Rhosllanerchrugog
Church
CORPS MISSION STATEMENT
The Salvation Army in Rhosllanerchrugog is a Christian church actively bringing people to know the love of God through meeting social and spiritual needs; bringing people into a loving personal relationship with God.
TERRITORIAL MISSION STATEMENT
The Salvation Army is a worldwide evangelical Christian Church and human service agency. Its message is based on the Bible; Its motivation is the love of God as revealed in Jesus Christ. Its mission is to proclaim His gospel, to persuade people of all ages to become His disciples and to engage in a programme of practical concern for the needs of humanity. its ministry is offered to all persons, regardless of race, creed, colour or gender.
Where we are
New Street
Rhosllanerchrugog
LL14 1RE
United Kingdom
Email address:
rhosllanerchrugog@salvationarmy.org.uk
Commanding Officer:
01978 757509
Captain Sharon Hampton
Commanding Officer
Sharon.Hampton@salvationarmy.org.uk
53.011985, -3.056469
This year the Salvation Army Celebrates 150 years of its being in Wales
The Theme of the Celebrations is DYMA GARIAD-HERE IS LOVE
Click the link below for a full list of events celebrating the 150 years & access resources for primary schools (In Welsh) to teach about the beliefs and activities of The Salvation Army
https://www.salvationist.org.uk/events/dyma-gariad-24
Not listed in link above
9th June 2pm music in the Bandstand in PONCIAU BANKS PARK Rhosllanerchrugog.
Sun 15th Sept Cynefin Worship at Coedpoeth Corps (details to follow)
Click the links below to access other school resources to teach about The Salvation Army
Access a host of resources for family, schools, personal devotions, media including Salvationist Radio
https://www.salvationist.org.uk
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/schools
https://www.salvationist.org.uk/events/dyma-gariad-24
Grace Lockhart Receives Key to The Salvation Army Hall Rhosllanerchrugog.
Following official approval Grace has been given a key to The Salvation Army Hall Rhosllanerchrugog so that her church 'Heaven's Way Community Church' can hold meetings on Sunday mornings. She can be seen with Captains Darren & Sharon Hampton receiving the key from Captain Darren Hampton C.O. Grace will start her meetings on Sunday 31st March Easter Sunday at 10.30am
Tesco's Ruthin invited Coedpoeth Corps to bring a band to play Welsh Tunes on St David's Day. The staff made us feel welcome providing chairs and tea and coffee at the conclusion. A collection was taken for The Salvation Army for which we gratefully thank Tesco's customers.
A Sample of Music played by the band included Crug y Bar, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, Llanfair, Aberystwyth, Blaenwern, David of the White Rock, Cwm Rhondda, Men of Harlech and All Through the Night. A lovely sense of fellowship was felt and we wish everyone God's blessing and Salvation.
Heaven's Way One Day Training Day
By way of explanation; This event is sponsored by Heaven's Way Community Cafe Church, Grace Lockhart is the leader. The Church has been given permission to use The Salvation Army Hall for the event. It is not an event directly organised by The Salvation Army Rhosllanerchrugog.
However, we are wholeheartedly in accord with the vision of seeking to encourage people to seek Jesus for themselves and to desire to encounter Him as Lord and Saviour.
The next 'Churches Together' prayer meeting
Tuesday 2nd April 3pm at The Salvation Army
Tuesday 7th May 3pm at The Community Cafe
Heaven's Way Cafe Community Church
The Salvation Army has been approached by the Heaven's Way Community Church regarding the possibility of their use of our hall for worship on Sunday mornings. We are pleased to say that this has been approved initially on a 6 month trial basis. We wish Heaven's Way every blessing.
