THE BRILLIANT HOLLYWOOD WELSH ACTOR MICHAEL SHEEN GIVES PAUPER DAVE GREEN A FANTASTIC SEND OFF IN THE DEPRESSED VALLEYS OF SOUTH WALES!!

Thursday, 21 May 2015

OUR DEAR FRIEND DAVE GREEN WAS LAID TO REST IN ABERDARE THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER A LOVELY SEND OFF AT THE LIVELY CHRISTIAN SERVICE AT THE ELIM COMMUNITY CHURCH IN PONTLOTTYN.

OUR DEAR FRIEND DAVE GREEN HAS GONE TO HEAVEN NOW, WHERE HE NO LONGER HAS CANCER OR ANY MORE PAIN! PONTLOTTYN GAVE HIM THE SEND OFF HE DESERVED WITH A SUPERB CHRISTIAN SERVICE IN THE NAME OF JESUS!

THIS WAS OUR HEADING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO: "HOLLYWOOD LOCAL WELSH STAR MICHAEL SHEEN PAYS FOR THE FUNERAL FOR OUR FRIEND DAVE GREEN WHO HAS FEATURED ON THIS BLOG SEVERAL TIMES. DAVE DIED AGED 73 YEARS A FEW WEEKS AGO OF LUNG CANCER".

DEAR FRIENDS,

JUST A NICE UPDATE ON THE PIECE REGARDING THE SAD PASSING AWAY OF OUR DEAR FRIEND DAVE GREEN FROM PONTLOTTYN.

HIS FAREWELL SERVICE WAS HELD AT THE SPLENDID ELIM COMMUNITY CHURCH IN PONTLOTTYN AT 12 NOON TODAY, WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A TERRIFIC SEND OFF BY OVER A HUNDRED MOURNERS, BEFORE BEING LAID TO REST IN ABERDARE! 

THE BBC WERE ALSO THERE WITH CAMERAS AND MICROPHONES ROLLING, SO LOOK OUT FOR THE STORY ON REGIONAL TV TONIGHT. THE WRITTEN PRESS WERE ALSO WELL PRESENTED, AND THERE WILL BE SOME GOOD COVERAGE OF DEAR OLD DAVE IN THE LOCAL PAPERS TOMORROW AND THIS WEEKEND.

 PASTOR JOHN ROBERTS FROM THE ELIM CHURCH, AND PASTOR DEREK UPHAM FROM THE EBENEZER CHAPEL BOTH GAVE DEAR OLD DAVE SOME GLOWING TESTIMONIES. 

HE WAS A "SCALLYWAG" THEY SAID, BUT HE WAS A NICE OLD "SCALLYWAG", AND DESPITE HIS MANY MISCHIEVOUS ENGAGEMENTS, HE WAS A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN WHO LOVED THE LORD, AND IS NOW IN HEAVEN RESTING FROM HIS PAINS AND SUFFERINGS HE ENDURED AT THE END. 

DAVE WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO HAVE A PAUPER'S GRAVE, AS HE DIED WITHOUT FUNDS AND WITHOUT ANY FAMILY. BUT THANKS TO THE BRILLIANT MICHAEL SHEEN (PICTURED BELOW WITH DAVE), AND OTHER DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, DAVE RECEIVED THE MAGNIFICENT SEND OFF HE THOROUGHLY DESERVED. 

AS PASTOR UPHAM SAID, "DAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE FAMOUS WHILE HE WAS ALIVE! BUT HE IS CERTAINLY FAMOUS IN DEATH WITH ALL OF THE MEDIA ATTENTION TODAY"!

THE SINGING WAS LOUD, EMOTIONAL, AND SPLENDIDLY VOCIFEROUS AS YOU COME TO EXPECT FROM A TYPICAL WELSH CHRISTIAN FUNERAL SERVICE IN THE VALLEYS OF SOUTH WALES, AND THERE WERE ALSO VERY MOVING SOLOS,  POEMS, AND MEMORIES FROM SEVERAL OF HIS DEVOTED FRIENDS IN PONTLOTTYN.

AND THE "UNITED VALLEYS ACTION GROUP" (WHICH DAVE REPRESENTED WHEN HE APPEARED ON THE RECENT MICHAEL SHEEN TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY OF THE DEPRESSED VALLEYS) FROM THE AREA PROVIDED A VERY MOVING BACK UP TO THE CORTEGE AS PONTLOTTYN CAME TO A STANDSTILL THROUGH THE HIGH STREET.

THE LOCAL PEOPLE STOOD TO ATTENTION TO PAY THEIR LAST RESPECTS TO DAVE.  A VERY MOVING AND EMOTIONAL SIGHT TO BEHOLD, AND ONE VERY FITTING TO GIVE DAVE THE SEND OFF HE DESERVED.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN! SEE YOU IN HEAVEN YOU OLD "SCALLYWAG", YOU OLD FRIEND, NEV. 


PS. FRIDAY THE 22ND MAY. PLEASE OPEN THE LINK BELOW TO SEE SOME FABULOUS PICTURES OF YESTERDAY'S SUPERB HOMAGE TO DEAR OLD DAVE GREEN BY THE CHURCHES AND COMMUNITY OF PONTLOTTYN (NEV).
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/facing-paupers-funeral-valleys-campaigner-9303035