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ST Deiniol's church is extraordinarily beautiful and it would be a tragedy to lose it, so the people of Worthenbury should be grateful that it is used for weddings.

If they were regular church-goers they would know that every parish is struggling for money and extra services provide an important source of funding.

Take away the weddings, christenings and funerals and you may take away the soul of the village - no vicar, a locked and derelict church, an overgrown and abandoned churchyard.

Perhaps the whingers should also reflect, as I'm sure the sensible Reverend Copping did, on Christ's first miracle.

The wedding at Cana was certainly not an abstemious affair, and Christ himself saw to that; when the drink ran out at the reception he turned an inordinate amount of water into wine. Given that each stone jar held between 20 and 30 gallons, there must have been a few sore heads in Galilee the next day.

In comparison the wedding at Worthenbury seems to have been quite a sober event.

Jeffrey Olstead Hafotty, Llansilin, Powys limit words. give your and Letters and are . Please limit letters to 150 words. Don't forget to give your name, address and telephone number.

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