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Send Your News To: Old Police House, Maesteg Road, Tondu CF32 9DW 01656 725911 07779 870137 G_j_lewis2002@Yahoo.Co.Uk Coytrahen News: Coytrahen Gardening Club: The club meet every second Wednesday of the month from 7pm at Coytrahen Community Centre CF32 0EB. New members very welcome.

Future meetings will feature Grow Your Own Vegetables – April 12; and a Hydroponics and Plant Swop on May 10 at 6pm.

Enquiries to Sue Verran 01656 729699 or see their Facebook page – Coytrahen gardening club.

Table Top Sales: These will be held at Coytrahen Community Centre on the first Saturday of every month from 8am-12noon.

Starting on Saturday, April 1 with future dates of May 6, June 3 and July 1. Tables cost £5 each. There will be light refreshments available including bacon butties.

To book a table contact Iris on 720840 or Jean on 720086.

Many Thanks: You may have noticed the beautiful displays of daffodils as you drive through Coytrahen.

These have appeared thanks to the hard work of the members of the Community Council and Gardening Club. Well done!

Lenten Lunches: ADUC are running lenten lunches in support of Y Bont each Saturday from 12noon-1.15pm. Those remaining are as follows – March 25 – at Wesley Methodist at Tondu; April 1 – at St Roberts at St John Aberkenfig; and April 8 – at Nazareth Chapel Bryncethin.

Spiritual Healing: Spiritual healing is offered each Tuesday from 6pm7.30pm at Ynysawdre Community Centre (at the junction of Bryn Road and Heol-yr-Ysgol).

Call Mrs Bryant on 01656 657463 or 07890 234235.

Christian Spiritualist: A Christian Spiritualist Church meets each Sunday at 6.30pm at the Ynysawdre Community Centre. Call Mrs Bryant on 01656 657463 or 07890 234 235.

Nazareth Chapel: Nazareth Baptist Chapel Bryncethin holds a service at 4pm each Sunday, this week led by Mrs Nicholas Thomas-Bizjak.

For information regarding weddings, funerals etc, call Andrew Davies on 01656 663652.

Reiki Healing: Reiki healing is offered each Tuesday from 6pm7.30pm at the Ynysawdre Community Centre (at the junction of Bryn Road and Heol-yr-Ysgol). Call Mrs Bryant on 01656 657463 or 07890 234235.

Aberkenfig Spiritualist: The Aberkenfig Spiritualist Church in Pandy Road offers flower arranging today (Thursday) at 10.30am and an Open Circle at 7pm.

On Sundays, Divine Service is at 6pm led by Vanessa Follett. On Monday at 7pm there is Healing.

Thursday next there will be flower arranging as usual in the morning and at 7pm there will be an Open Circle.

Smyrna Chapel, Pen-Y- Fai: Sundays from 10.30am12noon for children aged four and over with stories, singing and fun with arts and craft work.

The Sunday Communion service is at 6pm. Coffee morning on Tuesday from 10am12noon. Bible study takes place on Thursdays at 7.15pm and is led in turn by Mrs Marilyn James and Miss Dorothy Evans.

Contact Mr Peter David on 01656 659 856. email: robinsamuel/64@ hotmail.com.

Coffee Morning: This will be held at Tabernacl Hall on Saturday, March 25, from 10am-12noon. Admission £2 to include biscuit and cup of tea or coffee. Proceeds will be donated to the Urdd National Eisteddfod.

Litter Problem: Bridgend Civic Trust has written to the Bridgend County Borough Council and are awaiting a response.

Bridgend Twinning Committee AGM: will be held at Carnegie House (former Library) Wyndham Street on Thursday, March 23 at 7pm. All welcome.

Coffee Afternoon: Bridgend Communities First free coffee afternoon will take place at Wildmill Community Centre on Thursday, March 23, from 1pm-3pm. Call 01656 815193 or 07973 7540110 or email: natalie.graves@ bridgend.gov.uk.

Many Thanks: Glenda Oglesbee would like to thank everyone who filled in her questionnaire on mission work. Glenda was very pleased with the response and has plenty of data to analyse, her project has now started. Lets all wish Glenda good luck with her project.

