Community church reborn.Byline: Clare Hutchinson A CITY church is looking to the future thanks to an pounds 80,000 facelift. The congregation at St Philip's Church in Wales The Church in Wales (Welsh: Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is a member Church of the Anglican Communion, consisting of six dioceses in Wales. , Tremorfa, had dwindled to single figures and sermons were regularly interrupted by its leaky roof. But instead of letting the 40-year-old Cardiff building close down, the parish gathered around to bring it back from the brink Back from the Brink can refer to:
Reverend Bill Capper, 57, from nearby St Mark's St Mark's may refer to:
He was helped by private donations, funding from the Diocese of Llandaff The Diocese of Llandaff is an Anglican diocese of the Church in Wales. Extent The diocese is headed by the Bishop of Llandaff, whose seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the village of Llandaff, to the north-west of the City of Cardiff. and fundraising by community groups. Linda Cole is Brown Owl The brown owl is the Tawny Owl. In the Harry Potter stories (which are set and written in Britain), J. K. Rowling says repeatedly in error that the brown owl is a distinct species from the Tawny Owl. at the nearby 26th Cardiff St Philip's Brownies unit. Her 18 Brownies raised pounds 120 towards the church by hopping, skipping and jumping 26 times around their hall at Tremorfa Community Centre. The girls also planted a flowerbed for the newly spruced-up church. An official ceremony will take place at 3pm tomorrow when Assistant Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop David Wilbourne, will re-dedicate the church. The redevelopment includes a new roof, complete with roof lights and a chandelier, new plastering and paintwork paintwork Noun the covering of paint on parts of a vehicle, building, etc.: someone had damaged the Porsche by scraping a key along its paintwork paintwork n → and a replacement altar. The main hall has been designed to be quickly re arranged so that community groups can benefit from the space it offers, along with a second smaller room, a kitchen and disabled toilet. Mr Capper said: "What is unique about this project is the role of a larger church like St Mark's in the renovation of a smaller sister church. "If you like, it is under St Mark's care until it can learn to stand on its own two feet. "It is wonderful to have so many people in the parish coming forward to help. "It was and is a much-loved church and I know its congregation are thrilled with its new look." He added the building would be re-named St Philip's Community Church to reflect the help it received. To mark this shift in focus, Mr Capper has started a new parent and child after-school club on a Tuesday. Messy Church encourages families to get together for arts and craft activities and storytelling. A pre-school club called Little Friends also takes place on a Wednesday morning and the church will hold a holiday club in October half term from Monday, October 26, to Thursday, October 29. Mr Capper added: "The old church had chronic problems with the roof and it caused quite a lot of damage. "Now we are open we hope a lot of people from the community will come in and have a look and get involved. "We can't thank everyone enough for the help they gave us in restoring the church." CAPTION(S): Reverend Bill Capper led the renovation of St Philip's Church in Wales, Tremorfa, pictured right, and even helped out with the painting |
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