Everyone is welcome
A church for people who are not sure about church
Sundays at 9:30 and 11:15 · Coffee from 9:00 · Kids welcome in every service
Service times
When we gather
Come as you are. Every service is signed and the building is step-free.
Sunday 9:30
Traditional service
Hymns, choir and communion in the main hall.
Sunday 11:15
Contemporary service
Band-led worship with children's groups running alongside.
Wednesday 19:00
Midweek prayer
A quiet hour in the chapel. Come and go as you need.
Your first Sunday
What actually happens
Nobody will ask you to stand up, introduce yourself or give anything.
Ninety minutes
Songs, a talk and coffee afterwards. You are free to leave whenever you like.
Parking is free
Behind the building, entrance on Mill Lane. Ten spaces are kept for visitors.
Children are welcome
Creche for under-3s, groups up to Year 6, and nobody minds noise in the service.
Wear whatever you own
You will see suits and you will see trainers. Both are entirely normal.
Diary
Coming up
Sat 14 Sep
Community lunch
Everyone eats, nobody pays. Twelve o’clock in the hall.
Thu 26 Sep
Job club
CVs, applications and interview practice with people who hire for a living.
Sun 6 Oct
Harvest service
Bring tinned food if you can; the whole lot goes to the foodbank on Mill Lane.
Sun 22 Dec
Carols by candlelight
The one service a year that fills the balcony. Come early.
Who you will meet
The people here on a Sunday
Four of us are paid; most of what happens here is done by people who are not.
Tom Iredale
Lead pastor
Here since 2014. Preaches most Sundays and answers every email eventually.
Grace Okonjo
Families and children
Runs the Sunday groups and the Tuesday toddler morning.
Danny Ferreira
Music
Leads the band and will teach anyone who asks to play.
Ruth Nakamura
Church administrator
Bookings, the building, and the person who knows where everything is.
Life together
More than a Sunday
There is a place for you here on the other six days too.
Children and youth
Groups for every age from crèche to sixth form, every Sunday morning.
Care and support
Meals, lifts and a listening ear when life gets heavy.
Small groups
Twenty groups meeting in homes across the city through the week.
Community work
The food bank, the night shelter and the debt advice centre.
Giving
Every gift stays close to home
Two thirds of what is given funds the food bank, the night shelter and the debt advice centre. The rest keeps the lights on.