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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.

Welcome to St Grwst's Church, Llanrwst WELCOME to St Grwst's Church. CROES O i Eglwys Sant Grwst. We are the parish church for Llanrwst, part of the Aberconwy Mission Area which is at the western edge of the St Asaph Diocese of the Church in Wales . Follow us on Facebook. About Us /Amdanom Ni Hello, we are St Grwst Church. Born in the early 15th Century and located in the heart of Wales in the tranquil town of Llanrwst. Our walls have seen 550 years of rich history and religion and are the home to many a story, legend and myth. Come visit us and lose yourself in our stories, beautiful architecture and breathtaking surroundings. Come to a service, come to an event, come for a cup of tea, come for the friendship! When you enter St Grwst's Church, you'll find the following Welcome message near the door. We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, widowed, straight, gay, questioning, black, white, well-heeled or down at heel. We especially welcome wailing babies and excited toddlers. We welcome you whether you can sing like Bryn Terfel or just growl quietly to yourself. You’re welcome here if you’re ‘just browsing,’ just woken up or just got out of prison. We don’t care if you’re more Christian than the Archbishop of Wales, or haven’t been to church since Christmas ten years ago. We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome keep-fit mums, football dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you’re having problems, are down in the dumps or don’t like ‘organised religion.’ We offer a welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or are here because granny is visiting and wanted to come to Church. We welcome those who are inked, pierced, both or neither. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down their throat as kids or got lost looking for the Co-op and wound up here by mistake. We welcome pilgrims, tourists, seekers, doubters… and you! Based on a notice at Coventry Cathedral and reproduced with our grateful thanks to the Dean, The Very Rev'd John Witcombe Sunday Services / Gwasanaethau Dydd Sul Every Sunday at 9:30am Every Sunday at 9.30am we have a bilingual service of Holy Eucharist. Our congregation is comprised of local people, both Welsh and English speaking, and we welcome people who are here on holiday too! A warm welcome to all Croeso cynnes i bawb Our Parish Priest / Ein Hoffeiriad Plwyf Our Parish Priest Our parish priest is Fr Huw Bryant. A Welsh speaker, he and his family live in Llanrwst, and Tad Huw is responsible for St Grwst's Church, Llanrwst, St Ffraid's Church, Glan Conwy, and St Martin's Church, Eglwysbach. Tad Huw can be contacted on 07779 655949 or huwbryant@cinw.org.uk . Finding Us / Dod o Hyd i Ni St Grwst's Church, Church Street, Llanrwst, LL26 0LE Centrally located, just off the town square. From outside Spar, look over the road and to your left, and you'll see Church Street between the back of the Eagles Hotel and the Post Office/Londis. A short stroll down Church Street, past the historic Almshouses and you'll find St Grwst's Church peacefully situated on the banks of the Conwy. There are benches available in the churchyard overlooking the river. C ar parking is available nearby at either Glasdir off the A470 (LL26 0DS) or Parc Gwydir off the B5106 (LL26 0PL). Please be aware that Parc Gwydir car park is prone to flooding when the river level is high. Visit Us / Ymweld â Ni General Visiting / Ymweliadau Cyffredinol We're open to visitors daily, subject to various events that may be taking place. If you're travelling a distance and want to make sure we're open, drop us a line to saintgrwstchurch@gmail.com to check! Start your visit in our new Interpretation Area and learn about our history and the people connected with St Grwst's. See our historic rood screen, then explore the historic Gwydir Chapel, and see the sarcophagus of Llewelyn the Great, together with the Wynn family memorials. Guided Tours / Teithiau Tywys We offer guided tours for groups - why not ask us about having tea/coffee and cake too? Join us for a fascinating talk and informative tour of St Grwst's Church and Gwydir Chapel. Climb the spiral staircase for a behind the scenes look at our Rood Loft above the Rood Screen. Prices for individuals are £5 per person - if there's more than ten of you, and you'd also like some tea/coffee and delicious cake included, we charge just £7.50 per person for the tour and refreshments! To enquire about a guided tour for your group, please contact Bleddyn Hughes on 01492 640703. Take a Virtual Tour Ewch ar Daith Rithiol Explore St Grwst's Church from the comfort of home! With the help of Llanrwst based Mark360 Virtual Tours , we have produced a Virtual Tour of St Grwst's Church and Gwydir Chapel. Click here to take the tour in English Cliciwch yma i fynd ar y daith yn Gymraeg Paned a Sgwrs / Cuppa & Chat Every Thursday from 10am to 12pm Bring your friends, or come on your own and meet new friends for a chat, and enjoy tea/coffee and delicious cake in the lovely relaxing surroundings of our historic church. There's free refills too! St Grwst's Church has been awarded a Food Hygiene rating of 5 by Conwy Council. Regular Events / Digwyddiadau Rheolaidd Join us on Friday's at 2pm for Soundbath meditation. You're welcome to bring a yoga mat or blankets and lie on the floor, or just take a seat and for 45 minutes relax and let the sounds of bowls wash over you with a few gentle words. No need to book, just turn up and relax. Sounds of the Eternal Email Tad Huw On Tuesday mornings from 10am to 11.30am we host Yoga sessions with Kate Hamilton-Hunter. A