Peninsula Papers Information and news for the communities of St Ishmaels, Hasguard, Herbrandston, Robeston West, Dale, St Brides and Marloes. NOVEMBER 2014 Produced by the Church in Wales Parishes of St Ishmaels, Hasguard, Herbrandston, Robeston West, Dale and St Brides with Marloes. The Church in Wales Parishes of Dale, St Brides with Marloes, Herbrandston, Robeston West & Hasguard with St Ishmael's Parish Priest Contact Alan Chadwick, Area Dean 01646 600227 Postal Address: The Vicarage, Llanstadwell SA73 1E1EBB Church Wardens Dale: Mil Reynolds 636671, Billy Bevan 636335 St Brides: Mary Lewis 636430, Peter Evans 636366 Marloes: Yvonne Evans 636251 St Ishmaels: Richard Neale 636802, Heather Phippen 636261 Herbrandston: Josie Owens 692203, Sylvia Davey 695843 Robeston West: Gill Thorne 01437 890693, Geoffrey Harries 01646 692736 Baptist Chapels: Moriah --- Marloes and Aenon --- Sandy Hill The Revd Paul Bartlett 01646 692084 LOCAL SERVICES SHOPS: Marloes Village Store : 01646 636968 Open: Mon-Sat 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Sun 9.00 am - 2:00 pm The Taberna, Herbrandston: 01646 693498 Mon-Fri 8:00 am-6:00 pm, Sat 8:00-12:30, Sun 9:00 am-11:30 am Post Office: Mon-Sat 9:00 am - 5:30 pm MOBILE LIBRARY: St. Ishmaels, Marloes & Dale November 4th & 25th Herbrandston November 5th & 26th Contact 01437 776128 or 07929 058660 (Signal varies!) MOBILE POST OFFICE: Tuesday: St Ishmaels 14:00—15:00 Dale 15:15—16:15 Thursday: St Ishmaels 13:00—14:00 Dale 14:15—15:15 FOR HIRE CONTACTS FOR HALL HIRE: THE CORONATION HALL AND JUBILEE Marloes: SUITE DALE Nesta Watts 01646 636411 Herbrandston: Mavis Steer 01646 694780 St Ishmaels Memorial Hall: Yvonne Evans 01636 636251 St Ishmaels Sports & Social BOOKINGS: CLAIRE GARNISH 01646 636836 Club: Phil Devonald 01646 636546 or EMAIL- [email protected] Adrian Griffiths 01646 636752 CONFIRMATION On Sunday 16th November five young people from St. Bride’s Church, along with others, will be confirmed in Walwyn’s Castle Church. It will be an occasion of great joy for their family and friends and a day of hope for all the churches gathered there. In the Anglican church we baptise people at all ages including babies. We think that is right to do because the first move is always God’s move towards us, long before we understand or appreciate what is happening. Once we do realise what is happening, however, we are faced with a choice. Do we co-operate with what God is doing, do we ignore it or do we act against it? On the 16th, the candidates will, I hope, confirm that the way of faith their parents chose for them is what they now chose for themselves. They will say publicly that they believe and trust in God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit and that they turn to Christ and away from evil and wish to live good lives. The Bishop of St. Davids will be there and will hear these promises and confirm that their faith is welcomed and affirmed not just by their local churches but by the wider church. He does this by putting his hands on their heads and praying for them as someone once did for him in a chain of touch and blessing that goes right back to the first apostles and to Jesus Himself. Then the Bishop will pray that they will be given a special gift of the Holy Spirit to enable them to live as God’s people in the world, made strong, confirmed, for the lives and tasks God has in store for them. I can’t help but think that their generation will need the strength even more than we did, so I pray they will be given oodles of it. After that the party begins, first the communion, the great feast of God’s kingdom, and then we are having a bring-and-share lunch. There will be cards and presents and photos, possibly a cake, because every time anyone makes a choice for God it is a cause of joy in Heaven and makes this world a little better. Maybe I will see you at the celebration too, With every blessing, Rhiannon Johnson Marloes, St. Brides and Dale Mothers Union Our next meeting is on Tues 11th Nov at 7.30pm in the Jubilee Suite, Coronation Hall. Dale. Our speaker will be Michael Ryall on "My life as an Army Chaplin" (a change to your programme) We have booked our Christmas Meal for Tues.9th Dec. 12 for 12.30 , the same venue as last year. The menu will be available at this meeting, and we hope to collect the money also at the meeting for those wishing to attend. We welcome anyone who would wish to join us at our meetings. Teas Vi Parsons and Mary Lewis. Thank