CYB@7 is an informal and lively service held at Coleg y Bala at 7pm every Sunday. What makes CYB@7 different from traditional services is the freedom and the relaxing atmosphere.

We start with a cake and cup of tea as everyone arrives and chats. We then worship through song and prayer, and everyone is free to contribute as they wish. We give the young people who attend the service a chance to lead the worship, so that they gain confidence and improve their leadership skills.

Owain then leads the study, but everyone is free to contribute and encourage each other. At the moment, we are working our way through the book of Philippians, with its challenge of what it means to live for Christ all the time.

At the end, we split into adults and young people, so that we can share our personal experiences and how we've been blessed by the Word, and we then have an opportunity to pray for each other.

CYB@7 is proving to be a great blessing to the people and youth of the area, as everyone is challenged to reflect Christ in their daily lives. The encouragement that is to be had from being part of a close-knit Christian community like CYB@7 is exhilerating and is something that everyone should consider being associated with.

Eleri Jones