Parish of Killay December Magazine

Parish of Killay

Parish Magazine St Hilary and St Martin

December 2016

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Parish of Killay - Who’s Who Vicar:

The Reverend Phillip Gwynn, BA, MA, DPS, Cert. Theol.

The Vicarage, 26 Hendrefoilan Rd. Tycoch, Swansea. SA2 9LS email Phillip@gwynn.org.uk ! 01792 204476 Mobile 07946351787

St Hilary's

St Hilary’s Church & Church Hall Parish Centre Gower Road, Killay, Swansea, SA2 7DZ

Reader Emeritus:

David Morgan

Eucharistic Assistants:

Gillian Hutchinson, David Morgan, Eileen Nielsen, Alan Pickard

Churchwardens:

Jeremy Harris Valerie Beynon

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Church Treasurer:

Alan Pickard

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Sacristan:

Bryan Smale

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Servers:

Beryl Claybrooke, Catherine Swain, Steve Lewis, Bryan Smale, John Williams, Stephanie Budski

PCC Secretary:

Eileen Nielsen

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Parish Centre Booking Secretary:

Eileen Nielsen

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Envelopes/Gift Aid Scheme:

Ken James

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Organist/Choirmaster:

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St Martin's

St Martin’s Church Fairwood Road, Dunvant, Swansea SA2 7PE

Churchwardens:

Roger Draisey Susan Dimblebee

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St.Nicholas of Myra – what’s all this gift-giving all about?

One account of how Father Christmas began tells of a man named Nicholas who was born in the Greek village of Patara, on what is today the southern coast of Turkey. His family were both devout and wealthy, and when his parents died in an epidemic, Nicholas decided to use his inheritance to help people. He gave to the needy, the sick, the suffering. He dedicated his whole life to God’s service, and was made Bishop of Myra while still a young man. As later a bishop, he joined other bishops and priests in prison under the emperor Diocletian’s fierce persecution of Christians across the Roman Empire.

Finally released, Nicholas was all the more determined to shed abroad the news of God’s love. He did so by giving.

One story of his generosity explains why we hang Christmas stockings over our mantelpieces today. There was a poor family with three daughters who needed dowries if they were to marry, and not be sold into slavery. Nicholas heard of their plight, and tossed three bags of gold into their home through an open window – thus saving the girls from a life of misery.

The bags of gold landed in stockings or shoes left before the fire to dry. Hence the custom of children hanging out stockings – in the hope of attracting presents of their own from St Nicholas - on Christmas Eve. That is why three gold balls, sometimes represented as oranges, are one of the symbols of St Nicholas.

The example of St Nicholas has never been forgotten - in bygone years boys in Germany and Poland would dress up as bishops on 6th December, and beg alms for the poor. In the Netherlands and Belgium ‘St Nicholas’ would arrive on a steamship from Spain to ride a white horse on his gift-giving rounds. To this day, 6th December is still the main day for gift-giving and merry-making in much of Europe. In America, St. Nicholas went through many transformations and eventually Sinterklaas became Santa Claus. Instead of giving gifts on December 6, he became a part of the Christmas holiday. In the 1820 poem "An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore, he is described as a jolly, heavy man who comes down the chimney to leave presents for deserving children and drives a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer. The cartoonist Thomas Nast added to the St. Nicholas legend with an 1881 drawing of Santa as wearing a red suit with white fur trim. Once a kind, charitable bishop, St. Nicholas had become the Santa Claus we know today. Many feel that simple gift-giving in early Advent helps preserve a Christmas Day focus on the Christ Child.

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There is a great joy in giving – giving in thanks for the greatest gift of all, given to us in the birth of a baby, a baby that was to change the world. Christmas is NOT about turkey and brussels sprouts or even about the craze of the day - Hatchimals. “What are they?’ - I ask you say.

Hatchimals are magical creatures that live inside eggs.

Each egg contains a Hatchimal - Pengualas available in pink or teal or Draggles in green or purple. Kids are encouraged to love and care for their creature while it is inside the egg and its eyes will light up as it makes cute sounds, telling them how it's feeling. Once they've played with it enough, they'll see rainbow eyes which means it's time to hatch.

Christmas is primarily about Jesus, Christmas begins with CHRISTmas. All these other things, carols, Christmas cards, turkey and stuffing and, yes, even Hatchimals are all just part of the whole Christmas experience.

It must be great watching the Hatchimal hatch out, or break out of it’s brightly coloured egg casing. This tells us something about new birth as we look towards the start of a New Year. So it is with the church, we are entering a new way of doing things, but in order to experience the new things, then something of what went before needs to be shed. The really important thing is that Jesus is in the centre, and is driving the change forward. Change must be initiated by God – not by man.

We look forward to welcoming many visitors into our churches, enjoy singing well known carols and see the smiles on the faces of children. But we must never forget that the important part of the Hatchimal is what’s inside. The important part of Christmas is what’s in our hearts, what we understand about the great gift of personal salvation that little baby we know as Jesus bring us that no-one else can.

In marketing terms, it is hoped that children will enjoy the Hatchimal experience so much, that they will want to come back for more. My hope and prayer is that we, who are regular churchgoers will welcome and encourage the visitors who walk in through the doors, so much that they will feel that they might want more. This is gentle evangelism, drawing in the seekers, and there might be no better time than over Christmas.

So enjoy the pleasure of finding that special gift, for that special person – and enjoy the giving of it, like St.Nicholas of Myra.

