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Watch your Waste

Ruby Anniversary

Christmas 2007

2008 is a special year for St

Marks as we shall be celebrat-ing 40 years in our present

building and we would like

you to share in the celebration.

You may have lived in the par-

ish for many years and St

Marks (old and/or new build-

ings) may hold many happy

memories for you. Perhaps youwere married in St Marks or

attended the wedding of a

relative or close friend. Were

you christened at St Marks?

Did you have one of your chil-

dren christened at St Marks?

Do you attend one of the

many groups that meet in the

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Inside this

issue:

There was no wasted time at St

Mark's church during the

Easter holidays as children

from all over Cardiff joined

together for Wastewatchers

holiday club. There was mu-

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drama and much much(Continued on page 2)

Happy Christmas to all our readers

RoundaboutNews for the parish of Gabalfa from St Marks Church


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Sunday services at St Marks at 9am and10.45am (which includes groups andactivities for children and young people

from 0-17!) and 6.30pm.9.30am St Marks at UHW in Sports andSocial Club

Regular midweek activities for children

and young people (details are on the

church website) and ABCs (Adults, Ba-

bies and Children) on Wednesdays in

school term time at 1.30pm.

Regular Events

Some things the children said about

Wastewatchers

"It's brilliant! When can we comeagain?" "Bottle Bank Frank was really

funny!" "The stories on the DVD were

great".

There will be another greatholiday club at St Mark's dur-ing the February halfterm . If you would like to besent information about it

please contact the office.

more. Throughout the week groups of

children worked hard to turn old junk

into brand new creations which were

judged in front of proud parents on the

final day. There was an important mes-

sage to the week as well: just as we can

turn junk into brand new creations so

Jesus can get rid of the junk in our lives

and make us brand new again."

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When can we come again?"


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church hall? If so, do you

have photos, magazine or

newspaper articles, orders

of service or other memo-

rabilia that you would be

willing to loan to us for an

exhibition that we are

putting on next April?

On the other hand you

may be a relative new-

comer to Gabalfa. In

which case why not come

to one of the events that

are being organised as

part of our celebrations

and find out what goeson in your parish church?

If you have items that we

could borrow for the exhi-

(Continued from page 1) bition or you wouldlike us to send you

details of the events

that we are putting

on during the year,

then please com-

plete the reply slip

and either post it to

us or drop it into the

church, or e-mail us

so that we can be in

touch with you

nearer the time. You

will also find details

on our web site:

www.stmarks-

cardiff.org.uk

Many events and courseswill be free of charge.

We would like you all to

join our celebrations over

the coming months. St

Marks is your parish

church, so come along

and join the party.

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Telephone

E-mail

Please let us know overleaf which ideas are most attractive to you - TICKI have something for the exhibition about St Marks history

Please let me know details of your planned events


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Theres no such thing as a free lunch

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Please let us know here which ideas are most attractive to you -Possible TICK Planned TICKCeilidh (Barn Dance) Exhibition (26th April)

Big Band Concert Social Evening (26th April)

Summer Fete Informal Service (27thApril)

5-a-side football Jazz Concert (12th April)

Flower Festival Schools Music and Drama Event

Songs of Praise Christianity Explored Course

Drug-Proof Your Kidscourse Marriage Course

Get out of debtcourse Social event for men

New mothers groupYour suggestions -

If you are retired, likegood food and meeting

people then St Mark's is

the place to be every

Monday lunch time dur-

ing term time. All of our

food is freshly prepared

and cooked by our com-

mitted team of volunteers

and ranges from roast

pork to home made

corned beef pie to casse-

role. For just 2 you get a

two course meal with tea

or coffee, but the friends

you make are better than

money could buy. Please

ring before coming to

avoid disappointment.

Lunch is served at around

12.20pm and is pre-

ceeded by lunch timeprayers at 12 noon.

Prayers aren't compulsory

but those who go really

value the oppor-

tunity to gather as

a group to pray.

"I like Gwen's rice

pudding - it's ab-solutely deli-

cious!" "Hear

hear!" "We have a goodlaugh" "No cooking . . . or

washing up!" "It's lovely to

make friends"


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For more information please contact

St Marks Church206 North Rd

Gabalfa

CardiffCF14 3BL

University Hospitalof Wales

A48 to M4 J29

TESCO ExtraParking for

40 cars

A470 toCity Centre

Carols by Lanternlight, 6:30pm, This willbe our main Christmas Carol service.

Monday 24th December 6:00pm Chil-drens Crib Service getting ready for thebig day

First Communion of Christmas (MidnightEucharist) 11:00pm. Please note the starttime so we celebrate the start of Christ-

mas as the service closes.

Christmas Day10am All-Age ChristmasCommunion at St Marks

Sunday 16th December St Marks at UHWwill move into the Hospital Chapel (bykind permission of the chaplains) to holda Christmas Carol Service at 10.00am.Followed by light refreshments. All wel-come.

Be sure not to miss this years Christingleservice a sparkling celebration for chil-dren and grown-ups together, with sto-ries, carols and much more. Best of all isseeing the church aglow with candles,celebrating the light of Christ coming intothe world at Christmas. 5:30pm

Tuesday 18th December Carol Singing atLakeside Residential Home, Wedal Road,7pm

Wednesday 19th December CathaysHigh School Annual Christmas Concert inSt Marks Church, 7pm

Sunday 23rd December Childrens Nativ-ity and Carols, 10:45am

Special Christmas Events

Office hours 9:30-12:30

Answerphone when closedPhone: 029 2061 9211

Fax: 0871 242 3217

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.stmarks-cardiff.org.uk

A470 to

M4 J32

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