Welcome! Image 1 Rev. Ruth Fry
Minister
A word from our Minister
"We are an active church that seeks to discover God at work in our lives and in the lives of others.

Through worship, learning, caring, service and in sharing the love of Jesus, we look to become His disciples. We are active as Christians in the local community and many groups find a home in our wonderful modern premises.

Whether you are visiting us through the website or at the church itself, we pray that you will glimpse something of the life we share in Christ, and that you may share that life too."

Our services

The Church is open for worship on Sundays at 11.00am
On the first Sunday of the month there is Breakfast Church at 9.30am
On the 2nd Sunday there is Early Communion at 9.30am
On the 3rd Sunday there is usually an evening service at 6.30pm
The midweek service is on Thursdays at 10.30am in the Church
Services will also be available on Zoom
Details are in the weekly notices

Click here to access the weekly order of service at home sheets
Please phone 023 8026 0128 for any enquiries or pastoral needs
Our Focus this Month
Wellbeing Initiative @CFMC

As part of our wellbeing initiative we held an Open Forum or Wellbeing Meet at back of the Church on Saturday 31 May. It was encouraging that most of those present were not members of the Church but represented various groups that meet on our premises as well as some interested individuals. All were both enthusiastic about what was going on and appreciative of the nature of community that we have within our buildings, a non judgemental community in which everybody matters.

The Forum didn’t go according to plan, but gloriously so as people shared and were honest and open. Subjects like the well-known problems around young men - a group which has the highest suicide rate in the country - were discussed, and ideas came out of the whole meeting.

There was particular focus on:

the need for attention to the mental health agenda through things like counselling, life coaching, support through looking for work and the like

The importance of, the therapeutic effect of, being in touch with nature through anything from gardening to walks and visits to gardens, wildlife reserves or the plain straightforward country

A second meeting is planned to take place on Saturday 12 July in Meeting Room 1 from 10am to 12noon. which will focus on ‘opportunities to get into nature’. We will also consider ways of identifying and addressing other priorities: how to reach out to encourage people to participate in groups that maybe already exist, to help people know that they matter and would be welcomed. What stops people going to groups? how can we overcome this?

So do come along on 12 July and bring your ideas!