Wishing you a blessed and peaceful Christmas Your Friend and Vicar Phillip

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Trial pattern of services – what do YOU think?

We have been running the services this way for several months now – time for a review and to hear the voice of the people. The pattern was suggested as I have to run two parishes i.e. three churches as the only priest. Everyone would ideally like a morning Eucharist each Sunday in their particular church, I’m afraid that is not going to be possible. I have tried to ‘share the pain’ as fairly as I am able. Some have already said that they dislike evening eucharists, others that the non-eucharistic services need to be more inspiring. What do YOU think? Please speak with the Vicar of the Wardens, so that tweeks might be made. However, it has to be accepted that it will not be possible to please all of the people all of the time, with finite resources.

Introduction of Lay Worship Leaders.

Over the past few months I have been working through a training package with six volunteers, they are now ready to begin to experience the leading of worship – indeed some have already prepared and presented their own intercessions/prayers. The idea is that in the New Year, the group will begin putting together their own acts of worship. These services will NOT be Morning Prayer from the Green Book. They will have varied and differing content, they will not be the same week on week. The concept is to make worship more imaginative, more interesting, more creative. This is not in any way a criticism of those who have led services over recent months as Lay Readers. These new volunteers will soon be licensed by the Bishop as Lay Worship Leaders. Please hold Ken, Gareth, Babs, Sian, Mike and John in your prayers – and please give them your support and help. This is a response to listening to people’s opinions and attempting to act on those voices. The ultimate aim of this exercise is to show that worship does not always have to be centred on the eucharist, and to try to introduce young families into the worshipping family of the church.

Christmas in hospital.

If you have ever been an in-patient in a hospital over Christmas, you will know how hard it is being away from familiar things at such a special time. As Chaplain at Singleton Hospital, through the month of December, I am involved in a number of things to help those who find themselves having to cope with difficult issues over the festive period.

Sunday 4th December at 3pm – Baby Memorial Service.

This is a very emotional service of quiet reflection for those families who have lost a baby or delivered a still-born. This service takes place in a packed Hospital Chapel. If you have had such an experience, however long ago it may be, you would be very welcome to join us.

Sunday 11th December at 3pm – Hospital Carol Service.

This service is uplifting with the ladies choir, The Singleton Singers, the children from Sketty Primary School performing a simple nativity tableau, and various members of 6 Parish of Killay 2016

hospital staff and volunteers reading the story of the nativity from scripture and elsewhere. This service takes place in the Hospital Chapel, will be followed by mince pies and refreshments – everyone is very welcome to come along.

Tuesday 20th December starting at 6pm – Carols on the Wards.

We meet at Crush Hall (where the Red Cross shop is), we make our way along the Wards singing carols as we go. This is a very special time for patients, relatives and staff alike. For some, they welcome their newborn into the world to experience their very first Christmas. For others who are at the other end of life, it might be their last Christmas. If you are prepared to spend an hour or so making a difference – why not come along and join us, there’ll be mince pies etc at the end! Be prepared for lots of smiles, but some tears too.

Sherry and Sian’s special homemade mince pies.

The Vicar and Sian would like you to join them for a special pre-Christmas celebration, especially if you’re going away for Christmas. After the service on the Sunday before Christmas (18th Dec), a chance for the Vicar to thank those who help to keep the wheels turning in Killay Parish, and to share in fellowship together over a glass of sherry and a mince pie (or two!). This is something the Vicar and Sian have done in previous parishes, there is always much discussion as to the secret recipe for Sian’s mince pies, only revealed when they leave the parish.

New faces over the altar rail.

Several people have stepped forward to offer their skills in administering communion both in church and at the homes of those who are unable to attend church. In St. Martin’s, Stephen Gardner and Gareth Lewis and, in St.Hilary’s, Steve Lewis, John Williams and Catherine Swain. Following training from the Vicar, they will start their duties in the New Year but, don’t worry, you will still see Alan Pickard, Eileen Nielsen, Gillian Hutchinson and David Morgan! Please pray for those preparing to take on this special role within the church. It is hoped that Bishop John will join us early in 2017 to present Licences to this merry band and also to our Lay Worship Leaders – more about that in next month’s magazine.

Sharing of the Peace.

I think there needs to be some order to this important part of the liturgy, as the Vicar is regularly faced with people’s backs as they turn around enthusiastically to shake hands with those behind them – and sometimes their heads as they bend down to get their collection out of their bags. There is no time for him to constantly wait, so here is a suggestion to make the process a little smoother. Please wait until the Vicar has shaken your hand before turning around to shake others. That might make this process a little smoother and tidier. Let’s give it a try and see what people think after Christmas.

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Monthly Diary December 2016 1st

11.00am

Thursday Holy Eucharist

4th

11.00am

The Second Sunday of Advent Eucharist followed by coffee & Traidcraft

8th

11.00am 6.00pm

Thursday Holy Eucharist Eddie Tucker Memorial Service

11th

11.00am 6.00pm

The Third Sunday of Advent Eucharist followed by coffee Killay Community Carol Service (Siloam)

14th

7.00pm

Mothers’ Union/Ladies Guild Carol Service

15th

11.00am

Thursday Holy Eucharist

18th

11.00am 6.00pm

The Fourth Sunday of Advent Eucharist followed by coffee Joint Carol Service with Siloam (Siloam)

22nd

11.00am

Thursday Holy Eucharist

24th

11.30pm

Christmas Eve Carols (from 11pm)/Midnight Mass

25th

11.00am

Christmas Day Eucharist

Music Society

2nd Monday 7.30pm

Mothers’ Union

1st and 3rd Tuesdays 2pm

Brownies

every Tuesday 6pm

Luncheon Club

11am - 2pm Ladies’ Guild Bowls

Monthly Prayer Meeting Simeon Fellowship

every Wednesday

every Wednesday 7.30pm every Friday evening 7pm - 10pm

2nd Friday in the month at 2pm in the Choir Vestry (except August) last Tuesday of the month at 7.15 pm at Dunvant Rugby Club

Our Vision: A family, rooted in Christ, committed to transforming lives by: Gathering as God’s people – Growing more like Jesus – Going out in the power of the Spirit.

