Radyr Parish News 25 There was no room for them in the inn (Luke 2:7) (4,3,6) Harvest 2015 Down Christ Church, Radyr St John’s Church, Danescourt 1 Rough drawing (2 Kings 16:10) (6) 2 See 24 Across 3 Underground literature (including Christian books) circulated in the Soviet Union (8) 4 Lo, mash (anag.) (6) 5 The Bible’s shortest verse: ‘Jesus — ’ (John 11:35) (4) 6 ‘Can a mother forget the baby at her — and have no compassion on the child she has borne?’ (Isaiah 49:15) (6) Across 7 Can be seen in a dying fire 8 Where the Ark of the Covenant (Psalm 102:3) (6) was kept for 20 years (1 Samuel 7:1) 12 ‘Send me, therefore, a (7,6) man... experienced in the — of 9 One of the parts of the body on engraving, to work in Judah and which blood and oil were put in the Jerusalem’ (2 Chronicles 2:7) (3) ritual cleansing from infectious skin 14 Second city of Cyprus (8) diseases (Leviticus 14:14–17) (3) 15 United Nations Association 10 Uncomfortable (3,2,4) (1,1,1) 11 ‘Yet I have loved Jacob, but 16 One of the women who first Esau I have — ’ (Malachi 1:3) (5) heard that Jesus had risen from 13 Where Paul said farewell to the the dead (Mark 16:1) (6) elders of the church in Ephesus (Acts 17 Braved (anag.) (6) 20:17) (7) 18 — of Evangelism, outreach 16 ‘Jesus bent down and — to write initiative in the 1990s (6) on the ground with his finger’ (John 20 ‘Woe to those who are wise 8:6) (7) in their own eyes and — in their 19 Prophet from Moresheth own sight’ (Isaiah 5:21) (6) (Jeremiah 26:18) (5) 21 ‘Neither — nor depth... will 22 Comes between Exodus and be able to separate us from the Numbers (9) love of God’ (Romans 8:39) (6) 24 and 2 Down ‘Then Elkanah went 23 What Jesus shed in 5 Down home to Ramah, but the boy (4) ministered before the Lord under — the — ’ (1 Samuel 2:11) (3,6) The Bible version used is the NIV. Answers will be published in the next edition. 24 70p The Parish of Radyr Parish activities www.parish.radyr.org.uk Registered Charity No. 1132144 Sunday 9.15am Sunday School, St John’s Church Anne Jones 2055 4749 The Reverend Canon Jenny Wigley (Rector) 11.00am Sunday School, Christ Church The Rectory, Rectory Close, Radyr CF15 8EW Julie Davies 2084 2923 2084 2417 [email protected] 6.00pm Whatever! Christ Church (first Sunday of month, term time) Lay reader Lay minister for home communion Rector 2084 2417 Norman Clewer 2031 3373 Keena Baskerville 2056 9246 Monday 2.00pm Mothers’ Union, New School Rooms Churchwardens (second Monday of month) John Kiff 07710 172685 [email protected] Nicky Webber 2084 3582 Lorraine Rees 2055 4354 [email protected] Tuesday 2.00pm Evergreens, Parish Hall Subwardens for Christ Church Doreen Thomas 2055 5634 Rubina Davison 2084 3442 Cathy Sloan 2084 2610 Wednesday 10.00am Parent & Toddler Group, Parish Hall (term-time) Donna Wilson 07703 179090 Subwardens for St John’s Church Malcolm May 2055 2352 Thursday 10.00am Parent & Toddler Group, Parish Hall Pauline Parry 2021 9214 (term-time) Donna Wilson 07703 179090 6.00pm Choir Practice, Christ Church Pat Jones 2084 2813 Sunday and mid-week services 7.30pm Bell-ringing Practice, Christ Church Trevor Lewis 2033 9449 Christ Church, Radyr Sunday 8.00am Holy Eucharist Other useful contacts PCC Secretary Chris Dale 2084 4464 11.00am Sung Eucharist and Sunday School PCC Treasurer Peter Umbleja 2084 3279 6.00pm Evening Prayer and Sermon Building Committee Derek Bateman 2084 2339 (fourth Sunday of the month Eucharist, Gift Aid Secretary Julie Davies 2084 2923 fifth Sunday of the month at St John’s) Safeguarding Officer James Homer-Boyd 2084 3335 Wednesday 9.30am Holy Eucharist Parish News Editor Lorraine Rees 2055 4354 [email protected] St John the Baptist, Danescourt Parish News Distribution Secretaries Sunday 9.15am Holy Eucharist and Sunday School Christ Church Alun & Deb Redwood-Knight 2055 1195 (Family Eucharist first Sunday of the St John’s Church Malcolm May 2055 2352 month) 6.00pm Seven Sacred Spaces worship Hall booking secretaries New Schoolrooms, Radyr Nicky Webber 2084 3582 (Fifth Sunday of the month) [email protected] Thursday 11.00am Holy Eucharist Parish Hall, Danescourt Mike Gill 2055 3209 [email protected] Arrangements may be made with the Rector for baptisms, weddings and the publication of banns of marriage. 