208 Feb19 Signposts by Signposts Magazine

Issue No 208

Magazine for the Builth Ministry Area February 2019

Play your part, great or small.

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'“This is my story; this is my song” – From ‘Blessed Assurance’. We are all aware, perhaps painfully so, of the decline in church membership. So I want the end-product of this to be positive. That demands something of you – being attentive, with realism of heart, mind and spirit. Without that, it will be merely more words, more of the same old thing. Evangelism is and must remain our story and our song, our core business. It has to be, literally has to be, the first item on our PCC agendas. The church’s presence must be felt and its voice heard in the face of social injustice as it affects our communities. Depravation of opportunity, lack of local resources, disintegration of family life, loneliness, poverty, (a reality in the urban and rural communities of the Diocese) homelessness, the threat and degradation of unemployment, and financial insecurity are all felt by different people in different places all around us. Injustice is a prophetic and Gospel issue, and if we are to be true to our calling, those who face it must both know and feel that we reach out to them and welcome them in their times of need. Doing so is part of our story, our song, our core business. But who tells the story; who sings the song; who carries out the core business, and how? When I was elected as Archbishop, I was asked inevitable questions about my vision for the Church. To paraphrase, what would I want its story and its song to be? The Church in Wales, I said, needed to rehabilitate itself which would mean a number of things: • It would mean dispelling a caricature about us, that we are primarily interested in selfpreservation and resisting change. • It would mean accepting that we don’t always get everything right but it’s better to try things rather than remain static;

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It would mean confidently renewing a sense of our calling, making known the countless good things which Christians do, living out the Gospel, echoing the prophets’ call for social, political and economic justice.

Our Diocese has about 190 ‘shop-windows’, local church buildings in regular use. Just as on the high streets, some places have closed, and others, for a variety of sensible and sound reasons, will need to. Those we keep and maintain must be open, welcoming and accessible places where the people of our communities feel valued and loved. A question for PCC’s to ask when considering evangelism is ‘Are we a welcoming church?’ If we answer ‘Yes’, then we must ask ‘To whom?’ Too often the answer to that is ‘To the people we expect to see, week in and week out; the ‘usual’ ones. We are not a private membership club, existing only to provide the usual things to the usual people. Inspiring, nourishing and accessible worship and teaching, of a variety of styles and forms, traditional and innovative, ought to be on offer and accessible to all who come. This does not mean that we throw out the familiar, all that we treasure, but it does mean recognising that so much of what we do, familiar and comforting though it is for the usual people, is frequently completely weird and alien to the unusual ones. When we wonder why more people don’t come through our we might ask ourselves, if they were to come, what is on offer. Is it, too often, what we are used to, what we like, but sometimes what we can’t even explain, even to ourselves? Jesus reminds us that scribes trained for the Kingdom of God bring from their resources that which is old and that which is new; tradition and innovation are two sides of the same coin, the coin of evangelism. Continued on page 9….

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Ministry Area Notices Builth Ministry Area

Men’s Breakfast 23rd

February

10.00am Drovers Tea Rooms, Builth

Women’s World Day of Prayer Service 1st March at 2pm St Mary’s, Builth Wells ‘Come Everything is Ready’ written by the Christian Women of Slovenia

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And so, farewell……… Father Neil, Abi and the girls would like to thank everybody in the benefice, and across the ministry area for all of their support, nurture and care over the last seven years. As Father Neil moves to be vicar of Haverfordwest after his last service on Easter Sunday, the whole family will look back with fond memories of the time that they spent in Builth.

Cymun Bendigaid Welsh Eucharist

A Eucharist through the medium of Welsh every Monday at midday in Brecon Cathedral. Croeso i bawb All Welcome

Mothers Union Monthly Eucharist For the Brecon Archdeaconry at Brecon Cathedral Friday 15th February at 12noon. All MU members and supporters welcome.

Diocesan Vision Prayer Father, we hold before you our family in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon and we open our hearts and minds to your Spirit. Bless us as we gather in your name; Guide us as we grow into the likeness of your Son; Lead us by your Spirit to go out and make disciples of others. God of our journeying, be our way and our truth and our life; our beginning and our end. We pray through Jesus our Lord.

Magazine hopes its readers are enjoying a peaceful transition from Epiphany to Lent If you wish to contact us the details are on the back page. signpostsmagazine@gmail.com

Amen.

