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Date: 2019 (1), 2021 (2), 2022 (1), 2023 (1), 2025 (1)
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See Jesus and shine
Revelation 1:1-20 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2025-05-04-am.mp3 Download
Preached by John Perry on May 4, 2025 (Sunday Morning).
Strange strategic goodness
Ruth 3:1-18 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2023-08-27-am.mp3 Download
Preached by John Perry on August 27, 2023 (Sunday Morning).
How do you see Jesus?
Luke 23:32-49 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2022-04-24-am.mp3 Download
Preached by John Perry on April 24, 2022 (Sunday Morning).
Infectious indestructible joy
Luke 10:17-24 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2021-10-24-am.mp3 Download
Preached by John Perry on October 24, 2021 (Sunday Morning).
People with a purpose
Luke 10:1-16 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2021-07-04-am.mp3 Download
Preached by John Perry on July 4, 2021 (Sunday Morning).
On the mountain and in the valley with Jesus
Mark 9:1-29 (Part of the Miscellaneous series).
https://www.bethel-clydach.co.uk/sermons/?show&file_name=2019-11-10-am.mp3 Download
Preached by John Perry on November 10, 2019 (Sunday Morning).
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Keith’s story

“I started to see I wasn't the nice guy I thought I was”

After I retired I missed spending time with people and thought I’d find some sort of community in a church. I was quite nervous about going by myself. Eventually, when I did go to Bethel, it was quite reassuring. There were even people on the front door to welcome me. Listening to the preacher came as a bit of a shock though. He said no-one was good enough to go to heaven. I thought that as long as your good deeds are more than your bad you’ll be fine and go to heaven but this wasn't what God said in the Bible. I started to see I wasn't the nice guy I thought I was. God was on my mind more than ever and I knew I needed him so I started to go to Bethel regularly. I often thought about the wrong things I’d done in my life and wondered if God really wanted me.
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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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