The Harvest of the Sea is high on our agenda this Autumn both at the Food Festival and with Harvest Thanksgiving.
Anglican churches in Abergavenny are making their Harvest Thanksgiving offerings for the work of the Mission to Seafarers this year.
Throughout a long and distinguished history, The Mission to Seafarers has grown to become one of the largest port-based welfare operators in the world, providing a service in around 200 ports, 365 days a year, across 50 countries. International Headquarters (IHQ) in London supports over 70 frontline staff and around 100 Honorary Chaplains in addition to an army of Volunteers, who visit ships, offer hospitality, drive minibuses and engage in a range of other welfare activity.
Their vision is to operate a network where seafarers are valued and cared for in the ports where the need is greatest. They are based in Newport and other South Wales Ports
The Chaplain at these Ports, The Rev’d Mark Lawson-Jones will be the Preacher at St Mary’s Priory for our Harvest Thanksgiving Service at 11am on October 2nd.
The Food Festival Fringe Meeting at the Priory Church on the eve of the Food Festival asks What future for fish?
Join leading specialists Dr Rory Moore and Dr Alan Terry as they discuss the urgent need for marine conservation. Their research has thrown light on the present state of Welsh inshore fisheries and the global efforts to create large scale marine reserves. Both in Wales and across the world’s oceans, action is needed now to allow fish stocks to recover and establish sustainable fisheries.
Find out what’s being done to combat overfishing, the destruction of biodiversity and how you can support the future of our global food security.
Doors open at 6.45 for the free talk at 7.30pm.
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