parishes letter • Meet the ……. • Infant versus Adult Baptism • And all the usual features Canon Adrian to preach at Cathedral Adrian will be preaching at the main morning Eucharist at the Cathedral at 11.00 on Sunday 21st February. Adrian comments, "Like most clergy I have delivered sermons in many circumstances but this will be my first time at a Cathe- dral. Honorary Canons are included in the Sunday morning preaching rota along with the Bishop, Dean, Residentiary Can- ons, guests and occasionally Readers, something John Foxlee has done. I think a Canon’s turn comes around about every eighteen months. It is a big privilege and I am grateful to our friend Revd Andy Millar for leading the two communion ser- vices here on that day. If anybody wants to come to St Asaph to be a friendly face in the congregation you would be very wel- come. LETTERS: If you wish to submit a letter for publication please use the contact details above. All letters must be accompanied by the name and address of the sender. Letters may be edited and shortened. The magazine panel welcomes the submission of relevant articles for consideration for publication. 3 WORSHIP in FEBRUARY Sunday 7th February Sunday next before Lent Cilcain 11.00 Morning Worship Gwernaffield 11.00 Morning Worship 18.00 Holy Communion (Healing Service) Llanferres 9.30 Morning Worship Nannerch 9.30 Holy Communion Rhydymwyn 9.30 Morning Worship Wednesday 10th February ASH WEDNESDAY Holy Communion with imposition of Ashes St Mary's Cilcain 10.30 Holy Trinity, Gwernaffield 19.00 Sunday 14th February First Sunday of Lent Cilcain 8.00 Holy Communion Gwernaffield 11.00 Morning Worship 18.00 Evening Prayer Llanferres 9.30 Morning Worship Nannerch 9.30.Family Service Rhydymwyn 9.30 Holy Communion Sunday 21st February Second Sunday of Lent Cilcain 11.00 Morning Worship Gwernaffield 11.00 Holy Communion 16.00 MESSY CHURCH in the Church Hall 18.00 Evening Prayer Llanferres 9.30 Holy Communion Nannerch 9.30 Morning Worship Rhydymwyn 9.30 Morning Worship 4 Sunday 28th February Third Sunday of Lent Cilcain 11.00 Holy Communion Gwernaffield 9.30 Family Praise 18.00 Evening Worship Llanferres 9.30 Morning Worship Nannerch 9.30 Morning Worship Rhydymwyn 8.00 Holy Communion Mid week Holy Communion Tuesdays at Holy Trinity, Gwernaffield 9.30 a.m. Wednesdays at St Mary the Virgin, Cil- cain 10.30 a.m. 5 The Parishes Letter…. From the Revd Canon Adrian A new project has recently been started, and recently I was privileged to meet the leaders - Chris Lawton, an experienced Church Army Captain, and Chris Smith, a young Church Army worker in his twenties. The St. Asaph Centre of Mission is a partnership between Church Army and our Diocese of St. Asaph, and based in Caia Park, Wrexham, an area with a population of around 12,000 which is recognised by the European Com- munity as an area of significant poverty and deprivation. Statistics reveal high levels of unemployment, limited social mobility, low levels of dispos- able income, a high crime rate and growing concerns about racial inte- gration and social isolation. The project has implications for us. As well as working in Caia Park the project aims, by example, training, and other means, to support the work of the church throughout the Diocese. Specifically the Centre of Mission has these objectives…. • To link with the established Christian community and train others across the Diocese in evangelism. • To identify and form volunteers to assist in the mission of God in the community. • To establish a form of Christian community/Fresh expression of Church based in Caia Park. • To begin to resource mission and evangelism in other key areas. • To work to make the project sustainable and capable of being replicated elsewhere . The latest figures on deployment of clergy in this diocese show that of 75 full time clergy 31 will reach the age of 65 in less than 3 years time. In the ‘clerical vacancies’ section of the latest ‘Church Times’ newspaper there are 87 advertisements for clergy in England. Although Bishop Gregory reported recently that he was encouraged by a number of young people who had approached him about possible ordina- tion training there are only a handful of people currently actively going through the process in this diocese – and other numbers in Wales are not huge! Sometimes I am asked why is it necessary to make changes to the way the Church in Wales is structured, lead, and works at local level. Some people have questioned why we have our commissioned Worship Lead- 6 ers. Some think ‘there is no