Playing together strengthens our bonds, nurtures our spirits, and fosters a sense of community. Through shared laughter and joy, we grow closer to one another and deepen our faith. Join us in celebrating the blessings of fellowship and the unity that comes from play.
Crafts nurture creativity and providing a therapeutic outlet for self-expression. These activities allow us to reflect on our faith in tangible ways and create opportunities for meaningful conversations. Through crafting, we enrich our spiritual journey and find joy in the process of creation.
Singing is good for you and God loves to hear our joyful noise!
We learn new songs and sing our favorites again. The words are sometimes accompanied with MAKATON signs that are a fun way to bring the songs alive.
Sharing ideas, time, food and support is best done when your not alone. Simply being with others brings life to all.
We are a church that believes in inclusivity – we celebrate and value people, regardless of their abilities, backgrounds, and diversities. We are a church that serves all people. We strive to be fully inclusive and remove barriers neurodivergent people may face in our church.
“I passionately believe that these kinds of conversations – and especially this kind of deep listening to those with lived experience of disability – is absolutely vital if we are to be a Church where everyone is valued and everyone belongs”. Archbishop of Canterbury, Church of England national disability conference 2018.
Neurodiversity, put simply, can be broken down into the two words it is made up of. ‘Neuro’ meaning it is to do with the brain – an amazing thing that makes sense of the world around us – what we see, touch, taste, smell, hear; if we are hungry or tired, hot or cold; our feelings and emotions, how we move and relate to the physical things around us – and so much more. The word ‘diversity’ refers to a difference. These words placed together, talk about a difference in the way neurodiverse people experience and relate to the world around them. There are many myths and misunderstandings about neurodiversity, such as it people lacking empathy and creativity, being unable to make friends, resulting from bad parenting.- these are all untrue. Neurodiverse conditions are life-long, and differences are experienced in unique ways. Neurodiverse people are people of different backgrounds, ages, personalities, educational abilities, interests, jobs – and all loved and created by our wonderful God. They are as likely as anyone else to be Christians and want to worship alongside others in church.
SOUP ANYONE?
Following every worship time we share soup and bread together. This is vegetarian and very tasty. We have a team of volunteers who make the home made soup fresh for each session. Let us know your favorite and we'll be sure to try it out! This time following the worship encourages us to chat and share something of our lives with each other.