Churches Together Prayer Meetings
Tuesday 2nd April at The Salvation Army
Tuesday 7th May at The community Cafe
5pm - 6pm(except where times are stated otherwise) Salvation Meeting at Rhosllanerchrugog
2024
12th May Candidates Sunday
9th June 2pm music in the Bandstand PONCIAU BANKS PARK Rhosllanerchrugog
5th September Cynefin Worship at Coedpoeth Corps (details to follow)
10th November Remembrance Sunday
Monday
2.00pm Cameo A Warm Welcome to all come and enjoy fellowship and a cuppa with a short message from the word of God
29th April Captains Darren & Sharon Hampton
6th May Bank Holiday No Meeting
13th May Joan Garrett
20th May Captains Darren & Sharon Hampton
27th May Spring Bank Holiday No Meeting
3rd June Captain Clare Durrant
10th June Captains Darren & Sharon Hampton
17th June Joan Garrett
24th June Rev Tracey Day
1st July Rev Gail Woodward
8th July Joan Garrett
15th July Captains Darren & Sharon Hampton
22nd July TBC
29th July Diane Jones
August No Meetings
2nd September TBC
9th September Joan Garrett
16th September Captains Darren & Sharon Hampton
23rd September Rev Gail Woodward
30th September Michael Cooke
7th October Michael Cooke
14th October Joan Garrett
21st October Captains Darren & Sharon Hampton
28th October Michael Cooke
4th November Captain Claire Durrant
11th November Joan Garrett
18th November Captains Darren & Sharon Hampton
25th November Rev Gail Woodward
2nd December Christmas Meal venue TBC
9th December Joan Garrett
16th December Captains Darren & Sharon Hampton
7.15pm Bible Study
Take a step of faith we will make you feel at home and most welcome. Bible Study restarts Monday 8th April no meeting on 1st April Bank Holiday.We are currently studying Paul's masterpiece the book of Romans. His letter shows how the gospel saves the sinner and also has a section on how the gospel relates to Israel. 12 to 15 people meet regularly in a non threatening friendly way to find out what the Bible has to say to us and our modern situation. Why not give it a go you would be most welcome
Venue: For Bible Study Coedpoeth Hall/Shared Church Queens Place Carpark Park Road Coedpoeth
Tuesday
Churches Together Prayer Meetings
Tuesday 7th May at The Community Cafe 3pm
Wednesday
7.30pm Band Practice
Practices are led by Mr Milne Robinson. We share the practice with Coedpoeth SA band and a few guests In this way we benefit and enjoy from playing together. If you are interested in coming to a practice or learning to play contact Mr Milne Robinson on Mobile no. 07711221248
7.30pm Wednesday all band practices will be all at Coedpoeth at the moment
Thursday
9.00am -11.00am 'Little Fishes' Parent & Toddlers Contact Captain Sharon Hampton for further details Tel 01978 757509 or 01978 722677 Parent & Toddlers re-starts this coming Thursday 11th April 9am
Friday
Saturday
Captain Sharon Hampton has re-started the 'Little Fishes' Parent & Toddler Group on Thursday mornings from 9-11am contact Sharon on 01978 757509 or 01978 722677 for further details.
We are pleased to say the Parent & Toddler Group is beginning to attract new members.
Parent & Toddlers re-starts this coming Thursday 11th April 9am
Dedication of Children, Marriages and Funerals can be arranged through the Commanding Officer Captain Darren Hampton Tel 01978 757509 or 01978 722677
Dedication of Children
The ceremony in The Salvation Army is slightly different to that of Baptism in a Church or Chapel. Water is not used in the ceremony but it is still a presentation of the child to God in thanksgiving and a desire for God to bless and nurture the child in the Christian faith and a seeking of divine help in the bringing up of the child. The officer will be able to explain more fully if you were interested in having a dedication.
No discrimination is made as to whether it is a couple or a single parent requesting the ceremony we have found wherever people have a sincere desire to draw near to God he fulfils His promise to also draw near. Jesus loves children, and in the Bible we see accounts of Him blessing children. One way of looking at Dedication is to see it as handing your child to Jesus to put His hands on the child and to bless him or her.
Dyma erthygl newydd gan Dafydd Owens Capel Mawr Rhosllanerchrugog
English Translation Below the article
DOD O HYD I DDUW
Dydi Duw ddim yn bell i ffwrdd. Does dim rhaid mynd ar bererindod i wlad bell i ddod o hyd iddo. Mae o yn ymyl ac yn gwybod pob peth amdanom. Mae’n debyg nad oes dim rhaid dweud hyn. Mae rhywbeth ynom sydd yn dweud bod hynny’n wir. Onid ydi’r anffyddiwr (aetheist) mwyaf yn ffeindio ei hun yn gweddio pan y mae mewn argyfwng.
Mae agosrwydd Duw yn gallu bod yn gysur mawr i ni. O leiaf, dyna brofiad awdur Salm 139 a llawer o rai eraill ar hyd yr oesau.
