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Everyone has a story to tell. For most of us in Bethel, our favourite stories are the ones that remind us that God knows us, loves us and changes us for the better. Here are some of those stories. (You might also enjoy some of the stories of our friends, too.)

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

Stuart & Jan

“I realised that I had been born a sinner, and going to church did not make you a Christian”

Jack

“Life was going the way I wanted it to. I had plenty of money and was very philosophical. I thought if everyone just smoked dope, then the world would be a happier place.”

Nigel

“Unlike alcohol, success or sport, turning to Jesus has brought me true and lasting happiness”

Colin

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

Keith

“I’m not perfect but I know I can ask God for forgiveness and he helps me.”

Mary

“So many times I thought, ‘That sermon was just for me’”

Lorna

“If Jesus has done all that for me, I will follow him”

Hubert

“I couldn't believe that I’d gone to chapel all my life but I wasn't a Christian”

Eleanor

“Something better than this life can ever offer”

Siân

“I realised God loved me and wanted me back”

Debra

“I did not think submitting my life to God would be the most exciting thing in the world. But now it feels like I’m finally alive and nothing else compares.”

Esther

“I wasn't wholly committed to Christ. I only gave part of my heart and I kept part for myself.”

John

“Working and drinking — that was my life”

Brian

“I started to attend Bethel church and really felt that God was drawing me back to himself. I started to feel happy again.”

Marlene

“I wanted forgiveness and heaven, but I thought doing what God wanted would make me unhappy”

Anna


Friends of Bethel

“'Pan-Am Flight 103 has exploded'… the unthinkable slowly expanded, filling not only our minds but every nerve and cell of our bodies… That’s Helga’s flight.”

John Mosey

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

Billy Burns

“I opened a Bible and the words “the truth will set you free” just stared at me. The next eighteen months were the best in my life.”

Alison Stewart

“I felt that God was calling me to speak out against Robert Mugabe ”

Henry Olonga

“God has kept me and given me strength through some very difficult times”

Kath Hamm

“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.”

Tamar Pollard

“We set our standards, but when you get there, it doesn't fulfil what you think it will.”

Garin Jenkins

“Our Christian faith has helped us every single day – if we hadn’t known that God is with us even in the most difficult times, we would probably never have been able to cope. ”

Alison and Kevin

Sunday Services
There's something on most days of the week, but our two Sunday services at 10:30am and 6:00pm are our focus. Both services include prayer, singing and Bible teaching, and we sing a mix of traditional and more modern hymns. In the morning there's a short talk for the children, before they go downstairs for Sunday School. In both services there's a 35 minute message from the Bible (you can listen to previous sermons online).
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Eleanor’s story

“I couldn't believe that I’d gone to chapel all my life but I wasn't a Christian”

I was asked, ‘Do you believe in Jesus?’ and I said ‘Of course, I do!’ because I did – after all, I had been to church all my life. The problem was I believed in a Jesus that I didn't really know. But over time I accepted what the Bible was saying so I confessed to God that I was a sinner and came to know that there was no hope without him. And the older I get the more I realise how totally undeserving I am of all that God has done for me. That is what it’s all about — all I had was religion but it’s not about religion, it’s about really knowing God.
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