Signposts Issue 206 November 2018 by Signposts Magazine

Issue No 206

Many of you will have seen and heard various media reports over the past few months about the Ringing Remembers project. The idea is to recruit 1400 people to learn to be Bellringers, and ring on November 11th 2018, the 100th anniversary of the Armistice ending World War 1. 1400 Bellringers from across the world lost their lives during the WW1. Over the past 4 years Alan Regin, a ringer from Christ Church in Spitalfields, has documented the ringers who lost their lives and, where possible, these have been commemorated at their ‘local’ tower on the anniversary of their death. I personally have joined ringing at Clyro and Glasbury to remember two such soldiers. Further ringing is planned in Glasbury and Knighton. Alan Regin was awarded an MBE last year “for services to Campanalogy and its Heritage”. Alan has also been instrumental in getting a ring of bells, rung the traditional British way of ‘full circle ringing’,in St George’s Memorial Church Ypres to commemorate all the fallen. There are two Churches in our Ministry Area with bells rung full circle. Llandelio Graban have a peal of 3 bells which are rung occasionally for services and Builth Wells have a peal of 6 Bells rung regularly for Practice, Services, Weddings and other occasions. On November 11th we will be ringing the bells in Builth four times; for the

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Magazine for the Builth Ministry Area November 2018 Remembrance Service and just after the 11am silence, then in line with National Remembrance at 12:30 when as many as possible of the bells of the UK will be ringing and again at 7:05 in line with the ‘Battle’s Over- a nations tribute’ (www brunopeek.co.uk) So, what is so appealing about ringing bells? (Excuse the pun) Bells have been rung full circle for over 400 years but their origin is much older. They have been used for celebration, warning of invasion and notifying parishioners of the imminent start of church services. In today’s secular society they remind people that the church is there, active and ready for them. I often remind Father Neil that his sermons are heard by the congregation, but the bells are heard by all. Bellringers are often secular today but many feel it is their duty to ring for service. They are over 5700 places with ringable peals of 4 or more bells in the world with all but 134 in the UK and the majority of those in England (168 in Wales and 27 in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon.) We have an eclectic band of ringers in Builth, ranging from teenagers to those us who are a bit older! New and returning ringers are always welcome to come along (please see page.6. for details), you don’t have to be strong or musical. Bellringing is very friendly, sociable and you can never stop learning and can visit some lovely places where you are always made welcome. David Childs, Tower Captain, St Mary’s, Builth Wells.

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Builth Ministry Area

‘The Mind in the Heart’ Wednesday

A retreat at Llangasty. 6-7 November full board only £90 The Mystery of the Church; the Communion of Saints; the Goal of Human Life - Life in the Trinity. Phone: 01874 658250 E-mail: enquiries@llangasty.com Visit: www.llangasty.com

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Drop in Quiet Day Monday 19th November An opportunity to pause for prayer and personal reflection - come for all or part of the day. Bring your own lunch. Coffee and tea provided. No charge, but donations welcome. No need to book. 10am - 4pm with Eucharist at 12 noon

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Welsh Eucharist

An evening of LIVE music and talks with Patrick & Diane Regan, seeking to open up conversations around difficult topics such as trust in God when life is painful, and dealing with anxiety and depression. 18th November 6 – 8pm St. Stephens Church, Swansea.

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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 16th November 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. Amen. 3

Magazine hopes its readers continue to enjoy a reflective Trinity Season. If you wish to contact us the details are on the back page. signpostsmagazine@gmail.com

Builth Ministry Area - Colwyn

Services for Year B

16th December Advent 3 09.30 Llanfaredd Holy Communion 11.15 Glascwm Holy Communion 19.00 Rhulen Carol Service

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

Weather Permitting Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-20; Canticle: Isaiah 12:2-6; or Psalm 146:5-10; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18

Services for November 2nd November 19.00 Bettws

All Souls Benefice All Souls Service

Readings: Lamentations 3:17-26 or Wisdom 3:1-9; Psalm 23 or 27:1-5, 13, 14; Romans 5:5-11 or 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 5:19-25 or John 6:37-40 4th November 10.00 Llansantffraed 18.00 Glascwm

Kingdom 1 Holy Communion Village Service LW

Readings: Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Hebrews 9:11-14; Mark 12:28-34

