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Magazine for the Irfon and Wye Valley Churches
Issue No 152 May 2013
‘When it was evening on that day, the first day
of the week, and the doors of the house where
the disciples had met were locked for fear of the
Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and
said “peace be with you”’.
This story is probably so familiar to many of us
that we don’t stop and think about it. Re-reading
it in this Easter season it has made me think
about mental illness. Jesus ‘appears’ in a room
where all the doors and windows are locked and
is heard speaking. If someone was to give a
similar account of an experience today, they may
well find themselves with an appointment to see
a psychiatrist! Or let’s look at the scenario from
another angle: a group of frightened, bereaved,
perhaps increasingly paranoid friends gather in a
room, lock all the doors and windows during
which time they see a vision and hear a voice.
The story might attract the interest of those who
like to explore the paranormal, ghosts and such
like, and see it as nothing more than an
intriguing phenomenon to be followed up by a
‘quirky’ few. However, for others who are
experiencing this kind of experience for
themselves, it might signal the beginnings of a
change in their mental health, or signify that they
have not been taking their medication and who
as a result are experiencing a less stable phase of
living with schizophrenia. Or as one man reports
it, when he is what his doctor calls ‘not in his
right mind’ he experiences a more sensitive state
where reality is less clearly defined and he has
an increased sensitivity to and, subsequently,
amazing conversations with the minds of others
around him1. This increased sensitivity is
complex, bringing joy, but also pain as when he
is woken in the night by what he thinks are his
flat mates praying for him – prayers he
experiences as bullying and hurtful even though,
in reality, his flat mates are fast asleep.
I am not saying that the resurrection was a result of
mental illness, only that without faith this is what it
can look like. But the connections between faith
and mental health are complicated. This afternoon
I was listening to an interview with Joan Bakewell
and Dr Oliver Sachs, eminent neuroscientist and
psychiatrist, whose latest book explores
Hallucinations. I was particularly interested in
Sachs’ compassionate response to the question of
whether hallucinations can be understand simply in
terms of the activity of the brain or whether they
are what some might call a spiritual experience.
Sachs, not himself a believer, suggested that whilst
a part of the brain might register activity during a
hallucination, this does not prevent the person
experiencing the hallucination as coming from
God, because although brain activity can be
observed and explained, it does not answer
questions of meaning, or the impact that such
experiences have on a person’s life and abilities.
Sachs shows an unusual and inspiring capacity to
understand and respect the intense isolation and
suffering experienced by those who live with
psychosis and other mental illness. Not judging it
but allowing people to interpret it and integrate it
in their own way.
(continued on page 5)
Contributions for next issue (June) Monday 13
th May
Dreams, Visions and Wondrous Things!Dreams, Visions and Wondrous Things!Dreams, Visions and Wondrous Things!Dreams, Visions and Wondrous Things! by Reverend Lucyann Ashdown
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Deanery
Ascension Day
Eucharist
St. Peter’s, Llanbedr Painscastle
9th
May at 19.30
Preacher: Rev. Michael Sabell
All members of the Deanery are
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The Colwyn Group of ParishesDear FriendsDear FriendsDear FriendsDear Friends I really cannot believe some of the scenes that we are
seeing on our television recently. The same is
happening over social media sites such as Twitter and
Facebook. I never thought I would ever witness
scenes of such joy and gladness that someone had
died. I know that as Christians we should rejoice in
the fact that our relative or friend, once death occurs,
now enters a new life in Paradise with our Lord. But I
suspect these situations have little to do with that!
But whatever one‘s politics, you cannot fail to note
that Baroness Thatcher, besides being the first woman
Prime Minister, stuck to her guns through all sorts of
difficult situations. Some of the decisions she made as
Premier I personally did not agree with, in fact far
from it, but I guess that’s democracy. But not agreeing
with someone and having your own view is hardly an
excuse to behave the way the some folk have been
doing. In places such as Glasgow, London, Cardiff
and Bristol, street parties have been the order of the
day. Particularly in Bristol, riots have occurred.
But all these occurrences are in my view further signs
of the malaise and sickness that seems to be creeping
through society. Sociologists tell us that this often
happens after recession, and we seem to have had our
fair share of those!
So what are we to do? Christians need to speak out
against such actions. It seems to me that there is so
much in society to celebrate, so much to enjoy, so
many good works going on without adopting the
hideous scenes that we have witnessed. Let us instead
celebrate all that is good in our society and try to
encourage others to do so.
Vicar RichardVicar RichardVicar RichardVicar Richard
Services for May 2013
5th
May ROGATION SUNDAY
Tremaen Farm 11.00 RK
Eucharist & Rogation Service Glascwm 6.00 JO/MO Village Service
12th
May Easter 7 Cregrina 9.30 RK Eucharist
Llanelwedd 11.15 RK Eucharist
19th
May Pentecost Llanfaredd 9.00 RK Eucharist
Llansantffraed 10.00 JO Eucharist
Glascwm 11.15 MO/JO Eucharist
Rhulen 11.15 RK Eucharist
26th
May Trinity Sunday Cregrina 9.30 DD/CT Village Service
Bettws 9.30 RK Eucharist
Llanelwedd 10.45 RK/LK/ET
Worship4All Family Service
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Sunday 5th May at 11.00am at Tremaen Farm, with
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a Eucharist Service, Blessing of crops, machinery and
stock etc., followed by a Bring & Share lunch. Come
along and bring your friends!
