History of St Hilary's in the parish of killay

90 YEARS SERVING THE COMMUNITY 90 YEARS 1926 - SERVING 2016 THE COMMUNITY 1926 - 2016
A letter from Kitui told of the buying of a
cow for a milk supply. It was to calve in
October... two for the price of one as Father
Tim commented!
Kitui is a Diocese in Eastern Kenya. The
people are very poor, eking out an
existence from small scale farming and
tending livestock in an arid area often
subject to devastating droughts and famine.
Because their resistance is so low, there
was a high incidence of HIV: 40% of the
beds in the four hospitals are taken up with
HIV/AIDS patients. Poverty meant that
people could not afford treatment and
medicine. Kitui was grateful for the help
given them by St Hilary’s.
It was during the academic year 2004/05
that we welcomed into the choir two young
sopranos: Megan Wagner from California,
who was on an exchange programme and
studying, or should I say reading, History
and American Studies and Helen Stokes
who was at the University reading History
and Politics in her third year. Their input
was much appreciated and it was with
sadness that we said goodbye to them both
at the end of the academic year.
Falling in line with current thinking from
the Archdeaconry of Gower the following
posts were created and filled:
Child Protection Officer - Haulwen
Lumsdaine
Children’s Ministry Officer - Mary
Williams/Carol Conway
Gift Aid Organiser - Ken James
Health and Safety Officer - Cos Genko
Youth Ministry - Jeremy Harris.
These posts were confirmed in the May
P.C.C. meeting which, after listening to Mr
Nigel King, Chairman of the Stewardship
Division gave an explanation of the
workings of MYCMI (Make Your Church
More Inviting).
In the June meeting of the P.C.C. the ideas
behind MYCMI were discussed and from it
a number of activities, which were thought
to be of use, were proposed. It was also
decided to approach the running of the
church by introducing a Cabinet way of
administration and a number of members
were appointed to be responsible for the
very many activities taken on.
Summertime that year saw a glorious
Teddy Bear Party as a last activity in that
term. A large number of families attended
bringing their teddy bears. Father Tim
turned up with his childhood friend. A
glorious time was had by all and the food
at the picnic was very welcome indeed.
The Summer Fete also enjoyed sunny
warm weather and at the end of the day,
£1,500 was raised. A table top sale was
held in the Precinct during the August Fun
Week organised by the Killay Community
Council. This resulted in a further £250
towards the Church Centre. Christian Aid
was also supported to the tune of £1,000
which was sent to the local organiser in
Carmarthen, Mr Tom Davies.
Reading this report one would imagine that
all St Hilary’s was concerned with was the
raising of money. Well, yes, in a way for, in
order to meet the modern laws, we were in
debt, but while we were conscious of that
debt, the services were regularly attended
and our worship sincere. Other activities
during August 2005 – the normal month of
holidaying and the weekly activities resting
– there were four Baptisms and, including
September, six Marriages.
Early in the month of September, a
Pudding Party was held in the Centre.
Organised by Beryl Harris and friends it
was a glorious pudding tasting affair which
tempted the eyes and strained the
waistband. Naturally, it was well received
and resulted in another £550 being raised
for the Church Centre Fund.
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