Psalm

23rd December Advent 4 10.00 Hundred House Hall Benefice Communion LW With Advent hymns

Readings: Micah 5:2-5a; Canticle: Magnificat (Luke 1:47-55) or Psalm 80:1-7; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45, [46-55]

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Monday 24th December Christmas Eve 16.00 Glascwm Crib Service 23.00 Llanelwedd Midnight Mass

11th November Remembrance Sunday 10.45 Bettws Benefice Remembrance Service LW

Tuesday 25th December Christmas Day â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Nativity of our Lord 08.00 Rhulen Extended Communion ET 09.30 Cregrina Holy Communion LW 10.00 Llansantffraed Extended Communion ET 11.15 Bettws Holy Communion LW Readings: Isaiah 52:7-10; Psalm 98; Hebrews 1:1-4 [512]; John 1:1-14

LW JO

Readings: Daniel 12:1-3; Psalm 16; Hebrews 10:11-14 [15-18] 19-25; Mark 13:1-8 25th November Kingdom 4/Christ the King 09.30 Bettws Holy Communion LW 09.30 Cregrina Holy Communion JO 11.15 Llanelwedd Holy Communion

25th November 09.30 Bettws 09.30 Cregrina 11.15 Llanelwedd

Readings: Daniel 7:9-10, 13, 14; Psalm 93; Revelation 1:4b-8; John 18:33-37

Advent 1 Holy Communion Village Service ET

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Readings: Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36 9th December Advent 2 09.30 Cregrina Holy Communion LW 11.15 Llanelwedd Worship4All ET/MJ 11.15 Rhulen Holy Communion

Kingdom 4/Christ the King Holy Communion LW Holy Communion JO Holy Communion LW

Readings: Daniel 7:9-10, 13, 14; Psalm 93; Revelation 1:4b-8; John 18:33-37

Services for December 2nd December 10.00 Llansantffraed 18.00 Glascwm

LW LW

Readings: Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14, [15-20]

Readings: Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 62:5-12; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 1:14-20 18th November Kingdom 3/Prisoner Sunday 09.30 Llanfaredd Holy Communion 11.15 Glascwm Holy Communion LW 11.15 Rhulen Holy Communion

LW JO RM

Readings: Baruch 5:1-9 or Malachi 3:1-4; Canticle: Benedictus (Luke 1:68-79); Philippians 1:3-11; Luke 3:1-6

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,

Events and Meetings for September and October: ALL WELCOME

Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet says, “Here’s rosemary, that’s for Remembrance. Pray you, love, remember.” November is a time of the year for remembering. On 2nd November this year we celebrate our Benefice All Souls Service at St Mary’s Church, Bettws, when we remember all those who have departed this life - not that we ever forget those whom we love - but it is an opportunity for us to come together as a community to remember them.

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Sunday 11th is our Benefice Remembrance Service, held at St Mary’s Bettws. This year will mark 100 years since the Armistice Treaty was signed between first world war allies and Germany, bringing an end to war in western Europe. On that day people in Britain celebrated by pouring out onto the streets and gathering in large places. Church Bells were rung in towns and villages across the UK for the first time since the war began, both as a symbolic gesture and to let people know the war was over. Encouragement is being given for all churches to ring their bell or bells for 10 minutes to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. Though this was a joyous moment, for the allies at least, the devastating loss of life affected many families and communities in Britain and across the world. Thirty nations had declared war between 1914 and 1918. Many countries along with Great Britain sided with the allies, including France, Italy, Russia and the United States. The Ottoman Empire, AustriaHungary and Bulgaria supported Germany.

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The phrase 'lest we forget' is thought to come from the poem "Recessional" by Rudyard Kipling. This poem was written for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and it was where Kipling was inspired by a Bible reading from Deuteronomy 6:12, which reads: "Then beware lest thou forget the Lord which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt". This poem itself doesn't touch upon remembering the fallen soldiers, but it has been adopted as part of Armistice Day traditions. During the act of Remembrance, the Ode of Remembrance is said:

