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Services & events in the Ministry Area

HARVEST THANKSGIVING.

As ever there is a warm welcome for the Joint Ministry Area Service (Harvest Thanksgiving) on Sunday October 6th which will be at St. Gwenfaen’s 11am. This will be the only service in the Ministry Area that day. 

Harvest Gifts – Once again we will be supporting the wonderful work of The Lighthouse. Packets/tins of pasta, rice, tomatoes, beans, soups, biscuits, coffee etc. will be most welcome. But please no chick peas, red kidney beans, cereal, tea bags, or toiletries, as they have a large stash of these items!! If you are able to support then please bring along your harvest gifts to the service on October 6th, if not then please take them either to St. David’s or St. Ffraid’s the week before or week after – thank you. The Lighthouse are so grateful for this support.

Please note: This will be the only service to be held on 6 OCTOBER in our Ministry Area.

On the remaining Sundays in July our services will follow the usual pattern:

St. David’s          9.15 am   Morning Prayer or Holy Communion

St. Gwenfaen’s   9.15 am   Morning Prayer or Holy Communion

St. Ffraid’s          11.00am   Morning Prayer or dHoly Communion

Our 10 am Wednesday midweek Communion Service at Ysgol Cybi. Please park in the Visitor Car Park opposite the school for this service.

The LBD (Lunchtime Bible Discussion) meeting will resume on every Tuesday 12 noon at St. Ffraid’s Hall. This meeting is for one our – and discusses the readings for the following week.

Recorded services are also available on our YouTube channel. Please click on the link below. They can be accessed at any time.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5MApDIXI2BLNeox7NoEpCA

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We have been pleased to welcome our new

MINISTRY AREA LEADER (Vicar) OF BRO CYBI
The Reverend Robert (Rob) Wardle

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NEW VICAR & MINISTRY AREA LEADER FOR BRO CYBI

On Sunday, 21 July an announcement was made in our four churches about the appointment of the Rev’d Robert (Rob) Wardle as Vicar and Ministry Area Leader of Bro Cybi.

Rob succeeds the Venerable Andy Herrick who will become an Associate Vicar in the Bro Cybi ministry team, and it will allow him to focus on his ministry as Archdeacon of Anglesey.

It is expected that Rob will move to Bro Cybi in the Autumn, when a special service will be held to celebrate the start of his new ministry with us.  The full announcement is attached as a PDF file.

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STONEWORK REPAIRS

St Cybi’s Church, Holyhead, have been granted funding for significant repairs, costing over £250,000 to preserve the stonework, including important carvings, at St Cybi’s Church, Holyhead, which are being damaged by erosion and pollution.

The Church is pleased to announce, subject to a successful round two grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, it has now secured the necessary funding and authorities to start the work in the early part of 2019.

Funding has been provided by Heritage Lottery Fund (£158,500), W G Roberts Fund (£30,000), Garfield Weston Foundation (£10,0000), James Pantyfedwen Foundation (£5,000) Allchurches Trust (£3,000) and the Representative Body of the Church in Wales (£3,000).  These grants will help to preserve the church, and important part  of the town and local community for generations to come.

For further information please contact our Ministry Area Leader, The Venerable Andrew Herrick: Email: archdeacon.anglesey@churchinwales.org.uk or Telephone: 01407 861084

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Appointment of the Reverend Neil Ridings as Associate Vicar in the Bro Cybi Ministry Area:
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Message from our new Ministry Area Leader:
Rev’d Andy Herrick (Archdeacon of Anglesey)

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A photo of the Holy Island Ministry Area Pastoral Group, who were commissioned on the 31st January 2016 by the Rev Kevin Ellis, at the Ministry Area Service in St Cybi’s Church.

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