Dear members of Welsh Norwegian Society and friends.
WNS members decorated the large Christmas tree in the Norwegian Church on Sunday – the room already smells like Christmas when you walk in.
And the new living Christmas tree has been planted outside the Norwegian Church, as a gift from Hordaland. So now the scene is set for two very special events in December, to mark the 150th anniversary of the Norwegian Church.
1st December: Festival of Light and Friendship – Christmas tree lighting
A free public event to mark the friendship between Wales and Norway. All welcome. We would especially love this to be a chance for old friends to get together; people who have supported WNS and the Norwegian Church over the years.
See the attached poster.
Norwegian menu including waffles, in the cafe from 12 noon onwards
drop-in Roald Dahl storytelling and lantern-making workshop from 1pm, Salvation Army band 4pm, Christmas tree lighting ceremony at 4.30pm.
After the ceremony, everyone is invited back inside to warm up with Gløgg and pepperkaker (donated by IKEA), when we’ll turn the lights down low and Santa will pay us a visit.
15th December: Official 150th anniversary celebration
After a welcome reception at 11.30am, Reverend Torbjørn Holt will hold a commemorative church service at 12 noon to reflect the original church service held on 16th December 1869. This will be followed by an entertaining day, with interesting talks and musical performances, to reflect the bonds between Wales and Norway. See the attached programme for details.
There will be 30 Norwegians travelling to join us from Norway, including Torill Nyborg, former Mayor of Hordaland, and Rev Helge Pettersson will fly in from Spain to join us – dear friends of WNS and the Norwegian Church from years gone by.
This is a special invitation for WNS members to attend – for this event we need an RSVP no later than Wednesday 4th December to contact@welshnorwegian.org.
If you would like to attend only part of the day (e.g. the church service plus lunch), please let us know, but we hope people will also stay for at least part of the afternoon.
If you haven’t renewed your membership please do so and if you need the payment link emailed again, please let us know.
Welsh Norwegian Society 