Throughout the years, we have seen a large number of local church congregation fall, to a point where many of the churches within our communities have closed altogether.
Many people have become disillusioned by the news they hear on the TV, others just drift away with all the pressures of their daily lives. But more and more we see churches with little and no younger generations and youth coming through, to continue the church in the next season.
We believe that the church is God’s mission base, we are here to glorify His name, and pass on the good news of the gospel of Christ Jesus.
We try to be as active and visible as possible within the local community, and are blessed to have a strong Sunday School, and youth groups. We thank the Lord for sustaining us and directing our paths within our ministries.
In addition to our main worship times we support a number of other activities to share this message to others that may not know.
Within all our outreach groups, we use to reach the community we do not sacrifice the doctrinal purity of the Word of God, that is essential for developing correct beliefs and lifestyle.
Sunday School
We believe that teaching our children about the Lord, and showing them the blessings that have been given to us though His word, and Godly principles of living.
We believe what the bible tells us in; Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (KJV)
We have our Sunday school classes in the fellowship area on the ground floor of the church.
Bethany Bible Club ‘BBC’ (ages 4-7years)
Bethany Bible club is held every Friday between 5:00pm – 6:15pm. It has changed since the summer holidays by splitting the age groups into 2, this was to provide more specific activities to the age groups, and in turn more children may come and enjoy their time, playing while learning about our Lord Jesus Christ and what He has done for us.
Crusaders (ages 7-11years)
Bethany Crusaders starts straight after BBC. We have a good group of youngsters of ages between 7years – 10years. There is a lot of fun within the group, and we have craft times and games based on a bible theme so we all learn while having a good time. At the end of the evening there is a small snack time.
Youth (ages 11-18years)
Our youth group meet on a Friday evening, for fellowship within the Church. The meetings are in an informal atmosphere, with open discussion on structured scriptural topics. Following the discussions and devotionals we usually have games and activities within the fellowship hall.
Throughout the year we arrange a number of activities including barbecues, sports days, cinema trips. We also arrange a longer holiday time where we take a group for a few days holiday during the school breaks.
Puppets Ministry
Glyn & Margaret Rudd go into local schools on a regular basis presenting the Gospel to the children by using puppets. To some children this is the only time they hear about Jesus. They are at present time in over 60 different schools on a regular basis.
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Men, and Ladies Fellowship
Fellowship meetings are held each Wednesday evening, for both Men and Ladies. The Ladies are located on the ground floor of our church building, while the Men’s are on the first floor.
The meetings are open to all. The fellowship is very informal, with open discussions, but always include praise & worship with devotions by various people each week.
Sisterhood
We would like to invite you along to our meeting which is held on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30pm each week. You will receive a very warm welcome. So come and praise the Lord for He is worthy of our praise.
The sisterhood at Bethany goes back a long way, with the president Mrs Florence Fletcher remembers coming to Bethany regularly for more that 70 years
Choir
If you think you can sing, or if you think you can’t. Try it and see, enjoy singing to the Lord.
Psalm 89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Thursday Morning Fellowship
Join us every Thursday at 10:30am, for tea / coffee. We have an informal fellowship time of prayer, praise and bible study. With open discussions applicable to our lives. With guest speakers we are sure you will have a blessed time.
Listen Again Service
For those who unable to attend our general worship meetings we offer an audio service that may be listened to on this site, or downloaded in MP3 format. We also supply copies of the messages on ‘cassette’ or ‘CD’ format, as requested.
Missionaries
At Bethany Ynyshir, we believe in the commission from the resurrected Christ Jesus to spread His teachings throught all nations of the world.
We have been blessed by the support of others around the world, and also to be a support to missions within the UK and abroad. Please pray for our fellow Christian missions as they prech the gospel throughout the world, and if you would like to offer any additional support you may contact them directly.
Matthew 28:16-20 (King James Version)
16Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 17And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. 18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.