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90 YEARS SERVING THE COMMUNITY 1926 - 2016 Page !10 Roy Chapman “Archbishop Rowan Williams of Monmouth came to spend a quiet day with us to draw to a close our year long 75 th anniversary” Jim Proudfoot 2002 festive season when they were very busy singing carols at a variety of venues. Not bad eh! 2002 Early in 2002 we received a letter from Kitui sent by the Vicar of St Martin’s Cathedral Parish, Rev’d John Ikutcha. In his letter he wrote that Kenya was being subjected to the Aids virus resulting in a large number of, what he termed as, street children in his town. His church had taken upon itself to feed 67 children every day for lunch only. Whilst the children were at the church they were given lessons on reading, explained how Aids affected the body and also spoken to about the Bible. A very sorrowful time indeed for Africa and the world at large. St Hilary’s was blessed when Archbishop Rowan Williams of Monmouth came to spend a Quiet Day with us to draw to a close our year long 75 th Anniversary. Little did we realise at that time, but we spent the day with he who was to be the new Archbishop of Canterbury. He spoke on St Paul, and in particular, his letter to the Romans. Those who listened were uplifted by his wonderfully descriptive analogies, and were struck by his true humility, humanity and his depth of Spirituality. A meeting to remember! During the weeks of Lent the usual mid week evening service was one of Compline followed by an address leading up to Palm Sunday and Holy Week. This year, Canon Arthur Howells was with us and gave a number of addresses which he entitled ‘Sharing with Jesus’. On Palm Sunday he spoke of ‘In the Temple’ followed through Holy Week by ‘In Gethsemane’, ‘In the Courtyard’, ‘On the Road to Calvary’, ‘In the Upper Room’ and on Good Friday’, ‘On Calvary Hill’. It was time well spent and pleasing to see that he had a captive audience who followed his descriptive reasoning throughout the week. At that Lenten time our neighbours, Siloam Chapel, were unfortunate to experience a decaying process in the woodwork of their building which, in order to bring about a repair, was unable to be used for their services. Coming to the rescue St Hilary’s offered the use of the Church Hall for their Sunday meeting and, in doing so, looked upon it as a privilege and a pleasure to accommodate them. It is not surprising to understand that, through this coming together, Father Tim and Pastor Heini Jones of Siloam agreed to the start of a combined service between St Hilary’s and Siloam in August and this would continue, alternating between the two venues, on the second Sunday of each month at evening time. Childrens Good Friday Workshop
90 YEARS SERVING THE COMMUNITY 90 YEARS 1926 - SERVING 2016 THE COMMUNITY 1926 - 2016 The annual Confirmation Service was conducted by Bishop Anthony on Sunday May12th. In a packed church 15 young people confirmed the promises made on their behalf at their Baptism. Many of these accompanied the Junior Church to Brecon Cathedral the following weekend to take part in the Annual Diocesan Children’s Fun Day. It was a day packed with activity for all with, perhaps, the high spot for the children was listening to Kevin Johns of Swansea Sound talking about funny things that had happened to him. In keeping with the rest of the United Kingdom, early June saw the celebrations held on the occasion of the Golden Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and, for us in St Hilary’s, a number of celebratory activities took place. The Mothers’ Union held a Jubilee Garden Party, the Ladies Guild a Jubilee Evening and the Bowls Club held a Jubilee Banquet. One of our parishioners, Mrs Va l P a r r y, w a s fortunate enough to be selected to attend the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Classical Concert held in the g r o u n d s o f Buckingham Palace. The weather on the day was glorious and Val experienced what is now a host of very treasured memories. At a meeting held in July the Vicar considered the role of the Street Warden, and established a wide role of service for the members of St Hilary’s by the Warden. Basically, it called for the Warden to be more in touch with the Vicar and their wards so that vital information could be freely passed between them. In a recent P.C.C. meeting it was decided to formulate two sub committees: one, the Social and Fund raising committee - its Page !11 purpose being one of coordinating, planning and organising social and fund raising events that would appeal to the wider community as well as those who regularly attend church. A Parish Centre Committee was also formed to oversee the running of the Centre i.e. the Parish Hall. In the school summer holidays the youngsters, belonging to the church, went on a Youth Camp at Gwernyfydd, near Hay on Wye. The weather, during their visit, was wonderful and it was only on their last day that rain came. Many activities, many ‘get togethers’, sing songs, religious activities and outward bound events took place and all returned looking forward to next year’s camp. Late in September at the annual Harvest Festival service we were pleased to welcome the Rev’d Michael Walters who had been a Curate in the church in the early 1960’s. Having left the district to become an Army Chaplain, he had retired from that post and been appointed to the Parish of Penclawdd. This service had been designated a Gift Day and the proceeds was shared between the Diocesan Board of Social Responsibility, which had taken on the work of the former Children’s Society, and the Rev. Keith Thomas’s appeal for a Hospice in Bloemfontein. An annual service, held in December of each year, was the Toy Service which culminated in the giving of gifts to go towards the Mr X appeal ... a Swansea Charity which has run for many years. This year the service was led by the Junior Church. The theme of the service was ‘Children of the World’ and the children who attended were given the opportunity to dress up in costumes of other countries. The appeal requested 75 wrapped parcels for named children who were in impoverished situations or who were sick... needless to say the number received was well over the requested amount. Page 11
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