Worship with Friends on Thursday mornings

Would you like to learn more about the Christian faith?  

Or do you feel like you've drifted away from God and you miss Him?  

Or do you just want to meet some other Christians during the week and feel supported in your faith? 

Consider coming along to Worship With Friends, a meeting held every Thursday morning at 10:30am.

A simple half-hour worship service is followed by refreshments and an opportunity to chat, to be encouraged and to ask questions in a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

The meeting is held in the United Church building on New Street (in between the Cock Pit and New Street Baptist Chapel).  Everyone is welcome.

3pm Worship Service on January 16th

We've had to change the time of our Sunday Worship Service on January 16th, so we'll be gathering at 3pm instead of 10:30am.

Pastor Tom Magness will be starting a new teaching series looking at the fundamentals of the Christian life, called "Ground Floor Christianity".

We'll be following the current Welsh government guidelines for worship services (e.g. wearing masks unless exempt), but the service will still include songs, prayers and Bible teaching, and refreshments will be available afterwards.

Sunday Morning IN-PERSON Worship Service, livestreamed 13th June 2021

Last Sunday 13th June, we held our first in-person Sunday Morning Worship Service since lockdown began over a year ago!  We've hired the United Church building in town, as they are currently not holding any meetings on a regular basis.

Below is a video of the service, which we livestreamed on YouTube.  We thank God for an uplifting time together.  As the weather was dry, we ended the service by going into the church garden to sing before having a more informal time of socially-distanced fellowship and mutual encouragement.

We're planning to continue meeting in the United Church building on Sunday mornings at 10:30am on a regular basis until the Lord provides something more long-term.

Sunday Morning Worship Service, livestreamed on 23rd May 2021

We livestream our Morning Worship Services every Sunday at 10:30am via our church Facebook page. We also livestream via YouTube, as this gives a lot of people the option to watch on a bigger screen, such as a Smart TV.

However, we don't have enough subscribers on our church's YouTube channel to livestream using a mobile phone, so we use another channel called "Artful Stampin", a paper crafting channel run by Ruth Magness (the pastor's wife).

Below is a link to watch last Sunday's livestreamed worship service on YouTube.  You'll also find a playlist of all of our previous Sunday services on the Artful Stampin YouTube channel.

Just Another Melodic Monday - Christ the Sure and Steady Anchor

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." (Hebrews 13:8)

When we face the storms of life, it is good to know that Jesus Christ remains faithful as our Saviour and Lord; he is, as this song puts it, "the sure and steady anchor".  Whatever difficulties and weaknesses we experience, we can be assured of Christ's steadfastness.  

"Christ the Sure and Steady Anchor" is written by Matt Papa and Matt Boswell.

Just Another Melodic Monday - I will wait for you (Psalm 130)

20schemes is a ministry in Scotland that seeks to plant churches and evangelise in Scotland's poorest communities, the housing schemes.  Learn more about their work from their website: https://20schemes.com/

Today's song is taken from the 20schemes Music channel on YouTube.  The song is called "I will wait for you" and is written by Keith Getty, Stuart Townend, Jordan Kauflin and Matt Merker.  It's based on Psalm 130, which says in verse 5: "I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope."

Just Another Melodic Monday - Forever Jesus

"Forever Jesus" is the newly released song from writers Matt Papa and Stuart Townend.  

Here are the words from the video's description on YouTube:

"Little did we know, when we were crafting the last verse of this new hymn, how relevant the lyric would be to the times we are living in:

“My final breath shall be forever Jesus

When shadows lengthen before my eyes;

My Lord and Friend, companion through the valley

When dearest ones are left behind,

His hand will lead me to the light.”

Not only are so many of us facing the prospect of battling this awful virus that has claimed so many lives already. But loved ones, relatives and friends are literally having to "be left behind" as the ill are taken into hospital, because of the dangers of passing on the virus. How important, then, to be reminded that Christ is there to "lead us to the light" - whether that is the light of eventual recovery, or (and this is the reality) the light of His eternal presence.
Perhaps we are not keen to be reminded of the awfulness of the times in which we live in a song! But to know that we are completely held in His loving arms, and guided by His all-powerful hand, is so vital for every single one of us right now."

Just Another Melodic Monday - There was Jesus

Dolly Parton provides backing vocals to this song by Zach Williams, called "There was Jesus".  The song provides a testimony of the faithfulness of our Saviour in every situation.

Morning Worship Service, 31st May

Here's a link to a recording of our Morning Worship Service that was livestreamed on Sunday, 31st May.  The service includes songs, prayers and a children's talk, plus Tom Magness preaches from Isaiah 7 on the theme of "Faith vs. Fear".