Issue

Spring / Summer 2019 Swindon HRYM

HOLY HOUR / ADORATION

Holy Hours continue on a regular

basis—see the Planner for dates,

or look out for the notice in the

Church Weekly Bulletin. If you

wish to get involved in the plan-

ning and running of these events,

do drop the Team an email.

Confirmation 2019 enrolment is

complete and the programme

kicked off in March with two

Taster Sessions and a Parents’

meeting. Weekly sessions be-

gan after Easter—see the calen-

dar on the Noticeboard, or the

Website for important dates.

1,000 Tin Can Challenge

At the beginning of December we managed, as a result

of the generosity of Holy Rood Parishioners, to donate

well over a thousand tins of food to three local charities:

the Filling Station, Night Shelter and Swindon Food Col-

lective. Thank you to everyone who helped make this

possible.

The Nativity Crib

HRYM Team were responsi-

ble for the Nativity Crib at

Christmas—we were very

pleased with the result!

Special thanks to Clancio and

Mclan for their help with the

planning and the construc-

tion (and the taking down

again!)

Carol Singing at Morrisons

Some of the Team joined in for the carol singing just

before Christmas—this was a really worthwhile thing to

do, and plenty of shoppers took time to stop and lis-

ten—some even joined in!

Born for This

On Friday 12th April Born for This was put on by actors,

singers and musicians. The church was full and the

‘performance’ was well received. See inside for photos!

Holy Rood Youth Ministry Team (HRYM) 2 Groundwell Road Swindon SN1 2LU 01793 522062—Church contact number 07585227725—HRYM contact number swindon.holyrood@cliftondiocese.com—Parish email hrym.swindon@cliftondiocese.com—HRYM email holyroodswindon.co.uk—Parish website cliftondiocese.com—Diocesan website

We are a joyful, Spirit filled community. Through our love of God and faith in Jesus,

we come together: to worship,

to grow in faith, to serve and to give

within and beyond our church. We are disciples who go out in peace to

spread the Good News and we have a future full of hope

Youth Ministry at Holy Rood aims to support young people in getting to know God better - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - so that they can live life to the full and become equipped to share that life and the joy of the Gospel with others …… starting from wherever they are in their own life just now.

Meet the Core Team—Marguerite Holliday I'm married to Eric and we have lived in Swindon and been Holy Rood Parishioners for 20 years now! Our three grown up children attended the local Catholic schools and are now working/ studying away from home. My professional background is in Clinical Psychology and I worked in the field of Adult Mental Health for many years. Within the parish I am in-volved with Music & Liturgy as well as Youth Ministry. I'm chair of governors at Holy Cross school and I am involved in the local Marriage Preparation and Relationship Counselling Service. I've also been involved with drafting our parish Vision and I believe that, young and old alike, we all have potential to grow closer to God; and we all have something to offer by way of service. My experience is that the more we use our gifts within and beyond the par-ish, the more our faith grows and the more we are fed by the church ....

Holy Rood Youth Ministry Team consists of a Core Team of 9 mem-bers and a group of more than 20 helpers. We always have room for more, so if you fancy joining us, send a text or an email and some-one will get back to you. Thank you!

The Confirmation Calendar can be found on the Church Noticeboard and the current Planner can be found in the HRYM leaflet dispenser in the foyer.

Summer Camps / Youth Events Fanning the Flame Summer Camp in the New Forest—19—23rd August 2019.—for more information contact the team. Living Your Faith Diocesan Summer Camp— ages 7+ - for more information visit the Clifton Diocese Website Rise Theatre Summer School—ages 13-18 years, 15-18th August, St Cassian’s Centre, Kintbury. For more infor-mation and booking, visit their website, risetheatre.co.uk Diocesan Family Day—Saturday 6th July. Young helpers needed for stewarding, introducing speakers and gen-erally being the face of the Diocese. If interested, there is a training day on June 15th in Bristol. Please speak to the team if you are interested. This is for Young People aged 15+.

Photograph Gallery Flame 2019

A coach full of Young People and Leaders left Swindon at 8.15am on the morning of Saturday March 2nd, bound for Wembley Arena and Flame 2019. After a comfortable and straight forward journey, we arrived and made our way to the Arena—dodging the football crowds on our way! The day was a great experience—a mixture of great, lively music and in-spirational speakers. The theme for the conference was Significance, and we were reminded that each one of us is made in the image of God, and that He has a plan for our life—things that only we can do and nobody else. Every one of us in Significant! Here are some of the reflections made by those who were there:

Baby Othanial’s Baptism

Congratulations! We extend our congratulations to two of our Team members, Theola and Sherline, on the birth of their babies. Let’s thank God for these gifts of new life, and pray for God’s continued blessings on these new families.

Born for This Friday April Rehearsals all day, then performing to a full church that evening!

“Given the fact it was my first time for such a big event I thought it'd be all a mess with such a huge crowd but well it was well organised. The music was really good as well specially "Here I am to worship" ; I think the energy at the arena was simply spectacular. But when I say this I know I'm speaking for a big group of people, the speaker Robert Madu touched a lot of people with his words; he used his humour to captivate the audience and so spread the much needed message among the youth i.e do not compare ourselves with others and keep our focus on Jesus. For someone at Flame for the first time, it sure is an experience you'd never forget. “ “Flame 2019 was my first time and I must say that it was more then I expected. Seeing so many youths was really inspiring. Loved the porch area nowhere there were different activi-ties to do. “

Synergy Sports at FreeDog

Flame is organised by CYMFed—all the talks from the day are available to be listened to on their website—cymfed.org.uk