Saint David’s Uniting Church  

Interim Moderator

Rev Vaughan Rees

Tel: c/o  07575 576468                                        

Website: www.stdavidsuniting.org.uk                                                                                                                                 

9 February 2014

We welcome you all to our services today, If you are a visitor or worshipping with us for the first time, we hope you will feel ‘at home’ with us and return again soon.

We give a warm welcome to Fr Andrew Davies, who is leading our   services today, Andrew is now an ‘old’ friend and we are very pleased that he will be sharing his thoughts with us today.

Fair-trade tea and coffee will be served after this morning’s service, and handmade cards will be on sale. Please stop and  enjoy a ‘cuppa’  in the company of friends.

The Copper Pot is on the table; so please, don’t take your ‘small change’ home with you, put it in the pot, where it will be used for local charities.

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Morning Worship

Hymns         317, 494, 235, 167, 205

Readings     Psalm 112: 1-9; Isaiah 58: 1- 9; 1 Corinthians 2: 1-16

 

Evening Worship

Hymns           328, 228, 53, 186, 153

Readings     Psalm 1: 1-6;  Ephesians; 4:17-32;  2 Corinthians 3: 1-18

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Diary for the Week

Today	Cantorion  meet at 5.10pm
Monday	Brownies 6.00 pm at Church HouseElders Meeting 7.30pm at the Chaplaincy
Tuesday	Kids Club  6pm
Wednesday	Ladies Guild 2pm (see Diary)Rainbows 5pm  at Church House Guides and Senior Section from 6.30pm
Thursday	Youth Group at Church HouseSing for Life Choir, AA
Saturday	Coffee Bar 10.00am till Noon.
Sunday	Our Family Worship at 10.45am will be led by Rev Vaughan Rees, This service will include communion and the welcoming of Ann and David Jones into our Church Family. Evening Worship at 6pm will be led by Eryl Williams

Pontypridd Christians Together invites us to pray each day for one of the local churches and mission projects.     This is the list for week 2.

9^th Bethel, Baptist, Hawthorn (Revd Andrew McClauglin)

10^th Capel Salem, Church Village (Revd Rosa Hunt)

11^th Castle Square URC, Treforest

12^th Cornerstone Pentecostal Church, Treforest (Pastor Jeff Brown)

13^th Park Presbyterian Church, Treforest;  Hermon Presbyterian  Church, Maesycoed; 

       Glyn Street Presbyterian Church, Ynysybwl

14^th St Dyfrig’s Catholic Church, Treforest (Fr Alan Davies-Hale and Revd Michael Doyle)

15^th Calvary Baptist Church, Treforest

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Dates for your Diary

Wednesday 12th February                                                 Ladies Guild

This week we will welcome our ‘neighbour’ Rev Peter Lewis of St Catherine’s as our guest speaker. What he is going to speak about we do not know – but we are assured that it will be an enjoyable afternoon so come along to the Victoria Room by 2pm and join in the ‘fun’

Saturday 22nd March,                                            URC Spring Synod

This is OUR opportunity to influence the agenda of the Synod meeting of which our church is part. It is also a good opportunity to share good news stories of what we have been involved in. This is a day for ALL ages and will be held in Cardiff.  Make a note of the date NOW!

Friday 28th March                                          ‘Ponty’ Churches Social

We have accepted the invitation from St Catherine’s to join them for the Social Evening they are organizing which will be held in our hall – making use of the stage. We have been asked to provide three items for the ‘show’ –  do we have any volunteers? We will also be providing something savoury for the buffet.

There will be a charge of £2.00 per person, (free for children) and the proceeds will be split between Christains against Poverty and Namatala, a Primary School in Mbale.

Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th July.                URC General Assembly

The General Assembly will be held at St. David’s Hall, Cardiff.For the General Assembly to run as smoothly as possible, they need people from local churches to help in two ways:

As Stewards:  to direct people, respond to questions, hand out printed materials and generally be available.

As Intercessors: to pray for the Assembly from within the Assembly at each session.

The sessions are from 8.30-13.00 and 13.00-18.30

Can YOU help? Give your name and time you are available to Marcia.

We need to respond by the end of this month so that rota’s can be planned –  Is anyone able to help?

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Notices

Roots: Student Conference

This free conference is aimed at students to challenge them to explore the root causes of poverty.  Speakers and workshops will look at our tax and climate change campaigns, along with tips on how to campaign and the chance to get funding for their own events or campaign at their university.  Students from across Wales are welcome. The conference will be held from:6:00pm 07 March 2014 to1:00pm 09 Mar 2014 at  Coverdale Baptist Church, The Well, Coverdale Crescent, Ardwick, Manchester. To book follow this link.  http://www.christianaidcollective.org/events/roots

Divine Poetry Competition

Calling all poets and chocolate lovers!  The theme this year is ‘If I met a coco farmer…’ and is open to those aged 7-11, 12-16 and 17+.  The judge for English entries is best-selling children’s author, Philip Ardagh, and for Welsh entries it’s the children’s poet laureate Aneirin Karadog.  The closing date for entries is April 30. See leaflet for more details

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Sunday Coffee

Feb 9               Catherine                    Feb 16         Mo

Saturday Coffee Bar

Feb 15             Alan & Stephanie        Feb  22       Marcia & Cerys

 

Flowers for February are being donated by 

Hilary & Haydn Goodfellow, Elsie Bennett, Pat Howell and Madeline Howells

 

 A Thought for the Week

Obedience is the road to freedom, humility the road to pleasure, unity the road to personality.                                C.S. Lewis