The songs chosen for the evening service on Sunday featured mountains, rivers, trees and fields. The pastor, Rev. Peter Richmond, talked about Golan, a city that had been promised to Abraham and became one of the six cities of refuge, to where people who had caused death accidentally could flee their avengers.
The Golan Heights were called Bashan in Biblical times. It remains an agricultural area, rich in wildlife, and it is unclear exactly where the city stood.
The word Golan implies 'a place for exiles'; it also means 'joy.' Like the other cities, the name seems to say something about Jesus - who, "for the joy set before him," endured the cross.
Jesus had vision for the future - the outcome of his suffering is that lost people would find refuge in him. He gives "hope to the hopeless, strength to the weak, knowledge to the ignorant, peace to the ones who had no peace and salvation to the world," said Peter.
"As we climb our spiritual mountain to escape the deathly effects of sin, can we see the joy before us?" He then described the joy of knowing salvation, the joy of meeting God, and the joy of receiving a crown and being told "well done, good and faithful servant."
As we go to press, fund raising in the St. Govans shop has been going very well, and volunteers from various churches and towns have helped in the running of the charity shop.
This Sunday's service takes place at 6 pm at the Avenue Social Activity Centre, Greenhill Avenue, Tenby. Peter can be telephoned on 01646 681805. To find out more about the life of the fellowship, visit http://www.hesed.co.uk">www.hesed.co.uk .