Events in 2012
Carols
by Candlelight
The services were held on Sunday 23 December, and were attended by
about 120 people at 3.00 pm, including the Holy
Trinity Choir, and
about 60 at 5.00 pm. This photograph was
taken at the first service and shows the choir performing a
carol. There are some more photographs on the Holy
Trinity events 2012 and Friends of St. Tudno's archive pages.
Remembrance Service
There
was a short Service of
Remembrance at 9.00 am on Saturday 10 November, for those who lost
their lives in the Boer War. Wreaths were laid at the Boer War
memorial in the churchyard by the Mayor of Llandudno, Cllr Mrs Myra
Wigzell, and by the Lions Club of Llandudno. There
is another photograph on the Holy
Trinity events 2012 page.
Winter
service season
The
new winter service season got off to a good start with a well attended
"All Saintstide" service on Sunday 4 November. In the beautiful
weather it was almost tempting to have an open air service! The
service was followed by hot drinks and home made cakes.
Autumn
Working Party
This was on Saturday 13
October. There was a good turnout on a lovely day and we were
able to clean the church,
tidy the sheds and churchyard, put away the benches and check
the tombstones, as shown below. There is another photo on the Friends
of St. Tudno's archive page.
Harvest
Thanksgiving Evening Service
This year we revived an old
tradition of Harvest
Thanksgiving services at St. Tudno's - the last service was in
1988. The service was at 4.00
pm on Sunday 30 September and this was the last service of the
summer season. During the service there was a collection of
packets and tins of food for Conwy Food Share and the service was
followed by tea and
cakes. The Friends
of St. Tudno's Church decorated the church and provided the
refreshments and there are more photographs on the Holy
Trinity events 2012 and Friends of St. Tudno's archive pages.
Service
for International Day of Peace
On
Sunday 23 September we were delighted to welcome to St. Tudno's members
of Soropotomists International, Llandudno, for an afternoon service to
celebrate the International Day of Peace.
Eucharist
for the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church
The Friends' AGM was held on
Saturday 22 August and began
with a Eucharist service at St. Tudno's at 11.00 am, at which the
celebrant and preacher was Bishop Andrew of Bangor.
The photograph shows the Rector and Bishop Andrew (right) after the
service.
Church open day
On Saturday 15 September the
Friends
of St. Tudno's Church "manned" the church for an open day.
This included refreshments, stalls, a slideshow of old pictures of St.
Tudno's and tours of the church and churchyard. There are more
more photographs on the Holy
Trinity events 2012 and Friends of St. Tudno's archive pages.
Open
Air Songs of Praise
The annual service was held on
Sunday 26 August at 4.00
pm. Following the success of last year's service, members of the
congregation again chose and introduced a favourite hymn.
Bumblebee nest
August:
we were delighted that a bumblebee nest had been found in the
churchyard.
Concelebrated Eucharist
On
Tuesday 10 July St. Tudno's was pleased to welcome members of the
Bangor and St. Asaph branches of the Society of Catholic Priests (SCP),
who held their annual Concelebrated Eucharist at the church. The
photograph shows SCP members and the organist after the service.
Service of Thanksgiving and
Rededication
On
Sunday 1 July at 3.00 pm there was a special Service of
Thanksgiving and Rededication to celebrate the completion of renovation
work at St. Tudno’s Church on the Great Orme. The church was
founded in the 6th century by Llandudno’s patron saint, with the
present building dating from the 12th – 15th centuries. Major
restoration work, including re-roofing, was carried out in 1855 but by
2009 time and the exposed position of the church had taken their toll
and the roof needed to be replaced again.
In
September 2009 the Friends of St. Tudno’s Church launched
Sponsor-a-Slate as part of the fundraising, with the aim of finding
sponsors for 1000 slates. In the end, 1071 slates were sponsored,
with “landmark” slates sponsored by The Right Revd Andrew John, Bishop
of Bangor (number 500); Mr. Guto Bebb, MP for Aberconwy (number 750);
and the Most Revd Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales (number
1000).
The work
began at the end of February 2012, when the roof was stripped back to
the timbers. The sponsored slates were all labelled and fixed to
the roof on the south side of the church. The labels are not
visible, due to the overlapping slates, but the forms recording
sponsors and their messages have been bound into four Books of Sponsors
which will form part of the Parish Archive. The work on the roof
was completed with a traditional lime plaster on the under surface and
other work included stonework repairs and renovation of the bell
turret. The total cost of the work was £69,000 and this was
achieved by fundraising and from St. Tudno’s Church funds, without any
grant aid.
At the
service the preacher was the Very Revd Alun Hawkins, Dean
Emeritus of Bangor and Patron Emeritus of the Friends
of St. Tudno’s
Church, while Llandudno Town Council was represented by the Deputy
Mayor of Llandudno, Cllr Garry Burchett. Refreshments were
provided after the service by the Friends of St. Tudno's Church, when
there was also an opportunity to view
the Books of Sponsors. These books will be kept at St. Tudno’s
during the summer, and so will be available for viewing after services,
before being transferred to the Parish Archive at Holy Trinity
Church. Many of the supporters of Sponsor-a-Slate
attended the service, which began
outside with a procession around the church. We apologise to
anyone who was unable to enter the church for the service, due to the
number of people who attended.
There are more photographs on
the Friends
of St. Tudno's and Sponsor-a-Slate archive pages.
Working Parties
There have been two working
parties at St. Tudno's this spring and summer:
Friday 25 May at 6.00 pm, to set out the benches for the open air
services;
Saturday 23 June at 9.30 am, to return the church to normal use
after
the restoration work.
There are some photographs on the Friends
of St. Tudno's archive page.
St.
Tudno's Day - Tuesday 5 June
Each year on St. Tudno's Day
there is a Pilgrimage Walk up the
Great Orme, from Holy
Trinity Church to St. Tudno's. This year the Pilgrimage began
with
a Eucharist service at Holy Trinity at 11.00 am. The walk began
from Holy Trinity at 12.00 noon and on the way to St.
Tudno's there were pauses for prayers and to say some of the Psalms of
Ascent. Packed lunches were
eaten in St. Tudno's churchyard at the end of the walk. There is
another photograph on the Holy
Trinity events 2012 page.
Service in
the Shed
The
renovation work was not completed until just after the start of the
2012 season of open air services, so alternative arrangements had to be
made for bad weather. One of the sheds was therefore turned into
a temporary chapel and was used for the service on Sunday 3 June.
Friends
of St. Tudno's Church Spring Fair
This was held at Holy Trinity on
Saturday 14 April, in aid of the current restoration work at St.
Tudno's. There are more photographs on the Holy
Trinity events 2012 and Friends of St. Tudno's archive pages.
Preparation
for re-roofing
The
final service before St. Tudno's was closed for re-roofing was Morning
Prayer on Saturday 18 February. The Friends
of St. Tudno's Church then held a working party to clear the church
in preparation for the work, which will include replacement of the roof
lime plaster, in addition to re-slating.
Carols by Candlelight 2011
The annual services of Carols by
Candlelight were held on Sunday 18 December at 3.00 pm and at
5.00
pm.
The Friends of St Tudno's Church prepared the church but it was not
possbile to set out the path lights due to the squally weather.
However the weather did not put people off and we were delighted to
welcome 120 to the first service (first photo) and 55 to the second
(second photo). There are more photographs on the Holy
Trinity events 2012 and Friends of St. Tudno's archive pages.
