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    • Siân — I found something better
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      • Billy Burns — He tried to kill me, but when I met him, I liked him
      • Tamar Pollard — The freedom and power of forgiveness
      • John Mosey — My daughter was killed at Lockerbie
      • Alison and Kevin — Our faith has helped us every single day

Appendix

  • The Beginnings of Calvinistic Methodism
  • The Forward Movement
  • Trinity Chapel
  • Painful Change
  • Blessing in Adversity
  • Strengthening the Work
  • Appendix

Ministers of Trinity and Bethel

Rev. J. B. Thompson (September 1916 – March 1919)
Rev. Llewellyn Evans (March 1919 – June 1920)
Rev. Richard E. Jones (August 1921 – February 1927)
Rev. John Harries (November 1928 – March 1931)
Rev. J. Lewis Evans (November 1931 – March 1948)
Rev. E. B. Goronwy (January 1949 – May 1957)
Rev. D. Leslie Jones (September 1959 – Autumn 1966)
Rev. John M. Davies (January 1967 – March 1979)
Rev. John Mainwaring (September 1980 – July 2000)
Rev. Mark Barnes (September 2007 – present)

Those sent to labour in the gospel

Ieuan Evans (c. 1935)
Ceridwyn Evans (c. 1935)
David Phillips (1949)
Geoffrey Fewkes (1965)
Brian Nott (1969)
Andrew Bowden (1972)
Nigel Clifford (1977)
Nathanael and Anna Ayling (2010)

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Billy Burns’s story

“He tried to kill me — but when I met him, I liked him”

The bullet hit me just under the lip, sheared off my teeth, went through my tongue into my throat. It physically lifted me clean off the ground and knocked me unconscious… In our Christian faith we believe in forgiveness and letting go, not holding grudges. I was very grateful to be still alive. So I sent my attackers a Christmas card…
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Sunday school
Sunday School takes place each week between 10:30 and 11:45. The first thirty minutes is spent in the Sunday morning congregation which includes a children's talk. The remainder of the time is spent downstairs with a variety of songs, games, Bible stories and puzzles.  There are classes for both nursery, infants and juniors so you…
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 Bethel Evangelical Church, Heol-y-nant, Clydach     Tel: 01792 828095     Registered charity: 1142690