Builth Ministry Area - Colwyn

Services for Year C

Events and Meetings:

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EVERYONE is welcome to come to ANY or ALL of our services

Services for February 3rd February Presentation of Christ 10.00 Llansantffraed Holy Communion 6 pm Glascwm Village Service

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Readings: Malachi 3:1-5; Psalm 24: 7-10; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40 10th February Fourth before Lent 09.30 Cregrina Holy Communion 11.15 Llanelwedd Worship4All ET/MJ 11.15 Rhulen Holy Communio

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Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8 [9-13]; Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 17th February Third before Lent/Education Sunday 09.30 Llanfaredd Holy Communion JO 11.15 Glascwm Holy Communion LW

Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26

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February Second before Lent/Creation Sunday 09.30 Bettws Holy Communion LW 09.30 Cregrina Village Service ET 11.15 Llanelwedd Holy Communion LW

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Readings: Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-25; Psalm 65; Revelation 4; Luke 8:22-25

Services for March 3rd March Transfiguration Sunday 10.00 Llansantffraed Holy Communion 6 pm Glascwm Village Service

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February Tuesday 12th, and 26th February, 10.00am, Bible Study at Cregrina. All Welcome. Phone Cherry on 01982 570702 for details. Wednesday 13th and 27th February, 10.00am, Coffee Connection with tea, coffee and biscuits at Hundred House Hall. All Welcome. Contact Jo: 01982 570326 or Linda:01982 570296 for free transport. On Wednesday 13th February there is a free 30-minute relaxed chair and standing yoga session. No experience of yoga is needed and is suitable for all ages and abilities, this will start around 11.00am. Thursday 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th February, 10.00am Sewing Group, on Stage at Hundred House Hall. Friday 15th February, 6.30pm Friday Fellowship at Cregrina. For ladies of all ages to meet new and old friends, chat, eat supper together and share and encourage each other in their faith. Contact Cherry on 01982 570702 for details or powyschurch@gmail.com. Thursday 21st February, 2.30-3.10pm, Story Time for pre-school children, babies and their carers. Friday 22nd February at 9.30am Morning Prayer at St Matthew’s Llanelwedd (or at the Rectory, Llanelwedd if the weather is very cold). This service will conclude with a short time of open reflection. Saturday 23rd February, 10.00am Men’s Breakfast at The Drovers Tearoom.

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Readings: Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36 [37-43]

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Llanelwedd with Llanfaredd, Llansantffraed-in-Elwell, Bettws, Cregrina, Glascwm and Rhulen Revd Mthr Linda Watson, The Rectory, Llanelwedd LD2 3TY 01982 553533, revlindawatson@gmail.com Licensed Lay Minister. Mr Eddie Thomas. 01982 552873, edwin.thomas935@btinternet.com 4

Builth Ministry Area - Colwyn

Dear Friends,

Even in the depths of winter at our coldest time of the year, we have the joy of seeing first the snowdrops and then the daffodils and crocuses emerge from the ground. After a few months of nature being dormant, there is hope again as new life beings to appear and give us colour.

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Hope is defined as; ‘the expectation of something happening.’ Our first service in February is the presentation of Christ in the Temple (Luke 2:22-40), the reading tells us about an old man called Simeon who has lived his life with expectant hope of seeing the Lord’s Messiah before he dies. When Jesus is presented to him he holds him in his arms and praises God using the words which we know as the Nunc Dimittis, also called the ‘Song of Simeon’ and is part of the evening Prayer Service.

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‘Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glory of thy people Israel.’

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This song is a song of praise and of hope. By embracing Jesus, we could say that Simeon, is holding his and our hope of new life in his arms.

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This song also tells us that God will keep his word, his promise to us that we, through faith, will be given this hope and new life in Christ.

