Winter opening
Weather permitting, St. Tudno's will be
open over Christmas (25 - 29
December) and new year (1 -3 January) and then weekends and Wednesdays
for the rest of the winter. However, the current (23 December)
snow on the Great Orme may make it difficult for our openers to reach
the church, so we apololgise if the church is not open.
News,
services and events in 2010
Carols
by Candlelight 2010
On
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 December the roads on the Great Orme
were nearly impassable due to snow. However on the Saturday five
of
the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church
walked to the church to clear the paths and prepare for the service and
there are some photographs of this on the Friends'
archive page.
The same five walked back the next day to lead the service and were
delighted to be joined by 25 people at the 3.00 pm service and five at
the 5.00 pm service. Most of these were Great Orme residents, but
a few
had managed to travel from further afield, and all had walked over the
Orme
to St. Tudno's.
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Some of the congregation at
the 3.00 pm service (below) and the 5.00 pm service (right).
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Autumn
working party
The benches used for the open air services
were put away on Saturday 16 October.
Other jobs will included tidying the churchyard and minor maintenance
work.
Evening
Prayer
The last service of the summer
season was Evening Prayer at 4.00 pm on Sunday 26 September.
The service was followed by tea and cakes.
MP sponsors 750th slate
In September 2010 the Member of
Parliament for
Aberconwy, Mr. Guto Bebb MP, visited St. Tudno's Church to sponsor the
750th
slate. Mr. Bebb attended the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church annual
service and was presented with his special Sponsor-a-Slate by Friends'
Chairman, Chris Fosbury. See the Sponsor-a-Slate
archive page for a photograph.
Open
Churches Day
St. Tudno's again took part in
the national Open
Churches Day on Saturday 18 September. The church was
"manned" from 10.00 am - 5.00 pm and the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church served refreshments and sold their special
souvenirs, Christmas cards and photographs of the Great
Orme. There were also opportunities to have a guided tour of
the church, consult the churchyard records and take part in
Sponsor-a-Slate.
Friends' Fair
The
Friends
of St. Tudno's Church Fair was held on Saturday 4 September at Holy
Trinity,
in aid of re-roofing St. Tudno's Church. Good weather allowed
some of the stalls to be located in the church grounds. More
photographs can be seen on the Friends'
page.
Songs
of Praise
The annual open air Songs of
Praise was held on Sunday 28 August at
4.00 pm. Unfortunately, due to very high winds, the service was
actually held in the church.
Concelebrated
Eucharist
St.
Tudno's was pleased to welcome the Bangor and St. Asaph branch of
the
Society of Catholic Priests, who again held their annual
Concelebrated Eucharist in the church. The service was on
Tuesday 29 June at 7.00 pm and the main celebrant was Bishop Andrew
of Bangor.
Country Park Anniversary Service
The
open air service on Sunday 6 June was a special one to celebrate
the 30th anniversary of the Great Orme Country
Park.
St. Tudno's Day
Our Patronal
Festival was on Saturday 5 June. Celebrations
began with a short act of worship at Holy Trinity
Church
at noon. This was followed by a pilgrimage
walk up the Great Orme to St. Tudno's Church.
There were pauses
for prayers and reflections (and lunch) on the way and there was an act
of
dedication at St. Tudno's Well, which we visited by kind
permission of the landowner.
At 3.00 pm there was a Eucharist
service
in St. Tudno's Church, at which Llandudno Town Council was represented
by the Mayor of Llandudno, Councillor Mrs. Ann Yates. The
service was followed by tea and cakes in the church grounds.
During the day the road past St. Tudno's was closed for
the "Three
Castles
Classic Welsh Trial"
for classic cars, so it was not possbile for cars to leave
until
5.00 pm but the churchyard offered a "grandstand view" of this part of
the rally!
Spring
working party
The annual working party was
held on Saturday 15 May, starting at
10.00 am. This will included setting out the benches for the open
air services, checking stability of the headstones and cleaning and
tidying the church and churchyard. Tea and cakes were provided
and there were jobs to suit everyone!
Spring Fair
The
Friends
of St. Tudno's Church
Spring Fair was held at Holy
Trinity Church on Saturday 17 April and
was well attended. The Friends are raising money towards
re-roofing
St. Tudno's and as part of this are offering the opportunity for anyone
to Sponsor-a-Slate.
Easter Vigil
The Easter Vigil was held at St.
Tudno's on Saturday 3 April. The service began with lighting of
the new fire and blessing of the Pascal Candle.
Winter
at St. Tudno's
St. Tudno's Church in the snow in January 2010.
Carols by Candlelight 2009
The
annual services of Carols by Candlelight were held at 3.00 pm and at
5.00 pm on Sunday 20 December and these photographs were taken at and
after the second service. Many people braved the "severe weather"
warnings to attend the services but instead of snow the day ended with
a clear, starlit night. The candles and path lights were prepared
by the Friends
of St. Tudno's Church and there are more photographs on the Holy
Trinity events 2010 and Friends of St. Tudno's archive pages.