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Following quite extensive works at Bettws Church
over the past few years, we thought a Celebration
would be in order.
A Festival Evensong is planned for Sunday 5th May at
4.00pm in Bettws Church. The Rt Revd John Davies,
Bishop of Swansea & Brecon will preach and Schola will
be there to lead the singing. A delicious tea will follow at
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levels to preparation & staging, providing & serving
refreshments or sponsoring a display. If you feel toy can
help in any way, large or small, please contact Jeanne
Bowers, 01982 570222, or your church wardens.
If you haven’t booked in for
“Medieval MayhemMedieval MayhemMedieval MayhemMedieval Mayhem” See the Deanery page for more details
or ring The Rectory – 01982 551288
BENEFICE FETE Saturday 22
nd June
2.00pm – Jubilee Hall & Grounds More details next month!
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Dreams, Visions and WondDreams, Visions and WondDreams, Visions and WondDreams, Visions and Wondrous Things!rous Things!rous Things!rous Things! (continued from front page)
Sachs shows us a way of welcoming rather than
denying or demonising the illnesses that still
seem to frighten us and continue to carry social
stigma: the unseen, poorly understood, the all too
secret and rarely spoken of, illnesses of the mind.
Yet one in four people will experience a mental
health problem in any given year. 2
The breakdown below gives an overview of what
treatment those who experience mental health
problems are likely to seek and get:
• around 300 people out of 1,000 will
experience mental health problems every year
in Britain
• 230 of these will visit a GP
• 102 of these will be diagnosed as having a
mental health problem
• 24 of these will be referred to a specialist
psychiatric service
• 6 will become inpatients in psychiatric
hospitals
So what does this mean for people of faith?
My experience of churches in London is that
most congregations had 1 or 2 people who
suffered with a psychotic illness, visible by the
side effects of their medication, affecting their
gait, facial expression and body shape. They
were vulnerable people, open to being
misunderstood and isolated, often displayed an
indifference to, or lack of awareness of social
‘norms’ regarding dress or social interaction and
as such, loving them, required the courage to
move beyond accepted social comforts to
experience Jesus in the person and presence of
these usually marginalised individuals. There
would be others who came and openly talked
about recovering from addictions and yet others
whose suffering was not disclosed. Over the
years, I have found it profoundly moving and
challenging to have encountered various
characters who turn up at services or regularly
attend morning and evening prayer, perhaps for
company, perhaps for prayer… perhaps because
we church goers need to be reminded that the
kingdom of God is the place where the marginal
and vulnerable are given the place of honour in
love and dignity and who remind us of our
shared vulnerability before God.
Here in rural Wales, I have yet to encounter the
conspicuous signs of long term psychotic illness,
but I know from rural health reports and the sadly
common incidence of suicide that many people
live with depressive illness or anxiety and that
geographical isolation can compound intense
feelings of isolation and despair. Yet disclosure is
still risky, people talk about physical illness with
relative confidence that they will receive an
empathic and compassionate response but with
mental ill health, it seems we still have some
barriers to overcome. I was, therefore, very
encouraged and challenged, when a few years ago
I was invited to an event called ‘Mad Pride’ by a
friend of mine, it was a fundraising event for a
mental health charity and all the performers were
people who lived with some form of mental
illness. It was an opportunity to keep people well,
by providing a space where they could be open,
accepted and proud of who they were. The talent
in the room that evening was outstanding; it was
humorous, compassionate, outrageous and
extremely creative. I’ll never forget the MC
regularly saying to the audience ‘and don’t forget
to take your medication’, which never failed to
evoke raucous laughter.
What is it that stops us talking about mental
illness in the way we might talk about having
cancer or diabetes? It seems to me that we attach
shame and guilt to mental illness in a way that we
don’t with physical illness. In a recent radio
programme about faith and depression, one of the
contributors spoke about his experience of talking
to his church leader about his depression. He was
told to come in late, sit at the back and not to talk
to anyone else. That was toxic advice, yet
amazingly it hasn’t prevented this man for
working for the church or continuing to have
faith. When asked about his faith and depression
he said, that you wouldn’t go to your church
leader with a broken leg, you’d go to your doctor
and the same needs to happen with mental illness.
(continued on page 9)
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The Builth Wells Group of Parishes
Prayers are said most weekdays in the Chapel of the Holy Name of Jesus in St Mary’s, Builth – see St Mary’s noticeboard for details.
Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday WorshipWorshipWorshipWorship
05 May (Easter VI) 09.30 Sung Eucharist at St. Mary the Virgin, Builth
11.00 Rogationtide Ramble begins at Alltmawr,
calling at Llanddewi’r-Cwm, Maesmynis &
finishing at Llanynis.
12 May (Easter VII)
09.30 Sung Eucharist at St. Mary the Virgin, Builth
11.00 Matins at St. David’s, Maesmynis
18.00 CELEBR8 Service at St. Mary the Virgin
19 May (Pentecost) 09.30 Sung Eucharist at St. Mary the Virgin, Builth
11.00 Holy Eucharist at St. Mauritius, Alltmawr
26 May (Pentecost I - Trinity)
09.30 Sung Eucharist at St. Mary the Virgin, Builth
11.00 Holy Eucharist St. David’s, Llanynis
18.00 Sung Evensong at St. Mary the Virgin, Builth
From the VicarageFrom the VicarageFrom the VicarageFrom the Vicarage
May sees Christian Aid
Week in our midst
alongside prayers in our
worship and our street
collection we will also
be having a Fundraising Charity ‘QuizAid’ in St.
Mary’s Hall on 17th May and a Fundraising Coffee
Morning on Saturday 18th May.
Throughout the world 1.4 billion people live on less
than £1 a day. When we to put ourselves in their shoes
we come to realise that we are blessed with so much
here in this area, and that despite the hardships we
face we will never truly know the poverty that some
of our brothers and sisters in Christ endure.
All the money we raise will help some of the world’s
poorest communities lift themselves out of poverty, please
don’t just contribute generously but also remember the
work of Christian Aid in your prayers this month.
Blessings
Father Neil
St Mary’s Church, Builth WellsSt Mary’s Church, Builth WellsSt Mary’s Church, Builth WellsSt Mary’s Church, Builth Wells As part of our commitment to our ministry of
welcome the PCC of St. Mary’s has voted to apply to
the Diocese to permanently remove the pews in the
side chapel of St. Mary’s Builth and replace them with
chairs – those wishing to comment are invited to write
formally to The Diocesan Registrar, 8a High Street,
Brecon LD3 7AL by 16 May.
Parish DiaryParish DiaryParish DiaryParish Diary Regular Events • A said Eucharist is celebrated most Thursdays at
10.00 in the Chapel of the Holy Name of Jesus in
St Mary the Virgin, Builth
• Handbell Group every Tuesday at 19.00 in St.
Mary’s Minor Hall
• Bellringing every Thursday at St Mary’s Tower at
19.45 – all welcome
• SAINTS ALIVESAINTS ALIVESAINTS ALIVESAINTS ALIVE kids club at St Mary’s Minor Hall
16.00 on 1st and 15
th May
• Our New Youth Group (11-17) meets in St. Mary’s
Minor Hall 26th April, 10
th May & 24
th May
Special Events 29 April Reserved Communion in Brynhyfryd 11.00
29 April Builth Deanery Conference at The Iron
Room, Cwmbach at 19.30
04 May Diocesan ‘Medieval Mayhem’ Families Day
in Brecon Cathedral
05 May Parish Rogationtide Ramble between
Alltmawr and Llanynis at 11.00
09 May Deanery Ascensiontide Eucharist in
Painscastle at 19.30
11 May Diocesan RSCM Swansea and Brecon Area
Choral Festival 2013 in Brecon Cathedral
16 May Christian Aid Street Collection in Builth
12.30-15.00
17 May Quiz Aid in St. Mary’s Minor Hall at 19.00
18 May Christian Aid Coffee Morning at St. Mary’s
Major Hall, Builth at 10.00
21 May Episcopal Visitation in Brecon Cathedral – all
church officers are invited 19.00
Find us in Cyberspace at: www.builthgroup.org.uk
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Builth Wells with Llanddewi’r-Cwm & Llangynog with Maesmynis & Llanynis with Alltmawr
Revd Father Neil Hook, The Vicarage, 1 North Road, Builth Wells LD2 3BT, Tel: 01982 552355, Email: [email protected]
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The Erwood & Painscastle Group of Parishes
SERVICES FOR MAY Sunday 5
th May Rogation Sunday
9.30am Llanbadarn y Garreg Holy Eucharist
9.00am Newchurch Holy Eucharist 1662
10.30am Newchurch Morning Prayer (Followed by Refreshments at Rose Cottage)
11.00am Llandeilo Graban Morning Prayer
3.00pm Gwenddwr Agapé & Eucharist for Rogation
Thursday 9th
May Ascension 7.00am Aberedw Holy Eucharist
7.30pm Llanbedr Deanery Eucharist
Sunday 12th
May Easter VII 9.30am Crickadarn Holy Eucharist
11.00am Llanbedr Holy Eucharist
Sunday 19th
May Pentecost/Whitsun
9.30am Llandeilo Graban Holy Eucharist
Sunday 26th
May Trinity Sunday
9.30am Aberedw Holy Eucharist
11.00am Bryngwyn Holy Eucharist
3.00pm Llanddewi Fach Holy Eucharist
SERVICES FOR JUNE Sunday 2
nd June Trinity I
9.00am Newchurch Holy Eucharist 1662
9.30am Llanbadarn y Garreg Holy Eucharist
10.30am Newchurch Morning Prayer (Followed by Refreshments at Rose Cottage)
11.00am Gwenddwr Holy Eucharist
Sunday 9th
June Trinity II 9.30am Crickadarn Holy Eucharist
11.00am Llanbedr Holy Eucharist
Sunday 16th
June Trinity III (3rd
Sunday) 9.30am Llandeilo Graban Holy Eucharist
Sunday 23rd
June Trinity IV (4th
Sunday) 9.30am Aberedw Holy Eucharist
11.00am Bryngwyn Holy Eucharist
3.00pm Llanddewi Fach Holy Eucharist
Sunday 30th
June Trinity V 10.30am Aberedw Group Eucharist
Rogation Sunday Gwenddwr will be celebrating with an Agapé and
Eucharist on Rogation Sunday at 3pm. This will take
the form of a bring and share so please do the former
so that we can all do the latter!!
