what we do - chowdene community church...
What Goes on
Sunday Services
10.00- 10.45am Communion Service
11.00-12.00 Celebration Service
We have 2 services on a Sunday morning, held at Emmanuel College, Gateshead. Our communion service starts at 10am, where we share in the bread and wine and share a prayerful thought for the day.
Our 11am service is an exciting time of music, teaching, drama and personal testimony of how God makes a real difference in our lives.
Every service is followed by a time to catch up with new and old friends over a cup of tea or coffee. We also stay for lunch on the third Sunday of every month after our ‘guest service’.
During the teaching part of our service, we unpack the bible and see how God’s word can apply to us in our lives today.
All ages are welcome, a crèche is provided for pre-school children and we have a full and varied youth programme for under 18’s who have their own activities after we enjoy worshipping together.
During our worship time we sing a varied range of songs, both classic and contemporary with a range of different musical styles and instruments, lead by guitars, keyboard, drums, violin, mandolin, saxophone, and clarinet.
We also have lots of other activities going on during the week such as Housegroups, youth clubs, men’s group, women’s group, soul@café, over 60’s group, plus lots of organised special events. Check out our latest newsletter or go to the diary section to see what’s coming up soon.
House Groups
We meet in people’s homes during the week to discuss the topics covered in our main services and share fellowship together. We have house group meetings on Monday evening, Tuesday afternoon, Tuesday evening and Friday evening.
Youth Work
We have a wide range of youth activities for all ages
The Friday Night Experience (FNX):
(For Young People of Secondary School age)
THE place for Young People to meet, hang and chill on a Friday night , between the hours of 7pm and 9pm.
Giant Screen Video Games (360/PS3/Wii), Tuck Shop, Nail Bar, Chill Out area, Pool/Table Footie.
Space is limited so numbers are restricted to 60 Young People per session ( a membership system opperates)
There is a small entry fee of £1.
Mark and the Team are always on hand to chat to, or give advice on Faith and Life issues.
KLOC (Our Sunday Morning Childrens Meeting)
(Aimed at Primary Children):
Come and check out what's happening at KLOC this week.
An all action, fun filled Hour on Sunday Mornings with our Sunday School team.
Games, Songs, Chat, Prayer, Craft and stories with crazy actions - much more fun than staying in bed!
What does KLOC stand for? - come along and find out!
Heavenly - a Youth Cafe
(Aimed at Young People 11-16yrs)
On the Thursday and Friday nights of EVERY HALF TERM WEEK, The Church is transformed into a Cafe Style Youth Venue to host "Heavenly".
With Live Music, crafts to do, Prize quizzes, and a Toastie Bar - come and learn and share a lttle about local and global issues
(Fairtrade, Ethical Fashions, People Trafikking etc..) and hear about how our God has transformed the life of one of the Team.
Entry to "Heavenly" is FREE
Men’s Group – The Filling Station
Our men’s group meet every three weeks on a Wednesday evening in Starbuck’s Coffee Shop, upstairs in the red quadrant of the Metrocentre.
We’re building a ‘Band of Brothers’ and The Filling Station is the name we give to our Group of men who believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We meet regularly to equip and encourage each other in our personal witness through studying the lives of real men, heroes from biblical times and lessons we can learn from them to apply to our lives today.
We are organising fund raising activities to support local charities, outreach events with men who have amazing life stories, social and leisure events and we actively support the work of the Church. Our aim is to win men for Christ and bring more influence of men back to bear on the life of the Church.
To find out more, please visit www.perhapstoday.co.uk
Women’s Group – Embrace
Our women’s group meet every two weeks on a Thursday evening at our church building in Low Fell.
It is a place where women can get together to talk, to pray, to encourage, to build each other up, to share and to grow in the Lord. It is a group who meet together and organise events for women to come to and encounter the reality of God.
Soul @ Carvoireo
Soul @ Café Carvoireo is a group of women of all ages who meet together once a month on Wednesday evenings. We drink coffee, have a fun quiz, watch clips from films and T.V. shows, discuss life issues and enjoy each other's company. We meet at 7p.m. and aim to be finished by 9p.m.. There's no admission charge, you just need the price of a cuppa and all women are welcome.
Over 60’s
We organise regular trips and lunches for people aged over 60 in our church. It provides an opportunity to meet and spend time with friends at a more leisurely pace!