August 16, 2021 - 751 views
Many local people have today taking part in a community uniting event which aims to combine talking, praying and picking up litter into a much anticipated summer activity.
Shore to Shore is a 'promenade with a purpose' taking place every Monday during the school summer holidays. It started on Monday 19 July from Talacre in Denbighshire and will end on Monday 23 August in Llandudno.
The litter-pick supported by churches along the North Wales coast and Keep Wales Tidy is part of a coastal strategy to reinvigorate church-life by the sea in North Wales.
Many of the churches are based in large Victorian buildings in need of substantial modernisation. Some of the communities they serve are among the most deprived in Wales and have suffered disproportionately through the Covid pandemic.
A short service was held at one of Britain’s smallest chapels, St Trillo’s, which was en route between Old Colwyn and Penrhyn, today’s leg of Shore to Shore.
More than 40 people gathered on the promenade outside St Trillo’s for a hymn, a psalm, prayers and blessing before carrying on their litter-picking pilgrimage.
The chapel, which has been closed due to Covid, was specially opened by the local vicar, Canon Philip Barratt, for people to say a prayer and light a candle.
Next Monday is the last leg of Shore to Shore from Penrhyn to Llandudno North Shore. Find out how you can take part at https://dioceseofstasaph.org.uk/shore-to-shore/
Shore to Shore has been organised by the Archdeacon of St Asaph and is supported by Church in Wales churches in Prestatyn, Rhyl, Towyn, Pensarn, Abergele, Llanddulas, Colwyn Bay, Rhos on Sea, Craig y Don in Llandudno and Deganwy.
