Penarth Ministry Area Reg Charity 1210418

This website covers the churches of  

St Augustine’s, Penarth

Holy Nativity, Penarth
St Dochdwy’s, Llandough


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SONGS OF PRAISE – GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

On 31st January, BBC’s Songs of Praise will be recording at St Augustine’s church and we need as many of you to be there as possible. Free tickets are available online only but sign up is easy through Lost in TV - https://lostintv.com/tv-show?id=1409 or phone 0208 5308100. Doors will open at 12.15pm and recording is 1-4pm. Please share this with friends and family, accompanied children welcome.

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 18-25 January. Prayer meetings will be at Tabernacle Church 1pm-2pm 19th- 25th Jan and on Zoom at 7.30pm. 6pm on Sun 18th January there will be a Cytûn United Service in Tabernacle Church. Everyone is most welcome to attend. There will be refreshments available after the lunchtime meetings.

ZOOM LINK – will be available to join from 7.15pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87565064993?pwd=Ad8QrbuaNWMJ7aSdsepb9CKxZVLQES.1

Meeting ID: 875 6506 4993  Passcode: 443019

WHO WERE THE WORST “BAD GUYS” IN WELSH HISTORY? A talk by local author Graham Loveluck-Edwards on Thurs 22nd Jan 7pm at St Augustine’s Parish Hall. Historian, author & broadcaster Graham will give a history talk to promote on his new book “Scoundrels, cads and vagabonds from Welsh history”. Tickets are £12 from https://grahamloveluckedwards.com/

COMMUNITY CINEMA 7.30pm in All Saints Lesser Hall. Tickets £8 from ticketsource.co.uk/all-saints-community-cinema The film on 22 Jan will be “I Swear” (12A) and 21 Jan is “Eternity” (15). Coming up on Wed 4 Feb will be Blue Moon about Lorenz Hart, the brilliant but deeply troubled lyricist of the famed Rodgers and Hart partnership (15).  On Thurs 5 Feb is Roofman with Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst (15). Pick up a leaflet to see the future programme.

FUNERAL of David Barnes is being held on Monday 2 February 11.15am at All Saints Church.

CYTÛN INTERCHURCH LENT GROUPS We will again be joining with the Cytûn Lent groups this year, which start week commencing 23 Feb. The course is called ‘Glimpses of God - Hope for today’s world’. The cost will be £5. At the back of our churches there is a form for names and preferred days for joining a group. Please sign up as soon as possible with which days you are available and the groups will be made up from this information.

TOAST Sat 7th Feb at 9-10am at All Saints Church. A relaxed free breakfast with fun activities to keep the children entertained.  For parents/carers and their pre-school children (age 0-4) + siblings. All Welcome.

ST AUGUSTINE’S FLOWER ROTA The rota for 2026 is now in church, so please sign up if you’d like to donate money for flowers during the year. The suggested amount is £10, but more is very welcome, and should be given to Susie Ryall the week before.

MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS These are now due for 2026. Please fill in the form from your December magazine, find one in church or contact the office for one. New subscribers are always welcome. You can also get your magazine as a digital download by email for a reduced price – just tick the box on the form.

ELECTORAL ROLL If you have recently joined us or come back after a while, please consider joining the Ministry Area’s Electoral Roll. It helps us to keep in touch with you and monitor how well the MA is growing. It also entitles you to vote at the Annual Vestry Meeting or stand for election to the MAC. If you are not on it and would like to be, please fill in a form which can be found at the back of church or contact the MA Office who can send you one. Also, if you changed address in the last year, please let us know to update records.

 AN EASY WAY TO HELP MA FUNDS When shopping online, you can now use a special link which will automatically donate funds to us through hundreds of online retailers. Just register at Easyfundraising and start shopping. https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/support-a-good-cause/ See also leaflets in church and the next magazine.


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GIVING TO THE MINISTRY AREA click here

All Cheques should be made payable to

PENARTH MINISTRY AREA

BACS and standing orders should go to Account: Penarth Ministry Area  

Sort code: 40 36 06 Account no: 71419455


GIFT DIRECT is the best way is to pay a regular amount directly from your bank to the Parish.


We also welcome BACS payments or standing orders: call the Office for bank details.

Contactless payments can be made at St Augustine’s Church

COMMUNITY INFORMATION

LONELY OR ISOLATED, NEED HELP? If you or someone you know is in need of help, shopping or just a friendly chat, here are numbers to call:

Vale of Glamorgan Crisis team:  01446 729592

Age Cymru Advice line (for over 70s): 08000 223 444