Join us on the first Sunday of every month, from 10.15 in the Lighthouse, for our monthly informal, interactive Café Church for all ages. The next Café Church is on 4 May.
To give a flavour, at Café Church in April this year, we ripped up St Paul’s Chartered Inst of Pharisees membership certificate because Paul says it was worthless compared with knowing Jesus. In November, we looked at the Ruth, “A timeless story of love and redemption”. In October we looked at the story of Job under the title “Bad stuff happens”. Where is God in times of heartache? On 1 September we took a dive into deep space and looking at the beauty, vibrancy and awesomeness of creation. What does that tell us about God?
Before that we were looking at different parables. For example, in March 2024 we looked at the lost sheep parable, with the children joining the search and everyone (well, almost everyone!) making woolly sheep. In June we had great fun exploring the story of the wise man who built his house on the rock.
Another parable we covered was the story of the five bags of gold on the theme “Well done, good and faithful servant”. Stephen led a drama and Bob was great as the servant turning up with a spade and mud covered shopping bag with £1/2m. After Jerry’s talk, everyone of all ages got stuck into making things with the resources provided, from a model Chester Zoo (thanks Linda and Gilly), to Motik animals (well done Rebecca and Emily) and David got stuck into building a giant house. So: are we ready to meet Jesus in person?
We have been thrilled with the response to a new Café style service Church. It replaces the usual Sunday morning service and has been attracting 55-80 people of all ages including several new families.
The new format has been run since September 2022. Breakfast (coffee, tea, pastries, toast and fruit) is available from 10.15am. There is soft matting with toys at one side for small children. A warm welcome for everyone is seen as a priority.
Feedback has been excellent: “I really enjoyed it”; “It had a lovely feel to it”; “A good mix of serious and relaxed”.
