Welcome to Wendron Parish
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Wendron Church is sited two miles north of Helston, on the Helston-Redruth road. Its geographical area is one of the largest in Cornwall, including the communities of Burras in the north, Crelly in the west, Carnkie in the east and Trewennack and the road from Trewennack to Gweek in the south. The church was built in approximately 1150, and for most of the 850 years since it has enjoyed very close links with Helston which was originally carved out of its parish.
Mining has been a significant factor of Wendron’s life, and caused a church to be built at Porkellis in the Victoria era (now Porkellis Village Hall). The decline in the mining led to a significant migration to the New World from Wendron parish. Agriculture now pre-dominates: there are some 80 farmhouses in the parish, many of which would originally have had farms of about 50 acres.
Wendron Church News Letter
I would like to begin by thanking everyone for their prayers, cards and good wishes for my recovery following my knee replacement operation. I’m very grateful especially to those who came to visit, and those who provided me with transport when needed. I’m pleased to say that I’ve now been given permission to drive again, and to cast off the dreaded white stockings!
We would like to offer our congratulations to Gillian Bowles, as she is now fully qualified as a Lay Preacher , following the service in Truro Cathedral on 6th.October,and can be seen proudly sporting her blue stole. We look forward to hearing more thought provoking sermons from her in the weeks to come. It has also been good to see Lesley Upperton and Rev Harry Chant in the congregation on occasions. We hope they will soon be fit enough to return on a more regular basis. We miss both the musical input and the contributions from the pulpit!
My first outing to church was for the Harvest Festival. The church was looking lovely as usual, and it was good to see such a variety of gifts which Sue Spencer was able to pass on to The Women’s Refuge. They are always so appreciative of our continued help.
Most of our activities in the near future are taking place after the Messenger goes to print, so a full report will appear in the next issue. All tickets for the Pasty & Pud supper have been sold, and the raffle hamper and turkey are organized. Our thanks to Mary Cowley for this, & to Bevan for making up the Raffle books. Joy has had to alter the date of her party yet again, but I’m sure
that won’t hinder its success. The proceeds of her raffle go to Hospice South West.
We now have a date for Wendron School Autumn Fair. We would be pleased to see as many of you as possible at the school on Saturday 29th November at 2pm to help on the stall and support the general fund raising event.
Our collection for the third quarter charity, World Vision raised £70 As we, unlike Simon and friends, tend not to physically support the Cornwall Historic Churches Trust, we have chosen them as our fourth charity this year. We have reason at Wendron to be grateful to them as they provided a generous grant for our Roof Fund Appeal.
Since I last wrote the situation in this country has changed dramatically. One of the possible consequences of the recession will be a fall in charitable donations. With this in mind I have decided that instead of sending individual cards to my dear friends at Wendron Church I shall write one card to everyone, and replace the cost of cards by a donation in the charity box.
Many thanks to Philip Haywood for alerting us to a wonderful Songs of Praise from Truro Cathedral. We are truly blessed with our Cornish Male Voice Choirs.
We hope to see you at our various Christmas services listed below. My best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
7th.December. 10.30 a.m. Christingle.
20th.December 6.00p.m. Carol service
24th. December 4.00p.m. Crib service
11.30p.m. Christmas Communion.
Vee Green.
The Rectory, Church Lane, HELSTON TR13 8HQ Tel: +44 (0)1326 572 516
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