Mehefin June Aberdaron Enlli Llanbedrog Llanengan Llanfaelrhys Llangian Llannor

Mehefin June

2 Tuesday 7pm Exploring Faith, Discovery Evening Botwnnog church

6 Saturday 12 noon, Eucharist and lunch with Walsingham Pilgrims

17 Wednesday 5pm Sponsored Walk Llanbedrog & party in Church Hall

24 Wednesday 1.30pm last of the weekly study group meetings Llanbedrog

Gorffennaf July

4 Saturday 10am – 4pm RS Thomas Literary Festival Aberdaron

4 Saturday 8pm Hillman Quartet Candlelight Concert ‘Counterpoint’ Aberdaron

5 Sunday 1 pm – 5pm Walking in the Footsteps of RS Thomas Aberdaron

11 Saturday Llannor Sponsored Walk

20 Monday 7pm Service of Welcome for Curate Naomi Starkey Aberdaron

25 Saturday Llanbedrog Summer Fete

25 Saturday Concert Llanengan Church & Bardsey Island Trust

Awst August

5 9am Llannor Church Cake Stall in the market Pwllheli

14 Friday 7.30 pm Concert Seimon Menai & Ann Hafod, St Hywyn’s Aberdaron

30 Sunday Afternoon Tea in Llannor Church

Medi September

5 Saturday Bro Enlli Pilgrimage

Bro Enlli Singing Group Usually meet 7pm – 8.30pm alternate Thursdays,

For dates and places contact fraserpaterson@mac.com 01758 760529

Articles for the July newsletter please send copy by 15th June ideally via email to susanafogarty@gmail.com or phone 01758 703039

Rhowch y Cylchlythyr yma i rywun pan fyddwch wedi gorffen ei ddarllen !

All Visitors and People of our Local Communities are Very Welcome

To attend any of our Services

Mae Croeso Holl Ymwelwyr a Phobl Lleol

Gwasanaethau Dydd Sul Sunday Services

Llanengan /Llangian 9am Holy Eucharist [English] Llanbedrog 10am Yr Offeren Sanctaidd / Holy Eucharist [Bilingual] Aberdaron 10am Yr Offeren Sanctaidd / Holy Eucharist [Bilingual] Llannor 11.30am Yr Offeren Sanctaidd [Cymraeg] Llanfaelrhys 2pm Hwyrol Weddi [Cymraeg] Llangian 6pm Hwyrol Weddi / Offeren Sanctaidd [Cymraeg]

Gwasanaethau Wythnosol Midweek Worship

Monday, Tuesday 9.30am Llanbedrog Morning Prayer

Wednesday 10 am Llanbedrog Holy Eucharist [Bilingual]

Thurs, Fri, Sat, 9.30 am Llanbedrog Morning Prayer

Thursday 10 am Aberdaron Pilgrim Eucharist [Bilingual]

Thursday 6 pm Aberdaron Silent Prayer

Friday 2 – 3 pm Llanbedrog Exposition of the Sacrament

Friday 3 – 3.30pm Llanbedrog Benediction & Evening Prayer

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From Penn to Pen …………… In search of Saints and Poets

Pennsylvania was the departure point, Pen Llŷn, the destination for these pilgrims.

“…In cities that have outgrown their promise people are becoming pilgrims again……” a line ofpoetry from the pen of RS Thomas. How ironic that the success of his pen is now drawingvisitors to this far point of Wales, visitors whom he might have shunned in his life, in an attemptto preserve the tranquillity and beauty of the landscape that inspired his poetry.

And yet, also would have enjoyed some satisfaction in that his prophecy of the resurgence ofpilgrimage expressed in his poem “The Moon in Llŷn” is evident today in St Hywyn’s Church,Aberdaron on the Llyn Peninsula.

His prophecy warned of the dangers of selling our souls, not to the devil, but to ‘the machine’ –technology. The quick fix of science rather than the slow resolution of life’s mysteries, by livingthrough them with attention to truth.

How ironic too, that these new generations of pilgrims are returning in search of someforgotten truths, to the lands that their ancestors left in search of their new truths of a betterlife.

Whilst the church is having to address the falling numbers of people going to church, thenumbers of pilgrims is on the rise. Especially to the sacred island of 20,000 saints, Bardsey offthe north west coast of Wales.

All of which is good news for our local economies that benefit from the improvements ininfrastructure to the All Wales Coastal path, for the walking pilgrims , the use of local hotels,roadside pubs and cafes for those travelling by car and coach.

Since 2013 and the 100th anniversary of the Welsh poet and priest RS Thomas there has been agrowing interest in his poetry, internationally. This year sees the 2nd RS Thomas Literary Festivalin Aberdaron, where there are expected to be American and European as well as UK visitors.Expanded over the weekend of 3rd – 5th July, this looks set to become an annual event, thatcould rival the attention given to ‘the other Thomas poet’, in south Wales.

For more information on the RS Thomas Literary Festival, go to www.st-hywyn.org.uk. emailsusanafogarty@gmail.com phone 01758 703039.