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Rotas for December 2016 Readers at Morning Eucharist 4th

1st Marian Williams

2nd Pat Stratton

11th 18th

1st Eric Thomas 1st Alan Clewett

2nd John Williams 2nd Alan Pickard

25th

1st Angela Reed

2nd Margaret Massey

Offertory Procession 4th 11th

Glenys & Lyndon Hall Liz Restall & Gwynneth Prestwood

18th 25th

Susan & Bob Mapp Sarah & Jeremy Harris

Altar Flowers 4th

Advent

11th 18th

Advent Advent

25th

Christmas Day - Ladies Guild

Sidespersons December January

Sylvia & Mike Powell, David Jones, John Williams Phyl & Mike Smith, Gillian Hutchinson, Eddie Rowe

Sponsor for Bread & Wine Gwynneth Prestwood

Coffee 4th Gwynneth Prestwood 18th Pat Stratton

Church Cleaning

11th 25th

Coffee in Vestry (tree exhibition) Christmas Day (no coffee)

Eileen & Gregory

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St Martin’s Church Dunvant December 2016 Date

Service

Time

Sidesperson

Reader

4th

Holy Eucharist

8.00am

Elaine Graves

David Morgan

11th

Morning Service

9.00am

Colin Williams

Heaulwen Lumsdaine

18th

Sung Eucharist and coffee

9.00am

Sue Dimblebee

Elaine Redmond

25th

Sung Eucharist

9.00am

Roger Draisey

Stephen Gardner

All welcome, please come and join us Altar Flowers 4th

Advent

11th

Advent

18th

Advent

25th

Eileen Harris

Bread & Wine Eileen Harris

ST MARTIN’S CHURCH IS AVAILABLE FOR HIRE. IT CAN ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 35 PEOPLE. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT CHURCH WARDENS. 10 Parish of Killay 2016

Parish News We pray for those who are ill at home, in hospitals or nursing homes. Our prayers are also with those who are caring for them - Phyllis Harries, Emlyn Bawden, John Isles, Joan Dobbs, Graham Treharne, Eve Chriswick, Edna Catley (has been hospitalised these past weeks).

Marion Davies has left Singleton and is now at St Martins care home, Morriston. We wish her all the best and hope she will settle soon.

We offer best wishes to Sue Charles- Phillips, who is recovering after an operation. Our thoughts and prayers are will her.

b Angela, Charlie, Richard and all the Reed family would like to thank all our church family for the wonderful support and love shown to us all at the passing of our beloved husband, father and grand-pa Terry. The kindness and concern during Terry's illness certainly was a great help to me. The many cards, flowers and expressions of sympathy at his passing was most appreciated by us all, indeed the love and warmth felt at this sad time will live with us for ever.

Thank you and God Bless. Angela Reed and Family

b FIREMAN’S PRAYER

Quickly and efficiently To put the fire out.

When I am called to duty God, Wherever flames may rage, Give me strength to save a life, Whatever be its age.

I want to fill my calling, To give the best in me, To guard my friend and neighbour And protect their property

Help me embrace a little child Before it is too late, Or save an older person from, The horror of that fate.

Enable me to be alert, And hear the weakest shout,

And if according to Your will I must answer death 's call, Bless with Your protecting hand My family one and all. Amen

Parish Treasurer Needed At the Annual Parish Meeting, this year I informed all present that this would be my last year as our Parish Treasurer. Please speak to one of our Churchwardens, PCC Secretary or me if you feel able to support our Parish in this vital role.

Thank you,

Alan Pickard

Parish Treasurer

Annual subscription £6 for this magazine is now due; this covers the cost of the magazines delivered to you for this past year, ending December 2016.

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At a recent meeting of the Monthly Prayer Group, it was decided that, as numbers have become extremely low, we would change the emphasis and organise a ‘Bible Study Group’. The meetings will still be held on Friday afternoons as many of the other weekdays are taken up with existing organisations.

The first meeting will be held on Friday, 13th January 2017 at 2:00pm and, thereafter, on the second Friday of each month at the same time. The group will be a ‘House Group’ and several people have volunteered to host it!. The first meeting will be held at the home of Pat and Hugh Stratton - 124 Ashgrove.

We hope to follow a course entitled ‘A Life Worth Living’, which is based on St Paul’s letter to the Philippians and deals with a broad aspect of the challenge that is set for our Parish at the present time! The sections for discussion are headed: New Heart, New Purpose, New Attitude, New Responsibilities, New Friendships, New Confidence, New Ambitions, New Resources and New Generosity; with a conclusion covering: Love for God, Love for Others and God’s Love for Us. Bring your own Bible - whichever version you prefer! All Welcome.

WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRY?

