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-There are several Bethels in Wales.

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-Today, we're in Bethel in Arfon.

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-Welcome

-to Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.

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-# Soli Deo gloria

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-# Soli Deo gloria

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-# Soli Deo gloria #

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-During the programme,

-we meet some of Bethel's residents.

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-We'll also hear performances by

-Ysgol Brynrefail's junior choir...

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-..and singer Ffion Emyr.

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-The singing

-comes from Cysegr chapel.

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-Iwan Wyn Williams conducts,

-with Glenys Griffiths at the organ.

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-Our first hymn is Hyfryd

-Eiriau'r Iesu, Bywyd Ynddynt Sydd.

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-Richard, you're a deacon

-in the chapel.

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-But you spend a lot of time

-at the cricket ground.

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-This is my front garden.

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-I played my first game here aged 12

-and my last game aged 57.

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-Over a thousand games,

-so it's like coming home.

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-You cut the grass here,

-which must be a lot of work.

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-Yes, three times a week.

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-That's how often it gets a haircut.

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-I also roll it,

-if it's a big game.

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-This is the Lord's of the north,

-without a doubt.

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-This is the place.

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-We'd never move from here.

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-You can't take

-those mountains with you.

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-Sometimes, I'm on the tractor

-in a storm, sometimes in sunshine.

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-But the mountains are always there.

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-It's not unlike faith,

-it's somewhere to turn to.

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-I've done it myself.

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

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-..when the dark clouds gather,

-as they have over recent months.

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-I can be myself here.

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-Me and this place.

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-You had a serious illness of late.

-How did you cope with it?

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-To think that it was

-my first time in hospital.

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-Having a cancerous tumour

-removed at Christie's.

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-It was an atmosphere

-where people were truly suffering.

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-But they also pulled together,

-with a special faith.

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-People can put their lives

-in the hands of others.

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-That's the biggest thing, I think.

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-So far, I've enjoyed good health.

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-This place is my therapy.

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-Being here by myself.

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-Sometimes, Alwyn, if you came here

-with a hidden microphone...

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-..you'd hear the hymn tune Rhys

-being sung on the tractor.

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-Do you perhaps think of this place

-as an extension of your chapel?

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-Yes, it's very similar.

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-I got my first hundred here.

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-I remember some games here

-just as I remember some services.

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-I prepare this place for others.

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-Many Christians do the same.

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-I was honoured, a year ago now,

-to be bestowed with life membership.

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-That's what every Christian is

-- a life member.

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-You're a chaired and crowned poet.

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-Does the muse strike

-when you ride the tractor here?

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-One englyn comes to mind.

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-I wanted to write it

-for my grandson, Illtud Gwernydd.

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-Gwernydd is an area of Bethesda

-at the foot of the Carneddau.

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-This is what came to me.

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-"Illtud,

-you'll always see the slopes

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-"In the sunshine of your years

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-"Roam upon them beyond Gwernydd

-and walk freely on the Carneddau."

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-Those slopes face every Christian.

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-We walk those slopes, knowing

-that someone's holding our hand.

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-Someday, we'll all see the light

-at the top of the mountain.

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-"Come unto us, Creator of all light,

-turn our night into day."

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-The local secondary school

-is Ysgol Brynrefail in Llanrug.

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-Next, a performance

-from the school's junior choir.

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-They'll sing Dilyn Dy Olau

-by Robat Arwyn.

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-# The world is full of your light

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-# And it's engulfing me

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-# You fill my life

-with your white light

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-# Hold me close

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-# Hold me tight

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-# We'll follow your light,

-to the north and south

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-# We'll follow your light,

-wherever it leads us

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-# A candle has been lit

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-# Filling the room with light

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-# We'll follow your light

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-# We'll follow your light,

-to the north and south

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-# We'll follow your light,

-wherever it leads us

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-# A candle has been lit

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-# Filling the room with light

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-# We'll follow your light

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-# We'll follow your light #

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-The next hymn calls for an extension

-of the Holy Spirit's influence.

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-"Bywha dy waith, O Arglwydd mawr,

-dros holl derfynau'r ddaear lawr

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-"Drwy roi tywalltiad nerthol iawn

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

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-"From the mouths

-of little children..."

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-I'm Hanna

-and I go to Sunday school in Bethel.

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-I go to Cysegr chapel in Bethel.

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-Eban Moss.

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-At Sunday school, we rehearse shows

-for Christmas and Easter.

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-We make cards

-and lots of fun things...

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-..word searches, Mothers' Day

-and Father's Day cards.

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-Lots of things like that.

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-What's your favourite Bible story?

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-What's your favourite Bible story?

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-Jonah.

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-He doesn't listen to God.

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-He refuses to tell bad people

-to behave...

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-..or God will punish them.

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-He wants them to be punished.

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-He runs away

-so that God can't catch him.

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-He sails away in a boat

-but is thrown overboard.

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-A whale swallows him.

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-He comes out in three days

-after God forgives him.

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-He then went to warn the bad people.

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-The story where Daniel...

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-..is thrown into the lions' den.

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-My favourite story

-is about Noah's ark.

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-They build a ship out of wood...

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-..and all the animals go on board.

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-Then there's a storm...

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-..then later, the storm dies down

-and everybody's happy.

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-# A pilgrim am I in a desert land

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-# Wandering hither and yon

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-# And in a kind of hope every hour

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-# That my Father's house is at hand

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-# Come, Holy Spirit, widen the way

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-# Be to me cloud and fire

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-# I will not walk correctly

-half a step

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-# Except thou be before me

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-# I have a longing for the land

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-# Where multitudes without number

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-# Are singing the anthem

-the days of their age

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-# About the death of Calvary #

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-Bethel isn't far from Llanberis,

-which is very apt...

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-..because the author

-of this next hymn was from there.

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-The poet is T Rowland Hughes...

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-..and Arwel Hughes

-composed the hymn tune.

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-Tydi A Roddaist Liw I'r Wawr.

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-We've almost reached the end

-of our programme from Bethel.

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-I hope you enjoyed it.

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-We end with the hymn Cyduned Nef

-A Llawr I Foli'n Harglwydd Mawr.

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-Join us again next week,

-but until then, goodbye.

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