St Collen's celebrates patron's day with choral service

* Father Lee Taylor leads worship at the service.

Members of  St Collen's Church celebrated their patron saint's day with a service of choral evensong yesterday evening (Wednesday)

Led by priest-in-charge Father Lee Taylor and supported by a choir, this included hymns, psalms and prayers.

Lessons - from the Old Testament, read in Welsh by Gethin Davies, and from the New Testament, in English, by June Cook, interspersed the worship.

The church is grateful to the Choral Evensong Trust for awarding a Patronal Festival Grant which supported the service and enabled refreshments to be served afterwards in the Community Hall. 

St Collen was a 6th-century monk believed to have travelled from Brittany before settling in Llangollen.

The name Llan-gollen means “the church of Collen.”

* Gethin Davies reads a lesson from the Old Testament.

* Above and below: The choir play their part in the service.

* June Cook reads the lesson from the New Testament.

* Congregation members enjoy refreshments in the Community Hall after the service.

* ... and enjoy the food served.