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Church-Vision:

MAKING MUCH OF CHRIST…
in Doctrine, Covenant-Fellowship, and Witness

Key Passage: Matthew 28:18-20

Weekly Meetings

Lord’s Day, 11am & 5pm

Tuesday Whole-Church Prayer-Meetings, 7:30pm (every other week)

These are in-person, downstairs in the church-building. Facility to log-in via Google Meet also available.

meet.google.com/zoo-geko-utn

Small-Group Prayer-Meetings, 7:30pm (every other week)

Eric Taylor – in-person & online meet.google.com/jti-hgwi-uth
Ian Jones – in-person & online meet.google.com/waf-jtah-dbz
Rhodri Brady – in-person only

Advance Dates

FEBRUARY

  • 5th — Members’ Meeting

December 2025

Activities This Month

Thursday 4th 7:30pm, Members’ Meeting @ AP (downstairs)
Friday 5th 1pm, Burial of Mathew Taylor @ Cefn Llan Cemetery (all welcome)
2pm, Funeral Service of Mathew Taylor @ AP
[Service followed by refreshments @ AP (downstairs), all welcome]
Saturday 6th 1:30pm, Wedding of Joanne James and Jordan Phillips @ AP (all welcome)
[Service followed by refreshments @ AP (downstairs), all welcome]
Lord’s Day 7th Communion as part of Evening Service
Friday 12th 7pm, Youth Club (Christmas Party!) @ AP (downstairs) [one week later]
Saturday 13th 5pm, Church Christmas Food & Worship @ Plascrug School
Lord’s Day 14th 5pm, Good News Carol Service @ AP
Wednesday 17th 12pm, Burial of Salim Haddad @ Strata Florida Abbey / Abaty Ystrad Fflur
(Address: Ystrad Meurig, SY25 6ES) [All Welcome]
2pm, Funeral Service of Salim Haddad
[Service followed by refreshments at Llety Parc, all welcome (please come)]
Friday 19th  7pm, Youth Club @ AP (downstairs)
Wednesday 24th 5pm, (Christmas Eve) A Short Service of Reflection @ AP
Thursday 25th 10:30am, Christmas Day Joint-Service with Eglwys Efengylaidd Aberystwyth (Rhodri leading, Derrick Adams preaching)

Other Notes

  • Rhodri and the family plan to go away from the 28th of December until the 1st of January.
  • Christmas:
    • Our main Christmas Evangelistic Project this festive-season is the Christmas Card Project. This December we plan to go around the shops giving each shop-worker a Christmas card containing an invitation to our Carol Service, as well as some of the other Christmas meetings we have on in December.
    • Note the Christmas Good News Service on the 14th (we’re advertising it as a Traditional Carol Service in our Christmas Cards). Do invite friends and neighbours. Poster here:

    • The plan for this experiment that is the Short Service of Reflection on Christmas Eve is for it to be twenty-minutes to gather together and remind ourselves of why all this madness happens at this time of year. We also figured that it made sense to give the world an opportunity to wander in since some may expect us to have a service on Christmas Eve.
  • No Pilgrim’s Progress for December. [The Pilgrim’s Progress – A Guided Tour is a course curated by Ligonier Ministries which we’re running every other Monday in the basement. Derek Thomas (who was converted in Aber, became a member at AP and served as a deacon for a short time with us in the 1970s) is the video tour-guide. We listen to him for twenty minutes or so and then we talk over some discussion questions. We aim to be done within the hour.]

  • Whole-Church Prayer-Meetings: 9 & 23 | Small-Group Prayer-Meetings: 2 & 16
    • There are three small-groups led by each of the elders. Speak to Rhodri, Ian, or Eric if you are interested in joining one of the small-groups.
    • Note: No Prayer-Meeting on the 30th.
  • The weekly Women’s Fellowship meets on Wednesday mornings, in AP basement at 10:30am (TBC in Sunday notices).
    • Causeway continues to meet between 11 and 12:30 every Wednesday, it is a time of worship organised by the staff of the homes that grew out of Plas Lluest (the home for adults with learning disabilities set up by Alfred Place four decades ago). There is singing, reading, prayer, and sharing of the word, all geared at the Plas Lluest residents and others with additional needs. The format is usually singing until around 12, then Rhodri speaks, then there’s prayer, and then there’s tea and biscuits with an optional bring your now packed-lunch, followed by some more singing. It takes place in the Community Space in Tesco. All welcome (you don’t have to stay for the whole time).

  • There will be no Bible-reading Groups (Craft Club / Women’s Evening / Men’s Breakfast / Bible Club) this month, but the church are still encouraged to read Luke 1-12. The next Bible-Book-section will be Luke 13-24. 
  • When able to, those manning the Book-Table go out every Saturday (weather & personnel-permitting) 11am-12:30pm; members, speak to Eric if you are interested in joining the work.

