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0:00:00 > 0:00:02- There are several Bethels in Wales.
0:00:02 > 0:00:04- Today, we're in Bethel in Arfon.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07- Welcome - to Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:14 > 0:00:18- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:22 > 0:00:27- # Soli Deo gloria #
0:00:39 > 0:00:42- During the programme, - we meet some of Bethel's residents.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49- We'll also hear performances by - Ysgol Brynrefail's junior choir...
0:00:49 > 0:00:51- ..and singer Ffion Emyr.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- The singing - comes from Cysegr chapel.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02- Iwan Wyn Williams conducts, - with Glenys Griffiths at the organ.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07- Our first hymn is Hyfryd - Eiriau'r Iesu, Bywyd Ynddynt Sydd.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- Richard, you're a deacon - in the chapel.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- But you spend a lot of time - at the cricket ground.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- This is my front garden.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06- I played my first game here aged 12 - and my last game aged 57.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Over a thousand games, - so it's like coming home.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- You cut the grass here, - which must be a lot of work.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- Yes, three times a week.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- That's how often it gets a haircut.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- I also roll it, - if it's a big game.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- This is the Lord's of the north, - without a doubt.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- This is the place.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- We'd never move from here.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- You can't take - those mountains with you.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41- Sometimes, I'm on the tractor - in a storm, sometimes in sunshine.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- But the mountains are always there.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49- It's not unlike faith, - it's somewhere to turn to.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- I've done it myself.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- I've often come here by myself...
0:03:54 > 0:03:59- ..when the dark clouds gather, - as they have over recent months.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- I can be myself here.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- Me and this place.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08- You had a serious illness of late. - How did you cope with it?
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- To think that it was - my first time in hospital.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- Having a cancerous tumour - removed at Christie's.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- It was an atmosphere - where people were truly suffering.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25- But they also pulled together, - with a special faith.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- People can put their lives - in the hands of others.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- That's the biggest thing, I think.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- So far, I've enjoyed good health.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- This place is my therapy.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- Being here by myself.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- Sometimes, Alwyn, if you came here - with a hidden microphone...
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- ..you'd hear the hymn tune Rhys - being sung on the tractor.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55- Do you perhaps think of this place - as an extension of your chapel?
0:04:56 > 0:04:57- Yes, it's very similar.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- I got my first hundred here.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05- I remember some games here - just as I remember some services.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- I prepare this place for others.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- Many Christians do the same.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14- I was honoured, a year ago now, - to be bestowed with life membership.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18- That's what every Christian is - - a life member.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- You're a chaired and crowned poet.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- Does the muse strike - when you ride the tractor here?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- One englyn comes to mind.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- I wanted to write it - for my grandson, Illtud Gwernydd.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- Gwernydd is an area of Bethesda - at the foot of the Carneddau.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- This is what came to me.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- "Illtud, - you'll always see the slopes
0:05:44 > 0:05:45- "In the sunshine of your years
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- "Roam upon them beyond Gwernydd - and walk freely on the Carneddau."
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- Those slopes face every Christian.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58- We walk those slopes, knowing - that someone's holding our hand.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03- Someday, we'll all see the light - at the top of the mountain.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09- "Come unto us, Creator of all light, - turn our night into day."
0:08:57 > 0:09:02- The local secondary school - is Ysgol Brynrefail in Llanrug.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- Next, a performance - from the school's junior choir.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- They'll sing Dilyn Dy Olau - by Robat Arwyn.
0:09:13 > 0:09:19- # The world is full of your light
0:09:19 > 0:09:24- # And it's engulfing me
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- # You fill my life - with your white light
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- # Hold me close
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- # Hold me tight
0:09:38 > 0:09:43- # We'll follow your light, - to the north and south
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- # We'll follow your light, - wherever it leads us
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- # A candle has been lit
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- # Filling the room with light
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- # We'll follow your light
0:09:59 > 0:10:05- # We'll follow your light, - to the north and south
0:10:05 > 0:10:10- # We'll follow your light, - wherever it leads us
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- # A candle has been lit
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- # Filling the room with light
0:10:16 > 0:10:22- # We'll follow your light
0:10:23 > 0:10:33- # We'll follow your light #
0:10:35 > 0:10:40- The next hymn calls for an extension - of the Holy Spirit's influence.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45- "Bywha dy waith, O Arglwydd mawr, - dros holl derfynau'r ddaear lawr
0:10:45 > 0:10:50- "Drwy roi tywalltiad nerthol iawn - o'r Ysbryd Glan a'i ddwyfol ddawn."
0:13:29 > 0:13:34- "From the mouths - of little children..."
0:13:35 > 0:13:39- I'm Hanna - and I go to Sunday school in Bethel.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- I go to Cysegr chapel in Bethel.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- Eban Moss.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51- At Sunday school, we rehearse shows - for Christmas and Easter.
0:13:51 > 0:13:57- We make cards - and lots of fun things...
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- ..word searches, Mothers' Day - and Father's Day cards.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03- Lots of things like that.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06- What's your favourite Bible story?
0:14:06 > 0:14:07- What's your favourite Bible story?- - Jonah.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09- He doesn't listen to God.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14- He refuses to tell bad people - to behave...
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- ..or God will punish them.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- He wants them to be punished.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- He runs away - so that God can't catch him.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30- He sails away in a boat - but is thrown overboard.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- A whale swallows him.
0:14:32 > 0:14:38- He comes out in three days - after God forgives him.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- He then went to warn the bad people.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- The story where Daniel...
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- ..is thrown into the lions' den.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- My favourite story - is about Noah's ark.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- They build a ship out of wood...
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- ..and all the animals go on board.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- Then there's a storm...
0:15:04 > 0:15:10- ..then later, the storm dies down - and everybody's happy.
0:15:13 > 0:15:23- # A pilgrim am I in a desert land
0:15:24 > 0:15:34- # Wandering hither and yon
0:15:35 > 0:15:45- # And in a kind of hope every hour
0:15:45 > 0:15:54- # That my Father's house is at hand
0:15:56 > 0:16:07- # Come, Holy Spirit, widen the way
0:16:07 > 0:16:16- # Be to me cloud and fire
0:16:17 > 0:16:27- # I will not walk correctly - half a step
0:16:27 > 0:16:36- # Except thou be before me
0:16:37 > 0:16:47- # I have a longing for the land
0:16:47 > 0:16:58- # Where multitudes without number
0:16:58 > 0:17:09- # Are singing the anthem - the days of their age
0:17:09 > 0:17:23- # About the death of Calvary #
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- Bethel isn't far from Llanberis, - which is very apt...
0:17:29 > 0:17:33- ..because the author - of this next hymn was from there.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35- The poet is T Rowland Hughes...
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- ..and Arwel Hughes - composed the hymn tune.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- Tydi A Roddaist Liw I'r Wawr.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- We've almost reached the end - of our programme from Bethel.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- I hope you enjoyed it.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- We end with the hymn Cyduned Nef - A Llawr I Foli'n Harglwydd Mawr.
0:20:43 > 0:20:49- Join us again next week, - but until then, goodbye.
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