About Us
Acting Chair: Mike Dearsley
The aims of Churches Together in Cirencester are:
- To build the kingdom of God by facilitating common witness to Christ by member churches, helping them to share the Gospel, evangelise together and promote justice and peace in the world.
- To seek to draw all members of the churches’ congregations as well as their leaders into a deeper fellowship of mutual empathy, understanding and support by praying and worshipping together, learning about one another’s traditions and exploring their differences as disciples of Christ.
- To help member churches work together to respond to the social and spiritual needs of the town.
- To encourage good relationships between the leaders and congregations of member churches.
- To provide a means of consultation between member churches.
Together in Shared Activities
We are involved in many activities and participate in numerous initiatives such as:
- Monthly Prayer Meetings.
- Shared Services such as Christian Unity.
- Street Pastors – Weekend patrols in the Town Centre.
- Cyber Café – After School Club for Youngsters.
- Alpha Courses – Exploring the Christian Faith.
- Open the Book – Bible Stories acted out in Schools.
- Weekly Hospital Services.
- Joint Lent Study Groups.
- Summer Songs of Praise Outdoor Service.
- Churn Family Fun Day.
- Christmas Day Lunch for Those in Need
- Cirencester School of Faith.
- Christian Aid.
- Holocaust Memorial Day Service.
- Christmas Carol Singing
- ‘Thought for the Week’ in Local Newspaper
Unity
“I have given them the glory that you gave me that they may be one as we are one. I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”
In these words, Jesus prayed that his disciples would become one, united as a powerful witness to the reality of God’s love. (John 17.22-23)