Parish of Llandudno North Wales special events

Forthcoming events at Holy Trinity Church

N.B. Holy Trinity has its own "Pay & Display" car park which can be accessed in or out at the rear of the Church. It is available for use every day of the week, with Sunday mornings being reserved for those attending services and the "Pay & Display" operating from 1pm.

Coffee and Tea

A coffee morning is held in the church hall (adjoining the church) each Wednesday from 10.00 am - 12.00 noon. Fairtrade tea and coffee and home made cakes are served and there are various stalls.

During the summer, Tuesday Teas are held on (usually) the second Tuesday each month, from 10.30 am - 2.30 pm. Home made refreshments are served and there are various stalls.

Men Who Sing

The popular series of Male Voice Choir concerts continues through the summer and on Sunday 5 September Flint Male Voice Choir will perform a concert at 8.00 pm, with the Male Voice Choirs continuing on subsequent Sunday evenings until the final concert on Sunday 26 September.

Trinity Players

The Trinity Players perform "songs from the shows" in aid of local charities. This season's concerts run from Wednesday 9 June to Wednesday 29 September, at 8.00 pm.

Friends of St. Tudno’s Church

Fair

Saturday 4 September, 10.00 am – 2.00 pm

Holy Trinity Church Hall

Stalls, refreshments, soft toy bungee jump – is your soft toy brave enough?

Sponsor-a-Slate for St. Tudno’s

In aid of re-roofing St. Tudno’s Church

Ray Millington’s Open House

Saturday 18 September

10.00 am – 4.00 pm

1 Pine Grove Court, Rhos-on-Sea

Refreshments, etc

In aid of re-roofing St. Tudno’s Church on the Great Orme

Concert by Blagovest Choral Ensemble

On Tuesday 28th September at 8 p.m. we will welcome the Blagovest Choral Ensemble of St. Petersburg, led by Olga Kozlova, for a concert of both sacred choral music and folk music from Russia. Blagovest will be on tour in Britain for the whole of September and we are delighted that one of their concerts will be here. There will be no admission charge, but a retiring collection will be held.

Based at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire - the centre of traditional Russian choral music - the Blagovest Ensemble is noted for its musicians’ high professionalism and their unashamed passion for the music they love to share. Their concert repertoire includes pearls of Russian choral a cappella music, both spiritual and secular.

Cytûn Julian Group

The Julian Group meets on the first Tuesday of each month. We meet at 10 am at Stella Maris. We are an ecumenical group which practices shared silent prayer. Our meetings begin with a short introduction given by a different member of the group each month, which is designed to lead us into a time of silence. Each person present uses the silence to pray in his her own way, but we are conscious that our silence before God is a shared experience. After the prayer time the leader for that month brings us out of silence with aconcluding prayer and then we enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and a chat. Do join us, you would be most welcome and you might discover a new dimension to your life of prayer.

The is one of a network of similar groups meeting together throughout the country for meditation named after the medieval mystic Julian of Norwich, groups made up of Christians from various denominations and backgrounds.
Fr. John

Details of all services and events this month are given in the Calendar and regular events are listed on the Parish Life page.

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Recent events at Holy Trinity Church

Mayor's Sunday / Sea Sunday

On Sunday 11 July there was a special service at 10.30 am to celebrate Mayor's Sunday and Sea Sunday. We welcomed back Revd Jane Allen, Mayor's Chaplain, as preacher.

Llandudno Festival

The following events at Holy Trinity were part of the annual Llandudno Festival.
Thursday 1 July at 8.00 pm: Organ recital by John Hoskins as part of the Llandudno Festival. Including works by Bach, Frank, Widor, Sibelius.
Saturday 3 July at 8.00 pm: Llandudno Festival Symphony Concert, including works by Mendelssohn, Mozart and Beethoven.
Sunday 4 July at 5.00 pm: Llandudno Festival Choral Evensong.

Guild of St. Raphael - Visit of Chester Branch

We were pleased to welcome members of the Chester Branch of the Guild to Holy Trinity on Thursday 15 April. The programme for the day was:
10.30 am Coffee
11.00 am Eucharist with Ministry of Healing
12.00 noon Buffet lunch
2.00 pm Talk by Revd Stella Jones of the Chester Branch.

Easter


	The church was beautifully decorated for Easter and a large congregation enjoyed the worship on Easter Day.

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Palm Sunday

The Palm Sunday Service on 28 March included a palm procession with two donkeys and a dramatised reading of the Gospel.

New Area Dean

On 15 February during a special service at Holy Trinity Church, Llandudno, the Rector of Llandudno, the Rev Prebendary John Nice (centre) was installed as the Area Dean of the Deanery of Arllechwedd by the Bishop of Bangor, the Right Rev Andrew John (left). In the photograph, The Rector and the Bishop are joined by the Ven Meurig Williams, the Archdeacon of Bangor (right).

The Area Dean, Bishop of Bangor and other clergy from Arllechwedd Deanery.

Organ Recital 3 February

To celebrate my 75th birthday in February, I have been invited to play again at Chester Cathedral on the 18th March. I thought it would be a good idea to give the programme a trial run at Holy Trinity, which I did on Wednesday the 3rd February at 8.00 am.

Thank you to those who came to join me and to have a glass of wine in the hall afterwards. The programme took about 45 minutes and there was no charge.

