A thriving, friendly, Bible-centred church in the heart of the community
We are an independent evangelical church, made up of local people from many different walks of life and stages of faith.
Whether you’re familiar with Christian things and looking for a local church, or very unsure about God but wanting to find out more, we’d love to welcome you to Grace Church.
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Carols Song words
Carols song words for the choir at ‘Carols For Commuters’
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Celebrate Christmas with us!
We are planning a mix of lively, interactive, family friendly services and more traditional, reflective services. There’ll be carols, mince pies, mulled wine… We’d love for you to join us!
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Co-Mission Women's Morning
Join women from all across the Co-Mission network, along with your Grace Church family, for a morning of teaching, worship, discussion, and hearing from women across the network, featuring Linda Allcock and Lili Miller from The Globe Church! Book your place today
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The Bereavement Journey
We run a free six week, nationally recognised course for anyone who has been bereaved - it’s a place to talk.
New course starting 19th September
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Prayer Triplets (or pairs, or squares!)
We’d love to encourage everyone who is part of our church family to form up a ‘prayer triplet’ (or ‘prayer pair’, or ‘prayer square’) and our prayer is that these will be a rich source of blessing and encouragement and growth in all kinds of ways. Click here to get some tips on how to get a prayer triplet going and how to make the most of it. We can also help put you in touch with others too…
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Discover Life According To Jesus
Got questions about God, the world and you? The 321 course invites you to see life the way Jesus does. Over the course of 4 sessions, Glen Scrivener presents Jesus' vision for life through interactive videos that help us better understand God, the world and ourselves.
Coming up…
Click on the events for more details and head to our calendar page to see the what’s coming up over the next few months
Although rooted in historical events, the news about Jesus is relevant today because it is “for all people.” Whoever you are, whatever you have done, whatever has happened to you, Jesus is good news for you.
Click the button below to find a link to some short answers to big questions that helpfully explain what we believe about Jesus.
Find out more about Jesus
Listen to a recent sermon…
We’re starting a new series for Advent at both the 10am and 4:30pm Services and this Sunday, Assistant Pastor, Tim Guest, will be preaching on the four readings for the First Sunday in advent prescribed by the Reformed Common Lectionary - Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44.
The readings guide us to begin Advent by reflecting on the future hope of God's perfect peace and responding to that hope by engaging in immediate spiritual wakefulness and moral transformation in preparation for the Christ's glorious return.
We’re continuing our series in Acts at the 4:30pm Service and this Sunday, Pastor-in-training, Josh Hussain, is preaching on Acts 12:1-25 - Who can stop the LORD almighty?
We’re continuing our new series at the 10am Service in Philippians and this Sunday, Senior Pastor, Sam Williamson, will be preaching on Philippians 3:1-11 - The Surpassing Worth of Knowing Christ
We’re continuing our series in Acts at the 4:30pm Service and this Sunday, Senior Pastor, Sam Williamson, is preaching on Acts 11:19-30 - Grace Spreading
We’re continuing our new series at the 10am Service in Philippians and this Sunday, Assistant Pastor, Tim Guest, will be preaching on Philippians 2:19-30 - Two Shining Examples
We’re continuing our series in Acts at the 4:30pm Service and this Sunday, Senior Pastor, Sam Williamson, is preaching on Acts 10:44-11:18 - God Grants Grace
We’re continuing our new series at the 10am Service in Philippians and this Sunday, Assistant Pastor, Tim Guest, will be preaching on Philippians 2:12-18 - Working Out What God Is Working In
We’re continuing our series in Acts at the 4:30pm Service and this Sunday, one of our elders, Chris Sharpe, is preaching on Acts 10:1-43 - The Gospel Is For Everyone!
We’re continuing our new series at the 10am Service in Philippians and this Sunday, Assistant Pastor, Tim Guest, will be preaching on Philippians 2:1-11 - The Mind of Christ: Radical Humility
We’re taking a break from our 10am and 4:30pm series for a one-off special on evangelism. Pastor-in-Training, Josh Hussain, will be preaching at both services on Matthew 9:35-38 - Sheep without a Shepherd
We’re continuing our series in Acts at the 4:30pm Service and this Sunday, Senior Pastor, Sam Williamson, is preaching on Acts 9:32-43 - What Only Jesus Can Do
We’re starting a new series at the 10am Service in Philippians and this Sunday, Edward Peck, will be preaching on Philippians 1:12-30 - Suffering For Christ’s Sake
We’re continuing our series in Acts at the 4:30pm Service and this Sunday, Senior Pastor, Sam Williamson, is preaching on Acts 9:1-31 - Compelled By Christ
Helpful resources
Craig Hancock has kindly made a summer playlist for us all to enjoy. It's a mix of known and new songs, different versions, and will kill a couple of hours on a long journey somewhere!
If you are looking for Christian books to read over the summer, Sam and Leanna Williamson have put together some recommendations.
Lizzie Laferton reflects on Tamar’s story from 2 Samuel 13-14 and holds out good news for any who might identify with her suffering. She shows us we have a better brother, a better Father and a better bridegroom.
In the latest episode of the Co-Mission Podcast, the team interview Jonny Burgess about the new church plant in Hackbridge. It’s a great chance to hear about the plans for the plant and what the Lord has been doing already.
We’d love to encourage you to form up a prayer triplet (or pair, or square!), and our prayer is that these will be a rich source of blessing, encouragement and growth. With that in mind, here are some tips that might give you some ideas about how to get a prayer triplet going and how to make the most of it…
This term in Diggers and Transformers we will be doing series called ‘Meals with Jesus’ using material from Faith In Kids (produced by our very own Ed Drew, part of the 4:30pm congregation)
Ed has also produced a book that is a brilliant resource for family devotions which would be a brilliant accompaniment to the Sunday school series.
Having come to the end of the first part of our series in Romans (we’ll come back to it next year) here is link to an article from Greg Morse on Desiring God that explores the profound comfort and assurance found in Romans 8:1: "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."
Could the tide of faith be ready to come in again in our generation?
This long-form documentary podcast presented by Justin Brierley, tells the story of why new atheism grew old and secular thinkers are considering Christianity again. Find out more about this excellent resource…
We were blessed to have over 400 men from around the Co-Mission network gather for a morning of worship, prayer, fellowship and teaching from the book of Matthew. Our guest speaker was Kev Murdoch. Click here to listen to the talks.
Bob used Psalm 95 at our recent Monthly Prayer Meeting to bring out the importance of, firstly, acknowledging God's true nature, not a self-created image, and secondly, guarding against a hardened heart that stems from unbelief and disobedience. Read on to see more…
On 25th January, women from around the Co-Mission network, gathered together at Women’s Day 2025. Kimberley Davis from the Globe church for preached from one Thessalonians on the topic of working and waiting, living lives empowered by the gospel. This episode features both talks. We hope they’re encouraging to you!
Following on from studying Romans 1, Lizzie Laferton asks us to join Paul in immersing/rooting/wrapping ourselves in the news of “Jesus Christ our Lord” daily such that it feels very natural and wonderful to call out an invitation to others: Come on in. The water’s lovely.
Springing from our Sunday mornings in the book of Daniel, Lizzie Laferton explores the 'Distinctive Hope' that characterises Daniel and friends, and the witness it is to the watching world. They have a hope that isn't tied to the things of this world and doesn't falter when the things of this world perish, spoil or fade, or the people of this world persecute, sin against us or prove false. Such a hope enables living that stands out. Read more...
Following Jesus together: Passionately, Courageously, Increasingly
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