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Sewing Group, Thursday 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th November and 6th, 13th December then 10th January from 10.00 at Hundred House Hall Bible Study, Tuesday 13th, 27th November and 11th December at 10.00 Cregrina. Contact Cherry: 570702 Coffee Connection – Wednesday 14th, 28th November and 12th December at 10.00 at Hundred House Hall. Free coffee, tea and biscuits. For free transport phone Jo: 570326 or Linda: 570296 Friday Fellowship, 9th November and 14th December at 6.30 pm at Hundred House Inn. For ladies of all ages to meet new friends & old, chat, eat, share & encourage each other in their faith Story Time, Thursday 15th November and 20th December at 2.30-3.10 pm at St Matthew’s Church Llanelwedd, for pre-schoolers & babies with their carers. Men’s Breakfast, 24th November and 29th December at 10.00 at the Drovers Tea Rooms, Builth Wells Lay Ministry Day, Cancelled Radnorshire Remembers, At the Radnorshire Museum Llandrindod Wells, from 3rd November to 31st January. Bell-Ringing to Mark the end of World War 1, Right across the UK, encouragement is being given for the ringing of church bells at 12.30pm on Sunday 11th November to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. Whether your churches have peals of bells or a single bell, could we try and arrange for this. Benefice Council Meeting, Monday 19th November, 7 pm at Hundred House Hall. Downstairs Room. RWAS Winter Fair, Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th November Llansantffraed Coffee Evening, Friday 7th December, 7 pm at Hundred House Hall.

This is what the Remembrance Service is all about - remembering all those who gave their lives so that we might live in peace and freedom. I hope and pray that as we go about your daily lives, we may find peace and freedom in all that we do.

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them."

Blessings to you all.

Linda

Builth Ministry Area – Buallt Worship for November 4 Nov (All Saints – Isa. 25:6-9, Jn 11:32-44) 10.00 All Sorts Eucharist in Builth

Regular Events

11 Nov (Kingdom II / Remembrance - Jon. 3:1-5,10, Ps 62:5-12, Heb. 9:24-28, Mk 1:14-20) 09.30 Choral Eucharist in Builth 15.00 Requiem Eucharist in Llanddewi’r-Cwm 18 Nov (Kingdom III – Dan.12:1-3, Ps.16, Heb.10:1114,19-25, Mk 13:1-8) 09.30 Sung Eucharist in Builth with guest preacher 25 Nov (Christ the King – da.7:9-10,13-14, Ps.93, Rev.1:4b-8, Jn 18-33-37) 09.30 Choral Eucharist in Builth 11.00 Sung Eucharist in Maesmynis

Every Day Morning Prayer is said in St. Mary’s Builth at 09.00 Fthr

Neil 552355 Every Thursday House Group meets at 10.00 Judith 552706 Every Thursday Bell-Ringers in St. Mary’s Tower at 19.30 David 552477

Thank You To all those who work hard to provide the regular after service fellowship in St. Mary’s (now on both the first and third Sunday of the months), an especial thank you to those from across the Benefice who united to provide hospitality and welcome at the Bishops Episcopal Visitation in St. Mary’s. November Events 01 Mothers Union at 1 Glandwr Park with guest speaker Delia 01982 553828 01 Ecumenical Dementia Friendly Communion in Brynhyfryd at 11.00 03 Julian Meeting in Christchurch URC Llandrindod 10.30 20 ‘Moving Pictures?’ Movie Night viewing ‘Old Fashioned’ at Hillview 19.00 Fthr Neil for a place 24 BuilthFest Christmas Fayre – see notice below 24 Men’s Breakfast in Drovers Tea Rooms 10.00 – see Ministry Area Page for details 27 OpenDoors Group in H.T. L’dod 14.30 Louise Tarling on 01597 822615 30 Eucharist for Andrew, Apostle and Patron of Scotland, Builth 09.00

The BuilthFest Carnival Committee are holding their annual Christmas Fayre in the Strand Hall on the 24th November. All the Churches of the Benefice have united to have a stall selling nativity Cards, Donated Home-Made Jewellery (Thank you Val!), Guess the weight of the cake and particularly home-made mince pies. In order to fulfil Food Hygiene Regs please pick up a paper plate / sleeve combo from Fthr Neil – make your half-dozen mince pies as normal (we are selling them in sixes) then slip them onto the plate and into the sleeve … easy peasy! You can drop off the Mince Pies at the Vicarage after 13.30 on the Friday or bring them to the Fayre on the Saturday. WE NEED LOADS – SO READY, STEADY BAKE!