Chinese Auction The Painscastle Group are holding a Chinese Auction on
Bank Holiday Monday 6th May at Painscastle Hall from
2.30pm. Alongside the auction there will also be Cakes,
Plants, books, Bric a Brac and Refreshments.
THE ACTING AREA DEAN WRITES:
Dear Friends, You’ll see from the above, that following a suggestion
made at the joint meeting for The Painscastle Group of
Churches, we’ve decided that during the Vacancy we’ll
be publishing two months service rotas in each issue so
that people have a clearer idea of when services will be,
even if they get their copies of Signposts rather late in
the month. On that subject does anyone know of a
business in the parishes which might be prepared to
accept copies for people to collect, a number of
businesses in the Deanery already do so, for which we’re
truly thankful and it would be a great help, if we could
add somewhere in these parishes to that list.
Work on the Parish Profile is at a very advanced stage
and the Painscastle Group voted at their joint meeting
to become legally one parish to be called “The
Painscastle Group of Churches” I’m truly grateful to
them for the positive way in which that decision was
taken and I’m very much looking forward to chairing
the inaugural PCC on 2nd
May.
Meanwhile, the work of the Church goes on and as
you’ll see, Church life in Erwood and Painscastle is
anything but moribund. Thank you to everybody who
is working so hard and I pray that God will truly bless
all of your endeavours.
With my love and prayers, as ever, Ben
MOTHERS’ UNION Crickadarn Mothers’ Union are meeting on
Wednesday May 2nd
at 2.00pm at Erwood Market Hall
when Dawn Symonds will be addressing them on the
subject of “Holiday Talk” so languid summer
memories and no need to pack the passport or the sun
tan lotion (well, not the passport anyway!)
ANNUAL KILVERT PILGRIMAGE SUNDAY 28th JULY 2013
A walk of about 8 miles over the hills between the
churches of the Painscastle Group
Start 10am Newchurch - Morning Prayer and laying
of flowers Emmeline's grave
12 noon Bryngwyn - service of readings, silences and
music followed by picnic lunch
4pm Llanbedr Church -afternoon tea (kindly laid on
by the Church)
6pm Llandewi Fach – Evensong
Come from the start, or join us at any stage. For more
information call Aylmer Alexander 01497 851295 or
Adrian Chambers 01497 821414
Aberedw w Llandeilo Graban w Llanbadarn-y-Garreg w Crickadarn w Gwenddwr & Bryngwyn
w Newchurch w Llanbedr Painscastle w Llanddewi Fach
For information during the interregnum please contact the Acting Area Dean: Revd Ben Griffith, 2 Highbury Fields, Llanyre, LD1 6NF, Tel: 01597 823321, Email: [email protected]
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Dreams, Visions and Wondrous Things!Dreams, Visions and Wondrous Things!Dreams, Visions and Wondrous Things!Dreams, Visions and Wondrous Things! (continued from page 5)
I think this is a sobering example of how
uninformed we in the church can be about Mental
illness. For many, their illness with be a way in
which their heightened sensitivity and creativity
draws them nearer to God and others in ways
akin to that of Christian mystics, and their faith
activities will be an important part of their lives.
For these people informed and engaged
conversations with ministers, pastors and other
Christians will be a crucial part of their well
being. Others may find themselves unable to
engage with faith, despite an inner resonance with
the cry of Jesus ‘my God, my God why have you
forsaken me’, a deeply profound feeling that
nothing or no-one reaches them in their distress.
However aware or knowledgeable we are about
mental illness, the key thing is find appropriate
resources and resist the default tendency to judge
what we do
not
understand.
