Dean Atkins

27/05/2023

CONNECT! This week’s newsletter from the churches of South Cardiff Ministry Area is packed with pilgrimage, overflows with OMG, and filled with ‘Abundant Kindness’ and so much more! Read on…!

During Refugee Week, you can enjoy a free lunch at St Mary’s and get to grips with justice! Read on to discover more about our first ever Justice Cafe! As the Easter Season comes to an end on Sunday with the Feast of Pentecost, the beginning of Lent seems so far back! Then we hadContinue reading “Justice Cafe”

Shaped by the love of God

Saturday 27 May, 2023 | Seventh Week of Easter |Readings: Acts 28:16-20,30-31; Psalm 10(11):4-5,7; John 21:20-25 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) In 2022, Penguin Publishers asked their readers to tell them about their favourite classic books, and they created a list of 100 must read classics featuringContinue reading “Shaped by the love of God”

Coracles and Creation

During Churches Unlocked (June 3-10) we’ll be celebrating the Celtic Saints, including St Columba whose memory is alive in Splott in statue and stained glass. They have much to teach and inspire us! Here’s a little taster as we explore the Columba connection in Splott! Here, he stands in a coracle, looking out to seaContinue reading “Coracles and Creation”

Shaped by the love of God

Friday 25 May, 2023 | Seventh Week of Easter |Readings: Acts 22:30,23:6-11; Psalm 15(16):1-2,5,7-11; John 17:20-26 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) In Dylan Thomas’s play for voices, Under Milk Wood, we are given a glimpse into the lives of the residents of Llareggub, beginning when it isContinue reading “Shaped by the love of God”

Food for Life

Our first OMG! event for young people took place on Sunday evening, and we’re already looking forward to the next one! Some started to arrive before the pizza did, but the sun was shining so we spilled outdoors where a fire was already kindled – but that was for dessert, toasted marshmallows squidged and squeezedContinue reading “Food for Life”

20/05/2023

CONNECT! This week’s newsletter from the churches of South Cardiff Ministry Area is packed with pilgrimage, overflows with OMG, and filled with ‘Abundant Kindness’ and so much more! Read on…!

Abundant Kindness

In the last year, Cardiff Foodbank distributed 52% more food parcels than the previous year. This morning, some of our congregation went on a little shopping trip! It’s early on a sunny May morning, and we’re off to the supermarket, cash in hand. Yes, we’ve got money to spend! It’s not our money, and we’reContinue reading “Abundant Kindness”

No more questions

Friday 19 May, 2023 | Sixth Week of Easter |Readings: Acts 18:9-18; Psalm 46(47):2-7; John 16:20-23 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) C.S Lewis, the renowned author of the The Chronicles of Narnia, also wrote many Christian books for adults, including the book, A Grief Observed which wasContinue reading “No more questions”

Faith seeking understanding

Wednesday 17 May, 2023 | Sixth Week of Easter |Readings: Acts 17:15,22-18:1; Psalm 148:1-2,11-14; John 16:12-15 (You can find these in full on the Universalis website – Click here) “When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside youContinue reading “Faith seeking understanding”