Events and Meetings March

Monday 4th March, 13.30pm, Cregrina Congregational Meeting at Pentwyn, Cregrina. Wednesday 6th March, 7pm, Ash Wednesday Service at St David’s Glascwm. Thursday 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th March, 10.00am Sewing Group, on Stage at Hundred House Hall. Tuesday 12th and 26th March, 10.00am, Bible Study at Cregrina. All Welcome. Phone Cherry on 01982 570702 for details. Wednesday 13th and 27th March, 10.00am

Coffee Connection with tea, coffee and biscuits at Hundred House Hall. All Welcome. Contact Jo: 01982 570326 or Linda:01982 570296 for free transport. Friday 15th March, 6.30pm Friday Fellowship at Cregrina. For ladies of all ages to meet new and old friends, chat, eat supper together and share and encourage each other in their faith. Contact Cherry on 01982 570702 for details or powyschurch@gmail.com. Thursday 21st March, 2.30-3.10pm, Story Time for pre-school children, babies and their carers. Friday 22nd March at 9.30am Morning Prayer at St Matthew’s Llanelwedd (or at the Rectory, Llanelwedd if the weather is very cold). This service will conclude with a short time of open reflection. Saturday 30th March, 10.00am, Men’s Breakfast at The Drovers Tearoom. Sunday 31st March, 9.30am, Mothering Sunday at St David’s Cregrina

Blessings to you all.

Linda Llanelwedd with Llanfaredd, Llansantffraed-in-Elwell, Bettws, Cregrina, Glascwm and Rhulen Revd Mthr Linda Watson, The Rectory, Llanelwedd LD2 3TY 01982 553533, revlindawatson@gmail.com Licensed Lay Minister. Mr Eddie Thomas. 01982 552873, edwin.thomas935@btinternet.com 5

Builth Ministry Area – Buallt Worship for February Regular Events

03 Feb (The Feast of Mary with the Candles – Mal.3:1-5, Ps.24:7-10, Lk2:22-40) 10.00 All Sorts Christingle Service in Builth 15.00 Sung Eucharist in Llanddewi’r-Cwm

Every Thursday House Group meets at 10.00 Judith 552706 Every Thursday Bell-Ringers in St. Mary’s Tower at 19.30 David 552477

10 Feb. (4th before Lent - Isa.6:1-8, Ps. 138, 1 Cor.15:1-11, Lk5:1-11) 09.30 Sung Eucharist in Builth 11.00 Sung Matins in Maesmynis

This month’s visiting preacher In our regular third Sunday of the month (17th February) guest preacher slot at 09.30 in St. Mary the Virgin during February we are privileged to have Dr. Glenn Horridge with us – Glenn is an experienced preacher and a member of our own Benefice Council – we look forward to welcoming him and his message in St. Mary’s.

17 Feb. (3rd before Lent – Jer.17:5-10, Ps. 1, 1 Cor.15:12-20, Lk6:17-26) (Education Sunday) 09.30 Sung Eucharist in Builth with guest preacher 24 Feb. (2nd before Lent – Gen.2:4b-9,15-25, Ps. 65, Rev.4, Lk8:22-25)(Creation Sunday) 09.30 Said Eucharist in Builth 11.00 Sung Eucharist in Maesmynis

November Events 02 Julian Meeting in Christchurch URC Llandrindod 10.30 07 Ecumenical Dementia Friendly Communion in Brynhyfryd at 11.00 07 Mothers Union Meeting Delia 01982 553828 09 Memorial Service for Elizabeth Fleming-Williams in St. Mary the Virgin, Builth at 12.00 29 Men’s Breakfast in Drovers Tea Rooms 10.00 – see Ministry Area Page for details

Christingle at Candlemas On the first Sunday in February we are celebrating the ‘Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord’ also known as ‘Candlemas’ – a day when the festive season of Christmas concludes. As a mark of our shared mission we are holding a family non-eucharistic ‘Candlemessy Christingle’ at the 10.00 service in Builth. Please come along and try an updated version of this traditional service – an additional collection will be held for the work of the Dioceses ‘Faith in Families’ projects.

Mothers Union This month on Thursday 07th February at 14.30 we are lucky to have a visit and a talk from Mrs Tennille Downey a Missionary sent to Wales from Grace Baptist Church Madisonville Kentucky. Anyone is welcome to join us in Glandwr Park for this month’s meeting. For more information Delia 01982 553828

Builth Wells with Llanddewi’r-Cwm & Llangynog with Maesmynis & Llanynis with Alltmawr Revd Fthr Neil Hook, The Vicarage, 1 North Road, Builth Wells LD2 3BT 01982 552355 frhooky@gmail.com Licensed Lay Minister. Mrs Janet Day, 01982 553623, djd@janetdaydesigns.co.uk 6

