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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’).

Episcopal

‘Episcopal’ refers to the role or ministry of a bishop. So an episcopal church is one in which oversight is entrusted to a bishop. Like many others, the Church in Wales is an episcopal church.

Eucharist

‘Eucharist’ comes from the Greek word for ‘thanksgiving’. At the Eucharist the Church remembers Jesus’ last supper where he gave bread and wine to be his body and blood, a sign of his saving love. See also Holy Communion.

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.

Holy Communion

At Holy Communion blessed bread and wine is shared, by which we receive the body and blood of Jesus Christ. The congregation gives thanks for Jesus’ life, his death and resurrection and his continuing presence. See also Eucharist.

Prayer

Prayer sustains our human relationship with God and may involve words (formal or informal) or be silent. Prayer can involve adoration (‘I love you’), confession (‘sorry’), thanksgiving and supplication (‘please’).

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Diocesan Conference

The 2025 conference will be held on Saturday October 4th. at Ysgol Penrhyn Dewi, St Davids.

Details of the agenda and business will be published here as soon as they are available.

Elections will be held for the following at the conference:

Diocesan Conference Standing Committee (I Cleric, 3 Lay) for 3 years
Diocesan Parsonage Board (1 Cleric, 1 Lay)
Diocesan Churches and Pastoral Committee (1 Lay) for 6 years
Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility (3 Reps Cleric or Lay) for 3 years
Diocesan Board of Nomination (1 Lay person per Archdeaconry, up to 2 clerics for 3 years
College of Episcopal Electors (6 Cleric and 6 Lay from across the whole Diocese) for 3 years
Disciplinary Tribunal of the Church in Wales (1 cleric) for 5 years

Dewi's Family

The 2024 Conference took place on Saturday October 5th at the Halliwell Centre, University of Wales Trinity St David, Carmarthen

Emergency Motion

Whilst the Diocese of St Davids is grateful for the support it receives from the Representative Body [of the Church in Wales] and in the light of the strength of their financial position, as evidenced in their 2023 accounts, and the ever-increasing financial pressures upon Ministry Areas and churches, the Diocese of St Davids requests that the Representative Body actively increases its financial support to the front-line ministry in each diocese in the Province.

The Diocesan Conference instructs the Diocesan Standing Committee to prepare a suitably worded motion to be presented to the Governing Body.

Proposer: Ven. Mones Farah

Seconder: Revd Matthew Webster

Carried with 5 Abstentions

Elections -Governing Body

ARCHDEACONRY OF CARDIGAN

Clerical: Revd Melanie Prince (unopposed)

Lay: Hannah Williamson

ARCHDEACONRY OF CARMARTHEN

Lay: Tim Llewelyn, Nigel Evans

ARCHDEACONRY OF ST DAVIDS

Clerical: Revd Robert Moore

Bishop Dorrien's 2024 Presidential Address