St Nicholas Fayre These days we are all aware of the precarious state of the church finances so it is imperative that we all support fund raising events such as the annual St Nicholas Fayre, which takes place on Saturday 3rd Dec. The organisers would like to see you ALL there, enjoying a bowl of warming soup or a mince pie and cup of tea. We are hoping that Dunvant school choir will open proceedings, singing seasonal songs; after which the usual stalls, Cakes, Savouries, Preserves, Bottles, Gifts, Toiletries, Jewellery, Cards and others will open for business.

Please, please please support by attending and, or donating items to all these stalls.

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The Annual Review A trilogy came out in paperback this year written by one of my favourite authors – Robert Goddard. It is a thriller based at the time of the end of the First World War and, like most good thrillers, it captures the atmosphere of that time very well indeed. A son sets out to discover why his father died under mysterious circumstances. The plot thickens and deepens and holds you in its grip until the satisfactory end. Another author to recommend is Tim Weaver. I have read two of his library this year: ‘What Remains’ and ‘Broken Heart’; both follow the similar pattern involving the searching for a person who has disappeared from society. New to me has been the works of Simon Toyne. I read ‘Solomon Creed’ and was enthralled and I hope to get his trilogy starting with ‘Sanctus’ over the coming festive period. A favourite of mine did not disappoint with ‘The Lady from Zagreb’ by Philip Kerr and he has another new one out recently. I notice that an author from decades ago has had his novels reissued and very good they are too. Lionel Davidson’s ‘The Rose of Tibet’, ‘Kolymsky Heights’, ‘The Night of Wenceslas’ (if anyone has been to Prague then read this you will enjoy it) and another six to go. He won three Golden Dagger awards - need I say more?

Turning to the world of films and concentrating on DVD’s during the year, I can recommend the following: ’ Kingsman’, a lovely spoof on the world of MI5, ‘The Intern’ (perhaps Robert De Niro’s best in his later years), ‘Eddy the Eagle’ (don’t be put off by what you remember of his Olympic efforts just see it), ‘Bridge of Spies’ (does Tom Hanks ever make a bad film?) and, my favourite of all I have viewed this year, ‘Lagaan’, a film made in India with the local language; it has sub titles and so is a reading exercise at first, but you soon get into the story about a village having to pay heavy taxes - which they cannot afford to do - and so enter into a wager over a cricket match - which, if they win, will see their future secured and, if they lose, will all perish under the weight of their opponents....the British Raj. Sheer bliss!

David Morgan

q Have you got something you would like to say? Read a good book? Seen a good film or play?

Had a good holiday? Recommend a recipe? Gardening tips? Something interesting or funny happened to you? Tell us about it. There is a post box at the back of church – just drop in your contributions and we will share them in the magazine. Or e-mail to reesfolk@btinternet.com Articles for the magazine can be submitted any time up to the last Sunday of the month for publication the following month.

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Christingle -the light of a candle in an orange that lights up the face of a small child.

It is the Moravians whom we have to thank for bringing us the Christingle. Especially one Moravian clergyman: John de Watteville.

On 20th December, 1747, John de Watteville was taking a children’s service in his Moravian church in Marienborn, Germany. He led the children in some hymns, and read out verses which the children themselves had written to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Then he explained to the children that true happiness only comes through knowing Jesus. “Jesus”, said John de Watteville, “has kindled in each little heart a flame which keeps burning to their joy and our happiness”.

John de Watteville then went on to illustrate that ‘flame’. He gave each child a little lighted wax candle, tied around with a red ribbon. He ended his service with a little prayer: “Lord Jesus, kindle a flame in these children’s hearts, that theirs like Thine become”.

The visual aid was a great success with the children, for the Marienborn Diary for that day concludes: “hereupon the children went full of joy with their lighted candles to their rooms and so went glad and happy to bed”.

The candle and red ribbon were remembered the following year, and the following after that.... The years came and went, and as the Moravians began to travel beyond Germany, so they took the custom with them: to Labrador, to Pennsylvania, to Tibet and Suriname, to the Caribbean and South Africa. In each country the Christians adapted it for their own use.

No one knows for certain when the word ‘Christingle’ was first used with regard to the custom. No one even knows where the word ‘Christingle’ comes from. Some people say it is from the old Saxon word ‘ingle’ (fire), meaning ‘Christ-fire or light’. Another theory is that it derives from the German ‘engel’ (angel), meaning ‘Christ-angel’.

In any event, the symbolism of Christingle gradually developed, until today the Moravians in the British Province use an orange, representing the world, with a lighted candle to represent Christ, the Light of the World. Nuts, raisins and sweets on cocktail sticks around the candle represent God’s bounty and goodness in providing the fruits of the earth. Red paper, forming a frill around the base of the candle, reminds us of the blood of Christ shed for all people on the cross at Calvary.

In Moravian churches, the Christingle Service is usually held on the Sunday before Christmas or on Christmas Eve. The website for the Moravian Church says: “We are glad that the Moravian Church has been able to make this contribution to the wider Christian world.”

Why not come and experience the magic of the Christingle at All Souls Church in Tycoch on Thursday 15th December at 6.30pm.

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No Room? On the Contrary All over the world, doors are being slammed shut this Christmas. The closure of the Calais Jungle in the Autumn, which dispersed thousands of asylum seekers and would-be immigrants, brought into sharp focus the story of Joseph and the pregnant teenager Mary, for whom there was no room in the Bethlehem Inn. Vast numbers of Christians forced to flee from their ancient homelands in Syria and Iraq today mirror the Holy Family’s escape into Egypt. Every time yet another infant dies violently, it will be a reminder of the first century massacre of babies in the Bethlehem region.

