There's plenty of ways to get involved at Connect.    We are comitted to helping people express their faith and encourage connection, so if none of the current ways gets you going why not start another?  Anyone is welcome to turn up to any of the groups; you don't need to have come along before.

Prayer

We meet for prayer in the evening every other Monday.  We normally have a chat about things and issues before praying for the people and way forward for Connect church.  The prayer meeting happens every other week....  

Oasis

Oasis is a ladies' daytime group that meets on a Thursday for soup and rolls followed by reading and discussion of Cover to Cover, the chronological Bible in a Year, that we are currently working through. 

Book Group

The book group meet twice a term in the evening to discuss a book that we have all read.  We read a good mix of books - we have recently read A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini , Guernica by Dave Boling, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson...... to name but a few.

Bike Ride

Around once a month on a Saturday morning we have a cycle ride on tracks around the beautiful Chess Valley.  It sounds more lung busting than it actually turns out to be..... Lycra outerwear is currently banned without a supporting letter from your doctor.  Afterwards there is a fry-up breakfast which should undo all the good work done by the exercise.

To Do Team

From time to time we gather all the skilled D-I-Y people and give them a task.  This is a great way of getting to know people and be involved in an altruistic project.  The group has done lots of tree felling, gardening, hedge cutting, shed erection, garden clearing, jobs around the house that never seem to get done, fitting a cat flap.....  Normally we help out people who are not able to do the work themselves.

Coming Soon...

LIFE COURSE - an opportunity to ask the big questions of life and get involved in a discussion
FIT FOR LIFE FOREVER - for those fed up of dieting we are running a course which looks at our underlying relationship with food.
PARENTING COURSE - a chance to get some up-to-date wisdom on how to deal with the little darlings aged 0-6 years.
BAPTISMS - we will be running a short course looking at baptism ending with a baptism service for those who want to be baptised.

Not so regular....

We do other things from time to time such as wine tasting, kids parties, sports day, picnics, swimming, cricket matches etc