Prayers 1 January 2024
Throughout Advent and Christmas we will be posting prayers from around the Synod, Ministers and Support Team, reflecting on the season and world events. Loving God,as we stand on the threshold of this New Year,we pause for a moment and look back on that which is passed.We remember with thanksgiving times of fun and laughter, […]
Read MorePrayers 31 December 2023
Throughout Advent and Christmas we will be posting prayers from around the Synod, Ministers and Support Team, reflecting on the season and world events. Happy New Year! As a child growing up in Tycroes, Ammanford, it was customary to go from house to house singing a traditional new year greeting. This is the version that I […]
Read MorePrayers 30 December 2023
Throughout Advent and Christmas we will be posting prayers from around the Synod, Ministers and Support Team, reflecting on the season and world events. A prayer for between Christmas and New Year. What time is it? Is this the time after Christmas?For eating left-overs with piles of presents, yet to be found a place in […]
Read MorePrayers 29 December 2023
Throughout Advent and Christmas we will be posting prayers from around the Synod, Ministers and Support Team, reflecting on the season and world events. This crib scene outside Taunton URC was produced by a friend of mine who is both a retired Anglican priest and a creative artist, Revd Norman Steel. It began life […]
Read MorePrayers 28 December 2023
Throughout Advent and Christmas we will be posting prayers from around the Synod, Ministers and Support Team, reflecting on the season and world events. What kind of Christmas do you look forward to? Bing Crosby was dreaming of a white Christmas – but statistically that’s very unlikely in most parts of Wales. Of course, snow […]
Read MorePrayers Tuesday 27 December 2023
Throughout Advent and Christmas we will be posting prayers from around the Synod, Ministers and Support Team, reflecting on the season and world events. Based on Mary’s Song (Luke 1:46-55) God of Love, overwhelm us with your Holy presenceMay our lives magnify you for others to see God of surprises, look on your people with […]
Read MorePrayers Sunday 26 December 2023
Throughout Advent and Christmas we will be posting prayers from around the Synod, Ministers and Support Team, reflecting on the season and world events. The World WaitsGod of grace, thank you for this season of waiting.Thank you for the beauty of the sleeping earthwaiting for spring’s new life.Thank you for the joy of childrenwaiting for […]
Read MorePrayers 25 December 2023
Throughout Advent and Christmas we will be posting prayers from around the Synod, Ministers and Support Team, reflecting on the season and world events. Joy to the world! The Light has come! The Light of the World, for all to see! Thank you, God, for this wonderful gift. Help us to share your gift and […]
Read MorePrayers 20 December 2023
Throughout Advent and Christmas we will be posting prayers from around the Synod, Ministers and Support Team, reflecting on the season and world events. A world of teenage mothers, unexpected pregnancies, occupying forces and terrorist attacks. A world where the rich get richer and the poorer get poorer. A world where people are on […]
Read MoreChristmas at Sardis Community Chapel, Ynysddu
Sardis Community Chapel, Ynysddu, held their Carol Service on 17 December and also took part in the nationwide Shine Your Light campaign. Has your church held events over the Christmas period? If so, we’d love to hear about them and share your good news throughout the Synod.
Read MorePrayers 17 December 2023
Throughout Advent and Christmas we will be posting prayers from around the Synod, Ministers and Support Team, reflecting on the season and world events. Advent God, May we seek hope anew this year in the story of Christ’s birth, Hope in the star that guides in the darkness, reminding us that you are always with […]
Read MorePray for peace this Christmas – joint message from Wales’ Christian leaders
Christian leaders, representing churches and chapels across Wales, are joining together to invite people to pray for peace this Christmas. The Anglican Archbishop of Wales, Andrew John, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff and Bishop of Menevia, Mark O’Toole, and the Moderator of the Free Church Council of Wales, Simon Walkling, are issuing a […]
Read MorePrayers 13 December 2023
Throughout Advent and Christmas we will be posting prayers from around the Synod, Ministers and Support Team, reflecting on the season and world events. Advent is a time for…. Well what is advent for? Is it a time for rushing around like a bull in an antique china shop in the last attempt to find that […]
Read MoreCarol Concerts & Christmas Events List
This is a list of all the carol concerts taking place in churches around the Synod of Wales.It is updated as frequently as possible, please contact churches directly for more information. Posters are included, where available, via a link. Further Christmas resources for children and youth are available here. Cardiff & the Vale Barry […]
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