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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-
sic, games, craft, quizzes,
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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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
Page 5Christmas 2007
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