Sat, June 29th, 2024
Open Churches Weekend
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The Friends took part in Open Churches Weekend 29th/30th June.
The five churches in the Ministry Area were open at various times for visitors.
On Saturday 29th June the church was open from 10am till 4pm. Between 10.30am and 1pm there will be opportunity to learn about “Gardeners and Gravestones”. Chris Riley, Chair of the Friends, provided some background to the history of the churchyard and its significance to the town, including an account of some the the people buried there. He described how the memorials illustrate the history of Penarth. The talk was followed by a guided tour of the churchyard.
There was also a chance to look at the baptism, marriage and burial records of the church, going back to the early 19th century. Members of The Friends were on hand to help. The online database crated by Atlantic Geomatics was available to search.
Members of the Churchyard Maintenance Team were there to talk about their work in the churchyard.
From 3pm to 4pm, members of the bellringing team will be on hand to demonstrate ringing and talk to you about it.
On Sunday, 30th June, following the usual Sung Eucharist at 10.45 lasting about an hour there was an organ concert by Robert Court.
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