Stantonbury Ecumenical Parish  

Christ Church, Stantonbury

HOW WE STARTED

The Christ Church fellowship started on Easter Day, 1975 with a group of 10 adults and children meeting in the Stantonbury Community House.

By the end of the year, the fellowship had moved to its present premises, the new Christ Church Centre on Stantonbury Campus.

At Easter 1990, we opened an extension to the building at Christ Church, which gave us for the first time, a purpose built sanctuary alongside the existing community hall.

WHO WE ARE
Christ Church has always been a mixed congregation; it is sponsored by the Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed denominations.

The Ministers in the past have been drawn from the Anglican, Baptist and Methodist traditions; our present Minister is a Baptist. No one tradition dominates and Christ Church considers itself to be a part of the worldwide Christian Church.

Christ Church is the oldest ecumenical congregation within the Parish of Stantonbury, which covers the northeast of Milton Keynes.

WHEN WE WORSHIP
We meet for worship on Sunday at 9.15am, a Communion service, and at 10.30am for an all-age service. Young people and children join in the first part of the 10.30am service and then usually go to their own Junior Church classes.

We meet at 8:00am on Thursday each week for a short early morning service.

Members of the fellowship meet weekly in housegroups, either in homes or at the church to explore the Christian faith, study the Bible, to talk, to pray and to get to know one another at a deeper level. Once a month, we meet instead at the church for a prayer meeting.

WHAT WE DO
There are various weekly activities for children and young people. The church premises are used during the week for many purposes including a daily meals service (Eating Point), a Senior Citizens club, a Pre-school and a Parents and Toddlers group.