\n\tThe month of March has been one of the most crowded of months in the calendar due to Easter being earlier this year.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tMothering Sunday was a very happy crowded church with the Pebbles Group playing an important part in the morning service, showing us their portraits of their Mums and what she meant to them. All very touching and often quite funny in a nice sort of way.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tHoly Week which began with the Palm Sunday ceremonies was kept with solemnity in the days leading up to Good Friday, when the commemoration began at St Lythan’s church, then continued with the walk down to St Mary’s for the final hour marking the time of Christ’s Crucifixion. \n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe following day the church was beautifully decorated for Easter Day with lilies donated by members of the congregation in memory of loved ones departed. On Easter Day 9.30am morning service was a very special one, when the newly lit Pascal Candle was brought into the centre of the church.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Easter garden in the church porch was blessed and the service proceeded with the baptism of 4 young people, who with their Godparents and supporters filled the church to capacity. It was a most joyous occasion and will long live on in the memory of other joyous occasions that the church has experience during the past years. As the congregation left the church Easter Eggs were given to the children and adults and were greatly appreciated. Once again the Queen of Festivals as Easter is often called lived up to all expectations with wonderful singing, memorable readings from the Bible, and with the affirmation of our own Baptisms many years ago and in different places, all remind us that we are one family with God our Father.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Lent Lunches continued week by week, with soup provided by members of the congregation. The Lent group met in the Rectory to study the Psalms and the Bible Study group met in Sully on a number of weeks. The theme of Lent this year was to take on something extra rather than giving something up, and these group meetings and Wednesday lunches were all opportunities for doing something extra during Lent.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe recent fine sunny but cold weather has enabled our stone mason to work on the stone wall in the grave yard, and the results are already showing great improvements. The removal of the sycamore trees has proved to be the correct course of action with daffodils blooming in profusion on the top of the wall which enhances the appearance of graveyard and cemetery alike. The ground surrounding a church is often called “God’s Acre” and here in Wenvoe we try to maintain as high a standard as possible, knowing that many in the community appreciate its surroundings for quiet contemplation and silent prayer. \n<\/p>\n
\n\tDuring Lent all our “brass ware” at the altar and in the chancel has been removed in place of more simpler candles and ornaments. Shortly before Easter the Brass Cleaning team met to polish and buff up the brass ware in time for the Easter celebrations. They meet at different times of the year to keep the brass shining for our Sunday worship, not only are candlesticks involved in this, but the hanging lamps and the various brass commemorative plaques on the wall as well.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tA vote of thanks to all the volunteers who turn up to get their hands on the Brasso with rubber gloves, and they seem to thrive on the heady aroma of polish. The weeks following on from Easter are generally quieter ones, but the work doesn’t stop. Plans are being made for Pentecost on May 12th and the Queen’s 90th birthday on June 12th. Watch this space. Easter Greetings to all readers\n<\/p>\n
\n\t Parry Edwards<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The month of March has been one of the most crowded of months in the calendar due to Easter being earlier this year. Mothering Sunday was a very happy crowded church with the Pebbles Group playing an important part in the morning service, showing us their portraits of their Mums and what she meant to them. All very touching and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207,"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":[86,85],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSCN0449.jpg?fit=2592%2C1944","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-6L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16779,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16779","url_meta":{"origin":419,"position":0},"title":"April Church News","author":"Alan Williams","date":"27th March 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"April Church News Lenten greetings from the members of the congregation at St. Mary\u2019s to the wider community of Wenvoe and St. Lythans. If you cannot make it to church, follow and join in our service on a Sunday morning by logging on to www.ipcamlive.com\/stmarywenvoe. As I write, we are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Items for April 2026"","block_context":{"text":"New Items for April 2026","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=432"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16575,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16575","url_meta":{"origin":419,"position":1},"title":"Church Services Schedule","author":"Alan Williams","date":"29th January 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Church Services For Lent, Holy Week And Easter Lent Ash Wednesday - 18th February 10.00am at St Mary\u2019s, Wenvoe. Holy Eucharist & Imposition of Ashes On this day we begin our penitential season of Lent Lenten Weekday Eucharist Wednesdays at 10.00am. 1st and 3rd Wednesday at St Mary\u2019s, Wenvoe Lenten\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Items for February 2026"","block_context":{"text":"New Items for February 2026","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=430"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4391,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=4391","url_meta":{"origin":419,"position":2},"title":"Parish Events for March","author":"Alan Williams","date":"28th March 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This year the month of March came in like a lion and hopefully will leave as a lamb. The heavy snow fall, and the consequent drifting, confined a lot of us to our homes until we dug ourselves out. Thanks to Mike for doing a great job clearing the path\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "St Mary's Parish Church News"","block_context":{"text":"St Mary's Parish Church News","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3230,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=3230","url_meta":{"origin":419,"position":3},"title":"Easter Celebration","author":"Alan Williams","date":"1st May 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 What a joy it was to hear the church bells ring out on Easter morning announcing that the Lord has risen, and that it was time to celebrate this most wonderful event in the Christian Church worldwide. During the season of Lent the bells had been silent, in keeping\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "St Mary's Parish Church News"","block_context":{"text":"St Mary's Parish Church News","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15467,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15467","url_meta":{"origin":419,"position":4},"title":"May Church News","author":"Alan Williams","date":"4th May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 May Church News Greetings from the congregation of St. Mary\u2019s, eager to welcome new faces to join them in worship at 9.30am on Sunday morning. Gone are the days when we could number the faithful for three services on Sundays, with extra chairs placed out in the aisle for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Items for May 2025"","block_context":{"text":"New Items for May 2025","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=421"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7519,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=7519","url_meta":{"origin":419,"position":5},"title":"The Strangest Of Times","author":"Alan Williams","date":"2nd May 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Strangest Of Times \u00a0 We have been through the strangest of times in the past month. The virus COVID19 has affected so much of our lives, with Government advice to STAY IN OUR HOMES, in other words we have faced a \u201cLockdown\u201d only going out for essential shopping, for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "St Mary's Parish Church News"","block_context":{"text":"St Mary's Parish Church News","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/church.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}