Uif!Fqjqiboz!pg!Pvs!Mpse th Weekly Newsletter No.1910 Sunday, 6 January, 2013 11.00 am Sung Eucharist & Sermon. Celebrant & Preacher: Rev Stewart Lisk . Hymns: 79, 595, 596, Anthem: The Three Kings (Cornelius) , 75 . Setting: Thomas Mass (David Thorne). 7.00 pm Choral Evensong. Introit: All this time (Walton) . Officiant: Rev Stewart Lisk. Psalms 98, 100 . Hymns: 77, Anthem: O Be Joyful (Stanford) , 80 . Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Harris in A minor. Readings: Isaiah 60, 1-9. John 2, 1-11 . In the world-wide Church we pray today for the Diocese of Kwoi in the Province of Abuja, Nigeria, and Bishop Paul Zamani and in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle we pray for Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Iran and Iraq . We pray for peace in the world , remembering the people of Afghanistan and Syria . We pray for the people of East Africa , suffering from the severe drought there. In this diocese we pray for the Parish of Pontlottyn with Fochriw and Rev Tony Deroy-Jones . We pray for all who are facing financial difficulties , and those seeking employment . We pray for the sick and those who care for them. We pray for the repose of the souls of the departed, especially Edith Hatton, Roy Hyett and Gelar Mallet , who died recently, also Margaret Shepherd and Mary Stark , whose anniversaries occur at this time. EVENING PRAYER will be said at St Edward’s on Monday, UIJT!XFFL! Tuesday and Friday at 6pm and on Thursday at 7pm this week. 6.00 pm Evening Prayer. Npoebz PARISH SURGERY is on Mondays, 6pm-7pm in the 6.00 pm Parish Surgery. Church House. 8ui Parish Office, for bookings of weddings and baptisms. 7.00 pm St Edward’s Orchestra Practice. 7.30 pm Roath Park Cytûn Meeting. Schoolroom. ROATH PARK CYTÛN meets in the 7.30 pm Parochial Church Council. Roath Church House. Schoolroom on Monday at 7.30pm. CINDERELLA will be presented by St Peter’s Players at St Peter’s Hall 9-12 Jan Uvftebz!9ui 6.00 pm Evening Prayer. at 7.30pm. £7.50 (conc. £4.50) (07779-088623 [email protected] Xfeoftebz 10.15 am HOLY EUCHARIST . Followed by coffee. PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL meets on :ui 11.00 am St Edward’s String Orchestra Practice. Monday at 7.30pm at Roath Church House. 7.00 pm South Wales Clarinet Choir rehearsal. 7.30 pm “The Christmas Story” Planning Meeting. Tabernacl Welsh Chapel. Uivstebz 7.00 pm Evening Prayer. THE CHRISTMAS STORY . There will be a meeting at Tabernacl 21ui 7.30 pm Choir Practice. Welsh Chapel, The Hayes, on Wednesday at 7.30pm for a nyone interested in helping to take the project forward next year. Gsjebz!22ui 6.00 pm Evening Prayer. Ofyu!Tvoebz is the Second Sunday of the Epiphany . The Holy Eucharist will be celebrated in St Edward’s at 11am, and Choral Evensong will be sung at 7pm. Eucharist readings: Isaiah 43: 1-7; Acts 8: 14-17; Luke 3: 15-17, 21, 22. DISCUSSION GROUP meets next Sunday at 7.45pm in Room 2 Roath Church House, when the topic is “Victorian Religion”. Do come and give it a try – lively discussion (take part or just listen) over coffee and biscuits finishing about 9pm. Further information from Gill Day (20-495496. FLOODLIGHTING ST MARGARET’S . The 2013 Flood-lighting Sponsorship Calendar is now on the Notice Board in St Margaret’s Porch. You are cordially invited to remember the anniversaries of loved ones, or occasions you would like to celebrate or commemorate. The suggested amount is £3 per entry, which sponsors the whole week. Many people have admired the floodlighting of St Margaret’s Church – it has proved to be quite a landmark. Please help to keep this asset by sponsoring a week or two for only £3 per week. The collection box can be found by the font or donations can be given directly to Chris Webb, St Margaret’s Treasurer. SPONSOR A SQUARE . There is a plan of St Edward’s at the back of the church with the walls and ceiling marked out in squares. We are inviting everyone to “sponsor a square” at a rate of £10 per square, with a target of £2000 towards the redecoration costs. Please note that these donations can be Gift Aided, and there are envelopes available by the plan. Please write your name in one of the squares and put your donation in an envelope and Gift Aid it. Our thanks to Elizabeth Doe for producing the plan. http://StEdward.roath.org.uk Facebook: StEdwardRoath [email protected] PLANNED GIVING . As prices increase, especially the WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY Cytûn Service price of fuel for heating and lighting, the amount of will be held at St