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Meithrin Gobaith Growing Hope www.stdavids.churchinwales.org.uk www.facebook.com/pobl.dewi http://twitter.com/PoblDewi September / Medi 2018 “Now, secondary education has been secured for a generation. My daughter, who left here last year, will be able to send her children to Faith-based learning the school she attended.” But one thing underpins all the others: faith. David Haynes was surprised to learn, when he arrived in St Davids, that Ysgol Dewi Sant wasn’t a church school already, given the central role the cathe- dral plays in the city and the links from cradle to college between church and education that date back to the 12th century. There are church schools all over Wales and the world. “We work very closely with the Church anyway – the cathedral, the But none quite like the new one in St Davids music department. And being offi- cially a VA Church in Wales school SGOL Penrhyn Dewi into an integrated unit working groups can work with each other. year. Instead, you’re building on will enhance that and re-affirm the Voluntary Aided (VA) across the three sites: Dewi, Non So, for example, Year 6 pupils the strengths of children coming Christian values we already have, YSchool is the first church and Aidan. will be on Dewi campus for three through from Year 7, maintaining which will benefit the children and school in Wales that teaches chil- David Haynes (pictured below) days a fortnight and, while they’re momentum.” the community. dren right through from age three believes this will bring signifi- there, Year 7 children will be work- And there’s more. Five “I think it was a natural progres- to sixteen. It’s also the first church cant benefits. “We can track the ing in the predominantly primary years ago, Ysgol Dewi Sant was sion for this school to become a secondary school in St Davids pupils from cradle to college,” he Non campus where they’ll have earmarked for closure. David church school again. I think the Diocese since the 1920s. explains, “making the best use of the opportunity to work with Year Haynes believes that would have led school’s coming home really, back “We’re unique!” head teacher resources, facilities and staff. 5, on reading perhaps. They’ll ultimately to the loss of the primary to where it should be within the David Haynes proudly proclaims. “The children can work across have these opportunities on a schools, too, turning the peninsula Church.” The new establishment is an the campuses providing them with weekly basis which they wouldn’t into ‘an educational wasteland’. amalgamation of the Ysgol Dewi facilities they would not otherwise normally have. Sant secondary and Ysgol Bro have, such as the sports hall, labo- “You’re also getting rid of Dewi primary schools, in St Davids ratories and technology rooms. the transition [from primary to itself, and Solva Primary School, “And children in different year secondary] that can lead to a lost New Standard at Prendergast Members of the Royal British Legion (RBL) Haverfordwest Branch, guests, and congregation attended the dedication of a new branch standard in St Davids Church, Prendergast, on Sunday 12th July. The standard was blessed by Chaplain Revd Marianne Osborne and was paraded in Belgium at the Menin Gate, with standards from all the other RBL UK branches, in August FOCUS ON FAITH IN SCHOOLS – Pages 10 & 11 Am ddim Free 2 Pobl Dewi, September 2018 The Evangelism and Evangelisation Group Preaching the gospel is a Christian imperative but sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. Bishop Joanna looks forward to planting new seeds of faith across our diocese URELY the diocese has enough and truth. Evangelism is proclaim- life, death and resurrection, who S groups, why have I founded ing God has reconciled the world to will? If we do not proclaim that another one? Why an Evangelism himself in the life, death and resur- ‘he will come again in glory’, who and Evangelisation Group? How rection of our Lord Jesus Christ. It will? is that different from the Parish is proclaiming that God has nailed I have called together the Evan- Growth Group? our sins to the cross and pulled the gelism and Evangelisation group so Parish Growth helps local ground from under the feet of the that proclaiming the Christian faith churches grow. That includes evan- ‘powers and principalities’. becomes something we are commit- gelism but growing your church Yes, we hope that the end result ted to as a diocese and not just includes helping people find their of evangelisation will be growing something we expect local churches way back to church, making the our local churches but it is bigger to do. The Parish Growth Group and most of pastoral opportunities, help- than that. It is something worth the Evangelism and Evangelisation ing people who became Christians as doing even though its fruits might Group will work together to support children, but don’t go to church now, take time to mature and ripen. churches in making disciples but cross the threshold and join you. Lots of our parish