Sunday Service
When: 10 AM Where: Hermitage Park Community Centre: Cranford Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 9FZ
What to expect
Typically the meeting will start with an opening thought, to focus our thoughts. This is then followed by a time of worship in song that lasts perhaps half an hour.
Children are an intrinsic part of the church, and following worship in song they are invited to the front to be involved in a Bible teaching section (described below), then Sunday School is provided for the children while adults remain for the sermon.
We typically teach on a verse-by-verse basis through a book of the Bible, although individual topical studies are given from time to time.
Following the meeting we remain for refreshments and fellowship.
In all aspects of church life we seek to be led by the Holy Spirit. Opportunity is given for people to pray openly, to bring a song or chorus or speak as the Holy Spirit leads. This is overseen by the leadership, and sensitivity to the meeting is requested.
The objective of the meeting is that the Lord is glorified, His people are fed, built up and loved.
Thursday Bible Study
When: 8 PM | Location: Homegroup in Loose, and via Zoom.
What to expect
We meet on Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock for Bible Study, prayer and fellowship. We meet as a home group in Loose or via Zoom for those not able to meet in person.
Please email info@ccmaidstone.com requesting to join, and an invite will be sent out shortly before the meeting.
Ladies' Ministry
When: We are a group of ladies who, knowing the importance of prayer as Christians who follow the example recorded in Acts 12:12 "Where many were gathered together and praying..." We meet online on a Monday evening at 8pm for an hour to pray together for personal, church, national and international needs. Once a month we also meet in person, on Monday evening and Friday morning, whichever is more convenient. | Where: Either on Zoom or in person
Men's Ministry
When: Once a month | Where: Alternating locations
The men of the church meet once a month, in various locations.
The gathering usually involves food - breakfast if a morning, pizza, chilli or BBQ if an evening, and is followed by teaching in an interactive format.
Children's Ministry
When: 10 AM | Where: Hermitage Park Community Centre: Cranford Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 9FZ
The first and most important missionary field in our church is the children. It is of the utmost importance that Bible truth is sown into the hearts and minds of the children in the church.
For this reason we have a dedicated section of the main service where ministry is tailored towards the younger member of the congregation, in which the children are invited to come to the front and are taught as part of the service.
During the service we are working through the Bible overview series 'The Biggest Story' and the children are involved with questions and answers on the video presentation shown.
Following this, the children continue to be taught by a dedicated and fully DBS checked team of Sunday School teachers in a separate room, while the core teaching to the adults continues in the main meeting.
The Sunday School typically incorporates games, craft activities and teaching that complements and solidifies what has been taught in the main meeting.
We encourage parents to play their part in raising their children to know and love the Lord Jesus and to study the Bible.
Accommodating infants
We understand how new borns and very young ones find church a difficult thing to sit through, and that parents can feel self-conscious about their children and any disruption they may bring.
For this reason we provide a creche, with toys and freedom to move so that if the young ones need a break they have a place they can go. Again, this is manned by a dedicated team of people who are fully DBS checked.