you. Marina Titley (Sec) Pet Service St Ishmael’s held their annual Pet Service on 19 th October.12 adults, 2 children, 10 dogs of various sizes and 2 snails enjoyed an informal service with appropriate hymns, readings and a story. Lots of fun was had by all; many thanks to Gaynor Ford for presiding over the menagerie. Remembrance Service – St. Peter's, Marloes The community of Marloes & St. Brides is invited to attend the Remembrance Service to be held on Sunday 9 th November at the War Memorial. The short service will follow on from the 9.30am church service, and will commence at approxi- mately 10.20pm. All are welcome to attend the service and/or join the congregation at the Memorial. A wreath will be relaid within the church in memory of the many Polish airmen of 304 Squadron who died flying out of RAF Dale. At the War Memorial we will remember the eleven men of the two parishes who died during the 1st World War – the youngest being 17 years; and the three men who died from the 2 nd World War. Relatives of some of these men still live in the surrounding area. Wreaths will be laid on behalf of the Community by the Chairman of the Community Council, and also on behalf of the Parochial Church Council. Wreaths and memorial crosses can also be laid by families or individuals. This year we will be remembering in particular David Evans, St. Brides who died in December 1914 “They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” The Way I See it: How do we ‘Remember’ what we’ve never known? This has been a year of ‘remembering’. Up and down the land, local events and national commemorations have reminded us again and again of the Great War which cast such a dark shadow over Europe a hundred years ago - a shadow which spawned a second and equally destructive conflict barely twenty years later. The problem with remembering is that in the end we can’t. What I mean is, we can’t remember what we’ve never experienced, whether that’s a song, a person or a place. Nor can we, in a literal sense, ‘remember’ events which happened before we were born. And that, in a nutshell, is the problem of having a Remem- brance Sunday (as we do this and every year) or being urged to ‘remember’ those who died on the battlefield of Flanders and the Somme a century ago. I can, personally, remember my father, who was there, but I can’t possibly remem- ber what he went through fourteen years before I was born. Yet oddly enough every Sunday millions of people all over the world go to church specifically to ‘remember’ an event that took place not a hundred but nearly two thousand years ago, the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. ‘Do this’, he had said, ‘in remembrance of me’. And in his memory bread is broken and wine shared, exactly as he commanded, in order to evoke and represent the profound significance of what he did. We ‘remember’ not because we were there and saw if happen, but because (like the dark shadow of war) the event itself still matters, still changes things, still touches our lives. That kind of ‘remembering’ demands a response. We should not simply remem- ber the horrors of two world wars as phenomena of the past, but as challenges to us to change the future. To remember and do nothing is not really to remem- ber at all. True remembering changes us, and in changing us it may, please God, eventually change the world. Canon David Winter - editor Parish Pump. Do good St Ishmaels Church News Many thanks to all the ladies who decorated the Do all the good you can, Church for Harvest Festival. A large congregation By all the means you can, gathered to celebrate this years good weather and a In all the ways you can, bumper Harvest. The service was followed by refreshments including apple pies and cakes. A sale In all the places you can, of local produce raised a substantial sum towards At all the times you can, repairs. To all the people you can, And many thanks to all those who have helped to mow the grass in the Church Yard during the year. As long as ever you can. We need more volunteers to help spread the load, if By John Wesley you can help.~ Phone Richard on 636802 Community Councils DALE Beaches / Pontoon / Car park issues – Dale Community Council – meeting the Community Council is arranging its 6th October, 2014: usual end of season meeting with County Among items discussed at this meeting: Council officers to review the latest Sewerage plant issues – the Community tourism season and to plan for the next.