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Aberconwy Christian Mission Area Church in Wales UK Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus! Happy St David's Day! WELCOME TO ABERCONWY MISSION AREA Exploring Faith & Worship Sharing Christ's Love with the Community We are part of the diocese of St Asaph within the Church of Wales. Our Mission Area covers a large and beautiful part of North Wales, stretching from the Victorian holiday resort of Llandudno through the transport hub of Llandudno Junction, down the Conwy Valley to the pretty market town of Llanrwst. Visitors are warmly invited to join us at our church services and in our wider Christian activities. Bonfire Night Fireworks, Llandudno Bodnant Gardens in Spring Explore our nine historic churches and become part of a community that follows in the footsteps of the early Celtic saints, dedicated to faith and fellowship. Llandudno's famous goats THE EVENT SPOT Watch this space for news and information about forthcoming events in the Mission Area! Lent 2025 - Special events Llongifarchiadau! Congratulations! Congratulations to the Revd Sarah Hildreth-Osborn (Priest in charge in our Mission Area and Diocesan LGBTQ+ Chaplain) on her appointment as an Honorary Canon of St Asaph Cathedral. Along with other new Canons she will be installed at Evensong in St Asaph Cathedral at 3.30 pm on Sunday 9th March. All are welcome to the service to support the newly appointed Canons as they take on their new role. This is our new Mission Area Website! This website is under construction so please bear with us. Ultimately the site will be available in Welsh too but at the moment it's only in English. If you have any suggestions for improvement, please don't hesitate to let us know. You can contact the web design team through the Parish Office email: office@aberconwy.church , but please put 'AMA Website' in the Subject line!

Details of everything that's happening in Aberconwy Mission Area including this week's and this month's events and publications OUR PUBLICATIONS ABERCONWY MISSION AREA PEW NEWS ARDAL GENHADOL ABERCONWY The Pew News is circulated every week. It contains details of all the week's services in the Mission Area, including the week's scripture readings, plus Notices and other useful information. You can open a pdf format (ie document) version of the Pew News just by clicking one of the buttons below: LAST WEEK'S PEW NEWS > THIS WEEK'S PEW NEWS > CYLCHGRAWN ARDAL GENHADOL ABERCONWY MISSION AREA MAGAZINE The Mission Area Magazine is available in hard copy for £1 but free online. It contains many thought-provoking and informative articles along with lots of useful information. You can open a pdf format (ie document) version of the Magazine just by clicking one of the buttons below: LAST MONTH'S MAGAZINE > THIS MONTH'S MAGAZINE > Events & Calendar This month's events Monthly calendar of events Click on the icon to open the pdf This month's church services Monthly list of church services Click on the icon to open the pdf Last month's events Monthly calendar of events Click on the icon to open the pdf

< Back Mandy Groom Mission Area Administrator Email: office@aberconwy.church Tel: 01492 541615 Responsibility n/a Info PREVIOUS NEXT

< Back Rev'd Sarah Hildreth-Osborn Priest-in-charge Email: sarahhildreth-osborn@cinw.org.uk Tel: 01492 702330 Responsibility St Hilary's, St Michael & All Angels, and All Saints Rev Sarah was appointed Priest-in-charge at St Hilary's Llanrhos, St Michael & All Angels Llandudno Junction and All Saints Deganwy in June 2024. She has recently been appointed a Canon. Day off: Friday PREVIOUS NEXT

< Back Dilys Stone Lay Mission Area Leader Email: dilysstone@cinw.org.uk Tel: 01492 879997 Responsibility n/a Info PREVIOUS NEXT

< Back Rev'd Canon Juliet Fraser Priest-in-charge Email: julietfraser@cinw.org.uk Tel: 01492 490391 Responsibility St David's Day off: Thursday PREVIOUS NEXT

< Back Rev'd Sue Storey Associate Priest Email: suestorey@cinw.org.uk Tel: 01745 346273 Responsibility St Cystennin's Day off: Friday PREVIOUS NEXT

< Back Rev'd Huw Bryant Priest-in-charge Email: huwbryant@cinw.org.uk Tel: 07779 655949 Responsibility St Grwst's (Llanrwst), St Ffraid's (Glan Conwy) & St Martin's (Eglwysbach) Day off: Monday PREVIOUS NEXT

< Back Rev'd Tim Hall Pastoral Chaplain Email: timhall@churchinwales.org.uk Tel: n/a Responsibility St Paul's PREVIOUS NEXT

OUR TEAM Rev'd Huw Bryant Priest-in-charge Rev'd Tim Hall Pastoral Chaplain Rev'd Sue Storey Associate Priest Rev'd Canon Juliet Fraser Priest-in-charge Rev'd Sarah Hildreth-Osborn Priest-in-charge Mandy Groom Mission Area Administrator Dilys Stone Lay Mission Area Leader CONTACT MISSION AREA CLERGY Revd Huw Bryant - 07779 655949 (Day off Monday) huwbryant@churchinwales.org.uk Canon Juliet Fraser - 01492 490391 (Day off Thursday) Revd Sarah Hildreth-Osborn - 01492 702330 (Day off Friday) sarahhildreth-osborn@churchinwales.org.uk Revd Sue Storey - (Day off Friday) 01745 346273 PARISH OFFICE The Parish Secretary is Ms Mandy Groom 01492 541615 office@aberconwy.church The Parish Office at St David's Hall, St David's Church, Penrhyn Beach East, Llandudno, LL30 3NT is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am to 12.30pm Please note that emails will only be read during office hours. For anything urgent out of office hours please contact one of our clergy team or the Acting Lay Mission Area Leader on 01492 879997.

