• Christmas in Blaenau Gwent and Crumlin Road jail/ Nadolig ym Mlaenau Gwent a carchar Crumlin Road
    Dec 20 2024

    This special episode is about Christmas in two very different places. We’ll hear from Linda Boyce and Owen Griffiths about Gobaith Clothing, a new ministry based in Beaufort, Blaenau gwent. After that we head to Crumlin Road jail in Northern Ireland with Brother David Jardine, a a church of Ireland priest and a brother with the order of Saint Francis. He takes us back to Christmas Day in 1982.

    Mae'r bennod arbennig hon yn sôn am y Nadolig mewn dau le gwahanol iawn. Cawn glywed gan Linda Boyce ac Owen Griffiths am Gobaith Clothing, gweinidogaeth newydd a leolir yn Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent. Ar ôl hynny awn i garchar Crumlin Road yng Ngogledd Iwerddon gyda'r Brawd David Jardine, offeiriad o eglwys Iwerddon a brawd ag urdd Sant Ffransis. Mae'n mynd â ni yn ôl i Ddydd Nadolig 1982.

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    20 mins
  • Sul Diogelu/ Safeguarding Sunday 2024
    Nov 15 2024

    This episode is all about Safeguarding, looking ahead to Safeguarding Sunday on the 17th of November. I’ll be talking to Julie Edwards, Safeguarding and Training Officer for the Interdenominational Safeguarding Panel, and discussing the significance of the day.

    Mae'r bennod hon yn ymwneud â Diogelu, gan edrych ymlaen at Ddydd Sul Diogelu ar yr ail ar bymtheg of fis Tachwedd. Fyddai’n siarad â Julie Edwards, Swyddog Hyfforddiant a Diogelu y Panel Diogelu Cydenwadol, ac yn trafod arwyddocâd y diwrnod.

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    32 mins
  • Pererindod a Gweddi/ Pilgrimage and Prayer
    Oct 18 2024

    This episode is about prayer and pilgrimage. We’ll catch up with the latest PCWprayer initiative, hearing about an online prayer meeting that’s just taken place.

    After that, we’re going on a pilgrimage to the highest point in the Rhondda.

    We'll hear from Rev Owen Griffiths, minister for the South East Wales Presbytery and Rev Canon Dyfrig Lloyd, vicar of Eglwys Dewi Sant, Cardiff.

    Mae'r bennod hon yn ymwneud â gweddi a phererindod. Byddwn yn dal i fyny â'r fenter weddi ddiweddaraf yr EBC, gan glywed am gyfarfod gweddi ar-lein sydd newydd gael ei gynnal.

    Ar ôl hynny, rydyn ni’n mynd ar bererindod i bwynt uchaf y Rhondda.

    Clywn oddiwrth Parch Owen Griffiths, Gweinidog South East Wales Presbytery a Parch Ganon, Dyfrig Lloyd, Ficer Eglwys Dewi Sant, Caerdydd.

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    33 mins
  • A rainy day at the Eisteddfod/ bwrw glaw yn yr Eisteddfod
    Sep 5 2024

    This special EIsteddfod edition features an interview with the Right Rev Mary Stallard, Bishop of Llandaf. She talks with passion about mission and prayer in modern Wales. We also hear from the Rev Owen Griffiths, minister for the South East Wales presbytery as Park Arts is launched in Trefforest.

    Mae'r rhifyn arbennig hwn o'r Eisteddfod yn cynnwys cyfweliad gyda'r Gwir Barchedig Mary Stallard, Esgob Llandaf. Mae'n siarad ag angerdd am genhadaeth a gweddi yn y Gymru fodern. Clywn hefyd gan y Parch Owen Griffiths, gweinidog Henaduriaeth De Ddwyrain Cymru wrth i Park Arts gael ei lansio yn Nhrefforest.

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    37 mins
  • Y Gymanfa Gyffredinol/ The General Assembly feat Ny Ako
    Jul 5 2024

    Hello and welcome to another edition of the Presbyterian Podcast.

    Helo a chroeso i’r podlediad Presbyteraidd.

    Yn y rhifyn arbennig hwn, ry’n ni’n paratoi am y Gymanfa Gyffredinol yn Aberystwyth wythnos nesa. Cawn glywed oddiwrth y grwp Ny Ako o Fadagascar. Mae nhw'n teithio ledled Cymru ac yn perfformio yn y Gymanfa Gyffredinol. Gyda llaw, yn y cefndir, fedrwch clywed Ny Ako yn canu ei fersiwn nhw o Salm 23 yn Malagasy.