lovely calming atmosphere. Yoga Visit Website Learn more about the history of our lovely town on usually the first Wednesday of each month, with talks from local historians. Llanrwst Historical Society Call 01492 640227 Join the members of Recorder Players Llanrwst who meet here on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday afternoons of the month. Recorder Players Llanrwst Visit Website Special Events / Digwyddiadau Arbennig Buy Tickets Hire the church! / Llogi'r Eglwys! You can now hire St Grwst's Church for events! Whether it's for a talk, a meeting, a conference, a rehearsal, a concert, a banquet, or any type of community event, please see our video below, or have a chat with us to see how we can help you. Cronfa Dreftadaeth / Heritage Fund Thanks to players of the National Lottery, we were awarded a grant of £707,700 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This has provided the vast majority of the funding which enabled us to embark on a major project to restore and reorder St Grwst's Church in 2019/2020. The new St Grwst's has a lovely new stone floor with underfloor heating, flexible seating layouts, a kitchen and toilets, whilst retaining the historic rood screen, choirstalls and beautifully restored Gwydir Chapel. It is a place for the whole community to enjoy - a place for people of all faiths, and none. Visit the Heritage Fund website here Interpretation Area / Maes Dehongli At the back of the north aisle you'll find our new interpretation area. Here you can find out about our history, learn about the people connected with St Grwst's, and even try your hand at brass rubbing! Our brass rubbing (from £3.00) is available whenever the church is open. Kitchen and Toilets /Cegin a Thoiledau We now have a new kitchen equipped with cooking facilities and a commercial dishwasher, enabling catering for a wide variety of events. We also have two new toilets, one of which is fully accessible, and also has a baby changing unit. Our toilets have been twinned through the Toilet Twinning organisation - with one in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and one in the Central African Republic! Mezzanine Gallery /Oriel Uchaf Upstairs, you'll find our new mezzanine gallery. This flexible space overlooking the nave, can be used for meetings, talks etc. It's a lovely space with a great view down into the nave of the church. Hire the church! / Llogi'r eglwys! You can now hire St Grwst's Church for events! Whether it's for a talk, a meeting, a conference, a rehearsal, a concert or any type of community event, please have a chat with us to see how we can help you. Volunteer with Us / Gwirfoddoli gyda Ni Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do! Pictured above are members of the Project Steering Group - L-R Gwyneth Morris-Jones (Gift Aid Secretary), Menna Gerrard (Diocesan Advisory Committee), Jeremy Wong (Architect), Ruth McKew (Project Manager), Olwen John (Secretary), Rev'd Sarah Hildreth-Osborn (Rector), Jon Richmond (Business Development Officer), Bleddyn Hughes (Churchwarden) and Janet Pierce (Churchwarden). St Grwst's Church and the community of Llanrwst have been working together for over 550 years - and we want to ensure that St Grwst's remains at the heart of the local community for years to come! Why not come and help us? You don't have to be a church member, and there's something for everybody to get involved with. So, what can you do? Well, we have the following roles: Welcome Volunteer The first point of contact for visitors to the church. You will volunteer on key dates throughout the year to provide a warm welcome for people, and direct them to the various interpretation around the building. Hospitality Team Volunteer On selected days in conjunction with events taking place in church, we will be offering refreshments to visitors, such as tea and quality cake. You will help run our kitchen and catering facility. Tour Guide and Interpretation Volunteer Tour Guide volunteers will be trained to provide tours around the church and chapel for pre-booked groups. You will receive training in how to deliver an insightful and engaging tour, tailored for different groups as appropriate. Learning and Events Volunteer Our Learning and Events volunteers support the work of our Business Development Officer, facilitating visits by groups and schools, and helping to prepare, set up and deliver activities and events for key target audiences. You will receive training on working with young people, schools and families. Website and Social Media Volunteer You'll be familiar with social media and help to provide content and updates to our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts, and to develop content for our website which may involve taking photos and creating short videos. Conservation Volunteer We are the current custodians of historic monuments and fittings dating back many hundreds of years. You'll be involved in the ongoing care and maintenance of them, monitoring the environment within the church, making regular checks to ensure that monuments are stable. Volunteers will also learn how to clean and protect church objects, fixtures and fittings. Churchyard Volunteer Our riverside churchyard needs regular maintenance and weeding of the flower beds, and our churchyard volunteers will help to keep them looking attractive and appealing to visitors. As well as gardening, you'll assist in carrying out checks to make sure the gravestones are stable. For more information on any of these roles, please contact us at saintgrwstchurch@gmail.com Contact Us St Grwst Church Church Street, Llanrwst, Conwy, LL26 0LE info@stgrwstchurch.co.uk 01492 879997 (Interim Mission Area Leader Mrs Dilys Stone)

