Events during 2013
Carols by Candlelight 2013
The annual services were held on
Sunday 22 December at 3.00 pm and 5.00 pm and both services were well
attended. There were two
services as the service is very popular but the church is small.
There are more photographs on the Special
Events and Friends
of St. Tudno's pages.
3.00 pm service.
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5.00 pm service.
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Remembrance
On Saturday 9 November at 9.00
am there was an Act of
Remembrance at the Boer War Memorial, during which wreathe were laid by
the Deputy Mayor of Llandudno, on behalf of the Town Council, and by
the Llandudno Lions Club.
Harvest
Festival
This year's service was on
Sunday 29 September at 4.00
pm. The service included a collection of tins and packets of
food for Conwy Food Bank
and was followed by refreshments. Please
see the St.
Tudno's page
for further details of the food collection. The
latest
news from Conwy Food Bank is that there is a great need for food
parcels for local families and we were delighted that people
contributed so generously towards this. For a list of foods for
which there is
currently the greatest need, please see Conwy Food Bank's
newsletter on their website.
Service
for Soroptomists
On Sunday 22 September at 3.00
pm there was a service for the
Llandudno branch of Soropotomists International.
Friends
of St. Tudno's Eucharist
The annual Eucharist for the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church was on Saturday 21 September at 11.00 am;
all are welcome to attend and the guest preacher was Canon Bob
Griffiths, Rector of Rhoscystennin. The service was followed
by the Friends' lunch and AGM at the Queen's Hotel.
Church Open Day
On Saturday 7 September the
Friends
of St. Tudno’s Church
held an open day to provide a welcome and
information from 10.00 am - 5.00 pm. There were talks on the
history of the church and its saint and a slideshow of old
pictures. Tours of the churchyard were offered but were not
held due
to bad weather. Refreshments were served throughout the day and
there
will be some stalls, including Friends of St. Tudno’s souvenirs and
cards. The Books of Sponsors from the successful Sponsor-a-Slate
campaign were available for consultation, as were the churchyard
records. The Friends are currently raising
funds to replace the outer screen doors.
Open
Air Songs of Praise
The annual service was on Sunday
25 August at 4.00 pm.
Hymns were chosen and introduced by members of the congregation.
Great Orme Exploration Society Visit
On
Thursday 15 August members of the Great Orme Exploration Society
visited St. Tudno's on one of their evening walks. We explored
the western half of the churchyard, telling the stories of some of the
people buried there and examining some unusual carvings. The
evening ended with tea and cakes.
Classical
Guitar and Poetry Evening
On Friday 9 August we were
delighted to welcome classical
guitarist Jonathan Richards and poet Deborah Barker for a concert at
St. Tudno’s. Jonathan played four sets, including sarabandes
and
blues, and Deborah recited two sets of her poems. Refreshments
were served in the churchyard during the interval and with the
wonderful acoustics and
atmosphere of the ancient church, this was a very enjoyable
evening. The photograph show the Rector thanking Deborah and
Jonathan after the concert.
Healing Service
Sunday 28 July, at 4.00 pm there
was a service of Healing and
Wholeness, with members of the Guild of St.
Raphael. As the poster below explains, this service was for
anyone who wanted to pray for healing for any person or
situation.
Biennial Pet Blessing Service
This was on Sunday 30 June and
was attended by a good number of dogs, one cat, one hamster - and their
families and friends!
Concelebrated Eucharist
On Thursday 27 June we were
pleased to welcome members of the Bangor and
St. Asaph brance of the Society of Catholic Priests for their annual
Concelebrated Euchatist.
St. Tudnotide Services and Events
On Sunday 2 June
there was a Parish Eucharist for St. Tudnotide at St. Tudno's and a
shuttle bus service brought Holy
Trinity's congregation to St.
Tudno's. On St. Tudno's Day, Wednesday 5 June, the annual
Pilgrimage
Walk took place from Holy Trinity to St. Tudno's. This included a
visit to St. Tudno's Well, by kind permission of the landowners, and
was followed by the St. Tudno's Day Eucharist in the church and a
picnic lunch in the churchyard. There is another photograph on
the Special
Events page.
The Pilgrims leaving Holy Trinity Church.
At St. Tudno's Well.
Spring working party
This was held on Saturday 11
May. The jobs
included setting out the benches for the open air services, tidying the
churchyard and cleaning the church. There is a photograph on the Friends
of St. Tudno's page.
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Winter Service Season 2012 - 2013
During 2012 - 2013 there
was, for the first
time, a series of services
at St. Tudno's throughout the winter, as shown below. As a result
of this successful experiment, there will be monthly services at St.
Tudno's from autumn 2013 - spring 2014.
November 4th 11.00 a.m. An ‘All
Saintstide’ Service
December 23rd 3.00 p.m. & 5.00 p.m. Carols by
Candlelight
February 3rd 11.00 a.m.
Eucharist for Candlemass Sunday
March 27th (Wed) 7.00 pm A service of Light and Shadows for Holy Week,
with Rhoscystennin Parish. During this service the old Pascal
Candle will be extinguished.
March 31st 6.30
a.m. Easter Liturgy for Easter Day: Blessing
of the new Easter Candle, Vigil Readings, Renewal of Baptismal Vows and
the
First Eucharist of Easter. This service was followed by a shared,
cooked breakfast.
April
28th
11.00 a.m. Eastertide Praise |
Easter
At 6.30 am on Sunday 31 March the
Easter Liturgy was held at St. Tudno's and included lighting of the new
Pascal Candle from a new fire, renewal of Baptismal Vows and the first
Eucharist of
Easter. The service was followed by a cooked breakfast, provided
by the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church.
Candlemass
On
Sunday 3 February there was a Eucharist for Candlemass, as part of the
winter service season. The service was followed by hot drinks and
cakes.
Carols
by Candlelight 2012
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 Special
Events
and Friends
of St. Tudno's pages.
