A Baptist-Methodist Ecumenical Church in Leicester
News about recent happenings at Christchurch.
An open evening was held recently at Christchurch, in conjunction with the St. Philip’s Centre, to display a recently produced quilt by the Sikh community in Nottingham illustrating the journeys of Guru Nanak. See the BBC East Midlands news item here. About 70 people attended – mainly from the Sikh community and we received lot of very positive comments and…
Hope Hub, a new weekday drop-in, is starting every Thursday morning from 8.30am to 2pm. There will be free refreshments – coffee, tea, biscuits and toast – and light lunches (e.g. soup and rolls). Visitors can relax and chat, read a newspaper, play board games, and use the free WiFi. We look forward to meeting our neighbours in Clarendon Park…
Updated with more sessions… A great introduction to a world faith tradition from a faith practitioner, with religious artefacts and food associated with religious festivals or places. In previous sessions have heard about Sikhism and Hinduism. Three new sessions have now been arranged on Wednesday evenings at Christchurch from 7.30 to 9.00 pm Paganism, 14th February Judaism, 6th March Islam,…
Sunday evening gatherings and Saturday coffee mornings.
The church has joined a growing movement providing warm spaces and welcome during the winter months. This is on Wednesday afternoons from 2 till 8 pm. Other local churches are opening Warm Spaces at other times and public buildings such as libraries are also welcoming visitors who just want somewhere warm and welcoming to spend time in. Warm Space page
Mid-week services are now being held on alternate Wednesday mornings at 11.30 am. These are short services (about 45 min) in the Worship Centre led by Rev Kate Cook.
We are pleased that following a decision of the Church Meeting by a large majority, Christchurch is now registered for conducting the marriage of couples of the same sex.
We are now learning to live with Covid. Church services on Sunday mornings are almost normal. We have changed the seating to increase social distancing and we ask people to wear face coverings when moving around and when singing. This is not very popular, but the evidence seems to be that singing is likely to spread the virus if someone…