Saint David Childwall

 

The first day of March is always an important event in the life of our Church; it is, of course, Saint David’s Day. We were fortunate that this year the date fell on a Sunday which afforded us the opportunity to celebrate both in the service and afterward.

The morning Eucharist had a distinctly Welsh theme. The hymns were sung to stirring Welsh tunes and our preacher was the Reverend Canon Geoffrey Davies.  Geoffrey has spent many years ministering in Wales and is well known to a number of Welsh congregations in our city.

Afterward we held a ‘pot luck’ lunch where members of the congregation has contributed items which we pooled together. There was leek and potato soup with rolls for starters followed by the likes of , beef, ham and savouries plus all the trimmings. To finish there was plenty of cake to go round and with suspension of lent for the day most of it was soon gone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who Was St.David?

 

There are lots of stories, some rather fanciful. but of the following we can be sure.

Saint David, or Dewi Sant, as he is known in the Welsh language, is the patron saint of Wales. He was a Celtic monk, abbot and bishop, who lived in the sixth century.

During his life, he was the archbishop of Wales, and he was one of many early saints who helped to spread Christianity among the pagan Celtic tribes of western Britain

Actually, we like to hear the fanciful stuff. If you would like to hear it too then there is a nice children’s story. Just press the arrow to listen.