Lower Rhondda Ecumenical Christians

Lower Rhondda Ecumenical Christians

Porth United Reformed Church works closely with other local churches through the Lower Rhondda Ecumenical Christians (LREC) Group. This group arranges a number of services of worship and other activities which enable members and friends of the various churches in the Lower Rhondda to get to know one another and to work together better.
 
 Rhondda Praise crowd  Rhondda Praise leaders
 
 
A united open-air Songs of Praise was held on Sunday 13th July (the day after the Porth Carnival) in Porth Square (by the cenotaph). A large congregation enjoyed singing praise to God under the leadership of Beverley Humphreys, the Lewis Merthyr Band and clergy from local churches. 
 
Our next joint service will be a Carol Service on Thursday 11th December at 7pm in St Mary Magdalene's Church, Ynyshir. A planning meeting for the service will be held on Wednesday 26th November at 7.45pm in the "Upper Room" at St Paul's Church, Birchgrove.   
 
The churches which are members of LREC are:
 
St John’s Church in Wales, Cymmer
St Luke’s Church in Wales, Llwyncelyn
St Paul’s Church in Wales, Birchgrove Road, Porth
 
St Mary Magdalene Roman Catholic Church, Ynyshir
 
Calfaria Presbyterian Church of Wales, North Road, Porth
 
Ainon Baptist Church, Ynyshir
 
LREC is affiliated to Cytûn: Churches Together in Wales, which draws together the principal Christian churches of Wales in co-operation and united witness.
LREC also acts as the local committee for Christian Aid, the churches’ agency for working with the poor of the world. See: www.christianaid.org.uk