Chandlers Ford Methodist Church

Welcome!

A word from the Minister

"We are an active church that seeks to discover God at work in our lives and in the lives of others.

Through worship, learning, caring, service and in sharing the love of Jesus, we look to become His disciples. We are active as Christians in the local community and many groups find a home in our wonderful modern premises.

Whether you are visiting us through the website or at the church itself, I pray that you will glimpse something of the life we share in Christ, and that you may share that life too."

Rev. Sue Keegan von Allmen

Click here to read letters from the Minister.


Our Focus this Month
Gift Day 15 June
The theme for this year’s Gift Day is ‘Mission through Youth and Children’. Your gifts can be given to our Minister, Revd Sue Keegan von Allmen, in the Dovetail Centre Café between 10am and 12noon Church Council wants to focus on some aspects of our work with young people, and to raise funds for some useful extras including the following: • New staging for Hand In Hand puppets • Portable lighting for the puppets • Small tables and chairs for various children’s groups • A speaker bar for the Dovetail TV for Messy Church There will be other items to add to this list, but the total costs are anticipated to be under £10,000. The great thing about these items is that they will be of use in other areas of Church life. For example, the portable lighting will be beneficial for Drama Group productions and the improved sound for the TV could be used by Women’s Fellowship, Curious Café and more. If you have any thoughts please see Chris Goodhead, Keith Cole or Anne Heath and your suggestions would be most welcome. Please give some thought and prayer time as to whether you will be able to use this opportunity to make a one-off additional financial gift to the Church. As ever with the Gift Day, the hope is that excess funds will be raised so that a contribution can also be made to general funds. There is a particular need this year because we have a forecast deficit and there has already been some significant exceptional expenditure on renewing the office computers and costs arising from the quinquennial property inspection. It will be two years since we held the last Gift Day with the focus on the Dovetail Centre. The Café refurbishment has of course been a great success, and excess funds raised in 2017 have helped to balance the Church accounts.

Our Focus this Month

Gift Day 15 June

The theme for this year’s Gift Day is ‘Mission through Youth and Children’.

Your gifts can be given to our Minister, Revd Sue Keegan von Allmen, in the Dovetail Centre Café between 10am and 12noon

Church Council wants to focus on some aspects of our work with young people, and to raise funds for some useful extras including the following:

• New staging for Hand In Hand puppets

• Portable lighting for the puppets

• Small tables and chairs for various children’s groups

• A speaker bar for the Dovetail TV for Messy Church

There will be other items to add to this list, but the total costs are anticipated to be under £10,000.

The great thing about these items is that they will be of use in other areas of Church life. For example, the portable lighting will be beneficial for Drama Group productions and the improved sound for the TV could be used by Women’s Fellowship, Curious Café and more.

If you have any thoughts please see Chris Goodhead, Keith Cole or Anne Heath and your suggestions would be most welcome.

Please give some thought and prayer time as to whether you will be able to use this opportunity to make a one-off additional financial gift to the Church.

As ever with the Gift Day, the hope is that excess funds will be raised so that a contribution can also be made to general funds.

There is a particular need this year because we have a forecast deficit and there has already been some significant exceptional expenditure on renewing the office computers and costs arising from the quinquennial property inspection.

It will be two years since we held the last Gift Day with the focus on the Dovetail Centre. The Café refurbishment has of course been a great success, and excess funds raised in 2017 have helped to balance the Church accounts.