NEWS some churches now opening for private prayer
St Catherine's, Cricieth is now open on TUESDAYS from 2 - 4 pm
From 16th July, St Cyngar's, Borth y Gest, is open on THURSDAYS from 2 - 4 pm
From 22nd July, St Mary's, Beddgelert, is open on WEDNESDAYS from 2 - 4pm.
You will be welcome to come at those times for a quiet moment of prayer and we will ensure this is as safe an environment as possible for your personal devotions.
and now-see below-2 churches will open for worship
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An excerpt from Father Dylan's letter to Bro Eifionydd
At the time of writing to you this letter you will have heard that the Church in Wales has now been given permission by the Welsh Government to re-open Church buildings for Personal Prayer, Baptisms, Marriages, Funerals and Public Sunday worship. However this does not say that we are back to normal because the virus is still out there in the community with the potential of bringing about devastation to our much loved community and nation. This is why as a Ministry Team we have decided upon limited re-opening of specific Church buildings at specific times with all hygiene and social distancing measures in place. If as your Parish Priest I felt that the risks were too great then I would not even consider even a limited re opening, but as things stand the risk levels are decreasing and this allows us to move forward with extreme care.
Regarding Personal prayer, our churches are marked out according to the Church in Wales guidelines allowing a place for hand sanitation, appropriate signage and markers regarding the keeping of the two-meter rule, and a cleaning regime. This has allowed us to create a safe and peaceful environment for personal prayer and reflection.
When it comes to baptisms, weddings and funerals, these occasions are to be held by invitation only and the number will be capped at 25 (If the building allows 25)
In terms of Sunday worship the two churches that will reopen for now are St Catherine’s in Cricieth and St John’s in Porthmadog as these are the most appropriate buildings in relation to the covid 19 regulations. It is important that we adhere to the regulations in order that our Churches remain safe spaces for people to pray and worship. Having measured St Catherine’s and St John’s the number of worshippers allowed under the two-meter rule is as follows
St Catherine’s can seat 11 single people, but with household bubble of 2 persons it can seat up to 22. St John’s can seat 19 single people, but with household bubble of 2 persons it can seat 38. However I have imposed a cap of 25 maximum people allowed at any one time in St John’s in order that the movement of people inside the building can be carefully managed.
In terms of Sunday worship if you wish to attend please contact the Rectory (01766 523743) to let us know so that we can allocate you a seat, we do not want to be in a situation where we have to turn people away. Due to Track and Trace guidelines, your contact details will be kept (securely) for a period of 21 days after each service. Please complete the enclosed form and bring it with you. The Data Privacy Policy is available at the back of the church.
Hand sanitation will be provided at a designated area and you will be asked to sanitise your hands on the way in and on the way out of church. There is a strong possibility in the next few weeks that we will be asked to wear facemasks and I encourage you to wear one if you intend coming to worship.
Unfortunately we will not be able to provide toilet facilities during this time as we do not have the ability to clean the area thoroughly after each use.
The services will be shortened to a simple Prayer Book Communion (30mins), no sermon or hymns for the time being, but music will be a part of the service via CD player. The service book, including the readings of the day, will be placed in the pew rather than distributed by hand. However you may wish to bring your own service leaflet and Bible.
Although we are carefully opening up our Churches I want to assure you that there is no pressure from myself or from the Bishop that people should return to public worship now. These are tentative steps and not steps to make people come to church when they do not feel ready. If you do not feel able to be present at public worship at the moment then that is understandable, and we will continue to provide prayer packs and online worship and reflections for the foreseeable future. If you do feel that you want to come then please follow the guidelines, it will be wonderful to gather for worship once again. If at anytime the situation worsens in regard to the virus then unfortunately we will have to close our buildings once more in order to keep everyone safe and healthy.
Please be assured of my constant prayer for you, your loved ones and the Ministry Area as we emerge from these dark times. Every Blessing and Grace Father Dylan
EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS FOR SALE
Fr Peter has spent the lock-down painting, and would like to sell his paintings for the benefit of our church funds. You will find small images of the works on a separate page - Fr Peter's paintings. By hovering over an image you will be able to see details of that painting, including the reserve price. As he hopes to raise a substantial amount for our hard-pressed church funds, Fr Peter invites 'bids' from prospective purchasers starting at that price, and clearly the best offer will win!
100 per cent of the money will go to church funds, and more if it can be gift-aided. Contact Fr Peter - peterakaye@gmail.com if you wish to :-
1) receive by email copies of pictures which you can 'blow up' to view more clearly
2) view one or more pictures 'in the flesh', probably in our garden in Tremadog!
