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JULY REPORT<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n A year has gone by since Lyndon and Chris made that long journey from Canada to be our Vicar here in Wenvoe as part of the Ministry Area of De Morgannwg. Now we are in the holiday month of August. Our church school has seen the senior class pupils preparing to join their new schools and we will be welcoming the youngest into the Nursery Unit. School holidays mean its holiday time for all the family, and whatever plans you have made to travel or take a staycation, may you have good weather and an enjoyable break. St. Mary\u2019s will not be taking a holiday and will be open for worship as usual, although many of our regulars will no doubt be away, which makes even more room for visitors, who are most welcome to join our weekly worship at 9.30am on Sunday morning. The annual Village Show<\/strong> is being hosted in the Church Hall on September 9th and is being organised by Glenys and Mike Tucker and ably assisted by others. At the same time a Teddy Bears\u2019 picnic will be held in the church grounds with a BYO picnic. Full details are on page 7.<\/p>\n The Harvest Festival<\/strong> this year will take place on September 24th at 9.30 am when the church will be decorated with many contributions for the Food Bank displayed around the church. We send many parcels each week to the Barry Food Bank to those in such great need in these days of high living costs. The demand is greater than ever with many essential items in short supply and the Food Bank has to rely on cash donations to buy in those items. Grateful thanks go to all who make a weekly contribution<\/p>\n A Flower Fund<\/strong> will be opened to purchase flowers to decorate the church and any gifts of fruit and vegetables will be most welcome. These items will be passed to a charity in Cardiff which distributes fresh vegetables etc to those who wish to provide fresh meals for their family. \u201cCome ye thankful people come, raise the song of Harvest Home\u201d.<\/p>\n Our LED Lighting System<\/strong> was completed just over a year ago on 12th May 2022.The benefit of switching to a LED system is now obvious with the savings we are making compared to the former Halogen fittings used in the building. During 2022 the church lighting was in constant use during the renovations and repainting the interior with a bill of \u00a3409 for the year. Since the installation for the first 6 months of 2023 our electricity bill is \u00a3136.The Ron Thomas Bequest was used to fund the installation and was a wise use of his bequest as shown by the running costs so far this year. Thankyou Ron. You were a faithful friend while you lived here and your gift will benefit St. Mary\u2019s in the years ahead. Parry Edwards<\/p>\n <\/p>\n JULY REPORT A year has gone by since Lyndon and Chris made that long journey from Canada to be our Vicar here in Wenvoe as part of the Ministry Area of De Morgannwg. Now we are in the holiday month of August. Our church school has seen the senior class pupils preparing to join their new schools and we will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-3uF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14647,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14647","url_meta":{"origin":13433,"position":0},"title":"August Report","author":"Alan Williams","date":"8th September 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"AUGUST REPORT \u00a0 From time to time the church Treasurer has to review the present level of church finances against the church budget set at the beginning of the year. 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\nWenvoe Village Show and Teddy Bears\u2019 Picnic<\/p>\n
\nFor those of you planning to be away on holiday, have a safe journey, an enjoyable time and a safe return.<\/p>\n
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