A very merry Christmas to all of our amazing supporters! “Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Son of Righteousness! Light and life to all He brings Ris’n with healing in His wings Mild He lays His glory by Born that man no more may die Born to raise the sons of earth Born […]
At Christmas time we can become too familiar with the words of the songs and carols we sing; like when we do anything many times, it becomes automatic and we don’t think about what we are doing. We drive a car or write a letter and don’t have to stop and think about every single […]
Last night at our last ‘Redefine‘ of 2017, we held our amazing leaders Nativity. It was again our take on the Christmas nativity story; titled ‘Hobbit Wars‘. We did a mash up of characters from the Lord of the Rings & Star Wars stories and had them as the characters from the nativity story. Joseph […]
Well we’ve just had a white Christmas, so we do not need to hunt for the snow, we had a lovely disruptive drop of flakes on Sunday. My kids loved it. Catching snowflakes on their tongues and having a snowball fight with mum & dad in the garden. The title of this post hearkens back […]
This is a very quick blog to let everyone know about our upcoming Spark North Wales Christmas event. On Saturday 16th December we will be holding a ‘Christmas Bonanza‘. A bonanza is something that is very valuable, profitable or rewarding, or it can be used as a synonym for ‘extravaganza‘ – a lavish or spectacular show […]
This week, wherever I travel, as the sun goes down and the nights draw in; I’m seeing more and more Christmas lights appearing in the windows of houses and shops. All of the lights have been switched on in Llandudno, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay, indeed throughout the whole of North Wales and beyond, the whole of […]
This Sunday, the 3rd of December marks the start of the season of Advent. It is indeed the first Sunday of Advent. The time when we start preparing our hearts for celebrating the coming of Jesus. It is a time of joyful anticipation, however it can become a time of stress and dread for many […]
I do love blog posts with a song lyric title don’t I?..This one is taken from John Paul Young’s song ‘Love is in the air‘ as used in the film ‘Strictly Ballroom‘. I am titling this ‘love is in the air‘ because this week, two of our amazing volunteers at Llandudno Youth for Christ are […]
Last Monday night we had a great training evening with our ‘Monthly Meet‘ training event (every 3rd Monday in the month, Llandudno Youth for Christ run a totally free training evening for youth workers, teachers, parents & pastors). We looked at how to manage difficult behaviour in our youth groups. It was a highly informative […]
Way back in the 1960’s, a scientist at the stationary company 3M, Dr Spencer Silver was working on developing a super strength adhesive. However, he instead accidentally created a ‘low-tack’ reusable and pressure sensitive adhesive. This happened in 1968 and despite it being a breakthrough in glue technology, the good Dr couldn’t think of the right […]
