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.

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.

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.