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MAY REPORT<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The major event in the calendar this month has been the feast of PENTECOST celebrated May 19th. This event is more commonly known as the birthday of the church, as it was the coming of the Holy Spirit on the disciples in the form of a rushing violent wind and of flames of fire that rested on each of them and they were filled with the Holy spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them utterance. You can read all about it in the Book of Acts chapter 2 verses 1-21. It is the custom of the church for the priests to wear red vestments to compliment the red at the altar and this year the flowers were matched to represent the flaming tongues of fire. Pentecost brings the season of Easter to a close and we now embark on the season of Trinity where the liturgical colour is Green, to represent the growth of the church in the Biblical days and also the growth of the church in our own day and age.<\/p>\n During the month we marked the Feast day of Rogation in a way we have not marked before, with a section of the morning service outdoors to ask for God\u2019s blessing on the stream in Venwood Close, the land and the fields on the village green, the care of the earth, whilst thinking of climate change and the way we tend to abuse our surroundings with litter and how we are polluting the seas and rivers.<\/p>\n The Chattery continues to be very popular, with much chat and friendly conversation. We meet in the Church Hall on the second Thursday morning at 10.30, for coffee\/tea and posh biscuits and a FREE raffle for a very modest contribution to the church funds.<\/p>\n The CHRISTIAN AID APPEAL<\/strong><\/p>\n This was a very busy week for Jude Billingham and her team of helpers, as they organised themselves in delivering appeal envelopes to homes in Wenvoe. The school had a special assembly and a no uniform day, and all culminated in a Cake, Cake and more Cake coffee morning in the church Hall on Saturday 18th May. The flags and the bunting for Christian Aid in the church grounds and church hall made sure that the event was well advertised and was consequently well supported. The total raised for the appeal will not be known for some time, awaiting the collection and verifying of the moneys donated. A big THANK YOU to Jude and her team, and also to those who donated the lovely delicious cakes and to those who made the coffee\/tea and cleaned up afterwards. To those who supported the various events and purchased the cakes, every year there is always a good response in Wenvoe to this appeal, Thank you again Da Iawn .<\/p>\n The Friends of St Bleddian\u2019s church at St. Lythan\u2019s are holding an afternoon bring your own picnic on Sunday 9th June and all are welcome. The community are really coming together to ensure that this most historic church, considered to be one of the oldest in the diocese, dating from around the 6th century has a future in the 21st century. The worshipping community remains small but the interest shewn by the wider community of Dyffryn,<\/p>\n St Lythan\u2019s or LLwynelidon (as the road sign says) together with Twyn yr Odyn does mean that this little church is not forgotten and really needs to be kept at the heart of events in this little and remote settlement. So thank you for all that the organisers are doing to promote an interest in seeing that the building will be maintained so that it is fit for the next century. At the end of June on the 5th Sunday of the month the three churches in our little group will be celebrating the Eucharist at 10.00am. Look forward to seeing you there. The latest edition of the Ministry Area Magazine \u201cCONNECTIONS\u201d is now available, please collect your copy from the church porch. Copies of the recent diocesan magazine \u201cCROESO\u201d featuring Vicar Lyndon on the front cover are also available in the porch Let us hope the wet Spring is now behind us and Summer will make her presence known with lovely sunny warm weather. If you have holidays planned, have a safe journey and return refreshed, If you cannot get to church, join us online www.ipcamlive.com\/stmarywenvoe<\/p>\n Every Blessing\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Parry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n MAY REPORT The major event in the calendar this month has been the feast of PENTECOST celebrated May 19th. This event is more commonly known as the birthday of the church, as it was the coming of the Holy Spirit on the disciples in the form of a rushing violent wind and of flames of fire that rested on each […]<\/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-3Jm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16889,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16889","url_meta":{"origin":14344,"position":0},"title":"May Church News","author":"Alan Williams","date":"30th April 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"May Church News Greetings from the congregation at St. Mary\u2019s to the wider community of Wenvoe and St. Lythans. 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