3) make a bid for a picture. Thanking you in anticipation, PK
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It is now possible to make a donation online to church funds!
If you click on the 'DONATE' button above it will take you to the Paypal site. Thank you if you are considering doing this - even during lockdown Bro Eifionydd still has expenses. Your help will be much appreciated. If you do not have a Paypal account you will find it is very easy to join, and at no expense to you. Alternatively, that page will allow you to make a payment with your credit/debit card. Thank you
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Services on Facebook and now Youtube,
and meetings on Zoom
Via Facebook we can now share a simple, bilingual celebration of the Holy Eucharist following the 1984 rite and also Table Talk / Sgwrs with y bwrdd, an informal reflection by Fr Dylan. We will continue to post Bishop Andrew’s meditations as well.
Zoom is an easy to use 'video conference' tool and you can find out more about it in this short tutorial- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI32Xk2Va7M and at the website https://zoom.us/
Via Zoom on Tuesdays at 10am we'll come together for Clwb Coffee - a chance to catch up over your favourite hot beverage! This will be a weekly event. To join us click here at 10am on Tuesday - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82799426433?pwd=VG9EWVRNME1lMnhsOVhSMnM5RzVRZz09
On Wednesdays at 11am we will restart our Bible Study groups - all are welcome to consider the upcoming Sunday's readings. To join us click here at 11am on Wednesday - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83355468059?pwd=UmZDQTViOU9QVTBpK1ZVMVJ1bGhGZz09
Our services are now available on Bro Eifionydd's Youtube channel at :- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv3ea_RAe_Al0soWmWL_0Mw
To keep up to date please visit our Facebook pages, (if you right-click on a link you will see an invitation to go straight to the page). https:/www.facebook.com/broeifionydd
or St Johns & St Cyngar's - https://www.facebook.com/StJohnPorthmadog/
St Catherine's - https://www.facebook.com/St-Catherines-Criccieth-1413073582314893/
- you do not need to be signed up to Facebook to view them. Whether on Youtube or Facebook you can see videos of Morning Prayer each day, and services for Sunday worship which include addresses by Bishop Andrew or Tad Dylan.
On this site, see the page Next Sunday for each Sunday's prayers and readings.
If you are in immediate need, please get in touch.
St Catherine's, Cricieth is now open on TUESDAYS from 2 - 4 pm
From 16th July, St Cyngar's, Borth y Gest, is open on THURSDAYS from 2 - 4 pm
From 22nd July, St Mary's, Beddgelert, is open on WEDNESDAYS from 2 - 4pm.
You will be welcome to come at those times for a quiet moment of prayer and we will ensure this is as safe an environment as possible for your personal devotions.
and now-see below-2 churches will open for worship
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An excerpt from Father Dylan's letter to Bro Eifionydd
At the time of writing to you this letter you will have heard that the Church in Wales has now been given permission by the Welsh Government to re-open Church buildings for Personal Prayer, Baptisms, Marriages, Funerals and Public Sunday worship. However this does not say that we are back to normal because the virus is still out there in the community with the potential of bringing about devastation to our much loved community and nation. This is why as a Ministry Team we have decided upon limited re-opening of specific Church buildings at specific times with all hygiene and social distancing measures in place. If as your Parish Priest I felt that the risks were too great then I would not even consider even a limited re opening, but as things stand the risk levels are decreasing and this allows us to move forward with extreme care.
Regarding Personal prayer, our churches are marked out according to the Church in Wales guidelines allowing a place for hand sanitation, appropriate signage and markers regarding the keeping of the two-meter rule, and a cleaning regime. This has allowed us to create a safe and peaceful environment for personal prayer and reflection.
When it comes to baptisms, weddings and funerals, these occasions are to be held by invitation only and the number will be capped at 25 (If the building allows 25)
In terms of Sunday worship the two churches that will reopen for now are St Catherine’s in Cricieth and St John’s in Porthmadog as these are the most appropriate buildings in relation to the covid 19 regulations. It is important that we adhere to the regulations in order that our Churches remain safe spaces for people to pray and worship. Having measured St Catherine’s and St John’s the number of worshippers allowed under the two-meter rule is as follows
St Catherine’s can seat 11 single people, but with household bubble of 2 persons it can seat up to 22. St John’s can seat 19 single people, but with household bubble of 2 persons it can seat 38. However I have imposed a cap of 25 maximum people allowed at any one time in St John’s in order that the movement of people inside the building can be carefully managed.