When
someone
breaks a leg
skiing, they
aren’t judged
for getting
injured when
indulging in a
much loved
but non
essential
leisure
activity. But
people suffering from mental illness can be
accused, regardless of the evidence, of smoking
too much dope or working too hard. But the
reality is that suffering is part of the human
condition and regardless of whether there is an
identifiable cause, we still have to find ways to
live in compassionate and loving ways with one
another. Significantly Jesus greeted the terrified
and, perhaps, mildly paranoid disciples with the
words ‘peace be with you’. Surely, we all need
this kind of gentleness when facing distressing
things we don’t understand.
It would seem then that if we are looking for a
helpful Christian response to those in distress
around us, Jesus’ example challenges us to begin
from a place of peace. In order to do this, we need
to know the peace of Jesus for ourselves, the
peace that brings with it the grace to live with our
innate vulnerability and the capacity to cope
humbly and trustingly with distress. Once we can
receive the loving hospitality of God in regards to
our own vulnerability, then we can begin to
provide safe and life giving spaces to those for
whom distress is ever present, helping them cope
with it, but also, perhaps, find in it a gift and
blessing. Perhaps then, the dreams and visions of
all humanity, those ‘in their right mind’ and those
who are not, can come together as we work
together to bring about the kingdom of God,
beautifully expressed by RS Thomas
The KingdomThe KingdomThe KingdomThe Kingdom It’s a long way off but inside it
There are quite different things going on:
Festivals at which the poor man
Is king and the consumptive is
Healed; mirrors in which the blind look
At themselves and love looks at them
Back; and industry is for mending
The bent bones and the minds fractured
By life. It’s a long way off, but to get
There takes no time and admission
Is free, if you purge yourself
Of desire, and present yourself with
Your need only and the simple offering
Of your faith, green as a leaf.
If you are interested in positively engaging with
mental health and wellbeing Mind Cymru are
seeking to recruit and train mental health first-
aiders 029 2039 5123. Powys Mind also have a
calendar of activities over the coming months
which you can find via their website:
www.midpowysmind.org.uk or by email:
[email protected] or by calling
01597 824411.
Reverend Lucyann Ashdown
References
1 P5 Chris MacKenna in ‘Chaplain’s column’, Way of
life, quarterly magazine of The Guild of Health.
2 http://www.mind.org.uk/mental_health_a-
z/8105_mental_health_facts_and_statistics (accessed 16/4/13)
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The Upper Wye Group of Parishes
Dear Friends, Yet again, alongside the turning of
the seasons; although they’ve been
somewhat tardy at that this year,
and the changing of the clocks, we
also arrive at the time of the year of
the annual Easter Vestry meeting.
Now I know that that probably
sounds about as inspiring and uplifting as the prospect of
root-canal dentistry or the absorbing pastime of
discerning the illuminating process of watching drying
paint! I’m sure that this is the reason why, as a rule, so
few people appear to attend, which is, in my view, a very
great shame and something that we need to do
something about.
In one sense, I can entirely accept that the Easter Vestry
with its reports about wet rot, dry rot, graveyards
flowers, encroachments, bats, rats and other such
gripping delights may at first sight appear to be a
somewhat monotonous and tedious business, unless, of
course, you’re one of those incredible people for whom
such matters are of absorbing interest and that’s before
we discuss quite how fairly traded, the fairtrade tea and
coffee are. All of this, of course, precedes to the
financially illiterate the true joy of the evening, the
treasurer’s report! Now, before I go any further let me
state that I am in absolute awe of anybody and indeed
everybody who understands single entry bookkeeping
and as for double entry book keeping, all I know about
that is the word so I rather speedily, find myself
scratching my head and puzzling as to whether I’m
reading the correct column let alone the appropriate
page. Despite that I am profoundly grateful that we are
blessed as a Church to have people who do possess these
skills; any organisation be it a family or a larger body
needs to be managed on a secure financial foundation
and our treasurers are to be hugely commended for what
they do especially by those of us who succumb to a
serious bout of head scratching that only concludes with
the ending of the treasurers report.
From the foregoing, if I’m trying to encourage you to
attend your vestry meetings, you may think that I’m not
exactly selling it that successfully. Well, here goes,
because apart from providing us all with the essential
information that we all need as to what the physical health
of our local Church is, the crux of the Vestry meeting is
about its spiritual health and that means it’s about us.
Where has God been leading us the Body of Christ in the
past twelve months and where might he be leading us in
the next? Everybody is invited to attend the Vestry and
it’s seen at its best when as many as possible do. Because
you never know, maybe the crucial person that the Spirit
and all of us need to be there to ask the one question or to
make the one observation that opens up the way ahead
may just ne YOU! And if you’re not there, then maybe,
just maybe the way ahead may not be quite as clear as the
Spirit wants and the rest of us need it to be!
So, if your Vestry meeting has already been, I do hope
that you did attend and if you read this before it
comes, and the Upper Wye one is after the publication
of this magazine, that you will make every possible
effort to attend, because who knows just what the
Spirit may be using you to pint out to us all!
Whichever it is, happy and blessed journeying until
next year’s Easter Vestries.
