Bethel 2 Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol

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-There are several Bethels in Wales.

-Today, we're in Bethel in Arfon.

-Welcome

-to Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.

-# Soli Deo gloria

-# Soli Deo gloria

-# Soli Deo gloria #

-During the programme,

-we meet some of Bethel's residents.

-We'll also hear performances by

-Ysgol Brynrefail's junior choir...

-..and singer Ffion Emyr.

-The singing

-comes from Cysegr chapel.

-Iwan Wyn Williams conducts,

-with Glenys Griffiths at the organ.

-Our first hymn is Hyfryd

-Eiriau'r Iesu, Bywyd Ynddynt Sydd.

-Richard, you're a deacon

-in the chapel.

-But you spend a lot of time

-at the cricket ground.

-This is my front garden.

-I played my first game here aged 12

-and my last game aged 57.

-Over a thousand games,

-so it's like coming home.

-You cut the grass here,

-which must be a lot of work.

-Yes, three times a week.

-That's how often it gets a haircut.

-I also roll it,

-if it's a big game.

-This is the Lord's of the north,

-without a doubt.

-This is the place.

-We'd never move from here.

-You can't take

-those mountains with you.

-Sometimes, I'm on the tractor

-in a storm, sometimes in sunshine.

-But the mountains are always there.

-It's not unlike faith,

-it's somewhere to turn to.

-I've done it myself.

-I've often come here by myself...

-..when the dark clouds gather,

-as they have over recent months.

-I can be myself here.

-Me and this place.

-You had a serious illness of late.

-How did you cope with it?

-To think that it was

-my first time in hospital.

-Having a cancerous tumour

-removed at Christie's.

-It was an atmosphere

-where people were truly suffering.

-But they also pulled together,

-with a special faith.

-People can put their lives

-in the hands of others.

-That's the biggest thing, I think.

-So far, I've enjoyed good health.

-This place is my therapy.

-Being here by myself.

-Sometimes, Alwyn, if you came here

-with a hidden microphone...

-..you'd hear the hymn tune Rhys

-being sung on the tractor.

-Do you perhaps think of this place

-as an extension of your chapel?

-Yes, it's very similar.

-I got my first hundred here.

-I remember some games here

-just as I remember some services.

-I prepare this place for others.

-Many Christians do the same.

-I was honoured, a year ago now,

-to be bestowed with life membership.

-That's what every Christian is

-- a life member.

-You're a chaired and crowned poet.

-Does the muse strike

-when you ride the tractor here?

-One englyn comes to mind.

-I wanted to write it

-for my grandson, Illtud Gwernydd.

-Gwernydd is an area of Bethesda

-at the foot of the Carneddau.

-This is what came to me.

-"Illtud,

-you'll always see the slopes

-"In the sunshine of your years

-"Roam upon them beyond Gwernydd

-and walk freely on the Carneddau."

-Those slopes face every Christian.

-We walk those slopes, knowing

-that someone's holding our hand.

-Someday, we'll all see the light

-at the top of the mountain.

-"Come unto us, Creator of all light,

-turn our night into day."

-The local secondary school

-is Ysgol Brynrefail in Llanrug.

-Next, a performance

-from the school's junior choir.

-They'll sing Dilyn Dy Olau

-by Robat Arwyn.

-# The world is full of your light

-# And it's engulfing me

-# You fill my life

-with your white light

-# Hold me close

-# Hold me tight

-# We'll follow your light,

-to the north and south

-# We'll follow your light,

-wherever it leads us

-# A candle has been lit

-# Filling the room with light

-# We'll follow your light

-# We'll follow your light,

-to the north and south

-# We'll follow your light,

-wherever it leads us

-# A candle has been lit

-# Filling the room with light

-# We'll follow your light

-# We'll follow your light #

-The next hymn calls for an extension

-of the Holy Spirit's influence.

-"Bywha dy waith, O Arglwydd mawr,

-dros holl derfynau'r ddaear lawr

-"Drwy roi tywalltiad nerthol iawn

-o'r Ysbryd Glan a'i ddwyfol ddawn."

-"From the mouths

-of little children..."

-I'm Hanna

-and I go to Sunday school in Bethel.

-I go to Cysegr chapel in Bethel.

-Eban Moss.

-At Sunday school, we rehearse shows

-for Christmas and Easter.

-We make cards

-and lots of fun things...

-..word searches, Mothers' Day

-and Father's Day cards.

-Lots of things like that.

-What's your favourite Bible story?

-What's your favourite Bible story?

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-Jonah.

-He doesn't listen to God.

-He refuses to tell bad people

-to behave...

-..or God will punish them.

-He wants them to be punished.

-He runs away

-so that God can't catch him.

-He sails away in a boat

-but is thrown overboard.

-A whale swallows him.

-He comes out in three days

-after God forgives him.

-He then went to warn the bad people.

-The story where Daniel...

-..is thrown into the lions' den.

-My favourite story

-is about Noah's ark.

-They build a ship out of wood...

-..and all the animals go on board.

-Then there's a storm...

-..then later, the storm dies down

-and everybody's happy.

-# A pilgrim am I in a desert land

-# Wandering hither and yon

-# And in a kind of hope every hour

-# That my Father's house is at hand

-# Come, Holy Spirit, widen the way

-# Be to me cloud and fire

-# I will not walk correctly

-half a step

-# Except thou be before me

-# I have a longing for the land

-# Where multitudes without number

-# Are singing the anthem

-the days of their age

-# About the death of Calvary #

-Bethel isn't far from Llanberis,

-which is very apt...

-..because the author

-of this next hymn was from there.

-The poet is T Rowland Hughes...

-..and Arwel Hughes

-composed the hymn tune.

-Tydi A Roddaist Liw I'r Wawr.

-We've almost reached the end

-of our programme from Bethel.

-I hope you enjoyed it.

-We end with the hymn Cyduned Nef

-A Llawr I Foli'n Harglwydd Mawr.

-Join us again next week,

-but until then, goodbye.

-S4C Subtitles by Testun Cyf.

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