Builth Ministry Area – Buallt Dear friends, This period of ‘Ordinary Time before Lent’ can vary from one week to five weeks, according to how early or late Easter is. The last three Sundays in this period have specific themes: The Third Sunday before Lent is ‘Education Sunday’, the Second Sunday before Lent is ‘Creation Sunday’ (the Bible readings focus on the wonder of creation). The Sunday next before Lent is ‘Transfiguration Sunday’ and we dwell on this pivotal moment in Jesus' life between his ministry in Galilee and his final journey to Jerusalem. Throughout this period we find ourselves ‘caught in the middle’ between Christmastide and Lent, so we take time to explore these important parts of our Christian Life and Ministry. With every blessing Fr. Neil

Bishops Lent Appeal As in previous years tubes of Smarties start to be distributed towards the end of February so that members of the church can gobble the chocolate inside and fill the tube with either 20 pence pieces or pound coins during Lent. The resulting collection is donated the Bishops Lenten Appeal. Please do support this annual fundraising initiative.

Thank You To everyone who worked so hard to make our Benefice Christmas Tree Festival and Benefice Grand Draw so successful – there was a tremendous amount of hard work involved with both!

Dates for the diary – Cytun Lent church dates The lent services are as follows (subject to confirmation – please see March Signposts) 6 March Ashing service in St Marys – time tbc 13th March Wesley 2pm 20th March (Wesley (to be confirmed as Alpha’s work starts Monday 28 Feb) 2pm 27th March - As above 2pm 3rd April. St Marys 2pm Rev Rachel Parkinson 10th April Christ the King 7pm th

Builth Ministry Area - Erwood & Painscastle Sunday 17thFebruary 3rd Sunday before Lent 9.30am Llandeilo Graban Eucharist 11.00am Gwenddwr Eucharist 3.00pm Llandewi fach Eucharist

Dear All, The treasured time of Christmas and Epiphany has passed so quickly. Naturally, a big thank-you for the thoughts, prayers and work of all within our flock that helped to create joyous, warm and beautiful churches during the Christmas season. We have welcomed many at our services who wished to share their spiritual journey with us at this wonderful time of the year.

Sunday 9.30am 9.30am 11.00am

24th February 2nd Sunday before Lent Bryngwyn Eucharist Crickadarn Morning Prayer Aberedw Eucharist

Sunday 3rd March Sunday 9.30m Llanbadarn-Y- Garreg 11.00am Gwenddwr 11.00am Llandeilo Graban 11.00am Newchurch

February is a month of transition. On the first Sunday of the month, we celebrate the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple at his tender age of forty days. This celebration also includes an acknowledgement of the visit of Mary to the Temple to be purified after childbirth in accordance with Jewish custom. ‘Candlemas’ may also be seen as a closing of the glorious festival of light that is the Christmas and Epiphany Season. Ash Wednesday falls on the 6th of March and so, during the remaining days of February following Candlemas, we turn our attention toward the dark days of Lent.

Next before Lent Eucharist Morning Prayer Morning Prayer Holy Communion

Wednesday 6th March Ash Wednesday 7.00pm Llanbedr Eucharist with the Giving of Ashes Sunday 10th March 9.30am Crickadarn 9.30am Aberedw 11.00am Llanbedr

In this time between the two emotional periods of Christmas/ Epiphany and Lent/Easter, it is well to recognise that the two events of the birth and passion of the life of Jesus are united elements in the single event that is the Incarnation of our Lord God. He is always Emmanuel; God with us for all time. The Christ was born to live and die for us, to ascend to heaven and release the Holy Spirit to live within us so we might be his body continuing in the world. Ponder on this and already our faith will begin to deepen in preparation for the cleansing and reflection that is our Lenten journey.

First Sunday of Lent Eucharist Eucharist (Fr Phil) Eucharist (FrPhil)

St Cewydd’s, Aberedw. Evening Prayer at 6.00pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Midweek Eucharist at 6.30pm on Wednesday.

Painscastle Mothers’ Union You are most welcome to join us at our meetings. Meetings are held at Painscastle Village Hall on the 2nd Tuesday of each month during the winter months. For more information contact: Fran Shaw, 01982 56048

All love and blessings. Father Paul. XX Father Paul. X Sunday 3rd February Candlemas 9.30m Llanbadarn -y- Garreg Eucharist 11.00am Gwenddwr Eucharist (Fr Phil.) 11.00am Llandeilo Graban Morning Prayer 11.00am Newchurch Holy Communion Sunday 10th February 4th Sunday before Lent 9.30am Crickadarn Eucharist 9.30am Aberedw Morning Prayer 11.00am Llanbedr Eucharist

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Archbishop’s Visitation Address cont.d

don’t grasp, get anything from or see the point of what we do week-by-week

Our Diocesan Prayer says: Bless us as we gather in your name; guide us as we grow into the likeness of your Son; lead us by your Spirit to go out and make disciples of others.