growth strate- the Evangelism and Evangelisa- Evangelism and evangelisation gies assume that people understand tion Group, with Mones, our new is sharing the gospel, making disci- Christianity but there are many, Archdeacon for New Christian ples and proclaiming the Lordship many people for whom the Chris- Communities, will work to embed Sowing seeds of faith: Bishop Joanna answers questions at a of Christ over the world and over tian faith is a complete unknown. proclaiming the Christian faith into 2018 Holy Week Mission our society’s norms and struc- Some people don’t know who every level of our diocesan life and tures. It’s proclaiming that God Jesus is, or what we believe about to grow new churches, not just new college, St John’s College, Notting- The Evangelism and Evangelisa- will judge us by God’s standards Him. If we do not proclaim who disciples. ham, whose motto was: ‘Woe to tion Group exists to make sure we of goodness, kindness, compassion Jesus is and the significance of his I was trained at a theological me, if I do not preach the gospel’. do just that. Clergy Archidiaconal Days Following the cancellation of this year’s clergy conference, due to a double booking on the part of the venue, Bishop Joanna used three of the days for a series of Archidiaconal meetings asking clergy to look at their new Local Ministry Areas (LMAs). And so the Archdeaconries of Carmarthen, Cardigan and St Davids met on the 10th,11th and 12th July. The Bishop attended each of the sessions. Paul Mackness, Archdeacon of St Davids, is encouraged FTER the Continuing Minis stated intent was to get the clergy to of the proposed LMA Ministry A terial Development day begin to look beyond just the provi- Teams, from video presentations, earlier in the year, when the sion of regular Sunday ministry, to a film with narration, Powerpoint three archdeacons gave presenta- be more missional in their outlook, and what was almost a comedy tions on the potential for mission to identify potential areas for new duologue. It is hoped that some of and evangelism in their respec- mission and outreach, and ways in these presentations can be shown at tive archdeaconries, the Bishop which more could be achieved by Diocesan Conference in October. Discussions at the Carmarthen Archdeaconry clergy meeting had now asked the clergy of each working across a wider area with Following the presentations, of the proposed LMAs to do the more people with a greater variety Lindy Wainwright facilitated The days were, from the point LMAs. The road to getting all of same, giving a presentation to of talents. the rest of the days by making of view of the Bishop’s staff, very our new LMAs up and running and colleagues. As had happened previ- Many of the clergy had em- comment on some of the content productive and positive and we working well is going to be a long ously, the method of delivery was braced this challenge and, in my of the presentations, giving some were all impressed by the effort and one, but this was a very good start left up to the individual LMAs and own archdeaconry, the presenta- truths and challenges to what lies energy that had been put into the and, hopefully, the shape of things were supposed to last 10 minutes tions were delivered in a range ahead and some potential ways to presentations as well as the level of to come. (though this was a little fluid). The of ways and by varying numbers embrace and engage with them. collaboration from across the new on the 9th August, identified “a tence and devotion to Christ.” Lessons to be learnt culture of acceptance of abusive The inquiry again identified At the recent Carmarthen behaviour” with monks in both a failure to follow safeguarding Archdeanconry clergy Robust safeguarding procedures are essential to create a ‘Safe schools described as “secretive and procedures such that “Ball found the meeting, Patrick Thomas evasive.” Safeguarding procedures ‘perfect cover’ for his sex offending Church’. Diocesan Safeguarding Support Officer, Lynn Rees, made a presentation on were not followed and child protec- in the Church of England, and the considers early findings of the IICSA Independent Inquiry behalf of the proposed tion concerns were not reported. As perfect accomplices in fellow bish- Bro Caerfyrddin LMA. a result, the inquiry identifies that ops who turned a blind eye to his OLLOWING a number of high Wales, have been launched by the The presentation “safeguarding children was less actions.” Fprofile cases, the independent inquiry “to understand how such was a work of light- inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse institutions have failed to protect important than the reputation of the Both examples demonstrate hearted fiction up to was set up “to consider the extent children from sexual abuse.” Church and the wellbeing of the a failure to follow safeguarding a point but contained to which State and non-State insti- The inquiry will also exam- abusive monks.” procedures, including a failure a serious message.

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