Once a month, the men of Penrallt have a chance to meet together to pray for one another. The meeting usually takes place on the first Wednesday of each month at 10:30am in the Twrgwyn Room at Penrallt. It lasts for about 45 minutes. After we have prayed, we go across the road for a cup of coffee.
The next Prayer & Panad meeting will be on Wednesday 5th June.
On (usually) the first Sunday afternoon of each month, a small team from Penrallt goes over to the nursing home at Bontnewydd, near Caernarfon, to lead a short service for the residents, starting at 2:15pm. You are very welcome to join us. We are particularly in need of musicians and Welsh speakers.
We aim to hold the next service at Bontnewydd on Sunday 2nd June. Please check with the church office to confirm that it is happening; also contact the office if you would like more information about the service.
This year's Christian Aid Week runs from 12th to 18th May. Penrallt will be joining with the rest of Cytûn (Churches Together in Bangor) for the following events to mark this week:
On Pentecost Sunday evening, 19th May, we will be joining with the other churches of Cytûn; (Churches Together in Bangor) for a service of Pentecost Praise at the Cathedral. The service will be at 6pm, with our minister, Peter Cousins, preaching. Before the service, at 5pm, there will be a picnic in the Cathedral grounds (weather permitting).
Please note that there is no evening service at Penrallt that day.
You are warmly invited to join Christians from all denominations to walk and pray round the island of Anglesey on Saturday 22nd June 2013.
For more information about this event, or to register an interest in taking part, please visit the Anglesey Prayer Walk website or their Facebook page. The walk is being organised in association with Crosslinks and the Anglesey Prayer Network and several of the organisers are members of Penrallt.
Penrallt's Missions Group will be holding our next quarterly prayer meeting on Monday 29th April at the home of one of our members. You are welcome to join us to hear news of our misionary partners and to pray for them. Please contact the church office if you would like more information.
On Thursday 25th April at 7:30pm in Blue Sky Café, Bangor, there will be an evening of stories, spoken word/poetry slam, live music and much more, with Cath Woolridge and other professional actors and musicians. Tickets cost £5 and are available from Penrallt Baptist Church. The café will be selling its usual selection of drinks and cakes etc.
On Good Friday morning (29th March) we will be joining with the other churches of Cytûn for a Walk of Witness down Bangor High Street. This will start at 11am from St John's Methodist Church (next to Lidl) and finish at the town clock.
Please note that we are not holding any event in Penrallt on Good Friday evening this year.
On Maundy Thursday, 28th March, there will be a simple meal with a traditional Passover Seder at 7pm in Canofan Penrallt. Tickets are £5 for adults and £2 for children. Please contact the church office if you would like to attend.
Penrallt's Easter Sunday (24th April) starts with a bilingual open-air service at Roman Camp together with the other churches of Bangor, starting at 7am and lasting for about half an hour (followed by breakfast at Penrallt).
Our morning service at 10:30am will be a family-style service incorporating all-age worship at the start and then separate activities for the children later in the service. The evening service will be at 6pm as normal.
On Saturday evening 16th March there will be a meal for men, cooked by our very own master chef, Andrew. The menu will include meat curry, paprika chicken and Andrew's special quiche. You are invited to bring a bottle of a non-alcoholic drink. After dinner, we will have live music by Matt Dawson and a short talk from our guest speaker, Simeon Baker.
Tickets cost £6 and are available from the church office. You are requested to sign up in advance for this event so that we know how many people we are catering for.
To mark the end of this year's Fairtrade Fortnight, we will be holding a coffee morning on Saturday 9th March, 10:30 - 12 noon, in Canolfan Penrallt. Fairtrade tea, coffee, cakes and pancakes; Traidcraft stall and sale of Created Crafts. Please come!
Enough food for everyone IF...
This is a nationwide campaign to tackle global hunger, supported by many organisations including Tearfund and Christian Aid. There is an open meeting about it on Wednesday 13th March, 11-2pm, at Antioch Church, Colwyn Bay, LL29 7PA (no charge, simple soup and bread lunch provided, donations welcome). For more information about the IF campaign, visit enoughfoodif.org.
On Tuesday 5th March we are delighted to host the Saltmine Theatre Company as they perform Three Witnesses, a modern retelling of the gospel of Luke, at Penrallt. The performance starts at 7:30pm and tickets cost £4 (or £2 for students). This performance has been organised by Bangor University Christian Union.
Bangor Cytûn (Bangor Churches Together) are holding their AGM on Wednesday 6th February at 7pm in Capel Berea Newydd.
After a short business meeting in which reports will be heard and officers appointed, there will be a talk from Revd. Bob Fyffe, the General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, on the subject of What's the point of Ecumenism?
All are welcome.
Bangor Cytûn will be holding a series of events as part of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in January 2013. This year's theme is What does God require of us?
The following events are planned in Bangor:
Please note that there will be no evening service on Sunday 23rd December.
As usual, there will be a short Family Service on Christmas morning, starting at 10:30am. This will include a time when children are invited to show a present that they have received. The offering will go to two local charities: Gisda (which works with young people in Caernarfon) and Bangor Women's Refuge.
On Sunday 30th December, the morning service will be an all-age Family Communion Service at 10:30am. In the evening service, at 6pm, you will have a chance to give a testimony or request a hymn. Please come prepared to share.
