Bethel Baptist Church

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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
(1 Peter chapter 2 verse 9)

Preaching
4th May - Bill Steed (Communion am)
11th May - am: Gareth Williams, pm: Jim Grindell (Family Service)
18th May - Jim Grindell
25th May - Jim Grindell

Monday
2.00pm - Various ladies meetings
Sisterhood (5th), Craft (12th), Missionary (19th)

Tuesday
7.30pm Christianity Explored (meeting in side room)

Bible Study and Prayer Meeting
Every Thursday at 7.00pm in the side room. Time of informal discussion and bible study followed by open prayer time for needs of the church.

Other Notices

Bethel 160th Anniversary: We will be celebrating together on the 10th-11th May. We plan to meet on Saturday 10th May at 5.00pm for tea together in Laleston gardening club (just behind the Post Office in Laleston) and then at the church at 6.30pm for a service of thanksgiving. Gareth Williams (former pastor of Bethel) will be speaking at the thanksgiving service and also at our regular Sunday morning service on the 11th May.

WEST Annual Meeting will also be on Saturday 10th May at 2.30pm. Colin Tamplin, pastor of Monyhull Evangelical Church, Birmingham will be speaking.

Mission focus prayer meeting will be on Thursday 15th May when we will welcome Matt Lewis who is a worker with CCSW (Christian Council for Schools in Wales) working in schools around South Wales. CCSW is a joint venture between EMW and Scripture Union.

Deacons Meeting will be on Tuesday May 20th at 2.00pm.

The Word: Young people (11-18 yr old) are invited to a youth meeting on Friday 23rd May at 7pm in Bridgend Recreation Centre. This is a new youth event organised by some of the local Bridgend churches and promises live music and a “gladiator tournament!” See Jim for a leaflet.

Sermons will be available as audio downloads on the church website from this week. To listen again or catch up on missed sermons, visit our new sermons page.