We are relaunching our Friday evening youth activities with Revolution, a youth group for 12-18 year olds which will meet on alternate Friday evenings from 7:30 to 10pm (although you don't have to stay until the end).
The first event will be on Friday 12th March and will be a music evening featuring Penrallt's newest band, Children of the Revolution, as well as original songs from some of our students.
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 7th April.
Friday 5th March, 2pm at Penrallt.
Let everything that has breath praise God! A service prepared by Christian Women of Cameroon. All welcome men, women and young people. The service will be led by Mrs Mary Williams, Vice Chair of the National Committee of WWDP and Co-ordinator of the Western Region. The speaker will be Dr Sarah Jackson. Wear colourful clothes!
Join with Penrallt's musicians and singers on Friday 19th March at 7:30pm as they come together for an evening of informal service of musical worship and prayer, to praise, explore new material and to seek God's face for the future - the service has been christened Tehilla, which is a Hebrew word for an act of spontaneous praise that God inhabits. Everyone is welcome; come prepared to share, sing, pray, or simply rest in God's presence. There will be light refreshments served after the event in the Canolfan. 'We stand and lift up our hands for the joy of the Lord is our strength!'
Good Friday (April 2nd), 5-7pm at Penrallt.
This is based on the medieval labyrinth idea where you are able to wander around a series of encounter points in the strongly spiritual atmosphere. It takes about 30-40 minutes to go round. All are welcome.
On Friday February 26th, from 7pm onward, we will be holding the second of a regular monthly series of evenings of quiet worship and listening.
Maybe a song, maybe a reading, maybe some quiet music, maybe a word... certainly quiet space for listening to God.
Develop your listening to the Holy Spirit in a quiet atmosphere without pressure, in a sympathetic environment. There will be prayer support as may be needed.
On 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.
The next service at Bontnewydd is due to take place on Sunday 7th March. Contact the church office if you would like more information.
A Saturday evening service at Penrallt run by and for young people, ENW is aimed at anyone aged 11-18. It is a relaxed, informal space to worship God and chill out.
The next ENW will be on Saturday 20th March. Doors open at 6:30pm and the service itself runs from 7 to 8pm, followed by food and a chance to chat. The service will include games, prayer activities, a short talk and LOUD music. Please contact our youth worker, Freya, if you would like more information.
We have recorded a Christmas service for the BBC, which will be broadcast on Radio Wales at 8am and 6pm on Christmas Day (and available later via iPlayer). Tune in to celebrate Christmas with Penrallt.
Sunday December 13th at 6pm in Penrallt.
With singing led by our musical ensemble and participation of all the community groups who share the Canolfan Penrallt Centre with us, we hope to make this the highlight of Upper Bangor's Christmas this year. Join us for a very special evening.
Sunday December 6th, 5-7pm at Penrallt.
An increasingly popular alternative Christmas experience for those who are tired of the bustle and excesses of the season. Based on one of the oldest forms of gentle spirituality, we create a mini-Bethlehem within the open space of the church for you to wander around quietly at your own pace, stopping at 10 stations to meditate on Christmas and pray. The Bethlehem Experience is multi-media and interactive. Come any time between 5 and 7pm and capture the true beauty of Christmas.
Our 2009 programme of events for men has now finished.
We kicked off the year in March with a meal together. We also enjoyed an afternoon of karting in June, an afternoon at the golf driving range in July and a Chinese meal in October.
We hope to have a similarly exciting and varied programme of events in 2010 - watch this space for information.
This year's Alpha Course at Penrallt is now under way and is already fully subscribed. If you would like to join an Alpha course here in the future, please contact the church office.
The Alpha course is an opportunity for anyone to explore the Christian faith. It runs over a period of about 10 weeks, and is a great place to relax, make friends, have fun, and learn, in a non-threatening environment.
Alpha at Penrallt usually runs during the Autumn, on Tuesday evenings.
JC4Y, Penrallt's youth club for 11 - 14 year olds, restarted on Friday 11th September. An exciting programme of events is planned for this term.
Most JC4Y events take place in Canolfan Penrallt and run from 7 to 9pm on Friday evenings. Subs are 50p a week.
Please note that from now until the end of next May our Sunday evening services will revert to the earlier start time of 6pm.
Faith Café, our Sunday evening chill-out space for students and other young adults, will be restarting on Sunday 27th September. It starts after the evening service, at about 7:15pm, and lasts for around an hour.
The news section of the Penrallt website has now been revamped with the aim of making it more flexible and allowing it to be available bilingually (just like the rest of the website).
The Atom feed for this page is now available, so that you can get updates on Penrallt news via your favourite news reader. If that link does not take you automatically to your news reader, you may need to copy it across manually.
If you encounter any problems with the Penrallt news pages, either at the website or via the Atom feed, please email us so that we can fix them. Any constructive feedback is also welcome.