This year one carol will be sung with particular poignancy. It retells the message of angels, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom His favour rests” and continues: Yet with the woes of sin and strife, The world has suffered long; Beneath the angel strain have rolled, Two thousand years of wrong; And man, at war with man, hears not The love song which they bring: O hush the noise, you men of strife, And hear the angels sing.

The angels’ goodwill message will persist despite our clamour, for it proclaims God’s all embracing and eternal welcome.

Heaven’s doors are ever-open: it is home for everyone. The final biblical vision is of an all-encompassing city: “On no day will its gates ever be shut… the glory and honour of the nations will be brought into it.”

Jesus, for whom there had been no room at the inn, taught that God’s kingdom is home for every race: “I say to you that many will come from the East and the West, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.” He reassured those anxious about the future: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms…”

No room? Don’t you believe it!

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Ladies Guild We were pleased to welcome Wayne Jones, on 2nd November, to talk about Patagonia.

Wayne, who owns an art gallery in Llandeilo, first visited Patagonia in 2006 to watch Wales play rugby; he became interested in the Welsh speaking community living there.

In 1865, 162 people from Wales sailed from Liverpool, on the Mimosa Oriel; it was a tough voyage during which three people died, two were born and a marriage took place. The settlers were given 100 acres in the Chubut region; the land was barren and, despite help from the local Tehuelche indians, there was very little food and water; also there were no trees for timber to build houses.

The settlement was called Rawson. One of the women, Rachel Jenkins, realised that the river, called Camwy by the settlers, flooded at regular intervals and she devised an irrigation system. By 1874, due to an influx of people from Wales and Pennsylvania, the colony had grown to 270 and was granted official title of the land by the Argentine government. Welsh speaking descendants of the original immigrants still live there and there are now four Welsh medium comprehensive schools.

As an art dealer, Wayne was interested in a painting of the Mimosa Oriel by Scottish artist, Arthur Smith, which was sold in 1967 in the Isle of Wight but then

seemed to disappear. However, in 2013, Wayne heard that it was to be sold in a maritime auction in Australia and he stayed up all night bidding for it. He was successful but then had to arrange to have it brought to Llandeilo at great expense! Unfortunately the Auction House dropped and damaged the painting and, after restoring expertly, arranged for DHL to transport it to Wayne. DHL lost it! then found it and sent it to Dubai then lost it again. After several anxious months, Wayne finally received his very expensive painting which is now safely at his home. He arranged for 150 prints to be made, one of which is at the National Library of Wales. A very interesting talk covering two very different topics.

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Our annual shopping trip was arranged for the following week and our destination this year was the Cabot Circus shopping centre in Bristol. Due to a number of Guild members cancelling at short notice, twenty six of us shared a 51 seater coach. The trip was enjoyed by all of us, even the three members who got lost and had to hire a taxi to get back to the coach.

Fortunately our driver, Hywel, saw the funny side of the situation.

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Guild members visited the Grand Theatre on 16th November to see the Abbey Players production of Lionel Bart’s long running West End musical, “Oliver”. It is a very well known show, well produced and

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acted by very accomplished singers. A most enjoyable evening.

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Our speaker the following week was Martin Price, a regular visitor to Guild, who carefully prepares his talks, on various subjects, and memorises them so that they are given in a clear and concise manner. His subject, on this occasion, was Dr Edward Wilson who accompanied Scott on his ill fated Antarctic expedition.

The son of a prosperous Cheltenham family, Edward Adrian Wilson showed a particular talent, from a young age, for observing the natural world through his paintings and drawings. While at Cambridge, 'Ted', as he was known to his family and friends, continued his keen interest in natural history. In 1894, Wilson took a first class honours degree in Natural Science and, in October 1895, he started his medical training in London.

By September 1900, he held the post of junior house surgeon at Cheltenham Hospital. It was at this time that Wilson was put forward for the British National Antarctic expedition (1901-1904) led by Commander Robert Falcon Scott.

In 1910, following the successful return of the Discovery Expedition, Scott was busy preparing for the upcoming British Antarctic Expedition. He sent Wilson a telegram formally confirming his position as Chief of the Scientific Staff. The Terra Nova expedition set out in 1910. Five men - Scott, Wilson, Edgar Evans (from Rhossili), Henry Bowers and Lawrence

Oates, set out on the 800 mile journey in the hope of being the first to reach the South Pole. It was an arduous journey dragging heavy sledges in freezing temperatures over ice and snow. It took two and a half months only to discover that Roald Amundsen had reached there first. The disspirited men then faced the 800 mile return journey.

In atrocious conditions and extreme cold, the journey was slow and food short. Evans fell and suffered concussion; he died soon after. Oates believed he was slowing the others down and one day, left the tent uttering the infamous words “I am going outside, I may be gone a little while”. The three remaining men plodded on but eventually gave up not knowing their emergency food supply was only 11 miles away. Their bodies and diaries recording the expedition were discovered in March 1912.

A sad but interesting story told by Martin.

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Viv Davies Christmas Past and Present Carol Service with Mothers Union at 7pm

n When you write

XMAS you are crossing Christ out of

CHRISTMAS Don’t be lazy.

Remember what it’s all about.

