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Active filter: Preacher: Mark Barnes (x) , Book: Psalm (x) , Service: Sunday Morning (x)
Book: Psalm (10), Matthew (1), Ephesians (1).
Series: Hope in our struggles (1), The Greatest of these is Love (2), Miscellaneous (7).
Date: 2009 (1), 2011 (2), 2016 (3), 2017 (1), 2018 (1), 2019 (1), 2023 (1)
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Sermons (10)

Baptismal service
Ephesians 2:1-10 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2023-09-03-am.mp3 Download
Preached by Mark Barnes on September 3, 2023 (Sunday Morning).
It's good to praise God
Psalm 147:1-20 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2019-09-29-am.mp3 Download
Preached by Mark Barnes on September 29, 2019 (Sunday Morning).
Hope in our depressions
Psalm 88:1-18 (Part of the Hope in our struggles series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2018-03-18-am.mp3 Download
Preached by Mark Barnes on March 18, 2018 (Sunday Morning).
'Better than hymns and sermons'
Psalm 23:1-6 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2017-11-05-am.mp3 Download
Preached by Mark Barnes on November 5, 2017 (Sunday Morning).
God our Refuge and Strength
Psalm 46:1-11 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2016-06-26-am.mp3 Download
Preached by Mark Barnes on June 26, 2016 (Sunday Morning).
Love God, Love God's Word
Psalm 119:42-48 (Part of the The Greatest of these is Love series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2016-03-06-am.mp3 Download
Preached by Mark Barnes on March 6, 2016 (Sunday Morning).
Loving being in the presence of God
Psalm 63:1-11 (Part of the The Greatest of these is Love series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2016-01-17-am.mp3 Download
Preached by Mark Barnes on January 17, 2016 (Sunday Morning).
Thankful for everything
Psalm 104:1-35 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2011-09-18-am.mp3 Download
Preached by Mark Barnes on September 18, 2011 (Sunday Morning).
Hunger and thirst for righteousness.
Matthew 5:6 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2011-08-07-am.mp3 Download
Preached by Mark Barnes on August 7, 2011 (Sunday Morning).
Is living wholeheartedly for God worth it?
Psalm 73:1-28 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2009-08-30-am.mp3 Download
Preached by Mark Barnes on August 30, 2009 (Sunday Morning).
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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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Tamar Pollard’s story

“Suddenly a masked man smashed through the driver’s window with an iron bar and began beating Dad to death. There was nothing Dad could do — he was trapped in his own seat, receiving blow after blow. And it was there he died, suffocating on his own blood.”

Thirteen years ago the question of forgiveness became a very real one for me. Every summer my whole family (me, Mum, Dad and younger brother and sister), packed into a caravanette full of aid: food, clothes, medicine and Bibles and journeyed off to Eastern Europe, for six weeks. This particular year, when Mum and Dad approached the Romanian border, the lights failed on the vehicle. They stopped in a lay-by to wait for daylight, but were soon disturbed by a loud bangs. Dad clambered into the cab and put the key into the ignition. Suddenly a masked man smashed through the driver’s window with an iron bar and began beating Dad to death. There was nothing Dad could do — he was trapped in his own seat, receiving blow after blow. And it was there he died, suffocating on his own blood. Questions began to flood my mind. Questions like: “Do I really believe God exists and is in control?”, “Do I really believe God is good and his plans are perfect?”, “Do I really believe God sent his son, Jesus into the world?”, “Do I believe Jesus died in my place, to take the punishment I deserve?”. And as I answered yes to each and every one of them, I was then left with the question, “Well, how am I going to respond?”
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