Book News

 

November 2025

Activities This Month

Lord’s Day 2nd Andy Christofedes leading & preaching AM
Tim Gill leading & preaching PM
Rhodri leading & preaching in Eglwys Efengylaidd Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen) AM & PM
[Communion delayed one week]
Thursday 6th 7:30pm, Members’ Meeting @ AP (downstairs)
Friday 7th 7pm, Youth Club @ AP (downstairs)
Saturday 8th 8:30am, Men’s Breakfast @ AP (downstairs)
Lord’s Day 9th 9:30am, Craft Club @ AP (downstairs)
Communion as part of morning service
5pm, Good News Remembrance Service 
7:30pm, Students etc. @ The Manse
Monday 10th 7:30pm, The Pilgrim’s Progress – A Guided Tour
@ AP (downstairs)
[No. 15: The Trek to the Palace]
Lord’s Day 16th 12:45pm(ish), Bring Your Own Lunch @ AP (downstairs)
Thursday 20th  7:30pm, Officers’ Meeting @ AP (downstairs)
Friday 21st  7pm, Youth Club @ AP (downstairs)
Monday 24th 7:30pm, The Pilgrim’s Progress – A Guided Tour
@ AP (downstairs)
[No. 16: The Road to Vanity & Vanity Fair]
Thursday 27th 8pm, Women’s Evening @ The Manse
Friday 28th 6pm, Bible Club @ The Manse

Other Notes

  • Note the Remembrance Sunday Good News Service on the 9th. We will be singing armistice hymns, we will pray, and read the Bible with themes of war and peace in mind. Do invite friends and neighbours. Poster here:

  • Rhodri is at the Mid-Wales and Borders Fraternal @ Newtown Evangelical Church on the 11th.
  • Rhodri is at the AECW Ministers’ Consultation on the 17th and 18th, in Trefeca, Brecon.
  • The Pilgrim’s Progress – A Guided Tour is a course curated by Ligonier Ministries which we’re running every other Monday in the basement. Derek Thomas (who was converted in Aber, became a member at AP and served as a deacon for a short time with us in the 1970s) is the video tour-guide. We listen to him for twenty minutes or so and then we talk over some discussion questions. We aim to be done within the hour.

  • Whole-Church Prayer-Meetings: 11 & 25 | Small-Group Prayer-Meetings: 4 & 18
    • There are three small-groups led by each of the elders. Speak to Rhodri, Ian, or Eric if you are interested in joining one of the small-groups.
  • The weekly Women’s Fellowship meets on Wednesday mornings, in AP basement at 10:30am (TBC in Sunday notices).
    • Causeway continues to meet between 11 and 12:30 every Wednesday, it is a time of worship organised by the staff of the homes that grew out of Plas Lluest (the home for adults with learning disabilities set up by Alfred Place four decades ago). There is singing, reading, prayer, and sharing of the word, all geared at the Plas Lluest residents and others with additional needs. The format is usually singing until around 12, then Rhodri speaks, then there’s prayer, and then there’s tea and biscuits with an optional bring your now packed-lunch, followed by some more singing. It takes place in the Community Space in Tesco. All welcome (you don’t have to stay for the whole time).

  • The monthly Bible-Reading-Groups’ are currently on Malachi. All church-members are encouraged to read the chapters and to consider Christ as you do. Those attending the groups (Women’s Evening / Men’s Breakfast / Bible Club), do keep a note of observations and questions to share with/ask one another. The next Bible-Book-section will be Luke 1-12. 
  • When able to, those manning the Book-Table go out every Saturday (weather & personnel-permitting) 11am-12:30pm; members, speak to Eric if you are interested in joining the work.

Book News

 

October 2025

Activities This Month

Friday 3rd 7pm, Youth Club @ AP (downstairs)
Lord’s Day 5th Communion as part of Evening Service
Monday 6th 7:30pm, Special Prayer-Meeting (1 of 2)
in preparation for Church-Covenant-Renewal

[Members Only]
Thursday 9th 7:30pm, Special Prayer-Meeting (2 of 2)
in preparation for Church-Covenant-Renewal

[Members Only]
Saturday 11th 8:30am, Men’s Breakfast @ AP
2pm, Funeral of Alex Young
Lord’s Day 12th 9:30am, Craft Club @ AP (downstairs)
11am, Covenant-Renewal Service
7:30pm, Students etc. @ The Manse
Monday 13th  7:30pm, The Pilgrim’s Progress – A Guided Tour
@ AP (downstairs)
[No. 14: Foes & Friends: The Road to Interpreter’s House]
Thursday 16th  7:30pm, Officers’ Meeting @ AP (downstairs) [TBC]
Note: Members’ Meeting on 6th of November
Friday 17th 7pm, Youth Club @ AP (downstairs)
Lord’s Day 19th 12:45pm(ish), Bring Your Own Picnic @ AP (downstairs)
5pm, Good News Harvest Service 
Thursday 23rd 8pm, Women’s Evening @ The Manse
Friday 24th 6pm, Bible Club @ The Manse
Lord’s Day 26th 7:30pm, Students etc. @ The Manse
Monday 27th 7:30pm, The Pilgrim’s Progress – A Guided Tour
@ AP (downstairs)
[No. 15: The Trek to the Palace]
Tuesday 28th 7:30pm, Special Prayer-Meeting:
Speaker: Wim Rechterschot
from International Mission to Jewish People.
Eglwys Efengylaidd Aberystwyth joining.

