Peace Field and Building

Further event dates to save for 2026

We have some further dates of events set for 2026.  More information will be uploaded onto this website shortly, but for now you may wish to save these dates in your diary (all to be held in the afternoon):

Sunday, 31st May – Late Eid Celebration at the Dor Kemmyn Peace Field, Penmount, Truro

Sunday 28th June – Pagan Celebration at the Dor Kemmyn Peace Field, Penmount, Truro

Sunday 26th July – Peace Pilgrimage and celebrating 800th Anniversary of St Francis, from Tresillian to St Clement (and return) with a cream tea at St Clements

Sunday 9th August – Event led by the Buddhist Faith Community at the Dor Kemmyn Peace Field, Penmount, Truro

Either 26th or 27th (TBC) Sukkot Jewish Festival – venue also TBC.

For further information contact Andrew Yates [email protected]

Another Way Celtic Experience – Sunday 26th April at the Dor Kemmyn Peace Field, Truro

This Sunday is the turn of the Christian Faith leading a time with our Cornwall Faith Forum friends at the Dor Kemmyn Peace Field (located at the Penmount Crematorium, Truro) We will meet at 2.00 pm and will be joined by the Another Way Community for a ‘Celtic Experience’.

Hot and cold drinks will be available; you may wish to bring some vegetarian food to share.

For further information contact Andrew Yates [email protected]

 

Baha’i Naw Ruz (New Year) Celebration – 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm, Sunday 22nd March 2026 St Austell

This year, the Baha’is of Cornwall will be holding a variety of smaller satellite events in different areas of  the County. In St Austell, we  decided to hold a community  ‘Arts’ afternoon to reflect the significant role of the Arts within most Baha’i Communities across the world.

Sadly we won’t be at the field this year but hopefully this joint venture with the Cornwall Faith Forum will encourage you all to attend!

There will be  a musical introduction when the Bahai Ukelele  Group will perform.

Then, you can choose to ‘have a go’ at one or more Arts activities. A mini ukelele workshop will be held where you can learn a few chords, ( it might be the beginning of a lifelong passion!)

In another space you can do a bit of meditative painting  ie you don’t have to be an expert – Ideally  making a few strokes on the paper will calm you!

And finally we may have a small beading session and possibly something clay related J

The usual tea, coffee and squash will be provided  and feel free to bring any small snack for this pot luck event.

It will be held at the home of Phil Clifford.  31 Ranelagh Road, St Austell, PL 25 4 NS

Parking in the road is limited but there are parallel roads and you can walk around. There is also a small carpark on Clifden Road – next door to the Air Ambulance Shop. I think it’s free on a Sunday.  For more information contact Philomena [email protected]

 

Image above by Marisa04 from Pixabay

Creationtide and the Feast of St Michael & All Angels – Sunday 28th September 2025

On Sunday September 28th at 2pm the gathering a Penmount and will be led by the Christian Community.

There will be two themes. One will be Creationtide which all churches observe between September 1st and October 4th.

The second theme is angels.  On September 29th churches keep the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. This day is relevant to Cornwall because of a legend linked to St Michael’s Mount- Do come and hear this moving story.

We are aware that ‘angels’ are a feature in many religions and so we are asking those who will be attending the worship on Sept 28th to bring something linked to angels.

Either a reading or prayer from your Faith tradition or a personal experience of Angels from your life.

As always drinks – hot and cold – will be available and please bring some vegetarian food to share.

For more information contact Andrew Yates [email protected] 

Dor Kemmyn Peace Field Pole Cleaning with picnic – Sunday 24th August

Sunday August 24th from 2pm we shall be having our Dor Kemmyn Peace Field Pole Cleaning with picnic.   BYO food to share.  Drinks will be provided.   If you have a spray bottle then bring filled with water mixed with ordinary washing up liquid and cloths.

 

Hope to see you there!

 

Andrew Yates

[email protected]

Invitation to Harvest Celebration (Lughnasadh) – Sunday 27th July 2025 at 2.00 pm

Eve Salthouse, from the Pagan Faith Community, writes:

“You are all invited to a Harvest celebration at the Penmount field on July 27th at 2pm.

This will be a simple ceremony for Lughnasadh, or Lammas, by the pagan community.

People of all faiths and none have always felt the need to celebrate and be thankful for the harvest in their lives, whether that is grain or livestock in our fields, or, (for most of us these days), the harvest of other kinds of seeds we have planted, projects we have created.

For many pagans, Lughnasadh is First Harvest, named after Lugh. Traditionally, in honour of Lugh, we play games. You are, however,  all excused from wrestling, spear throwing and cross-country running this time!

