Griffithstown Congregational
Church
If Anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
Worship every Sunday at 11am.
Everyone welcome .
Announcements
On the 11th of December we lost a much loved and longstanding member.
Moira Watt joined the membership when she married Emrys and settled in Griffithstown. Moira was much loved by all who knew her and her kindness and concern for others knew no limits. Emrys, David, Helen and their families remain in our prayers as they come to terms with life without her but knowing that she is safe with the Lord.
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Our spring meal was held on Friday 20th May. We enjoyed a roast lamb dinner from Village Bakery and Delicatessen, which was delicious, and enjoyed and evening of fellowship.
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9th February 2017
We had a beautiful service today to say good bye to a very special friend and teacher.Dot was a good friend to us all; and a special Auntie Dot to all the girls and boys who've passed through Sunday School over the last 40+ years. She was compassionate, knowledgable, funny and an inspiration. We will miss you.
Dorothy Organ 1940-2017
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CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN AND DIANA COX WHO CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON SATURDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2016.
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A poem written and recited by Mrs Corinne Jones at Anniversary service May 22nd 2016.
Griffithstown Congregational Church Anniversary
One hundred and thirty one years
Of:
Laughter and tears, new frontiers, good works, kind faces and fine volunteers.
Of:
Worship and praise, friendship that stays
Sunday school teachers with benevolent gaze
Of:
A choir full of fun and notes which are right (we hope)
Sunday school performers who don't get stage fright
Bible study meetings and gatherings for prayers
Community group uses both up and downstairs
Of:
Christenings, weddings and suppers and table top sales
All combining to form in various details
Across roads and streets, mountains and vales
Our favourite church in all of South Wales.
Corinne Jones 2016.
Miss Muriel Briggs passed away on 15 August 2015 having attended this Church for almost her entire life. She attended Sunday School as a child and became a member at the age of 14 years. She left the area when she went to college and trained as a pharmacist. She was pharmacist in Chalmers chemist in Griffithstown for many years.
Miss Briggs had many interests including natural history, travel and art and was a longstanding and active member in the Girl Guide movement.
She was a Deacon and the most senior member of this Church and died shortly before her 98th birthday. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her but we take comfort that she is now safe with the Lord.
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. The only way to the Father is through me" John 14:6.
Church Treasurer retires after 53 years of service to the church.
Sunday 22nd February 2015
A presentation was made today to Emrys Watt in thanks giving for 53 years of service as treasurer to the Church. Emrys was presented with an engraved tankard on behalf of fellow members of the Church by Malcolm Smith. Emrys has been a member of the Church for 81 years and continues to play the organ for most services. Photo shows Emrys with his wife Moira, son David and daughter Helen. It was a lovely service conducted by Chris Parker Jones with contributions from Terry Jones and the MaD Choir.
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Pontypool woman a church member for 80 years
3:10pm Wednesday 10th August 2011
A GRIFFITHSTOWN woman has spent 80 years attending the same church.
When Muriel Briggs, now 94, was young she would walk down the street to Griffithstown Congregational Church with her parents.
Parishioners marked 80 years to the day Ms Briggs became a member last Sunday.
And no-one was more surprised by the milestone than Ms Briggs herself.
"I am overwhelmed, that’s the way to put it," the retired pharmacist said. "I didn’t even know those records still existed."
Born in 1917, Ms Briggs first attended as a toddler before then-minister Thomas Jones made her a member in 1931 aged 14. John and Winifred Briggs took their only daughter to the Sunday morning and evening service.
Still at the St Hilda’s Road house where she grew up, Ms Briggs still prefers walking to church over using her mobility scooter.
A deacon since 1950 and now assistant treasurer, she has also been a Sunday school teacher, a dedicated Bible studies group member and Women’s Guild president in her time.
Alongside this she also enjoyed a career with pharmacy chain Chalmers, which became Lloyds, working in stores including Pontypool, Chepstow and Usk before retiring aged 60.
Fellow members presented Ms Briggs with a certificate and flowers at a celebratory tea.
Minister Keith Lamb said: "I think it’s quite a singular achievement today for a person to be 80 years with one church."
Ms Briggs, who has no children and has never married, said the town around her has changed a lot since she started church but her faith has remained strong throughout.
Taken from The South Wales Argus http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/9187755.Pontypool_woman_a_church_member_for_80_years/?ref=rss
