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Newsletter
No1.
Autumn 2005
We are aware how important updates on a project can be so we are pleased
in this first report to give details of fundraising events organised
by the committee
FUNDRAISING
We have held four successful fundraising events to date.
1 .A “Bring and Buy” coffee morning at Mr and Mrs Cox’s
home on the 24th March.
2. A concert in Ebenezer Sunday School on April 21st. with the Garndiffaith
Gleemen, guest artist Karen Middle. Everyone had a very enjoyable evening
with a first class selection of music.
3 .Our next event was the 17th of June a ” Horse Racing Evening
“ held at Cwmffrwdoer Soccer Club,
Although numbers were not as high as we hoped, a good time was had by
all. A successful event which raised our funds.
Many thanks to our sponsors local businesses who supported the evening.
Sponsorship
| Balloons &
Bouquets |
£25.00 |
|
Wesley Funeral Home |
£25.00 |
| Stagecoach
|
£25.00 |
| Marshall &
Hicks |
£25.00 |
| E.J.Metcalfe
Ltd |
£25.00 |
| Ty Shon Jacob
Farm |
£25.00 |
| Pontypool
Excavation & Demolition |
£25.00 |
| Qualmech Ltd |
£25.00 |
4 .The last fundraising event on 6th of July. was a “Plant /
Cake Afternoon Tea Party” held at Mr & Mrs Cox’s house.
A large number attended filling the Garden and house buying plants,
cakes, books etc, a very successful event.
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK
National Volunteer Week 1st ---7th June saw members and volunteers clearing
undergrowth, in the churchyard and ivy from the churchyard wall, together
with small trees which had taken root (No more elder flower to add to
the wine) . Donations and a start up grant enabled us to purchase the
tools required.
CHURCHYARD
We are pleased to say work has began on the churchyard after an Ecological
survey by Gwent Wildlife Trust. Recommendations were made on the management
of the site to encourage wildlife, Voles, Green Woodpeckers and slow
worms being some of the species found, together with plants and insects.
Following their recommendations contractors employed to cut back the
very dense undergrowth could only be used when bird nesting had finished.
Some scrub had to be left to encourage small nesting birds and hedgehogs.
Japanese knotweed presents a problem which will require constant spraying
to eradicate.
Nevertheless a start has been made on the South end of the graveyard
which has now been cleared allowing relatives to visit their loved ones
graves.
WEBSITE
A lady in America
saw our church web site while surfing the net and has made enquires
about relations buried in Ebenezer.
HISTORICAL
We received a visit
from a descendent of the Rev Ebenezer Jones 1795-1829 she was thrilled
to find the church still worshipping and made a donation to the churchyard
fund.
We sent some information on to her about her ancestor (Edmond Jones
prophesized the minister following him would be called Ebenezer hence
the name of the church)
She thanked us for the information and sent an article she had on the
chapel in welsh published early in this century. We were fortunate to
have the assistance of Pat Powell who had it translated, giving us another
insight into the start of Ebenezer Church.
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