{"id":7111,"date":"2020-02-03T00:49:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T23:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=7111"},"modified":"2020-02-03T00:49:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T23:49:50","slug":"february-parish-church-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=7111","title":{"rendered":"February Parish Church News"},"content":{"rendered":"

February Parish Church News<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Last Christmas, the Parochial Church Council decided that the chosen charities for the collections at the Wenvoe Community Carol Service and the \u201cWaiting for Jesus\u201d service, would be shared between the Neo Natal Unit at the UHW and the Food Bank in Barry. The money given on these two occasions came to \u00a3900 and cheques have been sent to both charities. This was a wonderful and generous response and thanks are given for all who attended and gave so generously.<\/p>\n

During January there has been work in the churchyard on the Jenner family graves. Mr David Randolph had been concerned for some time that the white marble crosses, placed there in memory of former members of his family, had become so discoloured that it was time for a restoration to their former pristine condition. This is a common problem when white marble is chosen as a memorial. The amount of rain falling and the surrounding trees continually dripping on the stone surface, creates a discolouring that is difficult to remove. Thank you David for making the churchyard that much cleaner and a pleasure to all who visit.<\/p>\n

Since the carpeting in the nave, choir and sanctuary has been removed revealing the historic tile flooring, many have commented on the beauty of the designs and colours of tile used. The church will close for two weeks in the month to allow the restorers to remove the unsightly white deposits, replace broken tiles, clean and polish the tile surfaces. This will bring them back to what the earlier generations who had the care of the church building in the mid 19th century, when they decided to beautify the church.<\/p>\n

The church is now kept heated, at minimum temperature, during the week in an attempt to cure the condensation on the walls and floors. This is a work in progress, and already the building is much warmer and much easier to raise the heat level on Sundays. To keep the heating on is costly as there is so little insulation in the building. The roof is not insulated, the windows are single pane stained glass, the main entry via the south door lets the heat out and the cold in. The walls are solid stone, so we know that there is a great heat loss to be expected.<\/p>\n

Preparations are in hand for compiling the 2020 Parish Electoral Roll<\/strong>. This is a listing of all communicant members of the church over 16 years of age, who can then stand for the Office of Churchwarden, serve on the PCC and also be able to vote at the Easter Vestry Meeting, should a vote be called for. All forms to be returned to church by Mothering Sunday March 22nd.<\/p>\n

2020 in the Diocese is the \u2018Year of Pilgrimage\u2019 <\/strong>which was launched at the service in the afternoon of January 12th in the cathedral. The current issue of \u2018Croeso\u2019 had a very interesting article on the idea of pilgrimage, as we explore our own personal faith together with an invitation to make a pilgrimage to<\/p>\n

Llandaff Cathedral as it celebrates its 900th year of foundation. During the service Bishop June talked about \u2018flying the flag for faith, supporting our communities and encouraging cooperation and friendship\u2019 Presentations were made to schools and parishes of a faith candle, a pilgrim\u2019s staff, a scallop shell and a pilgrim bear to be used during the year at services in the parishes of the diocese to mark the progress of the pilgrimage.<\/p>\n

Events to remember during February: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) – February 25th<\/p>\n

Ash Wednesday (First day of Lent) – February 26th<\/p>\n

Fun Quiz in the Community Centre – February 29th<\/p>\n

A warm welcome awaits you in St Mary\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Parry Edwards<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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February Parish Church News   Last Christmas, the Parochial Church Council decided that the chosen charities for the collections at the Wenvoe Community Carol Service and the \u201cWaiting for Jesus\u201d service, would be shared between the Neo Natal Unit at the UHW and the Food Bank in Barry. 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