Southgate Church is a three-way Local Ecumenical Partnership allied to the Baptist, Anglican and United Reformed Churches. Sited in a complex with a primary school, shops and a pub!, its home is the local community centre whose building we share, and now part own following a transfer of the building 15 years ago from the borough council to a newly established charity. Over the years we have had ministers from both Baptist and Anglican traditions and currently have a URC trainee local minister. Our current incumbent is Mike Simm. We have recently joined the Heart of East Anglia Mission Partnership to strengthen ties with other local URC churches and LEPs.
We meet every Sunday for an informal style of worship as well as undertaking a regular programme of events in our dedicated Church Centre room. These include a carer and toddlers’ group, teenage clubs, a friendship club for seniors and a monthly club for women in addition to a bi-monthly Prayer House and weekly lunchtime Holy Communion. We employ a Family and Community Worker who organises our outreach to our neighbouring primary school with clubs and regular dramatic performance of Bible stories through Open the Book. A very popular Light Station outside the Church on Halloween was held for all the local Trick or Treaters. Our big Christmas event for the local community – Southgate’s Got Christmas = is always well supported and appreciated.
We would value prayer for:
8th November 2026
1st November 2026
25th October 2026
