Celebration Service
On Sunday 1 July at 3.00 pm there was a
special Service of
Thanksgiving and Restoration at St.
Tudno's to celebrate
the completed restoration work which was supported by Sponsor-a-Slate,
to which all sponsors and supporters were invited. During the
service the Books of Sponsors were presented. Tea and cakes were
served after the
service, when there was also an opportunity to examine the
books, which show the names on all sponsored slates and any associated
messages. The books will be available for viewing after services
at St. Tudno's during the summer. Please see the St. Tudno's page
for more information. There are more photographs on the St. Tudno's
and Friends
of St. Tudno's pages.
At the Friend's
Fair, people were queueing up to Sponsor-a-Slate, as shown in this
photo.
For £10.00 a slate, sponsors had their names, or that
of
someone whom they wished to remember, marked on a slate when the
roof was repaired.
Each sponsored slate has a permanent label with the
sponsor's
name
engraved on it and the labels have been fixed under the slates, and so
protected from the weather, but whenever a future generation repairs
the roof the names will be clear to see. All sponsors were
invited
to enter their names, and any messages, on the application form.
The forms have been bound into Books of Sponsors which
will become
part of the parish archive and will thus be a more accessible record of
contributors. The Books will be available to view after services
at St. Tudno's during summer 2012, after which they will be transferred
to the drier atmosphere of Holy Trinity Church.
By the time that the restoration work began at the end of
February
2012, 1071 slates had been sponsored. The restoration work was
completed during early June 2012.
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Archbishop
of Wales sponsors
1000th slate
In April 2011 The Archbishop of
Wales, the Most Reverend Barry Morgan, sponsored the 1000th slate for
the roof of St. Tudno’s Church.
Dr. Morgan’s message for the book of sponsors is: “I have
very fond memories of preaching at St. Tudno’s when Elwyn Roberts was
the incumbent and I was university chaplain. I have loved the
place since those days.”
The Archbishop is seen receiving a special Sponsor-a-Slate certificate
from the Rector of Llandudno, Canon John Nice, following a service at
Holy Trinity Church, Llandudno, when the Archbishop had been presenting
the Archbishop of Wales’ Awards for Church Music (see Events_2011).
Sponsor-a-Slate raised more than £15,000 towards the roof appeal
and
the Friends
of St. Tudno’s Church are continuing to help the parish raise the
funds for maintenance of St. Tudno's.
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MP
sponsors 750th slate
In September 2010
the Member of Parliament for
Aberconwy, Mr. Guto Bebb MP, visited St. Tudno's to sponsor the 750th
slate. Mr. Bebb (right) attended the Friends of St. Tudno's
annual service and was presented with his special Sponsor-a-Slate
certificate by
Friends' Chairman, Chris Fosbury.
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Bishop
sponsors 500th slate
Sponsor-a-Slate passed the half-way way point in June 2010, with
the 500th slate being sponsored by the Bishop of Bangor, the Rt Revd
Andrew John.
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The Friends
of St. Tudno's Church welcome anybody who would
like
to be part of St. Tudno's extended family and support the mission,
maintenance
and restoration of this ancient church. Sponsor-a-Slate is being
organised by the Friends to help the Parish of
Llandudno raise the funds required to re-roof the church.
Membership of the Friends costs £10.00 per household per year, and
can be Gift
Aided, and Friends receive regular newsletters including
information on
services and events at St. Tudno's, special events for Friends and
articles on St. Tudno's and the Great Orme.
If you would like to join the Friends, please click on the link below
to
download a pdf version of the
membership form. The two pages make a double-sided,
three-fold leaflet.
If you would like more information on the Friends, please see the Friends'
web page or contact St.
Tudno's Church.
Please
use this link to download the Friends' membership
leaflet
If you
require a reader for the pdf files, please use
this link to the Adobe
Reader website to download a free version of Adobe Reader.
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