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Leanne & Tom’s wedding in York They send a thank you for the cards and good wishes

Friendly Fire - Lest we forget On the 19th of August 1942 at 11-25 am a Wellington Bomber of Coastal Command was flying low over Swansea bay, its mission was to hunt for enemy submarines. Also in the bay was an oil tanker the USS Gulf of Mexico with anti-aircraft guns on deck. When the crew saw the Wellington flying toward them, they opened fire and brought the plane down, killing all eight people on board; all the victims were recovered the following day.

Three of the victims are buried in our War Graves - Edgar Dawe, Edwin Deacon and Ross Fahrni. When the tanker reached Milford Haven the crew was told they had downed a British Aircraft. There is nothing friendly about friendly fire. The plane is still in the bay and has a protection order on it.

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December Thursday 8

6pm

Eddie Tucker Memorial Service (St.Hilary’s)

Sunday 11

3pm

Singleton Hospital Carol Service

6pm

Killay Community Carol Service at Siloam

Wednesday 14 7pm

Killay Mothers’ Union/Ladies Guild Carol Service (St.Hilary’s)

Thursday 15

6.30pm

Christingle (All Souls)

Sunday 18

6pm

Carol Service (Siloam)

Tuesday 20

6pm

Carol singing around the Wards at Singleton Hospital

CHRISTMAS EVE Saturday

4pm

Crib Service (All Souls)

11.30pm

[carols from 11pm] Carols/Midnight mass (All Souls)

11.30pm

[carols from 11pm] Carols/Midnight Mass (St.Hilary’s)

CHRISTMAS DAY Sunday

9am

Eucharist (St.Martin’s)

11am

Eucharist (St.Hilary’s)

Christmas Tree Festival - Women of the Bible Wednesday 7 - Monday 12 December (St. Hilary’s Church) 10am - 6pm Wednesday to Friday & Monday 12.30pm - 6pm Saturday & Sunday

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Lost and found in Luke’s Gospel Human life is threaded with experiences of losing and finding, letting go and rediscovering, leaving things behind and moving on to new encounters. getting lost and being found. These experiences relate to a wide variety of things: relationships and people, material possessions, jobs. health, hopes and dreams. We may well, at various points in our lives, lose and recover our sense of purpose, understanding of ourselves and even perception of whether or not we are loved. Sometimes the losses will be difficult. painful and sad. Other times the letting go will release new energy and excitement about the future.

Many phases in our lives will be a mixture of all these things. What we make of it all will make us who we are. If we are people of faith. we will want to respond in a way that reflects our growing relationship with God. More than that, we will want to allow what happens to us to shape that relationship as we continually ask ourselves. ‘Through all of this. what can I learn about God and what can God teach me about myself. others and the world?

The Gospels are a rich source of reflection on our own life stories. As we immerse ourselves in Jesus’ life and teaching, observing his interactions with a wide range of people, his understanding of the world and his relationship with the Father, we notice how his life story interweaves and resonates with our own. Luke’s Gospel is a broad and deep treasury of resources on the theme of losing and finding, which recurs in Jesus’ parables. teaching, healings and human encounters. Whether or not Luke was conscious of this, he offers us many ways to reflect on our own experiences of losing, being lost, finding and being found.

Most of all perhaps, his Gospel reveals in Jesus a picture of the God who knows intimately the human experiences of loss and recovery and who longs for us to know that, however lost we sometimes feel, we are in fact sought out, recovered and fully known-for ever and unwaveringly found.

ROSEMARY LAIN-PRIESTLEY

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What went on at this year’s Diocesan Conference After the formal business of the Conference, adoption of last year's report and elections, the Bishop made a few remarks. He indicated that all Ministry Areas would be inaugurated this coming year and also, that calculation of the Parish Share would be changed to make it easier to understand. He then introduced the presentations for the Conference, on the theme of "Go out and minister .. make a difference to those in need". He commented that our work should not be about "propping up buildings" and observed that the agencies we support are not an arm of Social Services and do their work within a religious framework.

3 presentations followed: " For Faith in Families, representatives from the Swansea and St John's Family Centres spoke on the difficulties and costs of their work in "deprived areas" of the Diocese, with the theme "Where is Church?". " For the Church in Wales Schools, the Headteacher of Llandrindod-Wells Community Primary School and the Deputy-head of Christ Church Primary School, Swansea spoke of their work, their educational outlook and the differences they perceived from non-CinW schools. The former spoke of their close working relationships with Social Services, the local Health Board and the Police. She commented on the importance and two-way benefits of their

relationship with the local community, providing support (both ways) and the importance of the communication between the groups. The latter said that despite having 15 nationalities represented within the school, there was a strong sense of community friendship. They concentrate on the similarities between religions and provide opportunities for reflection, through daily worship and time for prayer. They also focus on 12 values (e.g.

Humility) which are highlighted in turn for the pupils to consider. " Finally, a representative from the Cinnamon Network spoke of the opportunities they provide. In 2015, they provided £3 billion for "faith-inspired" projects. Projects fall into 4 categories: Creating safe places for children and youngsters; Supporting safer, stronger families; Building safer, stronger communities; Fighting poverty. They have working examples available, which can be used as templates, adapted to local circumstances, to avoid common problems and "reinventing the wheel". They provide grants (up to £2K, match-funded) for the start-up costs for projects and can also provide training.

Next year's Conference is set for 7th October, 2017.

Jim Proudfoot Parish Rep.

A TABLE BLESSING Be with us Lord as we share this meal together Nourish our hearts with Thy love Our bodies with Thy life Our minds with Thy light Our souls with Thy spirit Thank you Lord. In Thy presence we are blessed. AMEN 21 Parish of Killay 2016

Music Society The November meeting of the Music Society was a Members Own. We asked if members would bring along a piece of music which, in some way, was special to them.