Norman Rimmer

Son et Lumiere

This took place on Thursday 10 December 2009 and the "Nativity" windows in the chancel were illuminated in turn while the choir sang or readings were given.

Nativity window in Holy Trinity Llandudno

Simeon and Anna window in Holy Trinity Llandudno

Left to right: the Nativity, adoration of the magi and presentation at the temple.

The Son et Lumiere was followed by mulled wine, mince pies, handbell ringing and traditional Christmas songs in the church hall.

Please use this link for photographs and details of events in 2007, in 2008 and in 2009.

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St. Tudno's Church: forthcoming and recent events

Please use this link for a list of all services at St. Tudno's in 2010 and please see the St. Tudno's page for further details of special services.

Friends of St. Tudno’s Church

Fair

Saturday 4 September, 10.00 am – 2.00 pm

Holy Trinity Church Hall

Stalls, refreshments, soft toy bungee jump – is your soft toy brave enough?

Sponsor-a-Slate for St. Tudno’s

In aid of re-roofing St. Tudno’s Church

Ray Millington’s Open House

Saturday 18 September

10.00 am – 4.00 pm

1 Pine Grove Court, Rhos-on-Sea

Refreshments, etc

In aid of re-roofing St. Tudno’s Church on the Great Orme

Open Churches Day

St. Tudno's will again be taking part in the national Open Churches Day on Saturday 18 September. The church will be "manned" from 10.00 am - 5.00 pm and the Friends of St. Tudno's Church will be serving refreshments and selling their special souvenirs, Christmas cards and photographs of the Great Orme. There will also be opportunities to have a guided tour of the church, consult the churchyar records and take part in Sponsor-a-Slate.

Sponsor-a-Slate

St. Tudno's Church roof needs to be repaired and you can support this by taking part in Sponsor-a-Slate. This was launched at the Friends of St. Tudno's Church fair on 5 September 2009. In June 2010 this part of the appeal passed the half-way point, when the Bishop of Bangor, the Rt Revd Andrew John, sponsored the 500th slate. Please use this link to see the current progress of Sponsor-a-Slate. If you are interested in sponsoring a slate for £10.00 and having your name on the church roof, please see the Sponsor-a Slate page.

Worship at St Tudno's in 2010

The season of Sunday services at St Tudno's is from the end of May till the end of September but it is possible to worship there throughout the year. On most Saturday mornings at 9.00 am, a small group gathers to say the office of Morning Prayer and then to spend 20 minutes or so in silent prayer together. You are welcome to join us and it is a wonderful experience to have this time of prayer in such a holy place. During Summer the church is open every day and during winter the church is open on Saturdays, Sundays, bank holidays and Wednesdays, weather permitting.
Fr. John

There will be a service of Compline by Candlelight on Tuesday 10 August at 7.30 pm and the annual Open Air Songs of Praise will be on Sunday 29 August at 4.00 pm.

Open air services

Open air services are held at 11.00 am every Sunday morning from the end of May until the end of September. On the first Sunday in the month, the open air service is followed by a shortened Communion service in the church. For the Sunday morning services, transport is available between Holy Trinity Church in Llandudno town centre and St. Tudno's Church.

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Recent events

Concelebrated Eucharist

St. Tudno's was pleased to welcome the Bangor and St. Asaph branch of the Society of Catholic Priests, who again held their annual Concelebrated Eucharist in the church. The service was on Tuesday 29 June at 7.00 pm and the main celebrant was Bishop Andrew of Bangor.

Country Park Anniversary Service

The open air service on Sunday 6 June was a special one to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Great Orme Country Park.

St. Tudno's Day

Our Patronal Festival was on Saturday 5 June. Celebrations will began with a short act of worship at H oly Trinity Church at noon. This was followed by a pilgrimage walk up the Great Orme to St. Tudno's Church. There were pauses for prayers and reflections (and lunch) on the way and there was an act of dedication at St. Tudno's Well, which we visited by kind permission of the landowner. At 3.00 pm there was a Eucharist service in St. Tudno's Church, followed by tea and cakes in the church grounds.

During the day the road past St. Tudno's was closed for the "Three Castles Classic Welsh Trial" for classic cars, so it was not possbile for cars to leave until 5.00 pm but the churchyard offered a "grandstand view" of this part of the rally!

Working party

The annual working party was held on Saturday 15 May and included setting out the benches for the open air services, checking stability of the headstones and cleaning and tidying the church and churchyard. Tea and cakes were provided and there were jobs to suit everyone!

Spring Fair

The Friends of St. Tudno's Church Spring Fair was held at Holy Trinity Church on Saturday 17 April and was well attended. The Friends are raising money towards re-roofing St. Tudno's and as part of this are offering the opportunity for anyone to Sponsor-a-Slate.

Easter Vigil

The Easter Vigil was held at St. Tudno's on Saturday 3 April. The service began with lighting of the new fire and blessing of the Pascal Candle.

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Carols by Candlelight 2009

Despite "severe weather" warnings for the area on Sunday 20 December, the two services were well attended. The Friends of St. Tudno's Church had prepared the church with candles and had lit the paths to the church. More photographs can be seen on the St. Tudno's Church and Friends of St. Tudno's Church pages.

Please use these links for photographs and details of events at St. Tudno's in 2007, in 2008 and in 2009.

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We look forward to welcoming you to our churches.