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Tymor y Deyrnas – Kingdom Season

Sul Cofio – Remembrance Sunday
Dydd Sul Nesaf – Next Sunday
10fed Mis Tachwedd – 10th November

“They shall grow not old” we say each remembrance time though, I imagine, those killed in wars and their families who are left to grieve their death would have delighted in their growing old alongside those of us fortunate not to be amongst the dead. Perhaps at the time it was felt more of a burden to be left with the agony – growing old with the memories of conflict. For, war is the ultimate failure of humanity to see each other as equally human, yet, the sun shines on us all without prejudice. Good, bad, indifferent.
Trees grow their leaves which fade in time, wither and fall. It ought to be so with us, yet we, humans, are unable to allow this. It seems many feel we must kill. In the Holy Land and other sacred places, (for all the earth belongs to God) violence remains. We that are left growing old are left to weep at the futility of yet another slaughter. If our only hope is in the everlasting life and we are but passing through this mortal realm, then we might say hurry it on.
I’d rather delight in what is possible if we can see clearly without the lens of hatred, suspicion or envy. I see before me, in each leaf’s golden cast, the light which brightens the sky of an evening and a morning and the songs of the birds which ripple around us and of the beauty of another’s face when they smile and play and laugh.
Such things must be held on to tightly, for without them we too might join the fallen.


Edrych ymlaen at Yr Adfent

Bydd y cwrs yn dechrau gyda chyflwyniad gan yr Archesgob Andrew. Gwiliwch y cyflwyniad yn gynt.
Caiff y sesiwn gyntaf, ar gyfer Adfent 1, ei harwain gan yr Esgob Gregory Cameron ac Esgobaeth Llanelwy. Mae’n ymchwilio Luc 21:25-36 a’i delweddau apocalyptaidd heriol, ac mae’n cynnwys cyfweliadau gyda phobl am eu profiadau yn delio gyda rhyfel a newid hinsawdd.

Byddwn ni’n dechrau dilyn y cwrs hwn gyda cinio ar Ddydd Mercher o 12.30yh o’r 27ain Mis Tachwedd nes tan 18fed Mis Rhagfyr yn y neuadd Betws-y-Coed, â wedyn Cymun am 2yh. Bydd y session olaf, baratoi at Yr Ystwyth, ar ôl Nadolig.


Looking forward to Advent

The course begins with an introduction from Archbishop Andrew which you can watch in advance.
The first session, for Advent 1, is led by Bishop Gregory Cameron and the Diocese of St Asaph. It explores Luke 21:25-36 and its challenging apocalyptic imagery, and includes interviews with people about their experiences dealing with war and climate change.

We will be following this course with lunch from 12.30pm on Wednesdays from 27th November until 18th December in the hall at Betws-y-Coed with communion to follow at 2pm. The final session, preparing for Epiphany, will be after Christmas.

Bwcio’r Neuadd Betws-y-Coed Hall Bookings
Plîs defnyddio’r wefan ‘Hallmaster’ am holl archebiadau’r neuadd Betws-y-Coed
Please use the website ‘Hallmaster’ for all bookings of the Hall at Betws-y-Coed



Dyddiadau a Digwyddiadau o Y Ddolen, Cylchlythyr yr Esgobaeth Bangor
Cynhadledd yr Esgobaeth 2024
Mae’r Anerchiad Arlywyddol bellach ar gael i’w ddarllen ar ein gwefan.

Diwrnod Tawelwch yr Adfent

Cymerwch seibiant o’r prysurdeb cyn y Nadolig ac ymunwch â ni am ddiwrnod tawel o weddi, myfyrdod a thawelwch yn nhŷ a thir canolfan encilio Noddfa, Hen Ffordd Conwy, Penmaenmawr. Bydd y diwrnod yn dechrau am 10am ac yn gorffen tua 3.30pm ddydd Mercher 18 Rhagfyr. Dewch â’ch pecyn bwyd eich hun, te a choffi ar gael. Rhodd awgrymedig o £5 i dalu costau. Cofrestrwch fel ein bod yn gwybod rhifau – Parch Tom Saunders 07766303653

Dates and Events from Y Ddolen, Bangor Diocesan Newsletter
Diocesan Conference 2024 The Presidential Address is now available to read on our website

Advent Quiet Day

Take a break from the pre-Christmas busy-ness and join us for a quiet day of prayer, reflection and silence in the house and grounds of the Noddfa retreat centre, Conwy Old Road, Penmaenmawr. The day will begin at 10am and end at around 3.30pm on Wednesday 18th December. Bring your own packed lunch, tea and coffee provided. Suggested donation of £5 to cover costs. Please register so that we know numbers – Revd Tom Saunders 07766 303653 TomSaunders@cinw.org.uk

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