What We Do

Sunday am

We meet together as a whole church at 10.30am every Sunday, except the 2nd Sunday in the month. During our time together each Sunday we want to praise and worship God, learn more from his Word, encourage and build each other up and have some fun along the way! We spend approximately 20 minutes or so in praising and worshipping the Lord through song. This is usually followed by a short talk and then we like to have time afterwards when we can respond to what we’ve heard by praying together and encouraging each other. Most weeks we’ll finish with tea, coffee and some very good biscuits!

 

As well as meeting on Sunday mornings, during the week we get together in smaller groups, known as cells. These meet in people’s homes, and typically consist of between 6 and 10 people. The purpose of these groups is for us to get to know each other better, learn more about God, study the Bible and support and encourage each other. Why are they called cells? Every living organism is made up of cells, and as living things grow, then cells multiply. That is our intention for cell groups: that as more people join with us, then each cell will grow to a point where it will naturally become two new cells. Cell groups meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, and we have one group that meets during the day on Tuesdays. Every 6 to 8 weeks all the cells meet together on a weekday evening to worship, pray, learn and encourage togther.

 

The Alpha course was developed by Holy Trinity Brompton, and has been phenomenally popular all over the world. We have been running Alpha courses in Harlington since 2003, and we have found it to be a fantastic way for anyone who is curious about Christianity to explore the Christian faith. Held on a midweek evening (usually Tuesday or Wednesday) over 12 weeks, Alpha covers a wide range of topics that help us to understand what it really means to be a Christian. We share a meal together, listen to a short talk about the evening’s subject and then discuss what we’ve heard. Many people can testify to the value that Alpha has been in helping them gain a greater understanding of Christianity. We run two courses every year, one starting in January on a Wednesday evening and one starting in September on a Tuesday evening and anyone is welcome to come along.

 

The Noise

One of the most important aspects to our church vision is that we believe that we serve God by serving the community. That’s where the Noise comes in. Started in May 2002, and inspired by national events such as The Message 2000 and Festival Manchester, the Noise is our way of demonstrating the amazing generosity of God’s grace in actions as well as words. Since that first weekend back in May 2002, we have been committed to spending one Saturday a month doing a number of things that serve the community, such as free car washing, litter picking and gardening projects to name a few, and every May Day bank holiday weekend we do all these things plus host the Family Fun Day on the bank holiday. Whatever the weather (and we have had some really bad weather!) we aim to give the community of Harlington the chance to have a great day out in the village, with a BBQ, clowns, drama, tug-of-war, face painting, pony rides, bouncy castle, competitions, cream teas – all absolutely free. Many people have asked us why we do all these things for free. Put simply, we believe that God has blessed us incredibly, in every aspect of life, and as we have received the amazing generosity of God’s grace, we want to give to others so everyone can share in the abundance of God’s blessing.