HILLMAN QUARTET

“COUNTERPOINT”GORFFENNAF 4 JULY 8PM

The Melody of Music . . . . . Meets The Melody of Words in RS Thomas

Fritz Kreisler ‘Liebeslied’ ‘Liebesfreud’ Bernard Kane Jr ‘Bardsey Sound’

W.A.Mozart String Quartet in C Major K465

Concert by Candlelight

EGlwys St hywyn church Aberdaron

£8 / £4 Ticket sales 01758 730794

d.i.wood@btinternet.com

www.st-hywyn.org.uk

Who’s Who in Bro Enlli, Ministers & Wardens

Team Leader and Archdeacon

Ven. Andrew Jones 740919 andrewcarrolljones@btinternet.com

Curate Fr Huw Bryant 614693 tadhuw@hotmail.com

Assisting Priests

Canon Michael Walls, Canon Maurice Friggens, Canon Tim Higgins, Rev’d David Bracey, Rev’d Ron Rees

Lay Reader Alan Crompton

Ministry Area Warden Susan Fogarty 703039 susanafogarty@gmail.comMinistry Area Warden Shirley Pritchard 740515

Aberdaron Church

Warden Val Wood 760528 chrisandvalwood@orange.netWarden Ian Wood 730794 d.i.wood@btinternet.com

Llanbedrog

Warden Sally Williams 712791 Warden David Watson 760361 uxg570@greenbee.net

Llanengan

Warden Dewi Roberts 713893 dewicyc@btinternet.comWarden Peter Hill 710009 hill3au@btinternt.com

Llanfaelrhys

Warden Griff Jones 780293 helenjones67@btinternet.com

Llangian

Warden Annie Owen 712570 annie@llawrdref.co.ukWarden Brenda Chidley Williams 740338 brendachidley@msn.com

Llannor

Warden Margaret Roberts margaret.roberts100@gmail.comWarden Lowri Lloyd Jones 614797 lowritynewydd@hotmail.com

You may be interested to know that our new Curate Naomi Starkey is a writerand has already published 3 books. One of those is The Recovery of Love,Walking the Way of Wholeness. Described as ‘blending imaginative narrativewith Bible quotes and reflection …… it will take you on a journey in to the hear ofGod’s love’. Another says, “through story telling ….. The invitation is to awakento a presence, often hidden, that waits to meet us in the midst of our daily living”

Copies of the book are on sale in the bookshop at St Hywyn’s, Aberdaron £6.99

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“Well done Bro Enlli for sending TWO Shelterboxes at a cost of £590 each toearthquake stricken Nepal.” David Watson

“Those who started this special Bro Enlli “Appeal for Nepal”, would like to thankeveryone for their generous response. We are now half way to sending a THIRDshelterbox! It has been very heart warming.” Su Walls

July 6th 3:30pm, a Shelterbox will be on display in Ysgol BotwnnogThe Interact Club is raising funds for Shelterbox as their International charity

THE TREASURER’S TALE

Treasurers are commonly considered as ‘dry and dusty’ individuals, withhands stained through hours of counting coins and brains dulled, due to apreoccupation with sets of uninteresting figures.

They are observed to display a nagging tendency to remind hapless souls ofmonies owing, whilst unnecessarily lagging in signing cheques [particularlywhen destined for you!] Furthermore they come across as shadowy figures,impossible to contact at normal times, so that one may pin them down onlyby posing a tricky fundamental question at the Easter Vestry Meeting, hopingto ‘put them on the back foot’.

Yet on occasion one wonders whether a more passionate heart beats underthe cover of this unattractive persona? Does a loftier soul flourish behind themediocrity? Have banknotes and coins themselves some intrinsic beautyperceived only by their handler? Consider, maybe, the seductive rustle ofnotes passing through the fingers [above all, the £20’s]; the shining of a coinin mint condition; the geometric symmetry of the 50p’s and 20p’s; the solidworth of the £1’s; the baroque ornateness of the bi-coloured £2’s; thequivering delicacy of 5p’s; even the useful weight of coppers [especially forcollection tins]. Is it really possible for the spirits to be lifted unexpectedlyduring the humdrum weekly counting session? Is there a grander purposetransforming the routine?

And is a more exciting and meaningful theme hidden beneath the ongoingmanagement of account books [single or double entry], budgeting, invoicing,settling payments, recording, checking, comparing, corresponding? Is there amore divine element in all these functions? Have you ever been presentwhen a Treasurer adds up a page of figures or even a whole year’s income andexpenditure and everything balances? The joy is palpable! The Tipp-ex goesout of the window, the buoyant satisfaction is evident and everything is rightin an alright world! And if he/she also discovers that the current totals arebetter than the last year’s, then a celebratory drink is the order of the day.

It is understandable in the ‘mountain top moments’ that rejoicing abounds,but there is also a heightened feeling of worthiness in the job when the moremundane details are done well. These might include tidy entries, legiblewriting, clear reports, sharing of information, prompt responses to queries,helpful suggestions etc. And even for the ‘tight-fisted’ Treasurers, there is thereward in reflecting on the beneficial results of spending money wisely inlarge and small amounts to further the mission and ministry of the Church inso many ways.

So, do Treasurers count? You bet they do! David Marshallsay

Celtic Saint of the Month

St Columba born 7th December 521 died 9th June 597

An Irish Prince who chose a Monastic Life. One of the most famous Celtic Saints.Having established monasteries in Ireland, he left in 563 aged 42, settled on theisland of Iona in Scotland, establishing the Abbey and community of monks. It stilldraws hundreds of Pilgrims from around the world, whilst the 21st CenturyCommunity of Iona who continue his work are highly respected for theirprayerfulness and harmonic songs.

It is written that he was a large man with a big resonant singing voice. An excellentscribe and illustrator of manuscripts. A much-loved Abbot, with missionary zealand great prophetic insight.

Bedydd Esgob / Confirmation

Dwi’n bwriadu rhoi gwahoddiad i’r Esgob ddod i Fro Enlli ar gyfer Bedydd Esgob ymmis Medi.

I have invited the Bishop to administer the sacrament of Confirmation in Bro Enlliduring September.

Please inform me if there is anyone in the parish who would like to be confirmed.

Diolch Thank you

Andrew Jones

Prayer of St Columba Alone with none but thee,my GodI journey on my way.What need I fear,when thou art nearO king of night and day?More safe am I within thy hand,Than if a host didst round me stand.