Gord Skonik  works for Impact South Sudan, a Christian organisation that’s been involved in the peace and reconciliation process following the recent unrest.

Christian volunteers spend time empowering local churches and offer pastoral training. In one 3-month period, 197 pastors received training, and over 200 churches were planted.

Much of the recent violence has been based around a long history of tribal conflict in South Sudan – mainly between the Dinka and Nuer tribes. Gord and his team have seen huge transformation through the power of God’s love and forgiveness.

This is a documentary film that advocates a low-fat, whole-food, plant based diet as a means of combating a number of diseases.

Monday 19th January

at 7.30. Bethesda, Rogerstone.

Guest Speaker:
Rev Jeremy Bailey
(Port Talbot)
Everyone is Welcome

Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner Ian Johnston has pledged to keep police stations in Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach and Risca open.

I then started reading the Bible and discovered how this God was so amazingly patient and kind towards people who kept doubting and insulting all his care and love for them. I realised that I was just like those people- that I had lived rejecting Christ, the living God, who longed for me to come to him.

So I accepted Jesus as my Lord and asked his Spirit to help me change and be like him.

Fouad  (born in Iraq, son of Arab Communist father)

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One colonel from the Peshmerga, the Kurdish forced battling ISIS in Iraq, approached members of an indigenous Iraqi ministry team to ask them why they were there. He was curious about what motivated the group, putting their lives at risk to supply displaced people with food , clothing, beds medicine & Bibles.

Team members explained that they were demonstrating Christ’s love in  a tangible way, bringing love & peace & goodness to people in need.

A long conversation began about Christ and as a result the colonel bowed & prayed, asking Christ into his life.

He said, ” Today I am the happiest person-I’ve had the privilege of making this decision.

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A spokesman for homeless charity Shelter Cymru said: “We certainly agree that things are getting more difficult for a lot of people for a range of reasons connected with welfare reform, cost of living and low incomes.

“One worrying trend we have identified is the rise in social housing evictions in 2014, which does seem to support Cais’s view that people are running out of options.”

The Welsh government said more than £11m will be spent on tackling homelessness in the 2015/16 financial year.

A spokesman said the latest figures showed an 8% fall in homelessness between April and June 2014, which he described as “promising”.

“In April next year, the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 will come into effect which puts a greater emphasis on preventing people from losing their home and providing better services to those who are homeless,” he added.

I was about ready to leave the sanctuary of a church in Vancouver, Canada, when they challenged us non-believers to accept Jesus. Right before I put my hand on the door handle, to my surprise, an audible voice called me loudly, “Philip, if you are not saved today, you will never be saved!” I was shocked and I lifted my hand and ran to the front like a little child. That was God’s voice for sure! My spiritual journey began right after that altar call in 1992 when I was 18 years and it has affected me until today.