Author Archives: Bro Celynnin

Bore da! Good morning! Welcome to this weekend’s online Service, brought to you by Reverend Eryl Parry, Jenny Young and Andy Broadbent (our new ordinand on attachment to the Bro Celynnin Ministry Area) who reflects on Psalm 85: 8-13. Andy Broadbent Stepping Out Click on the play button to join us in worship, prayer and reflection: TheContinue reading “Weekend Service”

Where are our roots? We are living through an unsettling time, with some places really busy whilst many people are still shielding. Eryl Parry reflects this week on the helpful idea of ‘rootedness’. Two members of our Bro Celynnin family have been walking in circles (around Llandudno’s Great Orme) to raise money for St. David’s Hospice. Please click onContinue reading “Weekly Reflection”

Eryl’s Ordination High above the Conwy valley, in one of Britain’s most beautiful and ancient churches, Eryl Parry was ordained as a Pioneer Priest this week. Most of those taking part arrived at Hen Eglwys Llangelynnin as pilgrims, on foot.  The coronavirus restrictions meant, sadly, that few of us could be there in person toContinue reading “Weekend Service”

All Called This is such special day for Bro Celynnin. Eryl Parry is being ordained as a Pioneer Priest in Hen Eglwys Llangelynnin, our simple, ancient and holy church high above the Conwy valley. Sadly most of us can’t be there today because of the pandemic restrictions on numbers. However our prayers and thoughts are with ErylContinue reading “Weekly Reflection”

Our 140 days of journeying together Reverend Eryl Parry writes: ~ As this is the last of our daily reflections (tomorrow is the first of our weekly digital reflections), it seems a good idea to go back to the very beginning. Our very first reflection in March used the words of Psalm 57. ~ Be merciful toContinue reading “Sunday Reflection”

Welcome to the weekend! Welcome to the first of our online weekend services, still with the same mix of worship, prayer and reflection. It is now coming to you on a Saturday as two of our churches will be holding services in their buildings on a Sunday for the first time since restrictions were enforcedContinue reading “Saturday Video Service”

A NEW PATTERN The first of our church buildings will reopen for public worship on Sunday. We want to sustain as many relationships as possible online and in congregations. Thank you to everyone who responded to the Zoom Coffee survey. So a new pattern starts this weekend. ~ SATURDAY VIDEO SERVICE will be published weekly at 8am on Saturdays. ~Continue reading “Daily Reflection 7th August”

Remembrance Ros Hughes, local churchwarden at St. Benedict’s Gyffin, reflects on the difference faith can make in the pain of bereavement and loss. The meaning of flowers by Ros Hughes ‘Pwy a’n gwahana ni oddi wrth gariad Crist?…..Yr wyf yn gwbl sicr na all nac angau nac einioes, nac angylion na thywysogaethau, na’r presennol na’rContinue reading “Daily Reflection 6th August”

Do tell Invitation Thank you so much for being part of our online community over these last few months. We have all grown in our faith through these pages. The Church in Wales is making a short video about ways in which people have come to faith, or experienced a deepening of their faith through thingsContinue reading “Daily Reflection 5th August”

All knotted up David Jones, from Gyffin, finds help in an unusual painting ~ Atebodd yr angel hi, “Daw’r Ysbryd Glân arnat, a bydd nerth y Goruchaf yn dy gysgodi; am hynny, gelwir y plentyn a genhedlir yn sanctaidd, Mab Duw.” Luc 1: 35 ~ The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will comeContinue reading “Daily Reflection 4th August”