Bridgend Townwomen’s Guild: The guild meet on the second Wednesday of each month in Hope Baptist Church Institute, Derwen road at 2pm.

Call Maureen Morgan on 01656 653477 or Beryl Channin on 01656 659558.

Hospital Service: The next Hospital Christian Fellowship service will take place on Friday, March 24, at 3pm. Mr Malcolm Stafford from Bridgend will lead the service which will take place in the Hospital Chapel at the Princess of Wales Hospital, Coity Road. All are very welcome.

Golden Oldies: Golden Cymru are singing and activity sessions that are open to everyone. The venue is the Evergreen Hall, Angel Street, on Wednesdays from 10.30am (the sessions will last up to an hour). Free tea and coffee.

Painting Skills: An Oil Painting Workshop for beginners and all abilities will take place at Carnegie House (former Library) Wyndham Street on Saturday, April 22, from 10am-4pm and will cost £12. Bridgend Artist Bryan Shambler will be demonstrating the Dipping Bridge at Merthyr Mawr with brush and painting knife.

Advance booking is recommended however bookings can be made and paid on the day.

To request a booking form please email: bridgend.tc@bridgend. gov.uk or call 01656 815757 or pop into Carnegie House, Monday to Friday, from 9am-2pm.

Lent Lunches: The lunches which are held in Nolton Church Parish Hall continue until a week before Easter. The lunches consist of a lovely bowl of soup (normally a chose of two), a bread roll, cheese and a nice cup of tea or coffee all this for a modest £2.50. All welcome.

The Ladies Guild: Thursdays there is a Baby and Toddler Group at 9.30am held in the School Room, Station Hill. Sunday’s Cool (Sunday school) is held at 10am. Morning service is at 10.30am and evening service at 6pm.

Bridgend Male Choir: On June 17 the choir will be performing at Harrow School’s Speech Hall.

New members are welcome to rehearsals on Thursdays from 7.30pm9.30pm at Oldcastle School South Street.

Contact choir secretary Gareth Reese on 01656 862037 or 07773 170373.

Coffee Morning: Join us at Bridgend United Church on Tondu Road every Friday and Saturday from 10am-12noon.

Bridgend Writers’ Circle: The group next meet at Carnegie House on Thursday, April 6 at 7.15pm. Entry is free, but please call 01656 647140. All welcome.

Bridge MPS / The Zone: The Bridge MPS would like to thank the people of Bridgend who have been so generous in their support of The Zone Family Centre situated 4648 Dunraven Place.

The centre is open from 10am-12noon on Wednesdays for people to receive food items at on charge.

A cooking course programme entitled Eatwell is held on Tuesdays from 11am-1pm; Knit and Natter group meet from 10am-12 noon; and Arts and Crafts for toddlers meet from 1pm-3pm.

The Cuppa and a Chat group meet Fridays, from 10am-12noon.

Also on Friday mornings Men’s Mental Health group meet from 10am-12noon. All are very welcome.

Lions Book Fair: The next Lions Club of Bridgend Annual Charity Book Fair will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday April 7, 8 and 9 at Westward Community Centre Cefn Glas, with the largest Charity Book Fair in South Wales. The fair is open from 9am-4pm each day. All proceeds to Lions local good causes.

Contact admin@ bridgendlions.org.uk.

Photography Exhibition: Local butcher Tim Wood is presenting an exhibition, entitled Landscapes, Wood to Coast at the Grand Pavilion Porthcawl. The exhibition runs until May 21 and is free.

Bridgend Local & District History Society: The group now meet at Carnigie House (former Library) Wyndham Street.

The next meeting is on the second Wednesday of the month, April 12, at 7pm when Roger Morgan will give a talk on the Knights of the Hospitaller.

Light refreshments available afterwards. former pupil Chloe Russel, the Côr Dysgwr and the Pencoed Ukulele Band all contributed to the wonderful atmosphere, along with a Welsh themed quiz and raffle.

The evening raised a magnificent £200 to enable pupils of Cefn Cribwr Primary School to attend the Urdd later this year. The event was facilitated by Cefn Events, who wish to thank Billy and Sara Evans, Diana Dimond, Enid Lloyd and John Mason for their assistance.