St. David's Church

Bath Street

ABERYSTWYTH  

 

 


Wednesday, April 17th 2024

Elder of the month for April

Margaret Worrall

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   CHURCH SERVICES

 

 SUNDAY April 21st 2024     

    Morning Service 10.30 am

 

led by

Rev. Eifion Roberts

Organist: J.Aeron Williams, LLCM

Hymns:

 

 

READINGS:         

 Readers: 

The service will be streamed for those unable to attend church.

Link: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86924468770?pwd=a0ZQaForOXZFeGxVc2ZjaHVnd1VMZz09 

 

Meeting ID: 869 2446 8770 

Passcode: SY232NN 

 

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A Warm Welcome 

  

The Morlan Centre will be open every Wednesday from  April 10th. 11 am to 2 pm, Everyone is welcome to share a warm place and a chat. Hot drinks, soup and light refreshment provided by members of  Capel y Morfa and St. David's Church, Bath Street.

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MAGAZINE   

 

POEM

Lines Written in Early Spring


I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.

To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.

Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And ’tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.

The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:—
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.

The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.

If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature’s holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?
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A great spotted woodpecker in the sun yesterday at Marsh's Pool, in the hills above Llangurig.

Yvonne

 

 

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At Ynys Hir RSPB reserve yesterday, this little robin was perched on a sign, pointing the way to the hide. The highlight of the day was a sighting of a  kingfisher but I'm afraid it was far too fast for me and my camera.Yvonne

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are the berries of black bryony, looking like a garland of bright red jewels. The raised ground behind the fence is a stretch of Offa's Dyke, just outside Montgomery. Yvonne

 

 

Two photos of redwings. The one in the hawthorn tree against the stormy sky was taken in the Wye valley today. The one on the table is the bird in its summer quarters, in Reykjavik botanic gardens, finishing some crumbs of apple cake. 

Redwings breed and spend the summer in Scandinavia and Iceland and in winter they come to the UK where they like to feed on berries and fruit. They get their name from the red colouring under their wings. Yvonne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a new wildlife photo - a female eider duck and duckling at Akureyri harbour. Yvonne 

 

 

so here is a photo of a Silver Y moth, seen on Saturday in a field of clover. They are so called because of the silver 'Y' mark on their backs. Apparently they are very widespread throughout Britain in the summer and around November time they fly back to southern Europe for the winter. Yvonne

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