Summershine Another fantastic time was had by all at this year’s Summershine

Holiday Event. It was a sheer joy to meet all the children who came ~ over 50 every day. The theme was Under the Sea and

the children really engaged with the stories and songs relating to Jesus and God’s creation. A lot of fun was had by all and many thanks go to all the

volunteers who gave of their time and energy to make this such a successful event. Quite a few of the children have also started attending

Salem at the 11.00 service on a Sunday.

Baptism How wonderful to see another of our young people

dedicating their lives to Jesus and we welcome Chloe into our family here at Salem.

Vintage Afternoon Tea

A good time was had by all at the Vintage Tea Party despite the atrocious

weather! Lots of cake and tea was consumed as Glenn Miller, Bing Crosbie and the Beach Boys was played on the record player. There were some high scores for the 50’s quiz and Jennie

showed off her hula-hoop moves. Elvis made a guest appearance but seemed to have lost his voice! Thank you to

everyone who came along to support the tea party and joined in the fun. A big thanks to all who helped set up and run the event – Paula is very grateful. £135 was raised for

Salem’s funds.

Thank You Tesco ~ Again!

Having heard of our work in helping our local community, Tesco has been extremely generous and have donated a brand new

freezer to Salem chapel to use in conjunction with the Community Food Connection Project. This is so kind, and we send them our

sincerest thanks. Volunteers from Tesco are also coming to help us on a WORK DAY

on Saturday 10th September. If you are able to help out during the morning and early afternoon on that day we would

really appreciate as many ‘hands on deck’ as possible.

September 2016 Issue 12

Salem Chapel Newsletter

Chapel Details

You can find us at Salem Lane, Church Village, Pontypridd CF38 1PT.

Our minister is the Revd Dr Rosa Hunt and you can

contact her on revdrosa@gmail.com or

on 07807893373 or at home on 01443

206353.

*You can find us on Facebook*

Our website can be accessed on

www.salemtonteg.org.uk

Sunday Services

9.30 a.m. Gwasanaeth trwy’r Gymraeg (Learners

are very welcome)

11.00 a.m. English language family service with a fun, welcoming

Sunday School.

6.00 p.m. A quieter, more contemplative English

language service.

Bringing the good news about Jesus to Tonteg and Church Village by loving and serving our local community.

Ministers for Sept/Oct 2016

IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT UPDATE We are still waiting for the outcome of the kitchen grant application which

should be with us in September. RCT have also proposed us for a Co-op grant

nomination, however environmental health will make a visit to check out

the kitchen. Questionnaires have been prepared and need circulating in

the local community. Please see Jennie if you are able to help with this.

We'll then be doing a mapping exercise and getting feedback on question-

naires, from a wide spread of people of all ages. We plan to meet in October

to discuss the outcome and plan next steps. Please get in touch with Rich-

ard/Jennie or Rosa if you'd like to know more.

9.30am 11.00am 6.00pm

Sept 4th 2016 Rosa* Rosa Rosa*

Sept 11th 2016 Rosa Rosa Rev Gareth Evans

Sept 18th 2016 Rosa Rosa* Rosa

Sept25th 2016 Rosa Rosa Rosa

Oct 2nd 2016 Rosa* Rosa Rosa*

Oct 9th 2016 Rosa Rosa Rev Ray Vincent

Oct 16th 2016 Rosa Rosa* Rosa

Oct 23rd 2016 Rosa Rosa Rosa

Oct 30th 2016 Aelodaeth Roger Newberry Rev Hilary Jardine

New Book for LGs! This term our LGs ~LIFE GROUPS will continue to meet weekly and will follow a new book, ‘Creating a Life with God’ by Daniel Wolpert in order to encourage a life of prayer If you are interested in participating then

please see Rosa. A warm welcome is extended to all.

Deacons or Trustees??? I’m sure many of you over the

past few months have heard

the term ‘Trustees’ being

used in reference to the

Diaconate. Just to clear up

any confusion, this is in rela-

tion to new regulations sur-

rounding our charitable

status. We are still Deacons

but we also fulfil the role of

Trustees, (so we are both)!

Members’ Contributions

The Deacons have been considering next year's budget for Salem and during these discussions we felt we should again ask the

members to reflect on their contributions and whether they have increased that contribution during the last few years. If you have

not we would urge you to think about increasing this - every pound helps as costs of maintaining the chapel and the ministry increase every year. You might also like to change your way of

giving. It is helpful to Margaret as Treasurer that some members pay by standing order, directly into the bank, as this then is

guaranteed income whether you are able to attend or otherwise. If you want to know more about this please ask Margaret and

she can give you the bank details and explain further. Our expenditure last year was around £40,000.00. This means a lot of contributions and fund raising so we would urge you to

pray and consider how you can help Salem to continue in the future.

Over the summer, I sensed that God was inviting us to become more of

a praying community. Salem is growing in all sorts of ways, and I believe

that we need to stay very close to God and learn to discern His vision for

us if we are to remain faithful to Him and take part in His great work of

bringing hope and healing. So as a first step towards this, can I invite

you to use this prayer guide below in your daily prayers, please? Love

from Rosa <><x

Date of the next Chapel

Meeting

17th October, 7:00 pm

BMS World Mission organise

resources to remind us all

about ’Forgotten Families.’

Every year a harvest resource

is produced and this year the

focus is on Syrian refugee

camps. It has been agreed

that we shall use this resource

in Salem for our Harvest

Service this year. The date for

Harvest will be 23rd October

and we shall invite the Syrian

families who have recently

moved into our area. We still

encourage you to bring

donations of tins/dried foods

for the Food Bank.

We would like to encourage all members of the congregation to

‘Bring a Friend to Church’ on Sunday 2nd October.

Obviously any Sunday would be acceptable, but we would like to make a particular effort on this

day ~ especially as we have a Baptism at the 11.00 service and a

Faith Lunch to follow.

Evening for those interested in being part of the ‘Young Christian Mentoring

Team: Monday 19th September at 7 pm at Rosa and Francis' home

(6 Aneurin Bevan Drive)

Evening for those interested in being part in the Salem Preaching Team: Tuesday

27th September at 8 pm at Jennie and Richard's home

(23 Barnard Way)

Evening for those considering church membership, or current members who

want to renew their understanding of it:

Wednesday 19th October at 7.30 pm in Salem.

Special Dates Coming Up

There is an opportunity to

learn more about

Christian Aid & Citizens

Wales

At Ainon, Ynyshir,

Rhondda

Tuesday 13th September

@ 7.00pm

Remembering Aberfan

There is a family service at Carmel, Troedyrhiw on Wednesday 19th October @ 7.00pm

The service will be conducted by the Rev. Simeon Baker

Ben Smith in Concert at Salem

Saturday 10th September

Tickets available in chapel & through Glenys

Bluett