With my love and prayers, as always, Ben
Regular Events
Tuesdays 1.30-3.00pm: Llanyre Church Hall -
“Llanyre Llamas”
Our group for pre-school children (and older ones
during the holidays!) parents, carers and friends.
All welcome!
Wednesday, 10am: Holy Eucharist: Newbridge-on-Wye
Thursday, 10.30am: Holy Eucharist: Llanyre
Both services are followed by refreshments and a time
for fellowship and a chat!
Fridays, once or twice a term:
Messy Church
Newbridge-on-Wye Community Hall:
3.30-5.00pm dates will be announced
Fridays: 6.00-8.00pm
Llanyre Youth Club: Church Hall - Aimed at children and young people 10 years old and
above, we offer games, activities and a chill out time.
All welcome!
From the Registers: We send our sincere sympathies and prayers to
Annette and the family and friends of Edith(Edie)
Westwood whose funeral was held at Hereford
Crematorium on 27th March and also to Diane, Brian
and the rest of the family and friends of Donald
Davies whose funeral took place at Llanfihangel
Helygen on 13th April
And to Russell, Wendy and all the family and friends
of Margaret Owens whose funeral was held at
Cwmbach on the same day.
May they and all the departed rest in peace and rise in glory.
Llanyre, Newbridge-on-Wye, Cwmbach Llechrhyd, Llanfihangel Helygen, Llanafan Fawr & Llanfihangel Brynpabuan
Revd Ben Griffith, 2 Highbury Fields, Llanyre, LD1 6NF, Tel: 01597 823321, Email: [email protected]
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The Upper Wye Group of Parishes Services in May Sunday 5
th May Rogation Sunday
9.30am Llanyre Holy Eucharist
11am Llanfihangel Brynpabuan Holy Eucharist
11am Newbridge-on-Wye Morning Praise
3pm Llanfihangel Helygen Holy Eucharist
(followed by the blessing of the fields)
Wednesday 8th
May Rogation 2.30pm Caerwnon Park Social Club Songs of Praise
Thursday 9th
May Ascension
10.30am Llanyre Holy Eucharist
7.30pm Llanbedr Painscastle Deanery Eucharist
Sunday 12th
May Easter VII 9.30am Llanyre Morning Praise
9.30am Cwmbach Llechrhyd Holy Eucharist
11am Newbridge-on-Wye Holy Eucharist
6pm Llanyre Healing Service
Sunday 19th
May Pentecost/Whitsun 9.30am Llanyre Family Eucharist
11am Newbridge-on-Wye Holy Eucharist
3pm Llanafan Fawr Holy Eucharist
Sunday 26th
May Trinity Sunday 9.30am Newbridge-on-Wye Family Eucharist
9.30am Cwmbach Llechrhyd Morning Prayer
11am Llanyre Holy Eucharist
Sunday 2nd
June Trinity I
9.30am Llanyre Holy Eucharist
11am Newbridge-on-Wye Morning Praise
3pm Llanfihangel Helygen Holy Eucharist
5pm Llanfihangel Brynpabuan 1662 BCP Evensong
Mothers’ Union Llanyre and Llanfihangel
Helygen Branch will be
meeting at Llanyre Church Hall
on Wednesday 8th May when
Mrs. Megan Strumbles will be
giving them a talk on the
subject of Childhood.
Newbridge and Cwmbach Branch will be visiting a
garden centre, but they haven’t told me when or
indeed which one; clearly they don’t want the Vicar
coming along and getting in the way, but I’m sure that
anybody and indeed everybody else will be welcome
to join them.
As usual Jeanne and Gina are the oracles of wisdom
about the branches and their activities.
Highlights in May Living Faith After a short pause!!! We will be starting the next
module of Living Faith on Thursday 16th May at
Gelligarn, Llanyre by kind invitation of Robin and
Marcia Gibson-Watt. As last time, we will begin each
session with a shared meal for which a donation is
always welcomed (financial!)
Everybody is welcome to join, whether you did the
last module or not, it would be lovely to see some new
faces, as well as the old ones of course!!
Sunday 2nd
June Coronation Anniversary Following on from their very successful celebration of
the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen’s Accession last
year, Llanfihangel Brynpabuan will be celebrating the
60th Anniversary of the Coronation on the day itself!
The afternoon will include a display and tea in the
church followed by a 1662 BCP Evensong at 5.00pm
to conclude what will I’m sure, be a very enjoyable
and rather nostalgic afternoon.
And finally I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who
supported our services and events during Lent, Holy
Week and Easter. Siârion and the Benefice Choir were
as usual fabulous during our very moving Tenebrae
service on Palm Sunday and it was good to see so
many joining us for the act of Witness in Newbridge
on Good Friday and I’m still getting my head around
quite how many people joined our Easter Egg Hunt,
service and lunch on Easter Eve.
I must, however, say a very special thank-you to those
who worked so hard to prepare Cwmbach Church for
the Agapé and Eucharist there on Maundy Thursday,
walking into Church that night was like arriving at a
banquet, the church looked simply stunning!
