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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)
Brian’s story

“Working and drinking — that was my life”

When I was younger I worked during the day and went to the pubs and clubs to drink in the nights and on weekends. That was my life — no real direction or focus. But since going to Bethel, I've found something much better.
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Oasis
Oasis is a weekly meeting for bible-study and fellowship. It takes place on most Tuesday afternoons between 2:00 and 3:30 (with breaks for school holidays). Each week a different guest speaker brings a word from the Bible, and there's plenty of time for fellowship over a cup of tea and a cake.
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Recent sermons

  • 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.
  • Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! on October 25, 2026.
  • Light and gladness and joy and honour on October 18, 2026.

 Bethel Evangelical Church, Heol-y-nant, Clydach     Tel: 01792 828095     Registered charity: 1142690