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 month is a month of emotional highs and lows – we start with All Saints Day (transferred from the 01st) at which we celebrate the life work and witness of those Christians who have gone before. Then we stand in solemn silence at the centenary of the Armistice of WWI in our remembrance liturgy and in the Requiem Eucharist that afternoon. The following Sunday we pray for Prisoners and listen to our guest preacher. Finally, we place our hope and joy in Christ the King on the final Sunday of our Christian year. Please join us for what will prove to be an exceptional month! With every blessing Fr. Neil

Christmas Cards Christmas Cards are on sale to raise funds to purchase new banners for St. Mary’s – they will be available after each service in Builth. They feature a wide variety of religious designs and are competitively priced. Please do think of buying from us before you go elsewhere!

Evangelism In response to the Archbishops call for a renewed focus on Evangelism the benefice Council have asked for emphasis to be placed on this important part of our ministry in the sermons in our worship between now and Christmas. Please pray for the Benefice Council and our churches as we seek to discern a way forward for evangelism in our own area, and in particular, consider how YOU may be able to be involved.

This month’s visiting preacher St. Mary’s in Builth has developed a ‘Visiting Preacher’ series in which on the third Sunday of the month we invite a guest to break open God’s word for us in the 09.30 Sung Eucharist. In our regular third Sunday of the month guest preacher slot at 09.30 in St. Mary the Virgin we are privileged to have Moira Randall CBE to preach to us and to join us for fellowship afterwards. Grand Draw This takes place at the Civic Carol Service in December – tickets at £1 each or £5 a book are available from any member of every congregation. There are fantastic prizes … please support!

Bonus Ball Some numbers have become free in the St. Marys Bonus Ball competition. For just £13 quarterly you get an excellent opportunity to double your stake with all profits going to St. Mary’s. Please see Laura Childs to get a form.

Moving Pictures This month’s movie study is the 2015 Christian rom-com ‘OldFashioned’ (PG) which discusses love and dating in the modern world. Places are limited to six, so please book in advance with Fthr. Neil for the 20th November. Thank you to Gina for hosting this month’s group. . Moving Pictures

Builth Ministry Area - Erwood & Painscastle Dear All, We have shared in fellowship with each other and the land that we love at this sacred time of the year through our joyous celebrations of Harvest. Another year begins to draw to a close and once again we are mindful of how time is passing in our lives. So, indeed, November introduces a more sombre tone to our Christian year. This month is often known as the month of the dead; embodying the darkness before the dawn of Advent. Yet, within this, the memorials and celebrations of the month affirm the importance of coming to know fully the love of God that transcends time and space and even conquers death. The Feast of All Souls, on the second of the month, is a time when we come together for a Eucharist in St Teilo’s, Llandeilo Graban at 7.00pm to commemorate the lives of the faithful departed, many of whom we love and miss. This is an important celebration as the year begins to turn. We open our hearts to acknowledge the presence of our ancestors and others with whom we have walked with through the journey of life. Associated with this is All Saints Day, which we will be celebrating on Sunday the 4th of the month. The two celebrations are connected; the former celebrates the memories of our own family and the latter rejoices in the family of the Church whose footpaths have paved the way of faith to make it easier for us to follow and thus we may readily call upon their help and intercession for us. Remembrance Sunday, this year falling on Armistice Day itself - the eleventh of the month, reminds us that our capacity for noble sacrifice is an intrinsic part of our nature. At our very best, humankind is truly Christ-like. All these festivals show us that much of our life on earth is bound up with thoughts of heaven. To make sense of life and suffering, in our prayers we must hold on to the promise of eternal life that Jesus has promised for each one of us.

Services for November Friday 2nd November All Souls 7.00am Llandeilo Graban Eucharist for the Faithful Departed. Sunday 4th November All Saints 9.30am Llanbadarn -Y- Garreg Eucharist 11.00am Gwenddwr Memorial Eucharist 11.00am Llandeilo Graban Morning Prayer Sunday 11th November Remembrance Day. 10.30am Bryngwyn Requiem for the Fallen and Remembrance 10.30am Aberedw Requiem for the Fallen and Remembrance (Fr Phil) 2.30pm Llandeilo Graban Requiem for the Fallen and Remembrance Sunday 18th November 2nd before Advent 9.30am Llandeilo Graban Eucharist 11.00am Gwenddwr Eucharist 11.00am Newchurch Eucharist Sunday 25th November 9.30am Bryngwyn 9.30am Crickadarn 11.00am Aberedw

