 
Jim Stewart
Gweini It’s a very emotional time here in Gweini-land as Gweini Post reaches 50!!!!! (25th July 2008)
In this edition we have…Events
News
Events- The next Gweini Conference is rapidly approaching! The date for your diaries is Thursday, October 9th in Blackwood….Church & Business – A Match Made in Heaven. Cost is £15 including admission, lunch and refreshments. Read all about it here!
- African Children’s Choir are appearing in Barry Memorial Hall on Wednesday September 24th, starting at 7.30pm. Tickets are a bargain at £5.50! For more information, ring Graham Ellis on 01446 749 659, or email him at
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- Church Army and the Amber Project are putting on an excellent event called “The Big Issues” on the 18th of October in Llwynapia Community Centre, Rhondda College. Topics covered include – working with people who self-harm, effects of substances and working with ex-offenders. For more info, ring 01685 873 716 or email
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News- Darren Millar AM recently tabled a debate in the Senedd debating chamber on Faith – Making a Better Wales, drawing heavily from Gweini’s Faith in Wales report. You can actually listen to it on the Senedd TV website (it’s a bit cumbersome-- you have to put June 25th down for the date and look for the Plenary session on that date – it was item number 9), or alternatively you can read the transcript of the debate here (it starts on p123).
- The most recent Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation was published this month. Read the BBC article here and see if your area made the top 10!
- 30 Christian young people from Bridgend’s Solid Rock took part in the recent IgniteHope event in May – volunteering in the community - and are going a long way in seeing the town’s recent negative image being redefined. Volunteers filled a skip to overflowing as they cleared Tremains Woods, the play area near the spar and the Triangle area of Brackla. They did gardening for older people in Windmill, cleared the beach of rubbish at Ogmore-by-Sea and delivered Community Safety leaflets in Bridgend and Porthcawl. In the evenings they then joined the other 500 young people for events in Cardiff Awesome stuff!
- Swords were drawn at dawn this past week between the Welsh MPs and their counterparts in the National Assembly and Welsh Assembly Government. It was over the Legislative Competence Orders, through which the Welsh Assembly & AMs receive more powers. There are currently 11 being proposed when it was anticipated that there would only be four or five a year, and MPs are worried that this will swamp the system. But then you wouldn’t expect turkeys to vote for Christmas would you? Read the BBC article here.
Well, there we are! You knew there was something missing to your summer but couldn’t quite put your finger on it….you were missing your regular dollop of Gweini Post! For further information on any of the above, ring Tony Ford on 07723 026 123 or Jim Stewart on 07921 080 464 or email us at
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