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Find out about all our Mission Area churches: service times, clergy details and other useful info. < BACK St Hilary's Llanrhos Clergy : Rev'd Sarah Hildreth-Osborn (Priest-in-charge) Phone : 01492 702330 Email: sarahhildreth-osborn@cinw.org.uk PREVIOUS NEXT Regular Services Sunday 8 am Holy Eucharist (1st & 3rd Sunday only) Sunday 11 am Holy Eucharist 4th Sunday in the month, 4 pm, Cymun Bendigaid with English Sermon For our website/social media page click HERE Now find out more about our church...

Find out about all our Mission Area churches: service times, clergy details and other useful info. < BACK St Martin's Eglwysbach Clergy : Rev'd Huw Bryant (Priest-in-charge) Phone : 07779 655949 Email: huwbryant@cinw.org.uk PREVIOUS NEXT Regular Services Sunday 2 pm Holy Eucharist For our website/social media page click HERE Now find out more about our church...

Find out about all our Mission Area churches: service times, clergy details and other useful info. < BACK St Paul's Craig-y-Don Clergy : Rev'd Tim Hall (Pastoral Chaplain) Phone : Email: timhall@cinw.org.uk PREVIOUS NEXT Regular Services Sunday 10.30 am Holy Eucharist (3rd Sunday in the month, Family Eucharist) Also live-streamed on FaceBook/Meta Thursday 10.30 am Holy Eucharist (said) For our website/social media page click HERE To find out more about booking our church hall, click here Now find out more about our church...

Details of church services and online worship within Aberconwy Mission Area For information about special interest groups please see our 'Fellowship groups' page Candlelit service at All Saints, Deganwy CHURCH SERVICES Join us at one of our nine local churches for Family Service or Holy Communion every Sunday (and on some weekdays too - see below for details). Bring your family and experience the joy of worship together. Children are welcome at all our services and special activities are often provided to keep them entertained! Let your children discover the teachings of Jesus in a fun and interactive way. REGULAR SERVICES IN THE MISSION AREA (but please check the monthly list of church services on our What's On page in case of any changes) Sunday Services Holy Eucharist 8.00 am St David's (2nd & 4th Sunday only) 8.00 am St Hilary's (1st & 3rd Sunday only) 9.30 am St Cystennin's (except 2nd Sunday which is Morning Prayer) 9.30 am St Michael's 9.30 am St Grwst's 10.30 am St Paul's (3rd Sunday Family Eucharist) 11.00 am St David's, St Hilary's & All Saints 11.15 am St Ffraid's 2.00 pm St Martin's 6.00 pm St Hilary's Cymun Bendigaid with English Sermon (4th Sunday only) Sunday Services Non-Eucharistic 9.30 am St Cystennin's Morning Prayer (2nd Sunday only) 6.00 pm St David's Cafe Church in the Church Hall (Last Sunday of the month only) Weekday Services Holy Eucharist (said) Wednesday 10 am, All Saints Thursday 10.30 am, St Paul’s Friday 10 am, St David’s Service of Holy Eucharist at St David’s Hospice, Abbey Road, every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 2 pm Healing Services 1st Friday in the month, 10am St David’s (with Holy Eucharist) To see all the services & times at any particular church, check out the CHURCHES page Private prayer & contemplation St David's Church is open Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 10-12 noon Prayers 11.00 am on Tuesdays. Online Worship St Paul's 10.30 am Sunday morning service is available every week here Celebrating Easter Day on the Little Orme

Aberconwy Christian Mission Area Church in Wales UK WELCOME TO ABERCONWY MISSION AREA Exploring Faith & Worship Sharing Christ's Love with the Community THE EVENT SPOT Watch this space for news and information about forthcoming events in the Mission Area! PLANNING AHEAD... Future events & dates for your diary About Aberconwy Mission Area... 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 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!

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Find out about all our Mission Area churches: service times, clergy details and other useful info. < BACK All Saints Deganwy Clergy : Rev'd Sarah Hildreth-Osborn (Priest-in-Charge) Phone : 01492 702330 Email: sarahhildreth-osborn@cinw.org.uk PREVIOUS NEXT Regular Services Sunday 11 am Holy Eucharist Wednesday 10am Holy Eucharist (said) For our website/social media page click HERE Now find out more about our church...

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