Come along and find out about this festival, and our others, (we have two more!)

Please bring a chair if a picnic rug is not your style, and food and drink to share afterwards.

Please also bring any items you would like to place on our altar, or poems, readings, songs you might wish to share.”

For more information please contact Eve Salthouse [email protected]

Cornwall Faith Forum AGM – Tuesday 1st July 2025 at the Old Cathedral School, Truro TR1 2FQ

Our AGM takes place on Tuesday 1st July at 7.00 pm (refreshments served from 6.45 pm) at the Old Cathedral School (OCS), Cathedral Close, Truro TR1 2FQ.  All Welcome.  Please note that there is no parking at this venue but the Old Bridge Street Car Park is nearby costing £2.10 per evening.  If you have mobility problems, let us know and we will try and arrange parking  in the OCS car park.

Agenda 01.07.25:  Agenda for CFF AGM 010725

Notes of the last AGM held on 25th June 2024 can be viewed here:  Notes of CFF AGM Meeting 25th June 2024

Cornwall Faith Forum Accounts 24-25:  Examined Accounts 2425

Constitutional chart:  Constitution chart

Accounts certificate:  Accounts certificate 2425

Jewish Festival Shavuot at the Dor Kemmyn Peace Field – Sunday 1st June 2025 at 2.00 pm

On Sunday, 1st June at 2.00 pm at the Dor Kemmyn Peace Field, Penmount we will be sharing in the Jewish Festival of Shavuot.

Jeremy Jacobson, Chairman of Kehillat Kernow, writes:  “Shavuot, or Festival of Weeks, comes 50 days, i.e. seven weeks, after the celebration of Pesach. It brings together three things: an early harvest festival during which the first fruits of the wheat harvest are offered to God, a celebration of the giving of the Torah at Sinai and the the story of Ruth, which a Moabite woman converts to Judaism, eventually marries a princely Israelite man, Boaz, and so becomes the great grandmother of King David. This is particularly significant, since the Moabites were for many years the enemies of Israel. It is customary to read the Book of Ruth and to celebrate by eating milky puddings.

On Sunday, 1st June, we will give a dramatised reading of the story, say a little more about Shavuot and celebrate with some cheesecake or similar.”

All are welcome to share this special time together.

Wesak Celebration at the Dor Kemmyn Peace Field, Penmount, Truro – Sunday 11th May at 2pm

Our next Festival at the Dor Kemmyn Field will be the Buddhist festival Wesak.  Sophie Muir from the Buddhist Faith Community writes:

Wesak – Festival of Vaishaka marks the Birth, Enlightenment and Parinirvana of Lord Buddha on the 15th lunar day, Monday 12th May, full moon of the fourth month. According to the Tibetan lunar Calendar, Saga Dawa falls on 11th June and is also a ‘month of merits’ when benefits of Dharma practice, and all positive action of body, speech and mind multiply a 100 million-fold.

Please join us for a simple ceremony offering recitation of the mantra of Buddha Sakyamuni, reflection on the Teachings of the Buddha, and prayers for peace, with aspiration that all beings be liberated from suffering, that each and every being may realise their Buddha Nature.

We will raise prayer flags at the Peace Field.

Please bring a cup or thermos with you.  Tea and hot water will be provided.  For more information email [email protected]

Baha’i Event – Three Holy Days – Sunday 27th April 2025 at 2.00 pm

Our Cornwall Faith Forum Baha’i Representative, Philomena Clifford’ writes:  “April and the beginning of May marks 12 days of the holiest period of Ridvan in the Baha’i calendar. Three specific days are marked out from this period as special Holy days,  the 1st, 9th and 12th day of Ridvan, (Info at bahai.org for anyone who is interested!).
We have been lucky enough to share a couple of these Holy days with friends at Cornwall Faith Forum with Readings and Prayers – usually accompanied by music from the Bahai Ukulele Band and not least in the making of a flower carpet together from  real petals at Cafe Chaos!
The 2025 Bahai session at the field falls at 2.00 pm on April 27th which is the first day of the Baha’i month of Jamal ( Beauty). We will mention the Holy Ridvan  period of course and then we will take this opportunity to explain the Baha’i calendar and importantly celebrate what is known as a ‘Feast’ with you, (celebrated on the 1st day of a Bahai month)
Plenty of music and pot luck food.  Looking forward to seeing you there!
PS if there’s heavy rain or wind we will relocate to the Lychgate Room, Kenwyn Church, Kenwyn Church Road, Truro TR1 3DR. Text Philomena on the day, 07811 853639 if you wish to check but bear in mind  it might be a last minute decision!