St Davids Cathedral
St David’s Cathedral is the mother church of the diocese of St Davids and an iconic reminder of the Christian heritage of the whole nation of Wales.
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Advent
Advent means ‘coming’ and is the special four-week period leading up to Christmas. It is a time to prepare for the celebration of Jesus’s birth but also for his coming in glory at the end of time.
Bishop
‘Bishop’ comes from the Greek word for ‘overseer’. So a bishop is a senior Christian minister authorised to have oversight for God’s people. As well as duties given to deacons and priests, bishops confirm and ordain.
Diocese
‘Diocese’ refers to the geographical territory in which a bishop exercises oversight. The Church in Wales is divided into six dioceses each with its own cathedral in which is housed the cathedra (the bishop’s ‘chair’ or ‘throne’).
Evangelism
‘Evangelion’ means ‘good news’. Evangelism is about sharing the good news of Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection in the hope that others may come to believe in and follow Jesus.
Pruning for Growth
Pruning for Growth is a new diocesan strategy which, over the next two years, will seek to make a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of every church in the Diocese of St Davids.
The strategy was unveiled at an Extraordinary Diocesan Conference held on Saturday July 6th.
The strategy consists of three phases. The first, to be completed by the end of the year, is a fact-finding exercise to establish an up-to-date snapshot of each church, based on an eight-point matrix that will identify churches that are flourishing, growing, declining or dying.
O Come Let Us Adore Him
The Church in Wales has launched a new Advent course for 2024.
O Come Let Us Adore Him is designed to strengthen our faith throughout the festive period, from Advent 1 through to Epiphany It consists of an introduction by the Archbishop of Wales followed by six full sessions, each led by one of the diocesan Bishops.
People can complete this course by themselves or in small groups and communities. Each session begins with a video, which includes the Bishop discussing a passage of scripture, two lay people talking about how the themes of the passage relate to their own lives, and discussion questions for you to take forward in your study together.
In addition to the video, each section is backed up by resources available from the Church in Wales website where you will also find details of each session : https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/evangelism/o-come-let-us-adore-him-advent-course-2024/
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History of the Diocese of St Davids
Celtic saints and Welsh princes, mediaeval bishops and Victorian legislators, Reformation scholars and Puritan divines, ascetic monks and Georgian parsons – all have left their mark on its diverse spiritual landscape.
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