Saint David’s Uniting Church
Castle Street, Treforest CF37 1TA 
Minister: Vacancy
Church Telephone No: 07766892487
Website: www.stdavidsuniting.org.uk
Admin email: [email protected]
Link for Live Stream – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ftWuXHexnfFdo1FKwXBZA
20th October 2024
We welcome you all to our services today, especially if you are a visitor or worshipping with us for the first time. Welcome also to those who are joining us remotely.
Our good friend Haydn Blackey is leading our services today and we pray that, through his ministry, we may all receive the blessing that we most need.
Fair-traded refreshments will be served in the hall following the morning service. We invite you to join us for this time of informal fellowship and take time to look at the handmade cards which are on sale.
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Church Family and Pastoral News
We include this in the newsletter to inform our prayers during the week – Please pray for:
- We continue to hold Bilal and Catherine’s family in Lebanon in our prayers.
- Pam, who is coming on slowly, and hopes to be back with us in November.
- Barbara Slade is hoping that acupuncture will help relieve her pain.
- Margaret Wicks is suffering with shingles, which it’s very painful.
- Those for whom this time of year has sad memories.
- Unfortunately, Viviane’s operation did not happen, she will now have it on Monday. 3rd time lucky!
- Jayne Bright is waiting for an appointment with consultant at hospital and Roger has hurt his knee following a fall.
- Sue Ruck hopes to be moving home in the near future.
Birthdays.
We are not aware of any birthdays or Special Anniversaries this week.
Thanks…
…. from Marlene Mc ‘Thank you to everyone who sent me cards on my birthday. It was so kind of you all. Thankyou!’
…..and Maralyn T would like to thank her church family for their cards and good wishes sent for her birthday. They were all very much appreciated. Diolch yn fawr.
Diary for the Week
Monday 21st Language class in the Hall at Treforest at 10.00am.
The Park Ramblers will meet at 10.15am, followed by coffee at Princes Restaurant
Wednesday 23rd St David’s Guild will meet from 1.45pm at St Catherine’s (See item below)
Sunday 27th Rev Owen Griffiths will lead our service, which will include communion, at 10.45am
Future Services
Sunday 3rd November Worship Group
Sunday 10th November Rev Simeon Baker
Sunday 17th November Dave Kitchen
St David’s Guild
Wednesday October 23rd
Last week two members of the Samaritan organisation gave a very interesting talk about their charity work. They listen to people who have found the way forward very difficult. What is a priority is that they are not judgemental and provide people with ways to cope.
This week Dr Daryl Leeworthy will be giving a talk about Elaine Morgan who was born in Hopkinstown, and lived in Mountain Ash. He has written a biography of her life as a ground – breaking TV writer and anthropologist.
Dates for your Diary
Saturday November 9th 2.30pm – a Rededication Service in our new home. Guests representing our three denominations will be there. Rev. Dr Phil Wall will be taking part in person!
Friday November 15th and Saturday November 16th 10.30am to 4pm. Challenge, Choice and Change an exhibition of work by Rev. Stephen Best in the church. This event is part of us getting to know the community. Flyers will be printed; help will be needed nearer the time to deliver them.
Saturday 16th November, 7pm at Llandaff Cathedral
Cardiff Polyphonic Choir are celebrating their 60th anniversary with a concert, with 4 four world-class soloists and the British Sinfonietta; they will be conducted by Thomas Blunt. The programme for the evening is Durante’s setting of the Magnificat, Colin Mawby’s Ave Verum, and Poulenc’s transcendent Litanies à la Vierge Noire. Following these is Mozart’s Requiem. Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cardiffpolyp
Sunday 17th November 2024, 7pm at St Luke’s Church, Rhydyfelin.
Discover the Spirit of Christmas as Volante Opera Productions team up with Pontypridd Choral society and soloists from the Chorus of WNO for a dramatic reading of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” with Victorian carols, songs and music. Tickets, £10, available from St Luke’s Church, Rhydyfelin and 01443 202350 & 203046
Update on settling into our new home!
Most of the pictures and banners have been put up in the church and hall. We are greatly indebted to Kevin for all his help with this. Thank you, Kevin!
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Thought for the Week
Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers.
When you believe that a problem can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.
Norman Vincent (1898-1993)
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Don’t Forget!
The clocks go back next weekend! You have an extra hour in bed!!