Finally an enormous thank you to everybody who
prepared our churches for Easter at probably the most
challenging Easter for flowers we’ve had in many
years. The Upper Wye Churches all looked simply
beautiful. Thank you, thank you to you all.
Llanyre, Newbridge-on-Wye, Cwmbach Llechrhyd, Llanfihangel Helygen, Llanafan Fawr & Llanfihangel Brynpabuan
Revd Ben Griffith, 2 Highbury Fields, Llanyre, LD1 6NF, Tel: 01597 823321, Email: [email protected]
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The Parishes of the Irfon Valley & Blaenau Irfon
Lucyann writes… Dear Friends
After such a long and arduous winter, it’s
wonderful to see and hear the emerging life and
energy of spring, to feel the warmth of the sun, to
see young lambs gambolling, racing and cheering
us with by their presence in the fields around us.
The bird song too, has been strikingly loud in
the last few days and on Sunday swallows were
sighted in Llangammarch, Elan Valley and
Builth: an affirmation perhaps that it’s finally
ok to relax back into trusting our underlying
seasons. Yet, lest we get too complacent about
our weather system, the signs of this
remarkable winter are still visible as a patch of
fresh snow drops are glimpsed in a cool spot at
the same time as the swallows fly past- a most
peculiar combination.
We know only too well that the impact of the
prolonged cold weather and the late deep,
drifted snow has been devastating for many
sheep farmers, what a relief it must be to see
the hills beginning to green as the grass finally
begins to grow.
In the Easter season, we always have the
reading from John 21 where the disciples have
been out fishing, all night and catch nothing,
they then see a stranger on sure, later revealed
as Jesus, who tells them to try again and they
haul in the catch of their lives.
It’s such a powerful story about the impact of
grief on our minds, spirits and bodies. These
skilled fishermen seem to have lost their knack.
Distracted by grief, they are fishing as a way of
finding a way to occupy themselves, do
something familiar, hold onto the old rhythm of
life and are unable to concentrate on the signs
of life in the ocean below.
Interestingly, it’s Peter who initiates this
fishing trip. He’s really lost. Jesus is dead and
to make matters worse, his last words were
words of rejection and betrayal. In losing Jesus,
he loses God and his purpose in life and now it
seems he can’t even remember how to fish.
It seems to me to resonant with the plight of
many who have lost
hope over this
winter. Indeed, such
is Peter’s lose of
hope, he doesn’t
recognise Jesus,
whose presence
brings so much
practical help; a
huge haul of fish, to
sell and feed the
family on, a tasty
breakfast for the tired, hungry and dispirited
and then finally meeting Peters deep inner to be
restored to himself and God: to be healed of
shame, guilt, despair and to be reconnected
with his work and purpose.
It wasn’t plain sailing for Peter after this
encounter, but the impact of that encounter of
profound acceptance, compassion and
restoration cannot be underestimated, indeed
Peter went on to be a key figure in the founding
of the Church we are part of today.
Perhaps you identify more with the disciple
John who at the smallest sign recognised Jesus,
or perhaps you are more like Peter and you
need to be helped to see the signs, to recognise
when God is present and at work.
However you find yourself this Easter and
Ascension tide, may you receive the practical
support and guidance you need and find yourself
met by the Risen Jesus in those mundane and
familiar rhythms that order your life
Sunday 5th
May 5.00pm Join us at Llanfechan Church for an
Evening Rogation Service to bless the local fields and livestock
St Cadmarch’s, Llangammarch Wells; The Parish Church, Llanlleonfel, Garth; St Afan’s, Llanfechan; St Cannen’s,
Llanganten, Cilmery; St. James’, Llanwrtyd Wells; St. David’s, Llanwrtyd; St David’s Tirabad; Eglwys Oen Duw, Beulah;
Revd Lucyann Ashdown, The Rectory, Llangammarch Wells, Tel: 01591 620 244, Email: [email protected]
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The Parishes of the Irfon Valley & Blaenau Irfon Parish Diary for May
Family Fun Day
“Medieval MayhemMedieval MayhemMedieval MayhemMedieval Mayhem” Saturday 4
th May at Brecon Cathedral
See the Deanery page for more details
or contact 01982 551288 for more information
Sunday 5th
Rogation Day
9.30am Eglwys Oen Duw
11.00am St. James (Morning Prayer) JA
11.15am Llanganten (Morning Prayer) Team
11.15am Llanlleonfel
6.30pm Llanfechan Evening Rogation Service
to bless the local fields and livestock
Thursday 9th
Ascension Day
7.30pm Deanery Service at Painscastle
(Llanbedr Church)
Sunday 12th
Easter 7
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK BEGINS
9.30am Eglwys Oen Duw (congregational)
9.30am St. Cadmarch
11.00am St. James
Sunday 12th
May
Circular Walk and Tea Prysiau’r Fawr, Llangammarch Wells
By kind permission of Alan & Alison Dean
Time: TBC
(look out for posters and on Parish website)
Saturday 18th
at St. Cadmarch’s
Marriage of Anwen Marshall and Robert Evans
Sunday 19th
Pentecost
9.30am Eglwys Oen Duw
11am St. James
11.15 Llanganten
‘Friends of Eglwys Oen Duw’ AGM will be
held at 7.30pm on Wed 22nd
May in the Annexe
Thurs 23rd
May Wesley Festival begins with inaugural lecture
(see notice)
Sunday 26th Trinity
Joint Benefice Service at Llanlleonfel, Garth
Guest Preacher: Rev David Gamble
2nd
June Pentecost 2 Covenant Sunday 9.30am Eglwys Oen Duw
11.00am St. James (Morning Prayer) Team
11.15am Llanganten (Morning Prayer) JA
11.15am Llanlleonfel
Saturday 8th
June
Man V Horse race, Llanwrtyd Wells
Parish providing some of the refreshments
Fair Trade Coffee Morning
1st Saturday of every month
from 10.30 to12.00 at
St. James Church, Llanwrtyd
Coffee Morning
Every Wednesday
from 10.30 to 11.30 at
Alexandra Hall, Llangammarch.
