Weekly Prayer Focus

Located in the village of Melbourn, southwest of Cambridge, the Church has a diverse community drawn from people in the village and the wider area. They have seen growth in recent times with new people moving into the area, and are keen to develop connections through the variety of activities they run. Their joint Ministers, Jenny and Rob Hughes, moved there about 18 months ago and continue to learn and develop ideas about how to evangelise in a mixed community setting. Sunday morning worship services vary in style – sometimes informal café style, all age once a month, and sometimes focused on drawing the Church family together to achieve a task, for example, at the beginning of November, they filled shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child…

Shoeburyness & Thorpe Bay Baptist Church in Southend on Sea is a lively and inclusive church. They seek to reach out to the community using their modern and spacious premises through a variety of activities, with independently run local organisations and church run groups. Stay & Play is for pre-school children and their carers and Collective is a new group started in 2024 for children from Reception right through to Year 13 and focuses on learning new skills and faith. In addition, ad hoc events occur occasionally for the youth including sleepovers and attending Satellites, an annual youth camp. Groups for Seniors include a Saturday Club with different weekly entertainment, an annual Holiday at Home event and First Wednesday, which is a monthly service followed…

Attleborough is situated in the heart of Norfolk, about twelve miles south-west of Norwich, on the A11. This year, Attleborough Baptist Church is celebrating 200 years of serving its local community. The Reverend Rob Gee joined the church as its pastor two and a half years ago after a long interregnum and is seeking to build the fellowship up to its pre-pandemic numbers. The fellowship firmly believes that church is a great place to make friends and experience God together. As well as Sunday services, the fellowship run “Warm Welcome”, a drop-in where older members of the community receive fellowship, refreshment and the chance to play board games and socialise; ABC Men’s Supper Club is an outreach for men in the community, meeting on the…

Saffron Walden Baptist Church is a friendly, welcoming and inclusive church which is part of their local community in this rural, historic market town. They are a gently growing congregation. Most weeks, you will find around 60 people, mostly adults, in their weekly services; however, regular parade services attract around 150 young people associated with the Brownies, Boys’ Brigade, and Scouts. These uniformed organisations, and Messy Church, which is run with the URC, are a regular feature in the church. Additionally, they participate in social outreach activities, including Foodshare on Friday mornings in collaboration with Touchpoint Charity. This sees around 50 people come for groceries, coffee and a chat. They also have deepening relationships with the local retirement flats, and many attend their lunch club….