Quick Start Guide - Take a Tour

tour-large Welcome to our website! This website is a dynamic and interactive way to participate in the life of the church on-line. Whilst there is plenty of information for visitors to find out about us, this website is primarily for you - and there's a whole variety of different ways you can participate and make the most of the facilities available.

This Quick Start Guide provides a brief introduction to some of the main features.

Login

Much of the information on this website is private. This means a visitor to the website may access some information (such as where and when the church meets) but will not be able to access secure areas such as the address book. To login click the 'login' link at the top of the screen. A window will appear where you can enter a login name and password; enter the details as supplied, taking care to use capital letters where appropriate (if you've forgotten your username and password you can click on the 'forgotten my password' link). If you've never received a username and password you can click on the 'Register' link to apply for an account you can login with.

Once the login process is complete a welcome message will appear at the top of the screen.

The front page

The front page of the website provides a brief introduction to everything going on in the church community now. Here's an description of the key areas of your frontpage:

Calendar

A diary of events for this week. Click on the item to display more information about the event including a link to contact the meeting organiser and a map showing the meeting location.

Latest Articles

See a selection of the most recent articles added to the website. Click on the title to see the full article.

Recent Forum Posts

A selection of the most recent contributions to the discussion forums and responses to articles. Click on the text to display the full message or click View all forums to see a complete list of forums.

Exploring this site

The menu bar at the top of the screen allows you to access the rest of the church website. Alternatively you can use the site search to look for a specific piece of information. Here's an explaination to some of the options on the menu bar:

Home

	Homepage

	Forums
	Audio / Video
	Chatter

	Address Book
	Calendar
	Across the City

Click the home option at any stage to return to the homepage. Hover over the menu to access the following areas of the web site:

	Forums - see a complete list of discussion forums; those forums with new messages will be highlighted.
	Audio / Video - listen and watch the latest published recordings.
	Chatter - communicate with other logged in site members in real time using chatter zones.
	Address Book - a directory of contact information for logged in site members only.
	Calendar - click on this option to see the calendar for the current month.
	Across the City - this option will display other churches in the UK that use the ChurchInsight system, plotted geographically.

my area

This section allows you to configure your personal settings including: update your contact details, change your password, see when you are next scheduled to contribute to a rota duty and submit new articles for publication on the website.

Hello and welcome to our church. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
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Planning your Visit

A Warm Hello

The following information is specifically for those planning a visit, so that you know, beforehand, what to expect on a Sunday morning.

Where and When

We meet at the Church Building (details here) for our Sunday Service starting at 11am. For your first visit, we recommend arriving 10-15 minutes early to ensure you get a parking space and find somewhere to sit before the service begins. When you arrive, you should be greeted by someone on our Welcome Team who will be wearing a Welcome lanyard.

We serve tea, coffee and biscuits a month, before the service begins. It is a great way to meet people, or simply take time to find your bearings. All refreshments are free.

Accessibility: The church is wheelchair accessible, but a member of the welcome team is always on standby to assist.

Our Service

The main service begins at 11am with a warm welcome from one of our team members. Then follows a time of sung worship, led by our choir. We typically have 2 or 3 hymn in the service and a choir session. We typically preach from a passage of text which is read to the congregation and projected for all to see. We then share news and notices, usually about what’s going on in the life of the church. One of our leaders will then give a sermon that is bible based and that we can apply to our everyday life. We then finish with a final worship song and prayer.

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What about my kids?

We have a programme lined up for kids of all ages:

Young people (15+ years) Stay in service.

Children stay with their parent or grown-up at the start of the service for the welcome, songs and notices. We really value worshipping God all together as a family. At the end of the notices someone will announce that it’s time for the younger members to go to their various groups. You will need to go with your children to their groups and register them as part of our child safety policy. Whilst you are dropping your kids off at their groups, we pause to take time to chat to someone sitting near or next to us, giving folk a chance to come back before the sermon begins.

The kids group activities vary depending on the age but usually there is a friendly welcome, bible stories, testimonies, praying, music, craft, drama, fun games and free play. Please pick your children up as soon as the service finishes.

Getting Connected

Serving and Volunteering

If you want to get involved in the life of the church and help us make Sundays run smoothly, you can sign up to serve on a team.

Other Ministries

We also run the following ministries:

Men's Ministries
Women's Ministries
Homeless Outreach
Prison Outreach

Get in touch with us to plan your visit

If you would like to come and visit the church beforehand you are more than welcome! Get in touch and we can arrange a time that suits you.

Name:

Telephone:

Email Address:
Comments / Questions or anything you would like to say?

Next, we will contact you by email to say hello and help arrange anything necessary for your visit.

We hope that whoever you are, you will feel at home at our church.

Best Wishes

Olu