Blog Posts

  • Ascension Day reflection We are continuing today, with an international theme as Reverend David Parry invites us to think of the new perspective Ascension Day offers us. And surely you recognise the boy in the picture! David in Singapore Dywedodd Iesu, ‘Arhoswch yn y ddinas nes eich gwisgo chwi oddi uchod â nerth.’ Aeth â…

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  • Steadfast love Today’s reflection is another great personal story as we learn more about Astrid Clarke, member (and recently retired organist) of St. Benedict’s Gyffin. But before we do, a couple of notices! If you hear of anyone who usually gets our daily reflections from ‘our mailchimp’ mailing list, but hasn’t been receiving them recently, please…

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  • Reading between the lines … Today’s reflection is written by Gwynn Griffith from Tal-y-Bont and member of the Llanbedr-y-Cennin congregation. We know that it will chime with many of us who have had more time to read over the last few weeks. ARGLWYDD, yr wyt wedi fy chwilio a’m hadnabod. I ble yr af oddi wrth…

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  • The beginning of another week … We begin our ninth week of lockdown with … 💗 A heartfelt thanks to everyone who has donated to our Christian Aid appeal. We have raised well over a thousand pounds in online giving through Christian Aid week. 🔒 Thanks too for messages of encouragement and understanding yesterday as Zoom wouldn’t allow…

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  • Bore da!  Good morning! Welcome to our online service, brought to you by Reverends David and Eryl Parry, Lana Flood and Andrea (Andy) Butler. We are joined by many others at the end, so we hope that it gives a real sense of us as a community being joined together in worship. Simply click the arrow…

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  • ‘Built up’ in love When we having been saying ‘we’ through the pages of these daily reflections – who do we mean? It’s certainly not only those who live and worship in the churches of the Bro Celynnin Ministry Area, although many of ‘us’ do. We are connected across the miles by love, and a…

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  • God is love What a great title to be given by today’s reflection-writer, Ros Hughes, as she ends our week in the way we started – singing! Her reflection helps us to use the words of a famous hymn as today’s prayer. We have indeed seen lots of indications of God’s love working through His…

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  • Doing ‘lockdown’ time From time to time, some of our writers have given us helpful insights by relating previous experience to our current shared situation. Today, we get to know more of Andrea (Andy) Butler’s work as a prison chaplain – where ‘doing time’ is well understood! Mae amser wedi ei bennu i bopeth, amser penodol i bopeth…

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  • Greetings Today we begin with greetings from Marjorie Stott, a long-standing member of the choir at St. Mary’s Conwy. Like many of our more senior folk, she is not able to connect online, but we are indebted to others in our community who print these daily reflections regularly to make sure everyone is included. It fits well with the…

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  • Hidden Depths One of the recent themes for discussion in some of the church press and amongst Christians friends, has been ‘What do we think God might be saying to us through this crisis?’ Reverend David Parry has been drawn to the channels in the mudflats of Conwy’s low tide as a metaphor for these…

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