This is our miniature one twelfth scale church dedicated to St
Hilary of Poitiers. St Hilary was a saint that we understand was unerring in his
faith.
As my late mother, also named Hilary, (spelt the male way)
was equally unerring in her faith as her namesake saint, even through terrible
pain and long chronic illness, we feel that naming this lovely realistic
miniature church St Hilary's is a very fitting tribute to a brave lady.
Hilary saw this church for the very first and last time at the end of August
2003 before we had receipt of the furniture from Sharon and Mark Stockton.
We will never forget the admiration and love she had for it even though she
didn't have the
strength to see it close up.
We have added considerably to the original "children"
(ie: Emily, Benedict, Thomas, Clara and Amelia) who were
part of my mother's Jane Davies' porcelain doll collection. The children
originally all had pride of place in the family Welsh Cabinet in her downstairs
hallway and were amongst the first collector's items visitors would see on
arrival in her house.
Visit our Who's
Who page and find out more about all of St. Hilary's characters,
wildlife and pets!
We like to think that
my Mum is enjoying this church even as she is in heaven.
The Reverend Gyles Ponsenby-Smyth, St. Hilary's vicar, and
Rev
Ken,
his curate, welcomes you all to St Hilary's and hopes you enjoy your
visit. Read the vicar's letter to you all.
(Above/right:
Emily shows off the tadpoles she caught in the village pond to both Megan and
Ambrose. The parents of the tadpoles came with a friend to make sure that
their offpsing is being looked after!. Download this card as a notelet/greetings
card here).
LATEST NEW AND UPDATED PAGES
BELOW........................
NEW! Join the
children as they enjoy preparing for and celebrating a special
birthday party on our new
Pentecost page! Find out who's birthday they are
celebrating too and find out how well they do making things to
decorate the church in honour of this celebration..
Try
out our new search facility
if you are having problems finding the page you want on our site!
Bishop
Cuthbert is now home after his long world
tour........find out WHY he feels so guilty too........
Check out our Downloads
page for our very own design printable cards! These can also
be used as notelets as they print on to A4 plain paper and are double
folded. St.
Hilary's 2009 Wall Calendar and Monthly Calendar are also still available.
Visit our Easter
Day Find out what Priscilla Jane
gets up to..........and it involves.......errrrrr.........fish!
Find out all
about the latest troubles St. Hilary's congregation and clergy
encountered when they arrived on Palm
Sunday...................and it involves buckets and
mops...........
Visit our Parish
Records page.........find out more about the history of
St. Hilary's as the vicar takes a trip down memory lane!
Visit our Prayer
Timepage and find out how some of our
Sunday School children did as the vicar encouraged them to write their own
prayers. See them hard at work..........or not! Download
these St. Hilary's Church prayer cards with prayers and Bible verses
on for personal use. Have a quiet time with some personal prayer
and, if desired, submit a prayer that will be prayed inHoly Trinity Church,
Stratford upon Avon.
Sunday School teachers and
church youth workers will find lesson plans on our Activities
page. These have been especially created for us by our friend, Lorna
F Webb, who is a fully trained primary school teacher. Lorna belongs to
the Lutheran church. Her lesson plans are non-denominational and,
therefore, can be adapted to suit the church or organisation using them.
They are free for non-commercial use only.
Please join
with us in an act of remembrance for Hilary Davies on our Memorial
Service page. Hilary passed away on 26th November 2003. We have produced a little act of remembrance for her with the
children playing their instruments in her memory. Remember and reflect too
on those loved ones that you too may have lost and add their names to our Book
of Remembrance(please add the name/s of your loved one/s alongside
anything else you wish to mention in the "comments" box) if you so wish.
Please visit
our many other pages by following the links below our weekly collect.
Thanks to Vic
Newey for putting this Dollshouse Direct village church kit together for us,
modifying it and most of all, for adding his own personal decoration to
it.
Emily, Clara, Benedict, Thomas and Amelia were all
originally
bought by Hilary so they really ARE St Hilary's children. We wanted them
to live in a
church dedicated to the lady who had owned and loved them so much.......
Before leaving please do sign our Guest
Book. or if you prefer, email us at: sarah@miniaturechurch.co.uk
if you have any queries, comments or found broken links as we always like to know if
the site is not working as it should.
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Only sites that are both relevant and loved by us will be considered.
Collect (Prayer) for the 28th June 2009
Third Sunday after Trinity
Almighty God, you have broken the tyranny of sin and
have sent the Spirit of your Son into our hearts whereby we call you
Father: give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service, that we
and all creation may be brought to the glorious liberty of the children of
God; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with
you,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.. Amen.
This site is dedicated to Hilary Doreen Davies who departed this life 26
November 2003 aged 71 after 23 years of chronic illness with strokes, cancer and
arthritis. St Hilary's Church is our tribute to a brave lady who was
mother to Sarah, Catherine, the late Rachel, the late John and wife to the late
Owen Williams Davies.
As my late mother, also named Hilary, (spelt the male way)
was equally unerring in her faith as her namesake saint, even through terrible
pain and long chronic illness, we feel that naming this lovely realistic
miniature church St Hilary's is a very fitting tribute to a brave lady.
Hilary saw this church for the very first and last time at the end of August
2003 before we had receipt of the furniture from Sharon and Mark Stockton.
We will never forget the admiration and love she had for it even though she
didn't have the
strength to see it close up. 
(Above/right:
Emily shows off the tadpoles she caught in the village pond to both Megan and
Ambrose. The parents of the tadpoles came with a friend to make sure that
their offpsing is being looked after!. Download this card as a notelet/greetings
card 
