Jon’s Blog
Go(o)d Evening Prayers
I call to You, LORD, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to You. May my prayer be set before You like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141.1-2 Lord, at the end of this day I bring to You my evening sacrifice of praise. I...
Go(o)d Morning
What's the first sound of the day for you? An alarm clock's insistent beeping Your mobile phone chirpy tune/favourite track A newborn or toddler starting to stir or crying out Kids up and about earlier than you really wanted them to be The birds outside your...
Go(o)d Morning Prayers
As you stir and start to think about the day that lies ahead, just press pause on all the demands and duties for a moment, the to-do list can wait a while. Silence the need to check your phone or the news, that'll all still be there waiting for you. Right now, create...
Sweeping the floor clean…
Today (29th July) is Day 128 of the official lockdown here in the UK. Although other parts of the country may be experiencing some reprise from the initial restrictions, here in Wales it feels like we are taking our foot off the break much more slowly. Four months and...
Remembering George
Today, as many of you know, was the funeral service for George Watkins. George was 95 years old, and had been coming to Bethel since he was 9! In all that time, George has had a reputation of being a man of integrity, dignity and generosity - so it was a real honour...
Guest Blog: True Humility
Hello to you all who are reading this. It is a privilege to offer these thoughts to you and then point you to a book which has challenged me greatly and one which I hope has helped change my life already and more so in the future. Those changes have been positive in...
Letter to the Class of 2020
Dear Class of 2020 Take a deep breath – you made it! 2020 has been a really strange year, one that none of us saw coming, but however hard or exciting or stressful or lonely you found it – the point is, you made it through. We are incredibly proud of you for the way...
Guest Blog – A shopping list to remember….
Today's guest blog is from our very own Youth Leader and Schools Worker: Tim Barker! This week for the Teens, I put together a party bag and did a round robin to drop them off. This Party bag contained what seems initially to be a bunch of different items for a...
The Beauty That Remains
I had walked past the sink a number of times yesterday, and kept noticing the rising stack of washing up that was spreading like jungle weeds, and invading the surface of the kitchen. Eventually I sighed deeply and accepted that I was going to have to start battling...
