Special events
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God and that God brings people to salvation through it. Many of the activities we involve ourselves in are directed towards making the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ more widely known. As our mission policy states, we are committed to preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to people from all nations; this obviously includes those from our own district and city. Some of these activities are listed below.
Holiday Bible Club 2013
This is held for 5-11 year olds over a week in August. Dates for 2013 are: Tuesday 27 August until Friday 30 August.
As well as having great fun, the children learn about the Bible through stories, songs and discussion. Activities include:
- team games
- Bible stories and songs based on a theme for the week.
- craft activities
- indoor games
- field games to suit boys and girls
- refreshments to keep the energy levels up in a busy 3 hours!
- Bible lesson time when children are taught in their own age group
In their teaching groups they learn in more detail about the story for the day and are encouraged to talk about it.
At the end of the week, the children's parents are invited in to see the craft items made, join in with the songs learnt during the week and hear a summary of the Bible stories.
Open air services
For one Sunday afternoon in each of the summer months we gathered at in the Chester city centre to hold open-air evangelistic services. The afternoon slot has proved to be better than our usual evening time - there were more strollers happy to stop and listen. We were encouraged by the level of interest and plan to continue this work.
Gideons International
A number of our members are actively involved with the local branch of Gideons International. The local branch makes the Scriptures available to residents of nursing homes, to hotel and B&B guests, to nurses, to business people and to school children as they enter secondary school.
Bible Study Fellowship
BSF International is an interdenominational, not-for-profit, lay organisation which aims to establish people in a knowledge and understanding of the truth of the Bible. This is achieved using questions for personal study, participation in discussion groups, lectures and printed notes.
Chester Schools Christian Work
Chester is privledged in that our senior schools have a Christian witness through the Schools Worker project, an initiative which is part of Scripture Union. For more details see Chester Christian Schools Work.