We began with Eric Thomas who explained that, while having a tidy-up, he found some old photos, one of which was the choir in the church of St Michael at RAF Credenhill in Hereford. Most of the male members were national servicemen and the ladies were a mixture of WAAF’s and family members of the Regulars in the married quarters. Eric’s choice of music was ‘God so Loved the World’ from Stainer’s ‘Crucifixion’ performed by this choir in Guildford Cathedral. This was the first occasion for Eric to sing this work but, subsequently, he sang it several times with St Hilary’s choir under Tony Glasson and, also, in St Michael’s Manselton and All Saints, Oystermouth. A beautiful chorus, wonderfully performed and very well received.

Next was Margaret Williams. She explained that some years ago, her daughter had a friend who visited them. He was from Treorchy and he and his brother were enthusiastic singers.

He began performing some solo work but really wanted to turn professional. Margaret and her family discussed this with him and she tried to point out all the pitfalls and uncertainties of the professional music world. None the less, he eventually went to the London College of Music and became a soloist, singing with many choirs including the Swansea Philharmonic. I can confirm that he has the most wonderful voice and he actually sang in the 100 years anniversary concert of the Swansea Grand Theatre where Margaret and I met him. He has become very famous, is now married and lives in Canada. He grew up in a household of eclectic music – opera, musicals and pop music. He followed his dream and his name is Jason Howard. Margaret chose him singing 3 songs from musicals – ‘O What a Beautiful Morning’ from Oklahoma, ‘Bless Your Beautiful Hide’ and ‘When You’re in Love’, both from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Gloria Dixon then gave her choice. When she was about 18, a friend kept talking about opera.

Gloria had never been to an opera but then she and her sister went to see ‘La Boheme’. When she met her husband, he mentioned that he had seen ‘Madame Butterfly’. Now she can say that a love of opera came to them both. Gloria’s choice was ‘O Soave Fanciulla’ from La Boheme, sung by Mirella Freni and Luciano Pavarotti.

Margret Grey was next. When she met her late husband, Colin, he was in the Navy. After he had asked her to marry him, he sailed away on duty for about a year. They wrote to each other and Margaret discovered that, on his ship, there was a radio station with a request programme. When he was in the Persian Gulf, Margaret wrote to the radio station and requested a song for Colin. It became ‘their song’ and, whenever they heard it, they always danced together. The song was ‘On the Street Where You Live’ from My Fair Lady, sung beautifully by Alfie Boe. Nan Lee was next with a lovely pop song from the 50’s. Nan loved music and musicals when she worked near Regent Street in London. Her husband worked in the Houses of Parliament.

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Often they would walk to Lyons Corner House café and eat ‘all you can’ for £1. They would hold hands and sing. Her husband was Welsh but her mother was anti-Welsh! However they married and spent 60 happy years together. They always loved dancing and especially to ‘Hold My Hand’ sung by Don Cornell.

Jane Riseborough didn’t have any music to play but talked about how, as we get older, our memory plays tricks. We can remember what happened years ago but not what happened yesterday! However, Jane did remember a song which she learned many years ago called ‘The Horse and the Flea’ which we all thoroughly enjoyed.

Lastly, yours truly explained that I absolutely love a piece of music from an oratorio called ‘L’Enfance du Christ’ by Berlioz. It is a beautiful carol called ‘The Shepherd’s Farewell’ which they sing as they leave the Holy Family. St Hilary’s choir actually sang this carol at several Christmas carol services with Tony Glasson. I always kept going on about it to my late husband and, one Christmas, he surprised me with a CD of the whole work, not just the carol.

I have often listened to it and have grown to love it all.

This was a very pleasant evening with a lovely variety of music. Thanks to all the participants.

On December 12th at 7:30 in the Parish Centre, Debra John will present a ‘Christmas Monologue’. Refreshments will be served and all are welcome. There will be a small charge for non-members.

Barbara Roberts

Swansea Philharmonic Choir Swansea Philharmonic Choir will be this year’s featured choir for the Civic Messiah, accompanied by the British Sinfonietta and with soloists Céline Forrest, Kate Woolveridge, Joshua Mills and Siôn Goronwy. This will be held in the Brangwyn Hall on Sunday, 18th December, with a 7.30 start time. Reserved seats cost £15 throughout the hall and can be obtained from the Ticket Secretary on Swansea 299443, through any Choir member, or (if still available) on the door on the night.

The Choir is also trying to extend its contact base through a new Friends of the Philharmonic scheme. Individual membership costs £40 but for that, you get a “free” ticket to one of our concerts and an acknowledgment in Choir programmes! We hope that if the scheme is successful, as well as benefitting the Choir, we will be able put something back into the local music scene, by offering grants to local music students to assist them with aspects of their studies that they might not otherwise have been able to access. If you think you or any of your friends or colleagues might like to support the Choir with this scheme, please contact Jim Proudfoot (Friends Secretary, also on Swansea 299443) for further details.

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Mothers’ Union On November 1st we were fortunate to welcome Debra John, a talented actress. Her theme for the afternoon was the First World War. Debra told several stories; the first was of George Butterworth, a proper Englishman, Oxford educated, cricketer and Morris dancer – a perfectionist where his music and composing is concerned. Ellis Evans is a shepherd boy from the Welsh mountains who writes poetry. He is troubled by thoughts of going to war and is conscripted in late 1916.

