Auction in Aid of Two Good Causes
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MARIE OWEN of Fishguard writes:
On 13 July, Peppers in Fishguard is hosting a charity auction and meal event, with proceeds going to the Bethel Chapel in Fishguard and the Paul Sartori Hospice in Haverfordwest. It will be a good, fun event with our persuasive auctioneer, the Rev Pat Rogers, who will try to encourage you to bid for a donated gift (or two).
There will also be piano music with Fishguard’s own talented pianist David Pepper, Izqui on the tenor recorder and a male singer called Jimmy Banks who has a beautiful voice.
Tickets, including a two-course meal and a glass of buck’s fizz or a soft drink on arrival, are £30 per person. It will be an entertaining evening to raise funds for two good causes. If you have any dietary requirements, please let me know.
Space is limited, so please order your tickets by emailing me: marieowenthird@gmail.com.
For church-related matters only please contact secretary Mrs Jenny Andrews
It is likely that a church founded in Rhydwilym, Carmarthenshire, in 1668, was where the Baptist faith first placed a foot in West Wales.
Regular baptist meetings were taking place in Llangloffan from 1704 with a church being established in 1745. Welsh Baptist churches such as Hermon in Fishguard were founded in 1776.
In April 1905, 42 members of Hermon led by John H John from Llanychaer had the idea for an English Baptist church in Fishguard. Initially these folks met for worship at the Temperance Hall, West Street, which is now Theatr Gwaun.
In 1906 the congregation began baptising people in the river Gwaun, and the first of these baptisms took place on 6 August 1906 with the Rev JW Morris of Tabor, Dinas Cross.
1905 saw the site for a new church building being bought and in 1906 the Rev D P David, from Mardy, Glamorgan, was called as pastor. It was during his time that the permanent church building was completed, costing £1,750 and seating 380 people
The official opening services of the Bethel Baptist Church were held on Tuesday and Wednesday, 28 and 29 April 1908.
