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Cymdeithas Aberaeron

THE Aberaeron Society will be marking two important bicentenaries in the history of Aberaeron and the surrounding area with an exhibition in Tabernacl Chapel vestry.

‘Hwylio i Diroedd Newydd – Sailing to New Lands’ commemorates the emigration of several families from the area to America and celebrates the continued links with those they left behind. They set sail from Aberaeron to Liverpool where they joined a larger ship bound for Baltimore, from where they trekked overland to Ohio, where many settled.

Around the same time Missionaries from Neuaddlwyd Chapel set sail for Madagascar where the church they founded still thrives. The exhibition also includes a commemoration of their endeavours and legacy.

All are welcome, the exhibition is free and will be open from 11am to 4pm every day except Sundays from Tuesday, 12 June to Saturday, the 7 July

Tabernacl

Cynhelir y bore coffi misol ar fore Iau, 7 Mehefin yn y festri o 10.30yb ymlaen.

Croeso i bawb.

Cynhelir yr oedfa y Sul nesaf, 10 Mehefin am 10yb gyda Huw Roderick yn gwasanaethu.

Bydd taith y capel eleni ar ddydd Sul, 17 Mehefin pan fyddwn yn teithio i ardaloedd Dinefwr a’r Alltwen.

Ceir manylion pellach oddi wrth Owenna James a Glyn Powell.

Catholic Services

There will be a Mass on Sunday, 10 June at the Holy Cross Catholic Church, at 12.30pm.

Church Services

Sunday 10 June:

Aberaeron, Holy Trinity: 8.45am Cymun Bendigaid; 11am Morning Worship and Sunday School, followed by refreshments.

For more information see church website – www.aberaeronparish.org.uk or call 01545 570433.

Henfynyw, St David: 9.45am Morning Prayer (Bilingual service).

Llanddewi Aberarth, St David: 2pm Holy Communion (Bilingual service).

Llanbadarn Trefeglwys (Pennant), St Padarn: No service.

Christian Aid collection

The amount recently collected by members of Henfynyw Church was £395.14. Many thanks to all who contributed.

Bridge Club

WINNERS were: Dylan Raw-Rees and Dai Hayes. George Kinchington and Gwenda Davies were second and Gill Howells and John Valentine third.

Dylan, declarer in 6 No Trumps on Board 4, carried out an excellent ‘squeeze’ on West and was the only one to make 12 tricks.

Aberaeron Bridge Club meets in the Royal British Legion Hall each Thursday at 6.45pm – newcomers are eagerly welcomed.

Afternoon tuition for beginners continues at 1pm on Wednesdays.

In the improvers section, we will be looking this week at the ins and outs of the Five Card Majors system.

Please come along if you want to learn to play this exciting and mentally stimulating ‘mind sport’.

For further information on tuition on Wednesdays or playing on Thursdays, please phone the club secretary on 01239 811718.

Church meeting

DELEGATES from across Wales meet this week (6-9 June) in Aberaeron at the Annual Meetings of the Union of Independent Churches, representing nonconformist Christians who meet in 400 chapels.

Also present will be 30 visitors from Madagascar, as part of the 200th celebration of the Welsh mission to that country in 1818.

Three young Welshmen accomplished the incredible task of learning the oral Malagasy language, devising a written form, and then translating the Bible.

In Madagascar, they are recognised as ‘the fathers of the nation.’

About 140 local people will recount the story in a dramatic presentation on Friday evening, and on Saturday the celebration service at a chapel in Aberaeron will be webcast live by the Union’s filming unit, so that congregations in Madagascar can view and hear the event.

A year-long appeal will be launched to raise substantial funds for projects in Madagascar, visited by Robin Samuel and Rhodri Darcy, two of the Union’s staff, last year.

Rev Geraint Tudur retires in September after 12 years as the Union’s General Secretary. Rev Dyfrig Rees has been elected to succeed him.

Two Notices of Motions will be debated on Thursday.

i) Call to teach more Welsh history in schools and colleges and the contribution of Welsh people internationally;

ii) Call on shops to expand the range of goods they sell with the Fairtrade Foundation logo.

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