    In this special edition, we’re preparing for the General Assembly in Aberystwyth next week. We’ll hear from Ny Ako, a group of perfromers from Madagascar. They are touring Wales at the moment and will appear at the assembly next week. By the way, the music you can hear in the backgrouind is the group’s rendition of Psalm 23 in Malagasy.

    And finally, we hear from the Rev Nan Powell Davies, General Secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Wales, talking about the General Assembly.

    Ac yn olaf, clywn oddiwrth Parchedig Nan Powell Davies, Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol yr Eglwys Bresbyteraidd yng Nhymru.

    Diolch am wrando, a gwradnewch am y podlediad nesa yn fuan iawn.

    Thanks for listening and listen out for the next podcast soon.

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    22 mins
  • Port Talbot: a steeltown murder
    Jun 13 2024

    In this bilingual edition, we focus on the worrying situation in Port Talbot. Tata, the owner of the steelworks has announced that nearly 3000 jobs will be lost as they transition to a more environmentally friendly means of production. We’ll hear from Margaret Jones, member of a local church and also the Morgannwg Llundain presbytery. We then hear from husband and wife Andrew and Tina Saunders, who work at Sandfields Presbyterian Church, an estate in the shadows of the steel works.

    Yn y rhifyn dwyieithog hwn, rydym yn canolbwyntio ar y sefyllfa bryderus ym Mhort Talbot. Mae cwmni Tata, perchnogion y gwaith dur, wedi cyhoeddi y bydd bron i dair mil o swyddi’n cael eu colli wrth iddyn nhw drosglwyddo i ddull cynhyrchu mwy ecogyfeillgar. Cawn glywed gan Margaret Jones, aelod o eglwys leol a hefyd Henaduriaeth Morgannwg Llundain. Clywn wedyn gan ŵr a gwraig Andrew a Tina Saunders, sy’n gweithio yn Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Sandfields, ystâd yng nghysgodion y gwaith dur.

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    22 mins
  • Prayer: why is it so hard? / Gweddi: pam ei bod mor anodd? Owen Griffiths & Hedd Morgan
    May 16 2024

    In this podcast, Gethin Russell-Jones talks to Revd. Owen Griffiths, Minister for the South East Wales presbytery and member of the Presbyterian Church of Wales (PCW) prayer strategy group. Gethin begins by asking Owen why prayer is so difficult. They then talk about the PCW’s national week of prayer, beginning on Monday 20th May. The podcast closes with prayer led by Hedd Morgan, PCW’s Assistant Director of Ministries.

    Yn y podlediad hwn, mae Gethin Russell-Jones yn sgwrsio â’r Parchg. Owen Griffiths, Gweinidog Henaduriaeth De Ddwyrain Cymru ac aelod o grŵp strategaeth weddi Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru (EBC). Dechreua Gethin drwy ofyn i Owen pam fod gweddi mor anodd. Yna maen nhw’n siarad am wythnos weddi genedlaethol EBC, sy’n dechrau ar ddydd Llun 20 Mai. Daw’r podlediad i ben gyda gweddi dan arweiniad Hedd Morgan, Cyfarwyddwr Cynorthwyol Gweinidogaethau EBC.

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    20 mins
  • Gaza: Anna Jane Evans & Mones Farah
    Mar 28 2024

    Hello and welcome to another edition of the Presbyterian podcast. Over holy week this year, we are releasing two podcasts. This is the second edition, focusing on the situation in Gaza from a Welsh perspective. We hear from two distinctive perspectives. Rev Anna Jane Evans is a Presbyterian Church of Wales minister in Caernarfon. Anna Jane is part of a weekly vigil in Caernarfon, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The Rev Mones Farah is an archdeacon within the Church in Wales, serving in St David’s DIocese. Mones describes himself as an Arab Palestinian with Israeli citizenship. His bring a unique dimennsion to this conversation.

    Helo a chroeso i rifyn arall o'r podlediad Presbyteraidd. Fy enw i yw Gethin Russell-Jones. Dros yr wythnos fawr eleni, rydym yn rhyddhau dau bodlediad. Dyma’r ail rhufin, yn canolbwyntio ar y sefyllfa yn Gaza o safbwynt Cymreig. Clywn o ddau safbwynt gwahanol. Mae’r Parch Anna Jane Evans yn weinidog Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru yng Nghaernarfon. Mae Anna Jane yn rhan o wylnos wythnosol yng Nghaernarfon, yn galw am gadoediad ar unwaith yn Gaza. Mae’r Parch Mones Farah yn archddiacon o fewn yr Eglwys yng Nghymru, yn gwasanaethu yn Esgobaeth Dewi Sant. Disgrifia Mones ei hun fel Palesteiniad Arabaidd gyda dinasyddiaeth Israel. Mae'n dod â dimennsiwn unigryw i'r sgwrs hon.

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    31 mins