In terms of Sunday worship if you wish to attend please contact the Rectory (01766 523743) to let us know so that we can allocate you a seat, we do not want to be in a situation where we have to turn people away. Due to Track and Trace guidelines, your contact details will be kept (securely) for a period of 21 days after each service. Please complete the enclosed form and bring it with you. The Data Privacy Policy is available at the back of the church.
Hand sanitation will be provided at a designated area and you will be asked to sanitise your hands on the way in and on the way out of church. There is a strong possibility in the next few weeks that we will be asked to wear facemasks and I encourage you to wear one if you intend coming to worship.
Unfortunately we will not be able to provide toilet facilities during this time as we do not have the ability to clean the area thoroughly after each use.
The services will be shortened to a simple Prayer Book Communion (30mins), no sermon or hymns for the time being, but music will be a part of the service via CD player. The service book, including the readings of the day, will be placed in the pew rather than distributed by hand. However you may wish to bring your own service leaflet and Bible.
Although we are carefully opening up our Churches I want to assure you that there is no pressure from myself or from the Bishop that people should return to public worship now. These are tentative steps and not steps to make people come to church when they do not feel ready. If you do not feel able to be present at public worship at the moment then that is understandable, and we will continue to provide prayer packs and online worship and reflections for the foreseeable future. If you do feel that you want to come then please follow the guidelines, it will be wonderful to gather for worship once again. If at anytime the situation worsens in regard to the virus then unfortunately we will have to close our buildings once more in order to keep everyone safe and healthy.
Please be assured of my constant prayer for you, your loved ones and the Ministry Area as we emerge from these dark times. Every Blessing and Grace Father Dylan
EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS FOR SALE
Fr Peter has spent the lock-down painting, and would like to sell his paintings for the benefit of our church funds. You will find small images of the works on a separate page - Fr Peter's paintings. By hovering over an image you will be able to see details of that painting, including the reserve price. As he hopes to raise a substantial amount for our hard-pressed church funds, Fr Peter invites 'bids' from prospective purchasers starting at that price, and clearly the best offer will win!
100 per cent of the money will go to church funds, and more if it can be gift-aided. Contact Fr Peter - peterakaye@gmail.com if you wish to :-
1) receive by email copies of pictures which you can 'blow up' to view more clearly
2) view one or more pictures 'in the flesh', probably in our garden in Tremadog!
3) make a bid for a picture. Thanking you in anticipation, PK
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It is now possible to make a donation online to church funds!
If you click on the 'DONATE' button above it will take you to the Paypal site. Thank you if you are considering doing this - even during lockdown Bro Eifionydd still has expenses. Your help will be much appreciated. If you do not have a Paypal account you will find it is very easy to join, and at no expense to you. Alternatively, that page will allow you to make a payment with your credit/debit card. Thank you
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Services on Facebook and now Youtube,
and meetings on Zoom
Via Facebook we can now share a simple, bilingual celebration of the Holy Eucharist following the 1984 rite and also Table Talk / Sgwrs with y bwrdd, an informal reflection by Fr Dylan. We will continue to post Bishop Andrew’s meditations as well.
Zoom is an easy to use 'video conference' tool and you can find out more about it in this short tutorial- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI32Xk2Va7M and at the website https://zoom.us/
Via Zoom on Tuesdays at 10am we'll come together for Clwb Coffee - a chance to catch up over your favourite hot beverage! This will be a weekly event. To join us click here at 10am on Tuesday - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82799426433?pwd=VG9EWVRNME1lMnhsOVhSMnM5RzVRZz09
On Wednesdays at 11am we will restart our Bible Study groups - all are welcome to consider the upcoming Sunday's readings. To join us click here at 11am on Wednesday - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83355468059?pwd=UmZDQTViOU9QVTBpK1ZVMVJ1bGhGZz09
Our services are now available on Bro Eifionydd's Youtube channel at :- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv3ea_RAe_Al0soWmWL_0Mw
To keep up to date please visit our Facebook pages, (if you right-click on a link you will see an invitation to go straight to the page). https:/www.facebook.com/broeifionydd
or St Johns & St Cyngar's - https://www.facebook.com/StJohnPorthmadog/
St Catherine's - https://www.facebook.com/St-Catherines-Criccieth-1413073582314893/
- you do not need to be signed up to Facebook to view them. Whether on Youtube or Facebook you can see videos of Morning Prayer each day, and services for Sunday worship which include addresses by Bishop Andrew or Tad Dylan.
On this site, see the page Next Sunday for each Sunday's prayers and readings.
If you are in immediate need, please get in touch.
