St John the Baptist Church, Danescourt

23/08/2023

What a great night at The Garth Ministry Area's Website launch in Creigiau Church Hall last night.
Thank you to everyone who came to see the work that has gone into our new home online by the Digital Communications Team.
Why not give us a visit and see for yourself: https://garthma.wales/our-churches-and-halls/st-johns-church-danescourt/

02/10/2022

We celebrated Harvest today . Thank you to everyone who helped decorate the Church and brought gifts for the Food Bank .It looked wonderful !

22/07/2022

Looking forward to the licencing service at Christ Church, Radyr on Sunday evening (1800 on 24 July) where Bishop June will install Rev'd Ian Yemm and Rev'd Sandra Birdsall in the Garth Ministry Area.
Join us to welcome our new clergy to the area and for some light refreshments in the New School Rooms afterwards.

24/06/2022

Our church family are deeply saddened to hear of the tragic death of 13 year old A***n Ghoniya and extend our sincere condolences to A***n’s family and friends, as well as to staff and pupils at Radyr Comprehensive School and Danescourt Primary school. We will be remembering A***n in our prayers at services over the weekend.

Both Christ Church, on Heol Isaf in Radyr, and St John’s Church, on Rachel Close in Danescourt, will be open for private prayer from approximately 09.00 until 16.00 on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th June and anyone is welcome to use the church during that time for quiet reflection or prayer.

The ministry team can be contacted on 077 9109 7435 (Rev’d Steve Willson) or 077 3424 8869 (Rev’d Belinda Huxtable).

27/04/2022

The Garth Ministry area looks forward to welcoming two new clergy.
Bishop June has announced the appointment of Rev'd Ian Yemm to serve Radyr & Morganstown and Danescourt (including St John's Danescourt). Rev'd Sandra Birdsall will serve communities of St Fagans, Tongwynlais and Taffs Well.
https://radyr.org.uk/parish/new-clergy-appointed-to-the-garth-ministry-area/

Diocese of Llandaff

22/06/2021

Coronavirus update. We are delighted to say that, with effect from Sunday, 30th May, our churches are open for public worship including baptisms, weddings and funerals (with some restrictions on numbers).

Services will now be held at the usual times

St John’s: Sunday at 09:15 & 18:00, and Thursday at 11:00.

FORMAT OF SERVICES

Our services are still governed by Coronavirus regulations. Our buildings have been reorganised internally to ensure Social Distancing but we hope we can accommodate everyone. We are following strict Church in Wales hygiene and distancing guidelines to ensure the safety of every worshipper. On arrival at church you will be asked to register your attendance (for tracing if necessary) and sanitise your hands. Please use the QR Code if you have the App on your phone. You will be seated by our welcome team who will ensure you sit at least 2 metres from others.

The sacrament of Holy Communion will be shared in one kind only (bread); this will be distributed where you are seated to keep contact to an absolute minimum. We are unable to sing hymns but there will be music at some services. We will be ringing the bells when we can. Please follow the stewards instructions and please do not congregate just outside the church at the end of the services.

FACE COVERINGS – all 11 and over congregation members must wear a face covering at all church services within the building at all times.

20/01/2021

Public Worship at the churches of the Parish of Radyr is currently suspended until further notice.
Funeral and weddings will be conducted whilst it is possible to do so.

We all recognise that over this past year we have learned to communicate with each other and worship together in new ways. Consequently, until further notice our worship will take the following pattern:

Sunday morning: One service on Zoom at 10:30am. Normally, this will be a Eucharist service but other formats will be interspersed such as a ‘Songs of Praise’.

Sunday evening. There will be a recorded service available from 6:00pm, but once a month there will be a live Facebook service (time to be announced)

The Radyr Sunday club (via Zoom) will continue as normal. (Children of all ages are welcome to join this group)

To be added to the mailing list to receive the weekly notices and invites to the Zoom services please email [email protected]

01/01/2021

Due to the recent raising of the COVID alert to level 4 across Wales the number of services across the Parish of Radyr has been reconsidered. Until further notice, there will only be one Sunday and one mid-week service held in-person within the Parish.

There will now only be an 11.00 in-person service at Christ Church each Sunday morning.
The only mid-week service will be held at St John's Church, Danescourt on a Thursday at 11.00

We will continue to follow strict Church in Wales hygiene and social distancing guidelines to ensure the safety of every worshipper.
Face coverings must be worn by all worshippers over the age of 11 (who are not exempt) at all times within the church buildings.

29/10/2020

St John's, as a building, is currently closed due to the Firebreak lockdown rules across Wales. Our worship pattern continues online. Visit our parish website for more details:
https://radyr.org.uk/parish/

10/09/2020

On 19 July, our churches re-opened for public worship including baptisms, weddings and funerals.

Services will be held at the usual times:
Christ Church: Sunday at 08:00, 11:00 & 18:00, and Wednesday at 09:30.
St John’s: Sunday at 09:15 and Thursday at 11:00.

OUR “NEW NORMAL” SUNDAY SERVICES
Our services will feel different – our buildings have been reorganised internally to ensure Social Distancing but we hope we can accommodate everyone. We will be following strict Church in Wales hygiene and distancing guidelines to ensure the safety of every worshipper. On arrival at church you will be asked to register your attendance (for tracing if necessary) and sanitise your hands. You will be seated by our welcome team who will ensure you sit at least 2 metres from others.

The sacrament of Holy Communion will be shared in one kind only (bread); this will be distributed where you are seated to keep contact to an absolute minimum.

We will continue to provide worship on-line for those who are shielding, self-isolating or vulnerable.

17/03/2020

In accordance with the latest guidance from the Bench of Bishops in Wales, all church services and gatherings for public worship are no longer taking place. This includes our regular Sunday services and weekday services.

We are awaiting further information from the government, which will help us all to measure and reflect upon the gravity and potential duration of this cessation. However, given the information we have available to us at present, the ceasing of public worship and gathering is the prudent course of action.

In accordance with the latest guidance from the Bench of Bishops in Wales, all church services and gatherings for public worship are no longer taking place. This includes our regular Sunday services and weekday services.

14/03/2020

As the Coronavirus situation develops in Wales, so does it parish response. Read the latest statement by the Churchwardens.

In recent days, we have all viewed the escalating coronavirus outbreak with growing alarm .We have read our Governments advice about washing our hands and being sensible if we are unwell as we enter the delay phase of our country’s response.