We will be welcoming Revd Dr John Bell to Welshpool next weekend, 9th and 10th November. On Saturday afternoon at 2pm, he will be speaking on the theme: “Singing our Way into or out of Belief – how songs, traditional and contemporary, shape popular theology”, and on Sunday morning he will preach at the Churches Together…
Author: Janice Rhodes
Jubilate’s Supper Concert was a great success, with an appreciative audience enjoying the singers’ performances of the “Top Ten” of their repertoire, joining in a Singalong of songs from “South Pacific”, and a ‘Ploughman’s and Puds’ Supper during the interval. £435 was raised for church funds.
During the month of September, as part of the Synod’s Prayer Initiative, the church was open each day for Prayer and Reflection, and comments from the Visitors’ Book showed that this was much appreciated. We have decided to make our Prayer Space and Prayer Wall permanent features and to keep our church open each day.
The Jubilate Singers invite you to their Supper Concert which will be held in church on Saturday 28th September, starting at 7pm. The first half of the programme will consist of the top ten favourite songs from the group’s repertoire, as recently voted by members, interspersed with poetry written by our talented poets, and a…
Kitchens around Welshpool have been busy with home cooks baking for the church’s annual 100 Cakes Sale. Cakes, scones and cookies of all shapes and sizes were produced for the stall yesterday, 3rd August, raising over £100 which will be used for the cost of transporting the children’s Christmas Shoeboxes for the Samaritan’s Purse Appeal.
The church’s Jubilate Singing Group recently held a fundraising Sunday Picnic Lunch event in the garden of one of the members. It was organised by another member whose brother is waiting for a donated kidney, and raised over £200 for Kidney Research.
Our annual Spring Fair, which was held on Saturday 30th March, raised £920. Many thanks to all for such a sterling effort.
We are delighted that John Bell has agreed to visit us on Saturday 9th November, and the following day to preach at the United Service for Remembrance Sunday at St Mary’s Church. Further details will be posted nearer the time.
Our next Mid-week Movie Afternoon is on Wednesday 7th August at 2pm when we shall be screening “FINDING YOIUR FEET”, an uplifting and heart warming British Comedy starring Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall and Joanna Lumley. We provide a welcoming and happy experience for all, but especially for those who may be lonely or on their own and…
Following an inspection by a Powys County Council Environmental Health Officer on 13th October, the church has retained its top rating, grade 5, for Food Safety and Hygiene, so why not come and enjoy a Saturday Lunch with us – 1st and 3rd Saturdays in the month, from 11am until 2pm, with the offer of a £4.50 Lunch Deal.