Y broblem yn aml ydi ein bod ni ddim eisiau dod o hyd iddo, ond mynd ffordd ein hunain mewn bywyd. Ond os oes gennym awydd i’w adnabod; os oes gennym awydd i’n bywydau fod ar sylfaen gadarn, mi fydd yn siwr o wrando arnom. Wedi’r cwbl mae Duw yn wahanol i ni. Y mae, bob amser, yn cadw ei addewidion.
Dyma ddwedodd Iesu Grist; “Daliwch ati i ofyn a byddwch yn ei gael; chwiliwch a byddwch yn dod o hyd iddo; curwch ar y drws a bydd yn cael ei agor” (Efengyl Mathew pennod 7 ac adnod 7).
Pe baem yn paratoi i fynd i gyfarfod â’r brenin yn y ‘garden party’ ym mhalas Buckingham, mae’n debyg y byddem yn prynu dillad newydd ac addas. Ac ar y diwrnod, mae’n siwr y byddem yn gwneud ymdrech i greu argraff dda! Pan feddyliwn am ddod at Dduw, efallai y byddem yn gofyn pa bryd y mae dechrau gwneud beth sydd yn iawn, a bod o ddifri i wneud be ddylem. Yr ateb, wrth gwrs, ydi rwan, heddiw, yn syth! Os ydym yn gofyn pa bryd y byddwn yn ddigon da, yr ateb ydi, na fyddwn ni byth yn ddigon da. Ond rhaid dod serch hynny.
Mae Duw yn gwybod nad ydym yn ddigon da. Mae’n gwybod ein bod wedi methu mewn cymaint o bethau. Dyna pam yr anfonodd Ei Fab, yr Arglwydd Iesu Grist, i’r byd, i ni gael dod yn agos at Dduw drwyddo.
Iesu Grist ydi’r person i ymddiried yn llwyr ynddo. Mae’n maddau staen y gorffennol – popeth drwg oedd yn cael cartref yn ein meddyliau, a phob gweithred drwg. Dyna pam y bu farw ar y groes.
Mae’n rhoddi i ni gychwyn newydd mewn bywyd. A dweud y gwir, mae’n fywyd newydd. Mi fydd yn dechrau dangos, ein bod (i fenthyg geiriau’r gân) “yn bobl newydd yn yr un hen le”.
Ar ben hynny, mi fydd Duw yn Dad i ni. Mae cael dyn da yn dad yn rhywbeth i fod yn ddiolchgar amdano. Mae cael Duw yn Dad yn fendith sydd yn mynd i barhau am byth.
English Translation
Finding God
GOD IS NOT FAR AWAY. There is no need to go on a pilgrimage to a far country to find Him. He is at our side and knows every thing about us. It is likely we don't need to say this. There is something in us which says this is true. doesn't the greatest atheist find himself praying when in an emergency.
THE PROBLEM The problem is often we don't want to find Him but want go our own way in life. However, if we have a desire to know Him, if we have a desire for our lives to be on a sure foundation, He will be sure to listen to us. After all God is different to us he is always keeping his promises. This is what Jesus Christ says "Keep asking and you will receive, seek and you will find Him, knock and the door will be opened" Mathew c. 7 v. 7
IF WE WERE GOING TO MEET THE KING in a garden party at Buckingham Palace it's likely we would buy new suitable clothes and on the day it's sure we would make an effort to create a good impression. When we think of coming to God perhaps we would ask, when to begin doing what is right and be serious to do what we should. The answer of course is now, today, straight away! If we ask, when will we be good enough, the answer is we will never be good enough but we must come nevertheless. God knows we are not good enough, he knows we have failed in so many things. That's why he sent His Son, The Lord Jesus Christ to the world for us to get to come close to God through Him.
JESUS CHRIST IS THE PERSON TO TRUST TOTALLY He forgives the stain of the past-everything evil that's got a home in our thoughts, every evil act, That is why He died on the cross. He gives to us a new start in life. To tell the truth it's New Life he will begin to show us as (to borrow the words of the song) "New people in the same old place" On top of this, God is a Father to us. To have a good father is something to be thankful for. To get God as a Father is a blessing which is going to continue for ever.