Meet new people, catch up with old friends.
Community Lunch
3rd
Wednesday of the month at St. James’
Church, Llanwrtyd Wells
Wesley Festival Weekend 23-26
th May 2013
Celebrating the heritage of Garth,
Llanlleonfel Church and the marriage
of Charles Wesley to Sarah Gwynne.
For more details,
contact David White on 01982 552251
St Cadmarch’s, Llangammarch Wells; The Parish Church, Llanlleonfel, Garth; St Afan’s, Llanfechan; St Cannen’s,
Llanganten, Cilmery; St. James’, Llanwrtyd Wells; St. David’s, Llanwrtyd; St David’s Tirabad; Eglwys Oen Duw, Beulah;
Revd Lucyann Ashdown, The Rectory, Llangammarch Wells, Tel: 01591 620 244, Email: [email protected]
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‘Nearer to God in a Garden’ – May
Lily of the Valley The Latin name of this plant is Convallaria majalis, from the Latin convallium - a valley, its natural
habitat and majalis - May, the time of flowering.
It is also known as Our Lady’s Tears or Mary’s Tears from a legend that it sprang from the ground where
Mary wept at the crucifixion of Jesus. In Religious paintings it is a symbol of humility and to envision a
better world. In the language of flowers it means the return of happiness. It was used in the bridal
bouquet of William and Kate.
The lily mentioned in Song of Solomon 2:1 is thought to be a
different type of Greek lily.
Several Hymns and songs have referred to the Lily of the Valley.
One in the public domain is by Charles W Fry, written in 1881:
“I have found a friend in Jesus, He’s everything to me.
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.
The Lily of the Valley in Him alone I see…
He’s the Lily of the Valley, The bright and Morning Star.
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.”
Parish helps Oxford University
to create Genetic Map of Mid-Wales The parish of St. Mary’s, Builth Wells is collaborating with scientists from Oxford University to help
them gather important genetic data which could help aid research into cancer and diabetes – and
perhaps you could help!
At the end of April the parish is hosting the academics as part of their 'The People of the British Isles'
Welcome Trust funded project to genetically map the entire United Kingdom.
The first phase of the project is to collect blood samples from over 4,000 people throughout the British
Isles. Importantly, volunteers must have both their parents and all four grandparents born in the same
rural area, parish or within a 40 mile radius as this meant that the volunteers were a good
representative of the region. The scientists are currently looking for new volunteers who fulfill this
criteria from Mid-Wales to complete their coverage of the British Isles and St. Mary’s has offered to
help. Not only are they providing a venue for the scientists but they have also endeavored to ‘get the
message’ out and drum up as many volunteers as possible.
The plan is to use DNA from these samples to make a genetic map of the British Isles. This will serve several purposes: the
samples will be a resource for research into the genetic components of susceptibility to common diseases such as cancer and
diabetes, whilst the genetic map will also enable the scientists to look at the impact the different historical invasions, such as
the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, had around the British Isles. They will also be looking for genes involved in facial features,
which may well be affected by ancestry from different areas. This will require 3D photographs to be taken of volunteers.
The study is anonymous which means individual DNA results will not be available, surnames will not be linked to individuals
in published results and no data from photographs will be published that would allow an individual to be recognised.
Volunteers are kept informed about the progress of the research through annual newsletters, giving out results of what we
have found in their area. If you would like to participate then contact: Tammy Day, Dept Of Oncology, University of
Oxford, Oxford Research Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7QD or telephone: 01865 863 819
RSCM Swansea and Brecon Choral Festival Brecon Cathedral Saturday 11 May 2013
Festival Choral Evensong with responses by John Sanders, Canticles Stanford in C and anthem The Song of
Christ’s Glory by Philip Moore. During the service Bishop John Davies will present RSCM Awards.
Families, friends and general members of the public are welcome to attend the
Festival Service which will begin at 17:00.
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