Other Notes

  • There will be two Covenant Special Prayer-Meetings, one on Monday the 6th, and the other on Thursday the 9th (we have previously held three, but the Tuesday will be the previously scheduled small-groups meeting). These are two important prayer-meetings for the members to discuss and prepare our hearts for the Covenant-Renewal Service on Lord’s Day the 12th.
    • The AP Church-Covenant is as follows:

“We recognise that when each of us joined Alfred Place, we made a serious commitment. We acknowledged on that day that the church is not just a building or an organisation, but a special and unique community of people in relationship with God and with each other. Therefore, today—as members of Alfred Place—we recommit to:

  1. The doctrines of the Christian faith taught in this church. (Summarised in the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith.)
  2. Sincerely believing that we are chosen and beloved of God from eternity; that Christ died for our sins; and that the Holy Spirit resides within us.
  3. Trusting God’s promises of peace and love; of his presence; his salvation; his grace and power; and his protection.
  4. Loving and caring for; encouraging; and praying for our church-family.
  5. Submitting to the elders in their teaching; discipleship and—if necessary—discipline through the faithful preaching and teaching of the gospel.
  6. Daily seeking the Lord’s help to enable us to carry out all the duties and responsibilities of Christians, including the giving of our time, talents and money to support the various ministries of the church; and providing encouragement to those missionaries and church-workers with whom we are associated.
  7. Making the meetings of the church our first priority, especially for the services of public worship and preaching; the meetings for prayer; and for business meetings (treating matters discussed at members meetings in strict confidence).
  8. Loving all the children of God and showing this love in deeds of practical kindness.
  9. Reminding ourselves regularly that what each of us does affects everyone else.
  10. Being ready to witness in any way we can to people who do not yet know Jesus as Saviour and Lord.

“We recognise that these commitments cannot be undertaken in our own strength but rather only as we endeavour to trust our mighty Triune God for His grace and help.”

  • For Alex Young’s funeral on the 11th, the whole service will take place at Alfred Place (and it will be live-streamed), with the cremation taking place privately at a later date. St John has requested that bright colours be worn for the funeral, and for ideas, some may want to wear something pink, as that was Alex’s favourite colour.
  • Rhodri is at the AECW Committee on the morning of the 14th of October, the meeting is taking place on Zoom.
  • The special Good News Service all about Harvest on the 25th. We will be singing Harvest hymns, we will pray, and read the Bible with Harvest in mind, there may also be a testimony, and we will listen to a sermon all about Jesus reign at the Father’s right hand. Do invite friends and neighbours. Poster here:

  • Rhodri plans to attend the New Pastors’ Conference in Bryn-Y-Groes, Bala from the 20th – 22nd. (The conference is for any pastor who has been in ministry for ten years of fewer, so Rhodri does still qualify as a new pastor having been here for nine years!).
  • The Pilgrim’s Progress – A Guided Tour is a course curated by Ligonier Ministries which we’re running every other Monday in the basement. Derek Thomas (who was converted in Aber, became a member at AP and served as a deacon for a short time with us in the 1970s) is the video tour-guide. We listen to him for twenty minutes or so and then we talk over some discussion questions. We aim to be done within the hour. This month:
    • 13th: Foes & Friends: The Road to Interpreter’s House
    • 27th: The Trek to the Palace

  • Whole-Church Prayer-Meetings: 14, 28 [IMJP] | Small-Group Prayer-Meeting: 7, 21
    • There are three small-groups led by each of the elders. Speak to Rhodri, Ian, or Eric if you are interested in joining one of the small-groups.
  • The weekly Women’s Fellowship meets on Wednesday mornings, in AP basement at 10:30am (TBC in Sunday notices).
    • Message from the Women’s Fellowship about Blythswood Shoeboxes:

      Would you be able to fill a shoebox with gifts for needy families in Ukraine and Eastern Europe?
      There are leaflets in the porch and bookshop with all the information.
      Deadline for shoeboxes – October 31st.
      See Betty if you need any help. Thank you.  

    • Causeway continues to meet between 11 and 12:30 every Wednesday, it is a time of worship organised by the staff of the homes that grew out of Plas Lluest (the home for adults with learning disabilities set up by Alfred Place four decades ago). There is singing, reading, prayer, and sharing of the word, all geared at the Plas Lluest residents and others with additional needs. The format is usually singing until around 12, then Rhodri speaks, then there’s prayer, and then there’s tea and biscuits with an optional bring your now packed-lunch, followed by some more singing. It takes place in the Community Space in Tesco. All welcome (you don’t have to stay for the whole time).

  • The monthly Bible-Reading-Groups’ are currently on 2 Corinthians. All church-members are encouraged to read the chapters and to consider Christ as you do. Those attending the groups (Women’s Evening / Men’s Breakfast / Bible Club), do keep a note of observations and questions to share with/ask one another. The next Bible-Book-section will be Malachi. 
  • When able to, those manning the Book-Table go out every Saturday (weather & personnel-permitting) 11am-12:30pm; members, speak to Eric if you are interested in joining the work.

Book News