Café Church

What is Cafe Church?

Cafe Church is a “Fresh Expression” of church. Fresh Expressions of Church usually emerge when:

• The Spirit of God speaks to people about the missional needs of an area, people group or culture.
• When people band together to try, and explore something new or take the Church to new ground.
• When local people’s needs or hopes intersect with faithful people who feel God’s call to start something.
• When that sense of call leads to action, usually in forming a community or serving people locally to start with.

Over 3000 Fresh Expressions are now active around the world.  (https://freshexpressions.org.uk/about/what-is-a-fresh-expression/)

As the name suggests, Café Church combines the core elements of a church service with the gathering of friends in a café.

We meet in the Church Hall about 9.00 am, when we start serving a complimentary breakfast.

The service starts about 9.30am, once everyone has been served, and lasts about an hour. The café remains open during and after the service and you are free to move around and help yourself.

Each week there’s a different topic up for discussion, using slides, film clips, and sketches.

Who is Cafe Church For?

Simply put, you! Cafe Church is for people of all ages and levels of faith, whether committed Christians or those with little or no faith at all; and everything in between.

How do I Find out More Before Coming?

We take “Byte Size” recordings of our services and upload them to our dedicated YouTube channel HERE The records are uploaded later on the day they were recorded.

Cafe church also has a dedicated WhatsApp group. Please get in touch with us by phone, using the contact form (details below) or email directly on contact@tardebiggechurch.co.uk if you would like to be added.

What happens in Café Church?

You can join in one of the small groups or just sit and listen, whichever you prefer.

You can also get up and take a break when you need to, maybe write a prayer at the prayer station or help yourself to something to eat and drink – toast and marmalade, croissants, bacon butties, teas, coffees and so on – whenever you want.