Christ the King Eucharist Eucharist (Fr Phil) Eucharist

Services for December Sunday 2nd December Advent 1 9.30m Llanbadarn-Y- Garreg Eucharist 11.00am Gwenddwr Eucharist 11.00am Llandeilo Graban Morning Prayer 3.00pm Llandewi Fach Eucharist

The Feast of Christ the King on Sunday the 25th is the glorious climax of the Christian year. Jesus the Christ is King of Heaven and Earth. He defined the true nature of kingship through uniting his divine nature with our human condition thus showing us that the true nature of all sovereignty and leadership involves serving humanity through an embrace of love for all people. His identification with our mortality, followed by his ultimate conquering of death and ascension, enabled him to sit at the right hand of God for all eternity and be our advocate in heaven for all time – our King who holds us with him - Christus Rex. May this thought dwell in your hearts for the beginning of Advent on the following Sunday, the 2nd of December as we celebrate the story of how Christ’s kingship begins; Emmanuel, who is God with us. The Father always draws us to him through faith and belief in his Son:

Friday 7th December 6.00pm Aberedw

Evening Carol Service

Sunday 9th December 9.30am Crickadarn 9.30am Aberedw 11.00am Llanbedr 2.30pm Moriah Chapel 6.00pm Crickadarn

Advent 2 Eucharist Eucharist (Fr Phil) Eucharist (Fr Phil) Afternoon Carol Service Evening Carol Service

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

In life and death, perplexities and sorrow, may you feel the power of Christ taking away your fear.

Father Paul. X Father Paul. X

. w Crickadarn w Gwenddwr & Bryngwyn Aberedw w Llandeilo Graban w Llanbadarn-y-Garreg w Newchurch w Llanbedr Painscastle w Llanddewi Fach Revd Fthr Paul Keown, Trefechan, Edw Crescent, Aberedw, Builth Wells LD2 3UH, 01982 560653, frpaulkeown@mac.com 8

Music Review: CELTS Celtic multi-instrumentalist Fr Tim Ardouin and lead philharmonic/Celtic flautist, Leslie Sheills have recorded an album of self-composed music, songs and poetry about the Celtic church and saints. Fr Tim is based in our diocese on the Gower, whilst Leslie lives in nearby Swansea.

The Celtic way did not discriminate between men and women with regard to leadership, priesthood. Priests and monastics, male or female, were often married and mixed monasteries, where families lived out their Christian calling, were common. The Celts retained the tonsure of the Druids – probably the first Celtic Christian priests – who, unlike the Romans, kept the hair long and free at the back. The mystical Fourth Gospel (John) was the scripture of choice for the Celts and, unlike the Romans, experience of the Divine, be it through prayer, through nature, art, music, in the elements, gazing at the stars or riding the waves in coracles to wherever God leads, was more important than any kind of doctrinal formulae.

The album delivers a raw and natural sound, mixing atmospheric recordings taken in the wilder spots of Gower with Irish flutes and whistles, didgeridoo, guitars and bodhran. The sparse production is evocative of a liminality inherent in early Celtic Christianity, which was itself influenced by the early Jesus Movement and the contemplative style of the Desert Fathers/Mothers, both of whom it is likely the fledging church in Gower and South West Wales were in physical contact with.

Fr Tim said: “According to our Celtic foremothers and forefathers, heaven and earth are just three feet apart and far closer than that in a thin place. We hope that the music we are making now will be a thin place for people which, though evocative of the Celtic Way, will take them spiritually deeper than any sense of religion, history, ancestral hiraeth or romantic nostalgia, to communion with Christ, about whom all religion is merely modal response”.

When St Augustine came to these islands to ‘convert’ the wild people on the edge of the known world, as far as the Roman Church was aware, he found the Celts to the west and north of the Saxon kingdoms had an already wellestablished Christian church with their own bishops, priests and monastics. It was not until centuries of establishment of the Roman Church in England, that the Celtic way became subsumed in the dominant administration.

The Album can be downloaded from: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/timardouin

The Celtic church was very different from the Roman church and the later Protestant churches.

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Builth Wells Mothers’Union AGM The Mothers Union meeting at 1 Glandwr Park on November 1st will be the AGM – please come along to contribute ideas for next year’s programme. Both Men & Women are eligible to join! 9

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