In the Coopers Arms, Plasmarl, in Swansea, Becky Clements lives with her parents. She leaves home to be a nurse overseas. From Scotland, miner John Campbell joins the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders as a Private while a refugee from Belgium, a cabinet maker, managed to escape to England.

George feels the war is a threat to the land; he collects the native folk songs and has a collection of three to four hundred, but now he is an officer in the Durham Light Infantry. He destroys all his music apart from one special piece, ‘Banks of Green Willows’, based on a poem by A.E. Houseman’s ‘A Shropshire Lad’. This, he gave into the care of his good friend Ralph Vaughan-Williams. Ellis Evans, the Welsh lad had written a poem to enter for the Eisteddfod in Pontardawe. However, he was unsuccessful that year in winning the chair. Becky Clements nursed the wounded in the various war zones, spent some time in Malta and was taken prisoner with other nurses, enduring some hardship before being released, returning home in 1916 to marry and raise a family. In a laboratory in London a woman engineer, Hertha Marks-Ayrton is working on a fan to dispel gas.

While telling her stories, Debra stood in front of her audience dressed in the fashion of the day, all in black. With small gestures of her hands and head, little coughs and intonations in her voice, Debra became the persons in the story. All the characters were real people. Debra does all her own research and writes her own scripts.

George Butterworth fought on the Somme, twice winning the Military Cross. He was killed by a sniper in a trench named after him. His friend, Vaughan-Williams, wrote a special piece of music dedicated to him. John Campbell was injured and suffered shell shock. He was repatriated and sent to convalesce at the Rest, Porthcawl where he went swimming in the sea and drowned. It is not known if it was an accident or deliberate; he could have been sent back to the Front to fight again. David LloydGeorge addressed the Eisteddfod and Ellis Evans’ poem won the chair that year but Ellis had fallen at Passchendale. The chair was carved by the Belgian refugee cabinet maker and taken to the home Ellis had left. The Ayrton fan was not successful in dispersing the deadly gas but was trialed in submarines. Hertha died of septicaemia.

Treasurer, Alan Pickard, thanked Debra for her superb acting, keeping everyone enthralled with her story. Alan stated that his own father had twice been wounded in 1915 and sent back to the Front.

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Our last meeting of 2016 before our Christmas Lunch was on Tuesday, November 15th and we had decided to make it an informal get-together. Carole led us, as usual, in prayer, to open the meeting. Tables were ready with cloths, plates and serviettes for warm (provided Pat could time the oven ok!) mince pies & plates of shortbread biscuits. Julie Cole told us about the lovely Remembrance Sunday Service she and Tom had attended in St. Mary’s, Swansea and said it was the loveliest one they could remember - meaningful and well organised, with an excellent order of service and a great number of dignitaries. Barbara Rowe, our resident poetess (not poems, she says, just thoughts) read us two of her compositions; one about the type of housewife who enjoys life, puts housework off for another day and one who likes everywhere spick and span and whose sponges always rise. Great fun.

The second one was about a bluebell wood that was at the top of Hendrefoilan. This is printed below. It naturally led to a number of members remembering the woods, the bluebells and the wonderful raspberry fields. It certainly stirred a lot of memories, especially about bluebells, that members had come across in different parts of the country.

The mince pies were warm (hot actually!), the shortbread delicious, the cups of tea refreshing and the raffle exciting! A very happy and relaxing time for us all.

Very best wishes from all in Mothers’ Union for a happy and blessed Christmas to everyone.

h Fri

Dec 2nd

11:00am

M.U. Eucharist at St Mary’s, Swansea

Tues Dec 6th

Christmas Lunch at Sketty Hall 12:30 for 1:00pm There will be the usual raffle and Lucky Dip

Wed Dec 14th

M.U. join with Ladies Guild for a Carol Service. Refreshments in the Parish Centre. The Grand Draw will be drawn.

h Out walking one bright summers day Strolling in no particular way Chanced upon a secret glade Sunlight dancing in dappled shade No sound but the quiet rustle of leaves As a soft gentle breeze whispered in trees.

Standing up straight as if on duty Overwhelming in all their beauty Such a privilege to be so blessed To see Mother Nature at her best.

As I ambled through this pretty wood My footsteps paused, for just where I stood Hundreds of bluebells came into view A magical carpet of light dusky blue.

Bluebells gone now without a trace Houses now stand there in their place Time has passed, many years in between But I’ll always remember that glorious scene.

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Church Services St Hilary’s 1st Sunday

11.00am 5.00pm

Eucharist (followed by coffee with Traidcraft Stall) Evensong

2nd Sunday

11.00am 5.00pm

Eucharist followed by coffee Combined Evensong with Siloam

3rd Sunday

11.00am 5.00pm

Eucharist followed by coffee Evensong

4th Sunday

11.00am 5.00pm

Morning Prayer followed by coffee Eucharist at St Martin’s

5th Sunday

10.30am 5.00pm

Combined Service (Ministry Area) Evensong at St Martin’s

Every Thursday

11.00am

Eucharist

1st Sunday

8.00am

Eucharist

2nd Sunday

9.00am

Morning Prayer

3rd Sunday

9.00am

Eucharist

4th Sunday

5.00pm

Eucharist

5th Sunday

10.30am 5.00pm

Combined Service (Ministry Area) Evensong with St Hilary’s at St Martin’s

St Martin’s

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Phone 07562377157 Parish of Killay 2016