Anne’s Church on Tue 22 Jan at 7pm. money needed to maintain our churches inevitably goes COFFEE CONCERTS . The fifth concert in the series is up. We need a reliable regular income to meet these by Catherine Milledge (Piano) on Sat 26 Jan at 11am. commitments. This is best provided by the envelope scheme (where people put their money in their PARISH KNITTING & CROCHET GROUP meets on envelopes even in weeks when they are not able to Mon 28 Jan, 7.30-9.30pm in Roath Church House. New attend the church, and bring them when they are next members very welcome – assistance given to learners. able to be present) or by monthly or annual standing Contact Gill Day (20-495496 or Ann James craftylady- orders or direct debits. If you are not already involved in [email protected] for details. the planned giving schemes, please consider taking ST EDWARD’S ORCHESTRA CONCERT on Wed 30 part. If you would like to join the envelope scheme, Jan at 7.30pm. please speak to one of the sidespersons or our treasurer, Mr Geoffrey Smith. If you would like details of HANSEL AND GRETEL Pantomime by the 'Revelations' the standing order or direct debit scheme, please speak youth drama group of Llanishen Baptist Church at the to Alan Mayer. YMCA Theatre, The Walk, on 7/8 Feb at 7.15pm, 9 Feb at 3.15pm. Tickets £6 (20-753033. COFFEE . Please join us in the vestry after the Service this morning for a cup of coffee and a chat, and the 100 FOR YOUR DIARY . Club draw. 7 Jan. 7.30pm. PCC. Roath Church House. 22 Jan. 7pm. Christian Unity Service. St Anne’s. FLOWER ROTA is posted in the porch. If you would like 23 Jan. 7.30pm. Paradise Run. to provide (or pay for) flowers to decorate the church for 26 Jan. 11am. Coffee Concert: Catherine Milledge (Piano). a particular week, please put you name and phone 30 Jan. 7.30pm. St Edward’s Orchestra Concert. number on the rota. The colour of the Sunday on the rota indicates the colour of the altar frontal for the day. MUSIC DIARY . 22 Jan. 1pm-2pm. Organ: Andrew Lumsden. St David’s Hall. CRAFT BRING AND BUY . There is a table at the back EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of St Edward’s of the church for people to bring and buy homecraft Committee agreed that the redecoration of the church produce and other items. All proceeds go to famine relief should begin as soon as possible. The work will proceed in East Africa. much more efficiently if the church is closed for a week ANTHEMS . The anthem at the Eucharist is “The Three or two some time early in the New Year, and we are Kings” by Peter Cornelius (1824-1874). The Introit at hoping to arrange to worship with St Anne’s on any Evensong is “All This Time” by Sir William Turner Sundays that are affected. Walton (1902-1983) and the anthem is the setting of PRIZE DRAW last week raised £300. Our thanks to Psalm 100, “O Be Joyful in the Lord” by Sir Charles Janice for organizing it. Villiers Stanford (1852-1924). PILGRIMAGE TO GREECE . Tony and Sue Stevens are PRAYER TREE . Please write a prayer on one of the leading a Pilgrimage to Greece, following in the “bauble” cards and hang it on the little Christmas tree at footsteps of St Paul 6-14 Oct 2013. We will be visiting the back of the church. amongst other places, Kavala (Neapolis), Ancient NO CHORAL EVENSONG at the Cathedral today. Sung Philippi, Thessaloniki, Berea, Athens and Ancient Evensong at 3.30pm: Stainer in B flat. Anthem: When Corinth. We will also be visiting the Royal Tombs of Jesus our Lord (Mendelssohn). Visiting choir: In Spiritu. Vergina, the amazing monasteries of Meteora, Ancient Delphi, the sites of Athens including the Acropolis and a BOOK SALE & COFFEE MORNING at St Faith’s Dinner and Folklore show in the Plaka area of Athens. Church, Morris Ave, Llanishen, on Tue 15 Jan, 10am- Scheduled Flights from Heathrow. 4* and 5* Hotels Half 11.30am. Variety of books suitable for all. Board Licensed Travel Guide throughout the trip. We MONTGOMERY TRUST LECTURE at Swansea University on are using 'ITS', a well known Manchester Travel agent Wed 16 Jan at 7pm. “Resurrection And The End Times” by Dr who organise many pilgrimages. Details, booking Paula Gooder (Freelance Theologian; Canon Theologian of forms etc from Rev'ds Sue and Tony Stevens (20- Birmingham and Guilford Cathedrals). 707745, email [email protected] 2 Falcon Grove, ARCHBISHOP GEORGE STACK will be the visiting preacher Lavernock, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan CF64 5FB. for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at Choral Evensong at Llandaff Cathedral on Sun 20 Jan at 3pm.