need’ for each of our five parishes to have contributed a modest 2 hours a week to fund our 10 hour parishes ad- ministrator post. I have been asked when a group of around 30 people who meet monthly to learn, pray, and praise are coming to ‘real’ church. The church needs to be capable of dealing not just with our current situa- tion but with a future which may look very different from how things work now – in all but one respect. God’s love will remain constant! God’s love will remain constant and we need to listen to where God is leading us. Please pray, listen, support, and rejoice at wherever, however, and whenever God leads us to whatever is needed to bring other people into an awareness of the fullness of life that is on offer! With every blessing Adrian MESSY CHURCH GWERNAFFIELD and RHDYMWYN MESSY CHURCH meets on Sunday 21 st Febru- ary at 4.00 pm (to around 5.30 to 6.00) in Gwernaffield Church Hall. All are indeed welcome wherever they come from! Messy Church is Open to All and Christ Centred and this joins 106 Registered Messy Churches in Wales, and around 2500 worldwide, who seek to welcome people to come ‘just as they are’, to take part in the discovery of what God has and is doing through Jesus Christ. Each session includes Creativity (craft ac- tivities), Celebration (worship), and Hospitality (food and drink). Hades. 20, Rome. Rome. 20, Hades. 19, Statue. 16, Saviour. 14, Kingship. 12, dentine. hy. 6, Providence. 9, Tri- 9, Providence. 6, hy. Timot 5, Reaffirm. 4, Pastor. 3, Ovid. 2, Pride. 1, DOWN: den. 23, Prophetess. Prophetess. 23, den. Trod 22, Enoch. 21, Whit. 18, Navigate. 17, Groyne. Confetti. 13, Distil. 15, 15, Distil. 13, Confetti. 11, View. 10, Admit. 8, Raisins. 7, Prosperity. 1, ACROSS: 7 MEET THE ….. well, this could be an opportunity to get to know a bit more about all sorts of people involved with our churches - and perhaps a bit about how or why they come to do the things they do. So – here’s a start with some members of the Magazine Panel….. Charlotte Jaggard – “Having grown up in Kent I moved to North Wales in 2003, to start my first job at Glan Clwyd Hospital as a Genetic Counsel- lor. Genetic Counsellors see families with a genetic condition and explain the risk of inheriting the condition or passing it on, and if tests are possible arrange these and give the results. Knowing nobody in the area I planned to look for a job in London as soon as I could. However I grew to love the area and met my husband, Gareth. We settled in Llanferres in 2008. Both our boys (age 4 and 1) have been baptised at St Berres Church, which we enjoy attending alongside Messy Church. We enjoy running and spending lots of time outside with the kids. I joined the magazine committee last year after offering to help deliver the magazines. I would not have considered putting myself forward for this but am enjoying being involved!” John Foxlee …”My career was as an industrial chemist, first with Unilever, and then Sanoda, a small company in Mold now part of Jeyes. I became a Reader 18 years ago after studying in the diocese, but also did a degree in theology at what is now the University of Chester 12 years ago. A Reader is a lay person, and I think the main purpose is to be a bridge between the laity and the Church. As well as preaching and taking some services I am on the Mold mission area council, the Cilcain Show committee, the magazine com- mittee, and in the diocese, serve as convenor for the St. Asaph College of Spiritual Directors. You will have to ask me about that because I’ve run out of space! “ Adrian Copping - "Most readers will know what I do on Sundays, perhaps less so the detail of my other work. Like some other clergy that includes work with their parishes magazine. I do that because I believe the magazine is one important part of the way we present ourselves in our communities, and valuable in drawing us together to work better as the people of God. Be- fore ordination my NHS career included responsibilities for communications and public relations. One hospital weekly newspaper I edited received a ‘highly commended’ award nationally and, at one time, I even lead courses on producing both hospital newsletters and parish magazines. Like the Par- ishes Magazine all that can be hard work but, as you can probably tell, I en- joy doing it!" 8 FROM THE REGISTERS Funerals On Tuesday 8 th December at Pentre Bychan Crematorium, the late Maureen May Hill On Wednesday 9 th December at Holy Trinity Church, Gwernaf- field, the late Frank Thomas On Wednesday 9 th December at St.