St Mary's Church Burton
Service Times:
Sundays - 9 am Holy Eucharist
(except 1st and 5th Sundays)
1st Sunday in the month -
11 am Family Service (no Communion)
Mission Hall
5th Sunday in the month - 11 am
Joint Service with Rosemarket Parish

St Mary's Church Burton
Since our last report we have started a new Church Year with our Easter Vestry Meeting taking place in March.
Joan Phillips and Megan Mansfield continue as wardens and the following were elected to be on the Parochial Church Council:- Diane Campbell Treasurer, Maureen Hay Secretary Together with:- Janet Llewellyn, Sue George, Wendy Phillips, Dennis Venables, Joan Palmer, Diane Morris, Jayne Morris, Sheila Davies and Janet Morgan.

If anyone wishes to use the church for weddings or baptisms please would they get in touch with the wardens who can then organise events with the Rural Dean who is still overseeing our parish.

The news of the arrival of our new Rector was regrettably not to last for long as he is now not able to join us owing to ill-health. We still have the services of the Rev Grahame Lloyd which we are grateful for.

During the past months we have held 'Working Bees' on the first Wednesday of the month.
These have proved popular and much work is achieved in a few hours. There is always
something to do so if you can spare an hour to help please come along – it starts about 10.30am.

The schoolchildren, staff and parents came to the Church in May for a morning service conducted by the Rural Dean the Rev'd Dennis Wight. We look forward to seeing the children in church as much as possible.

Contacts:

Rectors Warden: Mrs Joan Phillips 01646 600124
Peoples Warden: Mrs Megan Mansfield 01646 600989

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Service Times:
1st Sunday in the month 0930 am Holy Eucharist
2nd & 3rd Sunday in the month 1030am Holy Eucharist
4th Sunday in the month 1030am Family Service
5th Sunday in the month 11am Mission Hall Bowlings Corner Joint Service with Burton Parish

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Rosemarket Church News

Firstly we would say a big thank you to everyone in the community who has supported our church through the recent fund raising events. In June we distributed letters to all households seeking support for our Annual Gift Day. This event is usually arranged on the Sunday nearest to the birth date of our church patron St. Ismael. This year Gift Day was celebrated with a Choral Concert performed by the Neyland Ladies Choir. All those who attended the concert were treated to a most delightful range of music, and with the mid-summer sunlight glinting in through the stained glass windows, the church provided a most tranquil and serene setting for the choir. Already contributions to the Gift Day appeal have reached more than £600 and this is perhaps a sign of true appreciation from our small community of the value that is placed on our little church that has stood on this site for more than one thousand years.

As we go to print we are now all eagerly looking forward to out Annual Garden Fete, this the focal point of our fund raising activities during the year. The Fete is to be held at 2.00pm pm Saturday, 26 th July 2008 and once again at the Dovecote Field in Rosemarket with the kind permission of Fan, George and Colin Harries. As always there will be our traditional range of stalls including cakes, plants, bottles, bric-a-brac, and books. Food and refreshments will be available for all.

Do please come and enjoy the Fete and particularly view the flower gardens and grounds which have been further developed and enhanced in recent years. Visitors may also look more closely at the recently refurbished dovecote, perhaps even taking time to look inside this interesting building as it is now safe to do so following the excellent and award winning renovation works completed in recent years. Come along also for a friendly and relaxed chat amongst friends and neighbours in this peaceful garden setting. Old friends, new friends and visitors - we would love to see you all and admission is free. Separately we would advise that tickets for our Annual Grand Raffle will also be on sale at the Fete. There are a range of monetary prizes to the total value of £100, and other prizes, all of which have been kindly donated; the prize draw will take place during the afternoon.

Future dates for your diary are as follows. Our Annual Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday 28 th September when there will be a Holy Communion Service at 10.30am in the morning. On Sunday, 9 th November, we will hold our traditional Remembrance Day Service in the church, this also commencing at 10.30am. During this service poppy wreaths will be placed at the foot of the two memorial plaques in the church in memory of the many from within the parish that fought and fell in the two world wars.

Of course we must remind everyone that we are still maintaining our full range of services in the church even though we have now been without a vicar for a year. This is made possible with the kind assistance of visiting vicars, mainly recently retired clergy, together with the able support of our two churchwardens and their assistants. Very regular support has particularly been given to us by Father Graham Lloyd of Haverfordwest and who will be with us for some time until a new vicar is found.

Finally a sincere thanks to everyone for their support; this has been greatly appreciated. Please join with us at the events described above, and also attend our regular services whenever you want – the times are published on the church notice board. Now please all enjoy the remainder of summer, and hopefully the weather will be kind to you all, both here in Rosemarket or to wherever you might travel on holiday.

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For more details please contact Mrs. Hilda Jones
on 01646 601193

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