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Sally Rees has written an article for the Diocesan website about the work of Anna chaplains in the community.

Find out more about their work in our own ministry area on our own Anna Chaplaincy page.

Are you grieving the death of a loved-one or struggling with the long-term effects of loss? St Edmund’s Church will be hosting this course in the Parish Hall commencing on 10 November 2025. Find out more

Anna Chaplain needed for Brynmawr Area

Anna Chaplaincy to older people in the Brynmawr community has been developing over the last 2 years and so this role is already partly established. There is now an opportunity for someone new to continue the ministry in Care homes and to individuals who are isolated or lonely in Brynmawr in need of spiritual care.

Anna Chaplaincy is a model of Ministry to Older People in the Community, extending pastoral and spiritual care beyond those in church congregations to anyone in their local community who would like spiritual care, wherever they may live.

Anna Chaplains support older people spiritually:

• They are Community based (going where people are, to those in need)
• They make no distinction between church goers and non-church goers, those of faith or of no faith
• They may include family members, carers and care professionals in their care
• They are person centred and non-judgemental
• They work with churches in the local community (wherever possible)

For further information see –     https://www.annachaplaincy.org.uk

Are you a committed Christian who is passionate about reaching out to older people and sharing God’s love with them?

Do you have the skills to:

• Help meet the spiritual needs of older people wherever they may be, e.g. in residential care, congregations, in their own homes and in the community?
• Develop community-based ways of building ministry and mission among older people in collaboration with churches in Brynmawr?
• Explore strategies which celebrate the contributions of older people individually and in the community?

This is an opportunity to further develop existing ministry through: Working in partnership with Brynmawr Churches Together in:

• Continuing Care Home Ministry; visiting residents, offering appropriate services of worship and liaising with staff and relatives as necessary.
• Continuing links already established with those living in retirement housing, offering craft activities alongside spiritual care
• Visiting those individuals in need of spiritual care when requested
• Developing our outreach and volunteer base

Flexible part time position: 5 and half hours per week

Real Living Wage – £12.60 per hour

Contract Terms: Initially one-year fixed term, subject to future funding

For further information or an informal conversation about the role, please contact:

• Mrs Gayron Williams on GWill37243@aol.com or 01873 831471 or 07549 053718
• Mrs Gilly Langford on gillylangford@gmx.co.uk or 07856 019202

For an application form please contact Mrs Gayron Williams on the above email address

Closing date: Friday 10 January 2025

Interviews are likely to take place on 17^th January 2025.

Are you grieving the death of a loved-one or struggling with the long-term effects of loss? St Edmund’s Church will be hosting this course in the Parish Hall commencing on 11 November 2024. Find out more

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Stunt as our Ministry Area administrator. Richard has been involved with churches for most of his life, as a child in the Baptist Church and as an adult within the Charismatic Church movement. Between 2010 and 2021 he and his family served abroad, discipling young believers, seeking to build church in communities where the name of Jesus has never been proclaimed, and leading and equipping the church to pray for the nations. Richard and family only returned to the UK when the government in their host country told them they had to leave. For the last three years they have been readjusting to life in the UK and South Wales and working out what their next steps might be. He is married with 2 older teenage children.

The Diocese of Swansea and Brecon is seeking to recruit Ministry Area administrators, including for the St Catwg area. To find out more, please visit the Diocesan website.