Sunday December 16th, 6pm
With singing led by our music ensemble and participation of the community groups who share the Canolfan Penrallt Centre with us, we hope to make this the highlight of Upper Bangor's Christmas every year. Join us for a very special evening.
On Sunday evening 2nd December, we turn Penrallt into Bethlehem. The chapel will be open between 5 and 7pm for you to wander round the different prayer stations at your own speed, ending up, of course, in the stable. It is interactive and multimedia. Come in your own time. It takes at least 25 minutes to walk around, but about 40 minutes to do it full justice. It is probably the best opportunity we can offer you to think quietly about the impact of the Incarnation of Christ on your life. Don't miss it. Coffee and mince pies are available in the hall when you are finished. If you want to donate a box of mince pies, we will happily accept them.
The Yielded Heart - Mary's Journey: a time for worship and reflection before the busy Christmas season. Saturday 1st December at Penrallt Baptist Church, from 10:30am to 2:30pm in the chapel, with crèche facilities and lunch in the Canolfan. A warm welcome is extended to all women and especially to students and those with young children. Come for as long or short a time as you wish. Book with Nancy or Ann (contact via the church office) if you want lunch.
This year's Penrallt Christmas Fair will be held on Saturday 24th November in the Canolfan from 10:30am to 2pm. There will be a variety of stalls (crafts, art, jewellery, cake, fudge, bric a brac etc.) and also refreshments, including light lunches. All the proceeds will be divided between Chris and Anna Hembury (Hull Youth for Christ) and Duncan and Trudie Tough (Wycliffe). There will also be a fairly-traded Created Gifts stall (Tearfund). Please come and support our missionaries and enjoy a chat and a panad together.
Penrallt's fun, 'non-scary' alternative to Halloween parties. Wednesday 31st October, 6-7:15pm in Canolfan Penrallt. Games, singing, party food, etc. All children / parents and youth welcome. Come along in really interesting bright coloured clothing. Please NO Halloween-style costumes.
Alpha is an opportunity for anyone to explore the Christian faith. It is free and runs over a period of about 11 weeks, and is a great place to relax, make friends, have fun, and learn, in a non-threatening environment.
This year's Alpha Course at Penrallt started on Tuesday 9th October. The course is open to new guests until Tuesday 23rd October. If you want to join Alpha or would like to know more about it, please phone Lawrence Moss (01248 713793) or contact the church office.
The next of our monthly get-togethers for for members (and prospective members) of Penrallt's worship team will take place on Saturday 27th October at 7:30pm in Penrallt. All are welcome. If you play an instrument, you are welcome to bring it as we worship together.
The aims of these sessions are:
Please contact the church office if you would like more information about the Saturday sessions.
The regular Saturday morning prayer meeting in the church office is now taking a summer break. It is expected to restart on 1st September but please check nearer the time for confirmation.
21st July, 7.30 – 10:00pm, Canolfan Penrallt
Please join us for an evening of fun and fellowship. There will be a short testimony as well as games, refreshments and time to catch up.
If you cannot join us please pray for the evening as we look to apply Romans 12:9–16 to our fellowship.
For more information, please contact the church office
The churches of Bangor will be meeting together (weather permitting) for Praise on the Pier on Sunday 15th July at 2:00pm, to sing praises to God from the end of Bangor Pier.
The event, organised by Cytûn Bangor, will last about an hour (or slightly less) and will be finished in plenty of time for you to go and have one of the excellent scones at the tea shop on the pier (conveniently next to where the singing will take place) should you so desire.
We are aiming to run a parenting course for those with children aged 0-6 this autumn.
To find out more about what the course has to offer, you are invited to come to a taster session on Friday 22nd June at noon in Penrallt (this will take place in the rear hall, immediately after our Cheeky Monkeys parent & toddler group). Please bring a packed lunch; a crèche will be provided.
Topics covered by the course include:
The full parenting group is likely to start in September and run on a Friday after Cheeky Monkeys for 7 weeks. For more information please contact the church office.
For practical and personal reasons, Prayer for Prodigals will no longer be meeting as a group, but we would like to maintain a focus in our prayers for these precious ones who have once known the Lord but have, for whatever reasons, been unable to continue in their faith journey. We plan to use the Penrallt prayer diary to bring them to the Lord each month.
You are invited to email the church office with any names to add to our list, and we will continue to bring them to the Lord together. If appropriate, please update us with any encouragements or particular needs so that our prayers can be informed and relevant!
On Good Friday morning (6th April) we will be joining with the other churches of Cytûn for a Walk of Witness down Bangor High Street. This will start at 11am from St John's Methodist Church (next to Lidl) and finish at the town clock.
On Good Friday evening, the church will be open for a Journey to the Cross between 5 and 7pm. This is an opportunity to wander round a series of encounter points in a quietly spiritual atmosphere until you reach the cross. It takes about 30 minutes to go round. Hot cross buns and coffee are served in the hall afterwards.
Penrallt's Easter Sunday (8th April) starts with an open-air service at Roman Camp together with the other churches of Bangor, starting at 7am and lasting for about half an hour (followed by breakfast at Penrallt).
Our morning service at 10:30am will be a family-style service incorporating all-age worship at the start and then separate activities for the children later in the service. There will be an evening service as normal at 6pm.
On Thursday 5th April there will be a Maundy Thursday Fellowship Communion service in the hall (not the chapel) at 7pm. We will eat together a light meal of soup, bread and cheese, then share in a communion service, staying around the tables.