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2023

The nations of the world
We realised this summer that we have at least 15 nations represented in our church family.
We love this! We are living proof that 'brothers can dwell together in harmony' and 'God commands the blessing' ...........

African rythms
In the fellowship now we have people from a few different African nations.
At the end of August we had a family time, where we shared food, wore bright clothes and danced to celebrate our family from a fabulous continent. ...........

Barry Woodward weekend
July saw a busy couple of weeks for Branches again. Last weekend we were privileged to have Barry and Jenny speak at our curry night, and Barry again Sunday morning. It was standing room only on Saturday night and that's just how we like it.

Working with agencies to help our community
We were honoured to be asked to be part of the fun day put on to promote Family Hubs, last weekend. These exciting hubs will offer opportunities and support for families to help provide children with the best start for life, from conception throughou ...........

Youth litter pick
A couple of weeks ago, our fabulous young people (with a bit of help) organised a litter pick around the Stevenson Square area. This was as part of the #LoveWhereULive challenge organised by Message Trust. At night they went to Manchester for tea at ...........

Baby Love
We recently held a baby shower to celebrate with Maryam and Stef our two beautiful Mums to Be. We played silly baby related games. Did a quiz and of course had a buffet. We had a lovely couple of hours chatting and laughing together. We can't wai ...........

Kids Klub Spring 2023 - Encanto
Our theme for Spring 2023 was Encanto. It made a great backdrop for our Spiritual Gifts theme, with it's fabulous colours and a family trying to discover their strengths.
We did talk about 'Bruno' and how to choose between ...........

Lady's Day
Recently our ladies decided they were due some tlc and put on a pamper day for themselves.
They did nails, wore masks and tried their hand at crafts.
And of course being Branches there was a scrumptious buffet. ...........

Great Family time at Conwy
Recently Branches had a great weekend away at Conwy. We started each day with worship all together, then split into age appropriate groups for teaching. We were blessed to have Alan and Jackie Hamilton teaching the adults and Bing and Sarah Liu leadi ...........

Valentines at Youth
How talented are our youth? Their last meeting was on Valentines day, so they celebrated by making love themed cupcakes. ...........

Youth visit Putt Stars
The first Youth Night of the year saw them going to Putt Stars for the evening.
Our young people had a great time, playing on the various attractions and getting to know new members. ...........