As a church we believe that the Lord has called us to an overwhelming and challenging ministry in which every believer is called to play a part. We pray, therefore, that the Lord would call believers to serve in every aspect of the ministry of Firwood Church. For many ministries in the church there is…
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Church membership is an opportunity to connect more deeply and serve more fully with the fellowship at Firwood Church. As such we ask that you consider membership carefully and prayerfully. Before progressing with membership, we would ask that you prayerfully read through our Statement of Faith in order to determine that you are in agreement…
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Firwood Church currently runs a number of small groups, usually based in a home in the Middleton, Chadderton and Oldham area. We run both mixed and age specific (i.e. youth) small groups. We greatly value small groups as a crucial expression of church. Small groups provide an opportunity to connect with one another, to study…
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There is a small car park almost directly opposite the church building, but space is tight and unless you arrive early it is likely to be full. On Sundays there is some restricted parking on Neville Street (running adjacent to the church building) and many of the side-streets in the immediate vicinity of the church…
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While we do not currently have formal crèche facilities, we do have a large area available for parents to sit with very young children. We intend, in the coming weeks, to broadcast both the Sunday morning and evening service in this area to enable parents to listen to the message while they supervise their young…
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Yes. We have a thriving Sunday morning youth programme that runs concurrent with the Sunday morning service. The children take a full part in the corporate worship of the church and then leave for their respective classes prior to the message. For more information on the available classes, click here. Although we do not currently…
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Yes. Although the format of each service is substantially similar, a time of corporate worship and a 40-50 minute message, each has its own distinctive flavour. The morning services are more formally structured (although with the same informal worship style) with a 40-50 minute message based on a theme or topic from the bible (for…
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Firwood Church currently runs two Sunday services, one starting at 10.30am and the other starting at 6.00pm. Both services are informal and friendly and incorporate a time of corporate worship (led by the Firwood band) and a 40-50 minute message in which a passage from the bible is explained and applied. The morning service starts…
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In the sixth of a new 19 part series, Ronnie Evans looks at the mystery of Christ working powerfully within us to show the world His glory.
The Songs of Ascent are a collection of Psalms (running from Psalm 120 through to Psalm 135) which pilgrims sang as they travelled towards Jerusalem and up to the temple. In Psalm 121, the Psalmist faces a difficult and dangerous journey confident that the living God is both his Helper and Keeper. In the second of…
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