In our churches and communities there are people who feel like bit-part players, who feel they can’t contribute much, if anything at all, to our story and our song or to the good of the wider community. They may feel that they lack talent, gifts or resources; they may feel too old, too inexperienced, too anything! But around us in the Diocese there are some wonderful stories of people who may have felt just like that, but who, with some encouragement, the right question being asked, have engaged with some local activity that has seen a project grow and flourish.

And the truth must be that we are not called and sent to be a gathered club, focussed on keeping its own show on the road, but that we are called and sent to be evangelists, bearers of good news, The Good News, becoming better-equipped in ourselves, stronger in ourselves for the task of bringing the love of Christ into the wider life of our communities. It is, of course, one thing to talk both here and in other gatherings about doing what I have already suggested. Actually doing it, achieving it, or at least trying it, can be different matters altogether, requiring individual commitments, large or small, and personal courage. Bishops, Diocesan Boards and Committees may articulate particular visions, but these will remain mere plans unless individual potential and calling to contribute to the overall story and song are encouraged, recognised, affirmed and supported. That dreaded ‘C’ word, Change, sometimes simply paralyses us, terrifies us, leaving us convinced that, if there is to be change, the next generation can see to it. Until recent times, we had the luxury of not actually having to change. But that, itself, has changed. The fact is, and I think that most of us actually know this in our hearts, that unless we embrace change, there will be no next generation to do anything. Psalm 23, so loved by many, is not, as might be thought, a psalm of cosy contentment and security. It’s a psalm about risking change, moving on, not staying put in the same old familiar territory, because staying put eventually leaves the pasture bare, the water-pool dry and the flock, if not dead, exhausted and on the point of giving up. No - the shepherd leads the flock, even through the darkest of valleys, to fresh pasture and fresh waters, so that souls are refreshed and strengthened for his service.

The challenges facing our church and the people to whom Christ sends us are significant, even daunting. The resources may appear to be meagre, completely inadequate in fact; but placed in the hands of Jesus by willing participants, situations are turned around and such challenges overcome. And our Diocesan family isn’t possessed of meagre resources. We have significant ones - human, material and financial. We also have that resource, envied by some, of a presence in every community. These resources are our five loaves and two small fish, and our calling is not to keep them for ourselves, but to offer them, to use them in telling the story and singing the song, and in doing so, to feed the spiritually hungry, and help in the task of caring for the people with beaten-up and broken lives. So, for the ongoing exploration of our task of evangelism properly understood, being good news, and for the ongoing rehabilitation of our witness and our mission, let me encourage you and, through your commitment, encourage your churches and communities to exploring the part each can play, remembering that every single word is part of the story, every single note is part of the song, and without them neither can be complete. Finally, let me ask you to be excited by the knowledge that miracles will happen, as some places have already demonstrated, when in trust, and in faith our church is truly ready to tell the story and to sing the song. Both I and the Diocese will support, guide and encourage you, as long as you are willing to try. So pray, and think and ask, and do try, - don’t let this visitation be just more words that take us nowhere!

Getting to that point of flourishing and growing means, not abandoning our beloved traditional patterns of worship, but adding to them times and opportunities for worship, teaching, and creating a menu of events that cater for and have the potential to feed those who we long to draw into the family of faith. Many of them have filled or will fill churches for Harvest Festivals, Remembrance Services, Christingle Services, Carol Services and so on, but not week-by-week. This has to tell us that we still have something to offer, a part to play in their life stories; but it also has to tell us that they

++ John Cambrensis This is an edited version of the Archbishop’s address. For a full transcript, please contact the Diocesan Office. 9

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For all your farm needs ‘He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and the herbs for the service of man. that he may bring forth food out of the earth.” Psalms CIV Garth Road, Builth Wells Tel. 01982 552210

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Cavendish House, Middleton St, Llandrindod Wells 01597 823400 23 High St, Builth Wells 01982 552801 www.sgmarshall.co.uk

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