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Alan and Pat Davey (Bordeaux, France)

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  • Alan and Pat Davey (Bordeaux, France)

After fourteen happy years in pastoral ministry at Christ Church, Deeside (near Chester) Pat and Alan and their children, Gwilym and Catrin moved to Bordeaux, supported by their home church, to begin learning French in order to join the UFM Bordeaux team.  The road to Bordeaux began when Pat and Alan went on honeymoon to Fuengirola in Southern Spain. It was there that the spiritual needs of continental Europe stopped being simply a known fact and became a personal challenge. After that the road was long and winding, but they finally moved to Bordeaux in August 2005, sure of God’s guiding hand.

They are helping with a church plant in Bordeaux (Eglise Réformée Evangélique de la Gironde) and also with student evangelism and ministry with the goal of seeing a strong Bible church established and strong Bible Christians going all over the world with the gospel.

Latest blog posts from Alan:

  • Three weeks in Blighty (19 August 2025)
  • Reflections on two weeks, three weekends in the UK (19 June 2025)
  • The new cycle path (24 May 2025)
  • Ella (23 May 2025)
  • Our granddaughter (6 May 2025)
Stuart & Jan’s story

“I knew that if I didn't get right with God, I wasn't going to heaven”

I really tried to get a better life but I just couldn’t. Then a man called Ceri Jenkins one day asked me to go to a Christian meeting. I went along thinking this would be a laugh but I heard how Jesus loved me even though I’d been a rebel against him. I felt the urgency of getting right with God knowing that Jesus was coming back. I knew that if I didn’t I wasn’t going to heaven. That night I prayed God would change me and for the first time I felt clean!
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Food for Thought
Isn’t Clydach a great place to live? It’s good isn’t it to meet with friends and have opportunities for strengthening our ties with each other? Bethel wants to help us do just this. Food for Thought is an hour long monthly lunch where we share a meal together, and listen to a short talk allowing…
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Recent sermons

  • Was it really worth it? on November 8, 2026.
  • One thing is necessary on November 8, 2026.
  • A tale of two nations on November 1, 2026.
  • And who is my neighbour? on November 1, 2026.
  • Sowing well is worthwhile on October 25, 2026.

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