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NEXT COURSE WILL START WHEN REGISTRATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED

To register for the next course please fill in the form below and supply your names, email address, and your marital status - for example just thinking about marriage, engaged, or already married. You will be contacted as soon as another course starts. Thank you.

Information on the Courses

The Pre-Marriage Course is a practical five-session course, one evening per week, for couples who are engaged or exploring the idea of marriage. It's also an excellent first course for married or cohabiting couples if they have not yet taken part in "The Marriage Course".

The Marriage Course can be one of two different courses depending on which one we run. Either way it is geared more to married couples who wish to overcome difficulties in their marriage, or simply explore ways to improve or deepen their relationship.

The courses are entirely free and is run either in-person or via Zoom. There is a preliminary questionnaire, and then one at the end. It's amazing how some opinions change! It's fun, and invariably surprising in many areas, as you explore how you each feel about marriage, and your own expectations within it. Each of you receive a free PDF format journal which enables you to record the discussions you and your partner have.

Each session is about one and half hours. There is a video each evening which is interspersed with times where you as a couple discuss some aspect of marriage or some expectation within marriage (eg. How is money managed? How is time managed? Does the GPS in fact cure travel direction arguments or not? Who does do the washing up?). All sessions are completely confidential. Your host is there as a facilitator, and someone to "join the dots", but will never hear you, or watch you online, as you discuss the various topics presented to you.

At the end of the course there is a certificate of completion, and optionally you can be introduced to "marriage mentors", who are an experienced marriage friendship couple who will be there for you when questions and issues arise - because they will!

Sign up today!

Please sign up below if you would be interested in attending. We will be in touch with you nearer the time.

*Your full names:

*Marital status (see introductory details above):

*Contact Email Address:

Telephone:

For more information, you can contact Colin Opie.

We look forward to meeting you!

Hello and welcome to our church. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
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Planning your Visit

A Warm Hello

The following information is specifically for those planning a visit, so that you know, beforehand, what to expect on a Sunday morning.

When and Where

We meet at the Church Building (details here) for our Sunday Service starting at 10:30am. For your first visit, we recommend arriving a bit early to get a parking spot in the public car park that is behind the church, to the rear of the main bus stop. Sadly we are a town centre church and without onsite parking. When you arrive, you will be greeted by our Welcome Team.

Accessibility:

There is wheelchair access, and a sound loop for anyone who needs it. Please let one of the Welcome Team know on your arrival and they will help you to get set up. There are disabled toilets at the rear of the church and also in the Front Room café.

Our Service

The main service begins at 10.30am with a warm welcome from one of our team members and a relaxed and informal style and usually lasts about 75 minutes. In the service there is sung worship, prayers, sharing of testimonies and stories together and bible-based teaching to encourage us to apply our faith to our everyday life. We usually finish with the children and youth joining us and sharing what they have been doing that morning. There is always an opportunity to receive prayer at the end of the service or ask questions. We serve drinks and biscuits after the service ends. It is a great way to meet people, or simply take time to find your bearings. All refreshments are free.

And if you are not yet a believer, or have questions about the Christian faith, then you will be welcome too as we feel everyone is on a journey which is best travelled together.

What about children and youth?

We have a great programme lined up for children and youth, called Shine! Shine is a central part of our Children, Youth and Families Team activity. It's a great way for families to start Sundays! All children and young people are welcome, and parents and carers can stay as well (in fact you are encouraged to!) A Welcome Team member will be very happy to direct you to the leaders relevant to the age(s) in question.