Page 11 - Moravian Messenger September 2019

Dukinfield Let's get Quizzical
Forget 'Pointless', 'Eggheads' or 'The Chase' - the real general knowledge
quiz challenge occurred during July 2019 at Dukinfield Moravian Church.
The second Men versus Women's quiz was held. Two team tables made up from the Men's Fellowship and the Women's Association with friends and family to boost the brain power.
In a hard-fought competition 85 points were on offer over a range of seven rounds that featured topics including: Geography, Now and Then, and Science and Nature.
A well needed interval on the hottest day of the year meant all contestants could share food and bring your own drinks.
Both teams were head to head for scores at the final round: Food and Drink.
The men pipped the ladies by just three points. This is the second win in a row for the men - all to play for the ladies next year.
A fun night of fellowship, facts and fundraising for the Church was had
by all.
Leominster
The Leominster congregation
held the second of their series
of concerts in aid of their
organ fund, a lunchtime duet
recital, on 11th June in the
Lion Ballroom in Leominster.
The sisters provided the
refreshments with the whole
congregation helping with the arrangements.
Sr Penny Weir
Dilys, David and Gwyneth Lloyd
The Sisters, Dilys and Gwyneth Lloyd, have been singing duets since they were small children but as they live on separate continents, this was a rare opportunity for them to perform together! They toured Zimbabwe twice and recorded most of their repertoire for the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
Gwyneth Lloyd spent ten years in London where she appeared as a soloist for The London Chorale in the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Purcell Room. She sang the role of Juno in The Tempest for the BBC Time Life Shakespeare Series and toured with Kent Opera. Back in South Africa she won the Nederburg Opera prize for her first two roles back on the stage and won the Premiers' Arts and Culture Award for her work as director of East Cape Opera Company. Her Master's degree researched the application of the Alexander Technique to singing and she has spent thirty years training singers to produce tension free sound. Her students have had study bursaries or employment in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Germany, Sweden, the Juilliard and The Met.
After the sisters gained their first degrees and licentiates and Gwyneth had gone overseas, Dilys remained in Zimbabwe, singing the roles of Dido and Carmen and then concentrating on oratorio and recital. She has sung 30 different oratorio roles, performing with all the major orchestras and choirs in Zimbabwe and the Johannesburg Bach Choir, the Pretoria North Orchestra and the Pietersburg City Orchestra in South Africa. She has sung with all the top musicians in Zimbabwe and has also performed on TV and radio, notably the recital with Gwyneth on SABC. In 2004 she won the prestigious Emeritus award for service to music and the community in Zimbabwe. Since moving to Leominster in 2009 she has sung solo here and in Dilwyn.
Sr Lorraine Shorten
Notices
Moravian Advent stars now available at the Book room
The following types of Advent stars are available to purchase from the Book room at Church House:
• 13cm stars are £21.00 each and are available in White or Yellow.
• 60cm stars are £20.00 each; colours available are White, Red, Yellow, Red/White and Yellow/Red.
• 68cm stars are £40.00 each and are available in White, Red, Yellow, White/Red.
We also have power supply cables for the following Advent stars:
• Cable for indoor star (60cm): £9.00 • Cable for outdoor star (68cm): £13.00 • Cable for cribs star (13cm): £12.00
Please contact Church House for more details at:
office@moravian.org.uk
From Church House
The Provincial Board are pleased to announce Br James Woolford’s consecration as Presbyter by Sr Sarah Groves on Saturday 28th September at Hornsey. The service will begin at 2pm. We hope that many of you will be able to join us to be with Br Woolford for this special occasion.
Provincial Diary for September
10-14 Unity Executive Meeting, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
(Sr R Hoey)
15-20 BMB visit to Tabora, Tanzania
(Sr R Hoey & Br D Howarth) 21 PYCC, Church House (Sr Z Taylor)
25-26 PEC
28 Consecration of Br J Woolford as Presbyter, Hornsey

Congregational Register
Baptisms
28th July 2019 Daniel Thomas McCord Gracehill
Funerals
25th July 2019 Geoffrey Hirst Fulneck
The following people were listed under the incorrect congregation in the August issue and should have been listed under the Hall Green Congregation:
Adult Baptisms
9th June 2019 Aamir Samson
Reception
9th June 2019 Esther Walker 9th June 2019 Neil Walker
Hall Green
Hall Green Hall Green
1 Muharram/Islamic New Year - Muslim 13-26 Heritage Open Days (www.heritageopendays.org.uk/)
8 Education Sunday (www.cte.org.uk/Groups/234838/ Home/Resources/Education_Sunday/Education_Sunday.aspx)
Ability Sunday (https://livability.org.uk/event/clone-of-ability-sunday-2019/)
17-23 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel (www.worldweekforpeace.org)
21 UN International Day of Peace (www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/)
23 Autumn Equinox
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© Sr Dilys Lloyd
© Sr Penny Weir
Dates to remember!