Big Breakfast

Another ‘Big Breakfast’ is being held on Saturday March 7th, from 10:30 to 12:30 in the Chapel vestry, raising funds for the St. Dyfnog’s Well Restoration. Many of you will have been to this event in previous years and know what excellent value it is, from Angela’s home-made marmalade for the toast, to the excellent bacon that Llinos fetches specially from Corwen, all produced by Elfed in the kitchen and his band of helpers.  Do please try to attend this community event for a very worthwhile cause. We need to all pull together for this Well Restoration which will ultimately affect so many of us, from walks in the woods, to educational trips for schools and quiet times of reflection and prayer. We hope that eventually it will attract many people from pilgrims to ramblers, and be a peaceful haven for all of us.

from the Vicar - January 2015

Christmas and New Year have come and gone and it has been a delight to share our first Christmas with you all. The New Year brings with it a new beginning as we give thanks to God for the year that has ended and look forward to 2015. To read more, go to NEWS.

Candlelit Taizé Service

There will be a candlelit Grouped Parishes Taizé Service for Candlemas on Sunday February 1st at 5.00pm.

Taizé is an Ecumenical Monastic Community in France. The Taizé style of worship centres around the singing of distinctive and much-repeated prayer chants during candlelit prayer services. Taizé music highlights simple phrases, usually lines from the Psalms or other pieces of scripture, repeated or sung in canon. 

The service in Llangwyfan will last approximately 45mins. A warm welcome to all.

New vicar for St Dyfnog's

Val Rowlands, the new vicar of St Dyfnog's,
with churchwardens June Hughes and Reg Fardoe

November 12^th 2014 saw a wonderful ceremony at St. Dyfnog's Church  before a packed church, the Bishop of St. Asaph, the Right Reverend Gregory K Cameron performed the Institution of the Rev. Val Rowlands as Rector of Llandyrnog and Llangwyfan and Vicar of Llanrhaeadr and Nantglyn. It was a spectacular ceremony attended by many of the clergy, churchwardens and worshippers from the four churches concerned. The whole service was impressive and took one back to the foundation of the church, with the beautiful language, inspired singing and a very thought provoking sermon preached by the Bishop. The ceremony was concluded with a buffet provided by the ladies of the four churches, an amazing spread appeared as if by magic, and was eaten with relish very little being left at the end of a most special evening.

The following Saturday, November 15th, was the occasion of the Autumn Craft Fair - go to NEWS for more information, and pictures.

Autumn Craft Fair Saturday November 15th

Order of St Asaph for Helen

Every year, the Order of St Asaph is awarded to mark outstanding service to the Diocese by lay people. This year, medals were presented at the Diocesan Conference to five people, including Helen Jenkin-Jones - you can see her below, receiving her medal from Bishop Gregory.

from St Asaph Cathedral

At the end of August the Diocese of St Asaph will be welcoming the Right Reverend Gayle Harris, a leading bishop from the Episcopal Church of the United States of America.

As part of Bishop Gayle Harris' visit to Wales, Bishop Gregory will be welcoming her to a special Eucharist in St Asaph Cathedral on Sunday, August 31st at 11am, at which he has invited Bishop Harris to preside and preach.

Bishop Gregory extends a warm invitation to clergy and lay people from across the diocese to join him in welcoming Bishop Harris by being present on the occasion which is believed to be the first when a woman bishop will preside and preach in a cathedral in Wales.

The Right Reverend Gayle Harris was ordained as bishop in 2002 and serves as Bishop Suffragan in the Diocese of Massachusetts, the second woman bishop to hold this position. Her immediate predecessor, the Right Reverend Barbara Harris (no relation) was the first woman bishop in the Anglican Communion.