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The St. Athan Methodist Church & Community Facilities is known locally as The Gathering Place.
The Gathering Place seeks to be a spiritual and social centre for the area.
It is a positive example of the Church and Community working together
for the benefit of the whole community.
All events listed on this page are at The Gathering Place unless stated otherwise.
For map and directions see bottom of page.
It is important to keep this website updated - if you have any important information to go here
then please email the webmaster via the contact us page. Thank you.
'NEW' BOXERCISE CLASS starting on Tuesday 27th July 6.30-7.15pm
Sunday 8th August 12.30pm - PICNIC
Meet @ The Gathering Place WITH YOUR PICNIC (& FOOTBALL) and something to sit on. Picnic will be on field next to GP.
Organised by Karen Hoadley
For More Information about St Athan try www.stathanvillage.co.uk
History | The village of St Athan has a thriving community which recently had the pleasure of receiving a brand new Church & Community centre called The Gathering Place, opened in April 2008. This has been funded by the Methodist church who sold their chapel and land in the village to provide a community facility in the area of St Athan where, since the selling off of RAF properties has had few amenities. Up until this time we were operating out of three mobile huts leased to us by the MOD trying to help develop a sense of community and provide much needed activities for people, particularly parents and children. We are going through a period of change with the possibility of the training base being built here in St Athan and the expansion of the community in the future due to this.
The Centre brings together people from all walks of life and all ages. We have activities such as Holiday Clubs for children, PlayDays (funded by Play Development and the council), Exercise Classes, Toddler groups, Drop-in-coffee mornings, Sewing Clubs, Brownies and Rainbows. The Red Cross has a permanent Day Centre based here and a church service is run on Sundays with a cafe style meeting called 'Mosaic' for thought provoking discussion on subjects close to everyday life. We look to the future for more exciting developments to happen here . We are part of the Vale of Glamorgan Circuit of Methodist Churches www.valeofglamorgancircuit.org.uk for more information. The Methodist Church www.methodistwales.org.uk |
Location | Directions from the Barry, Llantwit Major road are :-
Drive through St Athan and past the R.A.F. camp (East Gate). Immediately after the camp, take the right turn towards Flemingston (Flemingston Road). A short distance after turning, take the left turn and then another left turn into the car park. If the car park is full, there is another car park at the other end of the building.
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Who's who? | Deacon Michelle Legumi Reverend Delyth Liddell Davies Steward Cathie Steele |
This page was last modified on Thursday, 22 July 2010 15:22