Our churches will help you with life's big events: baptism (christening), confirmation, marriage and bereavement CHRISTENING (BAPTISM) We believe that children are a precious gift from God. Your child is special, and we hope that their christening, or baptism as it’s sometimes called, will prove to be the start of an amazing journey with him. You can be christened (or baptised) either as a child or as an adult. Jesus himself was baptised in the River Jordan, and many adults who are christened/baptised do so as an opportunity to follow in his footsteps and publicly declare their Christian faith. Babies and very young children are too young to make this commitment for themselves, so parents or guardians, along with their godparents, make that declaration of commitment to the Christian faith for them. Parents, guardians and godparents who bring children to be christened are themselves asked to commit to sharing that special journey of faith with them. They will be asked to commit to pray for their child, and to help them learn more about Jesus and the Christian faith. They will also commit to help them navigate their way through life against a backdrop of faith, hope, and love, and to help them become part of the wider church family. Christenings sometimes take place in the context of one of the church’s regular services, but some are held at a separate time where just your family and friends are present. It is often possible to include your choice of prayers, readings and music to make it feel even more special and unique. Our clergy will be happy to talk through all of this with you prior to the special day itself. You can find contact details for our Mission Area staff and clergy here. CONFIRMATION Confirmation is a special church service in which a person confirms the promises that were made when they were baptized. If you were baptized at a christening when you were a child, your parents and godparents made these promises on your behalf. As a young person or adult, you may be ready to affirm these promises for yourself and commit your life to following Jesus Christ. At a confirmation service, you make these promises for yourself. The local bishop will lay their hands on your head and ask God’s Holy Spirit to give you the strength and commitment to live God’s way for the rest of your life. Your friends and family as well as the local Christian community will be there to promise to support and pray for you. The Service of Confirmation usually follows a period of preparation, often in a group, where you can learn about what it means to commit to being a Christian. These sessions should be fun and stimulating and you will be able to ask difficult questions and engage in discussion. To find out more about confirmation, contact a member of our staff or one of the clergy here. MARRIAGE Marriage is a gift from God. The Bible teaches that marriage is a life-long, faithful union between a man and a woman, and compares married love with the love Jesus has for his people – a love expressed in his willing sacrifice of himself on the cross. Marriage is a gift of God through which husband and wife may grow together in the knowledge, love and service of God. It is given that, united with one another in heart, in mind and in body, they may increase in love and trust. God joins husband and wife in life-long union as the foundation of family life (in which children are born and nurtured and) in which each member of the family, in good times and in bad, may find strength, companionship and comfort, and grow to maturity in love. Marriage enriches society and strengthens community. You have a right to be married in your local parish church. The law requires that at least one of those to be married should: reside in the parish where the wedding is to take place, or be a regular worshipper in the parish and have your name entered on the church electoral roll, or have a ‘qualifying connection’, which is defined by law as meaning that you were baptised or confirmed in the parish, that you or a parent formerly lived for at least six months in the parish, that you or a parent formerly habitually attended worship in the parish for at least six months or that a parent or grandparent was married in the parish. If you are under the age of eighteen, you must have your parents’ consent to marry. There are special guidelines on church marriage if you have been divorced. The normal preliminary to getting married in the Church in Wales is by banns, the procedure of notifying people of your intention to marry. There are circumstances in which some form of licence, such as a Common Licence or Special Licence, is more appropriate. We can advise you about this - contact details for our staff and clergy can be found here. FUNERALS Organising a funeral can be an incredibly difficult and challenging thing to do, especially so when you’re having to say goodbye to someone you love and who has been a big part of your life. In Aberconwy Mission Area we are here to help and support you, not only in planning the funeral service itself, but for as long as you need us afterwards. Christians believe that each and every person is uniquely made in the image of God, and we understand that a funeral needs to reflect all that was special about the person you knew and loved, whether that service takes place at a church, crematorium or burial ground. Despite the strong feelings of loss and grief that we often experience when a loved one dies, we believe that a funeral should reflect the great hope and comfort that lies at the heart of the Christian faith. This assures us that this life is not all that there is, and through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, God promises a place where there is no more death, or tears, or sadness. Just as every person is unique, so should their funeral be. Our clergy will encourage you to talk about the person you want to give thanks for and the life you want to celebrate. They can help you plan the service, and together discuss what’s possible. There are lots of ways in which you can make the funeral feel really personal: what is said about your loved one, what you’d like people to wear, the music that is played, the readings that are chosen, the prayers that are said, or maybe choosing a photograph to place at the front. We are here to support you before, during and after the funeral. Please do get in touch to discuss how we can help. You can find contact details for our staff and clergy here.

Details of events organised by Aberconwy Mission Area for and within the community Aberconwy Care & Share Care and share is an initiative where food parcels can be delivered to people who are struggling financially, especially if they have fallen through other nets. This is designed to help those who are in immediate or short term need, if they have been unable to find help from other charities such as food bank. We are always looking out for volunteers to shop, pack, and deliver, as well as being in need of generous donors. If you feel you can help, please contact Rev'd Juliet julietfraser@cinw.org.uk Happy Saturdays Happy Saturdays: A monthly group for children & adults with learning difficulties, 3-4pm on Saturday at St Grwst's. Contact Rev'd Sarah Hildreth-Osborn 01492 702330