2 23 can be done by a band of faithful supporters; “Here a little, there a little.” It all tells. GERM WARFARE The Rector writes: The organist of a Kent Parish Church asked one of his choirboys why he was not at the weekly choir rehearsal. The Chorister replied: “I had My dear friends such a terrible cold that my mother thought that I had better go to the Here we are celebrating Harvest, giving thanks to God for all our cinema instead of choir practice.” blessings. Yet the world seems like a dark place for many at this time – the plight of the refugees, the many wars and injustices, and closer to home, a number of deaths of those who have been at the heart of family and community here. Dates for your diary Sunday 4th October Harvest Celebrations including Harvest Harvest is both an end and a beginning. It’s the turn of the year as the Supper at Christ Church nights draw in and we move towards winter. For the Church it’s the start of a season of remembrance and hope. On Remembrance Sunday Sunday 25th October Parish Gift Day the nation commemorates those lost in combat. On All Saints’ Day Friday 30th October All Souls’ Commemoration, 7pm: united the Church celebrates the lives of the heroes and heroines of the Parish service at Christ Church to Faith. And at All Souls’ Tide, the community remembers their own commemorate the faithful departed. dear departed. Sunday 1st November All Saints’ Day These are solemn occasions, but need not be sad: they all speak of Sunday 8th November Remembrance Sunday the power of love that endures and transforms. They speak of hope – Sunday 15th November Shoebox Sunday as we move on towards winter, so we move on towards Christmas, the th season when we celebrate the Light that shines in the darkness. Saturday 28 November Get Ready for Christmas, 11am-2pm Sunday 29th November Advent Sunday Christ’s coming into the world was once, for all. Yet he also lives today in the hearts of his faithful people, and the love that they share with those in need. The dark times remind us of how urgent is that task. Jenny Wigley Solution to the crossword in the last edition. 22 3 Parish Gift Day 2015 th From the archives Sunday October 25 will be a Gift Day in the parish. Firstly, we would The following is an extract from the parish leaflet of September 1953 like to say a heartfelt ‘thank you’ for all that our parishioners do for our churches, and for their generosity with these appeals in the past. PAROCHIAL NOTES It has enabled the PCC to make our churches accessible for the whole community and to keep them in a good state of repair. Our visiting Preachers during August were: The Lord Bishop of Willochra, S. Australia; the Rev N C H Brown, Assistant Curate of St This year, we’ve made some repairs and improvements to both John's, Canton, Cardiff; the Rev D Roy Lewis who is home on leave churches and halls, but the main achievement has been the painting of from British Guiana, and the Rev R Fielding, Vicar of Thorpe Episcopi, the interior of St John’s. This historic building is now even more Norwich. attractive and welcoming to worshippers and visitors. The next task is to decorate Christ Church. Mr Mervyn James, Organist and Choir Master, has left Llandough Hospital where he was a patient and is now on holiday in Aberaeron, We need to spread the expense over several years. The work at St Cardiganshire. We are most grateful to Mr J E Jenkins for his willing John’s has cost around £10,000. We hope to reclaim the VAT, about and helpful services during Mr Mervyn James's absence. Mr Jenkins is £1,500, which means the 2014 Gift Day Appeal raised about half the Headmaster of Birchgrove School. amount we have spent on decorating costs so far. CARDIFF OLD AGE PENSIONERS' ASSOCIATION We will need to spend up to £20,000 to complete the programme at th Christ Church, and so we are asking people to be even more generous A branch will be open in the Church Room, Radyr, on Friday, 18 this year. A donation of £50 from each member on the parish electoral September at 2.30 pm. Light refreshments will be provided by Mrs roll would bring us close to our target once Gift Aid claims are added. Pontin and the Church Wardens. Everyone on the parish electoral roll will shortly receive a letter from Cardiff Old Age Pensioners' Association was formed at the Sunshine us. Please give whatever you can, but when making your donation, Hall, Canton, Cardiff, in September 1938. It has 29 branches with a please ensure that you use the blue Gift Day envelopes if you are a tax total membership of over 4,000. It is non-party political and payer, so that we can claim the 25% tax relief.