Harvest Thanksgiving- Thursday 24th September 2015

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Our guest preacher for this year’s Harvest Service was Reverend Dafydd Taylor of Zion Free Church, Pembroke Dock. He preached on Psalm 67, speaking of our Gracious, Great and Giving God. We were reminded that we are blessed abundantly, we should count our blessings and also be a blessing to others. It was lovely to have fellowship with members from local churches and churches from further afield, including Cosheston, Bethesda Tenby Road, Clarbeston Road, Hill Park, Calvary Haverfordwest and Emmanuel Newport.

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Aberystwyth Conference – August 2015

It’s been a busy, blessed week at the Evangelical Movement of Wales (EMW) Aberystwyth Conference.

The two primary speakers were David Meredith and Paul David Tripp.

Every morning there were opportunities to attend prayer meetings. We chose to attend the 8.15 prayer meeting led by Rev. Chris Rees, Bethesda Chapel, Narbeth. These meetings were a great opportunity to meet others and pray for the conference, it was a very blessed hour and a great way to focus our mind on God.

Monday evenings sermon was preached by Phil Hill, a Pastoral Theologian at WEST, who attends Ebenezer Baptist Church in Swansea.

All week, the morning sermons were led by David Meredith with readings taken from Joshua. David has been the minister of Smithton-Culloden Free Church in Inverness for over 30 years.

Tuesday – Thursday Paul David Tripp spoke on Grace. He has also written many books about Christian living which are distributed worldwide.  David is the President of Paul Tripp Ministries and a Professor of Pastoral Life and Care at Redeemer Seminary, in Dalas,Texas.

Friday evenings sermon was given by Paul Gambston, who has been the minister of South Craven Evangelical Church in Crosshills, North Yourkshire, since 2010.

Ian once again led the Jaber young people’s activities helped by Megan and Jeremy. During these sessions there was the opportunity for group discussions with young people, to discuss the true meaning of becoming a Christian.

If you would like to listen to any of the morning or evening services you can via this link: http://ow.ly/QWk3K 

Saturday 1st August – Chapel Anniversary

This evening was the first service in celebrating our 193rd Chapel Anniversary services, this weekend. We had an inspiring message from Reverend Chris Rees of Narberth tonight, based on Joshua 10 verse 14. A reminder that God is always on our side no matter what adversity we face as born again Christians. With God, we can overcome all difficulties and challenges as He is for us and continues to look after us as His children.

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Great fellowship with many friends from local churches, including Bethany Clarbeston Road, Calvary, Cosheston, Bethesda Tenby Road and Hill Park. We were blessed through this fellowship together and thoroughly enjoyed worshiping together. Hymns this evening included: ‘King of Kings majesty’, ‘What a wonderful change’, ‘I stand amazed’ and a favourite of many ‘And Can it Be’.

Chapel Anniversary – 1st & 2nd August 2015

This weekend we are celebrating our 193rd Chapel anniversary!
Saturday 7.30 pm – Service led by Rev. Chris Rees, Bethesda Chapel, Narbeth.
Sunday 10.30 am – Service led by Matthew Maxwell-Carr, Hill Park,
Sunday 3.00 pm – Join us at our Singing Festival led by Rev. Ian Middlemist, which will include favourite hymns and a musical item from Philip & John Hancock
A warm welcome is extended to all! Please join us if you are able to.

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Thursday 23rd July – Summer BBQ

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This evening we had a Summer BBQ with the French Camp, Mission team.We had a number of visiting friends join us for food and fellowship. The weather was dry so we were all outside for the entire evening, in the field with plenty of room to play and socialise.

It was a great opportunity to hear about the work of the mission team who have been out evangelising in Haverfordwest, going on a day trip with senior citizens and flyering the village of Roch with information about our BBQ. Unfortunately, we didn’t have any villagers join us but we hope the flyers have raised awareness of our small chapel.

After having scrummy burgers, sausages and desserts, we joined together in worship singing: ‘Cornerstone’, ‘Set a fire’, ‘You never let go’ and ‘The Splendor of the King’. Accompanied by Nathan and Jessica May from the Mission Team.

Dennis Cox, teacher at French Camp Academy, spoke on the purpose of suffering in our lives. It was an awesome message reminding us that no matter what struggles we go through in life, there is always a purpose. God is in control of all situations and is using them to honour and glorify Him.

SASRA – Thursday 16th July

SASRAlogoThis evening it was encouraging to hear from Matthew and Bob, who gave an overview of the work SASRA has undertaken over the last twelve months in Britain and Germany.

In 1818 SASRA emerged as an informal organisation among the troops, but now work among both the RAF and army.  Scripture Readers are all gifted evangelists who have previously served in the armed force.

Bob gave an update of the work carried out in Sennybridge, Castle Martin and Cawdor Barracks. There have been encouragements in Castlemartin where SASRA has been well recieved, with several soldiers visiting Westgate Church in Pembroke.

To quote Matthew, “The Welsh are always great supporters of SASRA especially here in Pembrokeshire. It’s been good to advance the work among the SASRA-supporting churches.”

Today, Matthew had the opportunity of addressing the Officers in Cawdor Barracks. There has been great progress in Cawdor with more Christians on site, and in the future there are plans to hold a midweek meetings encouraging soldiers to visit the church on camp and to discus the Gospel.

To learn more about SASRA visit: http://www.sasra.org.uk