Dyma erthygl gan Uwchgapten John Howarth (wedi ymddeol) Corfflu Rhosllanerchrugog
Annwyl Cyfeillion English Translation Below
Un noson rhoddodd gwraig i mi lyfr a’r teitl ‘Hanes Eglwys Penuel Rhosllanerchrugog’. Doeddwn i ddim wedi gofyn iddi wneud mae hi wedi penderfynu ar ysgogiad i’w fenthyg. Roedd yn diddorol iawn ei ddarllen ag yn mynd yn ôl at y Piwritaniaid yn Wrecsam am Vavasour Powell a Morgan Llwyd a hefyd y Bedyddwyr. Ymhen amser cyrhaeddais hanes y diwygiad yn Rhos yn 1904-5. Adfywiad yw yr angen mwyaf yr Eglwys a’r Capeli a Byddin y Iachawdwriaeth heddiw oherwydd bod ein cefnau at y wal. O ble daw ein Cymorth? Salm 121 oddi wrth yr Arglwydd a wnaeth nefoedd a daear. Rhaid i ni Droi at Dduw a ei wyneb gan ymprydio ac yn edifarhau am ein pechodau a’n camweddau. Heb i aelodau y Capeli a corffluoedd Fyddin yr Iachawdwriaeth fod mewn cytundeb gyda Arglwydd nid oes gobaith. Darllenais mewn lyfr Cymraeg arall am ddyn yn dweud ‘Mai angen yr Eglwys o bryd i’w gilydd yw diwygiad neu bydd yr eglwys farw’! Mae ‘r proffwyd Joel yn sôn am ein sefyllfa lle’r oedd pla’r locust wedi dod tro ar ôl tro a does dim llawer ar ôl. Mae’r proffwyd yn dangos yr ateb ‘Y cyfarfod gweddi’ Mae Eglwysi Rhos Ynghyd wedi trefnu cyfarfod gweddi unwaith y mis ac ar y poster cyntaf yn cyhoeddi’r cyfarfod gweddi roedden ni wedi rhoi y adnod 2 Cronicles 7 : 14 Doeddwn i ddim yn gwybod bod Evan Roberts wedi nodi’r un adnod yn ei feibl ei hun yn gweddïo dros yr adnod am un mlynedd ar ddeg am adfywiad. Dechreuodd y diwygiad 1904-5 ym mis Tachwedd 1904 gyda’r parchedig R. B. Jones yn pregethu yng nghapel Penuel ar gweledigaeth Eseia yn y deml. Eseia p. 6. Y pedair pregeth gyntaf ddechreuodd y diwygiad oeddynt
1. Gweledigaeth o Dduw yw angen dyfnaf a mwyaf yr eglwys
2. Mai yr agwedd gyntaf ar Dduw i’w dirnad gan yr eglwys ydyw ei sancteiddrwydd.
3. Brenhiniaeth Crist
4. Ganlyniadau gweld Duw yn ei sancteiddrwydd Trodd llawer o bobl at Dduw ac roedd y cyfarfodydd gweddi yn llawn o bobl yn ceisio Duw. Dyma lle i ni cael ein diwygiad personol dyma calon y diwygiad.
English Translation
One night a woman gave to me a book and the title ‘History of Chapel Penuel Rhosllanerchrugog’ I hadn’t asked her for a loan she decided on the spur of the moment. It was very interesting reading it and going back to the puritans in Wrexham and Vavasor Powell and Morgan Llwyd and also the Baptists. In time I reached the story of the revival in Rhosllanerchrugog in 1904-5. Revival is the greatest need of the church and chapels and The Salvation Army today because our backs are to the wall. Where does our help come from? Psalm 121 from the Lord who made heaven and earth. We must turn to God and His face by fasting and repentance of our sins and iniquities. Unless the members of the chapels and Salvation Army corps are in accord with the Lord there is no hope. I read in another Welsh book a man saying, ‘The need of the church from time to time is revival or else the church will die’. The prophet Joel speaks about our situation where a plague of locusts had come time after time and there was not much left. The prophet shows the answer ‘The Prayer Meeting ‘ Churches Together Rhosllanerchrugog have arranged a prayer meeting once a month and on the first poster, announcing the prayer meeting, we put the verse 2 Chronicles 7 v. 14. I didn’t know that Evan Roberts had noted the same verse in his own Bible praying over it for eleven years. The revival began in November 1904 with R. B. Jones preaching in Penuel Chapel about Isaiah’s vision in the temple Isaiah c.6 The first four sermons to begin the Revival were, 1. A vision of God is the deepest and greatest need of the church. 2. The first aspect of God to be discerned by the church is his holiness. 3. The kingship of Christ 4. Results of seeing God in his holiness Many people turned to God and the prayer meetings were full of people seeking God. Here is the place to get our personal revival here is the heart of revival.
John Howarth Major (Retired)