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Most of our regular church meetings and groups are listed below in day-of-the-week order and are held in the church building unless otherwise indicated. Please consider coming to any of these meetings or groups - if you would like to know more do speak with us. |
Morning Worship Meetings - Sunday
Everybody is welcome to our Sunday morning worship meetings.- 10.00am Worship, testimonies, prayer, prayer ministry, communion (some weeks), celebration of birthdays and anniversaries and when requested - baptisms and dedications.
- 11.10am Connections - a social time with tea and coffee.
- 11.35am Adult teaching with brief time at the end for response - ministry and prayers for healing.
- Our young people have a youth culture church meeting elsewhere in the building, called ASK? (see below) and our primary school children have Sunday Club (see below). There is a staffed creche (see below).
- 12.30pm Finish.
The morning is in three segments so you can come to one, two or all three parts, as your circumstances allow. Communion will always be celebrated on the third and fifth Sunday morning of each month. Every three weeks or so, we have a bring-and-share lunch together after the morning meeting.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 16:24.
ASK? - Youth Church - Sunday
Our very popular Youth Church is called ASK? - it's for young teens - school years seven and above.
ASK? has a custom designed meeting style which includes exploring life issues and questions around the Christian faith, relevant bible teaching to encourage and develop relationships with God, worship and multimedia (record decks and video projectors etc).
Around 25 to 30 persons attend the meetings, which are held upstairs during the main adult meeting on Sunday mornings.
There are occasional social activities including pizza, film events and fund raising activities.
The main contact is Jo McMillan.
Jo McMillan
Last Updated on Saturday, 08 June 2013 09:37.
Sunday Club - Children's Meeting - Sunday
Sunday Club welcomes all children and starts part-way through the main adult Sunday morning worship meeting. It is fully staffed by qualified Safe To Grow leaders and helpers.- Infants school years: reception to year three.
- Juniors school years: year four to six.
Bose Akhabau
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Last Updated on Saturday, 16 January 2010 12:09.
Crèche - Sunday
During the main adult Sunday morning worship meeting there is usually a staffed Crèche for pre-schoolers.
The Crèche leader is Karen Letts-Hagley.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 March 2013 00:47.
Evening Meetings - Sunday
There are either one or two Sunday evening meetings a month, usually at 6.30pm. Pastor and Senior Leader David Wise is usually responsible for the evening meetings, which are more intimate in size, compared to the morning meetings.There is a wide range of evening meeting styles ranging from tradition to more unusual. Communion is celebrated on the 1st and 5th Sunday evening of the month. Contact the church office for info or read our weekly news sheet GBC NEWS.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 16 January 2010 12:09.
Noah's Ark Parent and Toddler Group - Tuesday
A Parent and Toddler group–for toddlers (from birth until approximately three and a half) and their parents or carers. From 9.30am to 11.30am during term-time. £1.50 admission, which includes refreshments.
The main contact is Assistant Pastor Denise DeOliveira. Denise is leading the group on a temporary basis until a permanent leader is found.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 08 June 2013 09:51.
Wednesday Fellowship - older people's meeting - Wednesday
Welcome to the Wednesday Fellowship. We meet every Wednesday, apart from when we go on holiday or outings, during August and two weeks at Christmas. People start arriving from 1.00pm onwards, usually those who are brought on Dial-a-Ride, and we serve tea and biscuits from around 1.30pm.The main contact is Lynda Wilson
Lynda Wilson
Last Updated on Saturday, 16 January 2010 12:09.
Gym Bible Study Group - Wednesday
Age group: early 20’s to early 30’sTime: 8.30pm–10.00 pm every Wednesday
Venue: The ASK? Room
Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 March 2013 00:49.
Undefined - Friday
Undefined is our weekly youth meeting and it is held in the church building from 7.15pm to 9.00pm.Please contact Jo McMillan for full details of this exciting meeting.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 March 2013 00:34.
Men Behaving Godly Meetings
This is the meeting for men at GBC. The meetings all start at 6.30pm in the church building unless noted otherwise. See What's On for meeting dates. Andy Robertson |
Last Updated on Sunday, 02 October 2011 15:44.
Women Alive in Ministry - Ladies Group
| Women Alive in Ministry is a ladies group which meets on bi-monthly from 7.00pm to 9.00pm in the ASK? room but will move to the downstairs room if anyone has problems with the stairs. There is a creche/sitting service to enable those ladies with childcare issues the opportunity to still come. The meetings are social and relationship building but will also have the added benefit of having spiritual content. The co-ordinating team consists of Hannah Adenubi, Belinda Adisa, Bose Akhabau, Carleen Donaldson-Hall, Margaret Hall and Chris O'Connor. Women are welcome to contact any one of them and suggest activities for Women Alive meetings (an easy way to contact them is via email and, if you don't know their actual email addresses you could use their GBC ones whic are This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Women of any age welcome, from the young to the not so young. Please check this web page or the weekly CHURCH NEWS for details and venues of future meetings. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 March 2013 00:54.
Envisioned - prophetic group
Liz Robertson, who is part of the Leadership Team, heads up a group called Envisioned. This is an open group of people from within the Church that God sometimes speaks through prophetically - read the Three Prophecies of GBC.There is no set programme or series of meeting dates but the group comes together every once in a while to learn how to hear God's voice or discern His will in situations.
Liz Robertson
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Last Updated on Saturday, 16 January 2010 12:10.
Ministry Network
The Ministry Network provides mutual support, shares information and is a sounding board giving feedback to the Leadership and Staff Teams.
The network meets around five time a year and consist of church members who lead our main ministries.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 March 2013 00:55.