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Showing this week at Nantgarw Cinema outside Cardiff  Fri.24th - Sun. 26th August at various times; Mon. 27th - Thurs. 30th August:  Daily at 3.55pm only It’s the song that brings ultimate hope to so many … often in the midst of life’s most challenging moments. Amazingly, the song was written in mere minutes by MercyMe lead singer Bart Millard. In reality, those lyrics took a lifetime to craft. Although he found faith at a young age, life wasn’t easy for Bart. He leaned into an active imagination and his love of music as escapes from a troubled home life. As…

Many people like a quiz night and here is a way you can have quiz night and help make a huge difference! Tearfund's Big Quiz Night  We're asking churches right across the UK to join in with a fantastic event on 17 November. The Big Quiz Night - Noson y Cwis Mawr Get together with your friends, family and church for an epic evening of poverty-fighting fun. On Saturday 17 November – for one night only – churches and other groups up and down the country will be taking part in the biggest multi-venue, nationwide quiz ever. We’d love you…

There was a joke doing the rounds on social media a few weeks ago: "Why does no one talk about the miracle of Jesus having 12 close friends in his 30s?" Jo Frost, director of communications at the Evangelical Alliance, asks, how do we build community?   We live in a fast-paced, rapidly changing, hyperconnected world, yet loneliness is becoming a national epidemic. I visited a church last week where the practice was to share grace by hugging every person gathered there that day. As I was greeted by dozens of smiling, gracious people, I wondered, for how many people in…

In June the Eden Bus team, run by the Message in Wales planned a meal nicknamed ‘Feast from the East’ for their local community and the surrounding areas. The team planned for 50 guests but 174 turned up on the night. This came with its challenging – trying to provide food and seats for everyone. Alongside the Eden Bus they had face painting, bouncy castles, live music and Andy Hawthorne preached the gospel. They saw nine responses to the gospel during the evening. The meal took place in a local school and sadly the keys to the school were stolen. The…

Every year we back the Sporting Marvels Bible Appeal.  Giving away an age relevant Bible to each youngster going through their programme. This year 600 Bibles are being purchased, and the great news is The Message Trust is helping us get their age relevant Bible into the hands our the Kids in the Rhondda, at a huge discount. The even better news is the whole project needs £1,322 to get to it's goal.  God has been really laying on the hearts of our supporters the needs of these children.  I remember three years ago we needed to raise over seven thousand…

  The founder of a Christian charity that was set up almost two decades ago to transform the lives of vulnerable children and young people around the UK has won an award for the positive change he is helping to bring about. Tim Morfin, founder and chief executive officer of Transforming Lives for Good (TLG), was named 'Change Maker of the Year' at Charity Bank's Impact Awards 2018 for developing a small church project in Bradford into a national charity which supports thousands of children and families.   Tranforming Lives for Good also works in Wales partnering with a number…

Taken from BBC website The pastor of a fire-ravaged church has said it is "quite incredible" a prayer room survived relatively unscathed. The 130-year-old Grade-II listed Bethel Community Church on Stow Hill in Newport was destroyed after a fire spread from an old nightclub next door. Some worshippers speculated that a "spiritual fire" had protected the room, Pastor Andrew Cleverly said. Mr Cleverly is also hoping to retrieve tapes of his late father's sermons which are stored in the room. About 95 firefighters and police officers responded on 15 June but it took until the following evening to put out…

Elfed Godding will step down as national director for Wales and coalitions at the Evangelical Alliance at the end of September to embark on a new phase of ministry. The Evangelical Church in Wales will miss the wisdom and commitment that Elfed has shown to Wales over many years and without whom the Net Cardiff and Net Wales would not exist.     After a three-year period seeking God's will for the next chapter in his life and service, Elfed announced in May that after 19 years at the organisation, he will stand down to focus on local church leadership…

Purple Shoots is an organisation we have featured before on the Net Cardiff and one of the projects there are involved in is the creation of what they call Self-Reliant Groups here is how it works.  These groups aim to help their members develop skills and confidence in an atmosphere of mutual trust and support, and hopefully to develop income-generating ideas which will help transform their lives. What does an SRG look like? They are small groups (5-10 people) who are from a local community and have a similar background and who want to make differences in their lives. How…

It has been a while since we have been able to bring you any new stories to the "My Story" Collection but here are two great stories of men both living in Wales who's lives have been transformed by the power of God at work in thier lives.  Declan  - The Story of a Life Transformed  Declan was brought up by nuns in an orphanage in Northern Ireland at the heart of the troubles. His life could have turned in many directions but as we see in this video his life as a orphan was to dramatically change as he…