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About
Trinity.
We are a family friendly church situated in the
South East of Basildon in
the area known as Vange. Our membership is
about 70 people of all ages and from
many different parts of the world. Our
worship is God-centred and bible-based
and celebrates the good news of Jesus Christ our
Lord and Saviour. We use both
traditional hymns and contemporary songs and once
a month in the morning, our
worship is particularly focused for all ages,
with an informal and relaxed
style. Refreshments are served after each
morning service, giving an
opportunity to chat with each other. We
also have occasional evening services
with a variety of themes.
We also have a number of joint services – with the congregations of
St.
Paul's and Langdon Hills Methodist Churches for
evening
worship – and sharing
with
all the Churches Together in Basildon in 4-monthly lively
celebrations.
During
the week there are activities for different age groups –
,
Trinity Disability
Club for those with problems of mobility and Bible
study and fellowship groups for various ages.
We
seek to serve our local community through involvement in local
schools, by visiting and taking services in residential homes, by
making our premises available to local community groups and by
individuals volunteering to work at St Luke’s Hospice and the local
Hospital.
Services
The service plan for all our circuit Churches can be found
HERE
Junior
Church -
Sundays at 11.00am for an hour
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Sunday Club for 3 to 7 year olds
(Primary) and for 8-11 year olds (Juniors)
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Seniors on Sunday (SOS) for 11-16
year olds.
A
fun time for learning about God, his Son Jesus and the Holy Spirit through Bible
based activities. We share what we have done with the adult congregation each
week and once a month we have a family service.
An
evening of activities for all the family
Every
Tuesday running from 7.00pm to 9.00pm
For
age 8 to 80
Come
for the whole evening or part
FamTastic!
is action, fun, games, discussion, food, music, worship, craft, in
fact almost anything is possible that fits with our aim of providing
interesting activities for all ages in a friendly, caring place.
We do:
card making, puzzles, badminton, parachutes, belle plates, drama,
table tennis, board games, volleyball, unihoc, table football, music,
flower arranging, basketball, Scottish dancing, basketball, snooker,
football and much more.
Take some time to just sit and relax in our café – from cake to hot
dogs, fruit kebabs to chapattis.
Half way through the evening join in worship for 15 minutes – for
young and old.
 
Don’t miss it – come along and join us!
Grim
time for greyheads?
Worried
about the future?
Trinity
doesn’t just preach about life after death, it’s about life before
it too!
Here
we like to celebrate Age.
We
believe in evangelism among the Elderly, to let them know they have a
full-time Carer for life (Isaiah 46:4).
For
the disabled elderly, transport is arranged to bring them along to a
weekly Disabilty Club, where there is a variety of entertainment,
talks, films, outings and services.
For
those who can’t make it to church but live in sheltered
accommodation
- in the ‘Courts’ around Vange, and the Abbeyfield homes
– the Church goes to them in the form of a monthly service, with
opportunity to receive Holy Communion.
We
believe that people of all ages – young, old and everything in
between – are valuable in God’s sight and so valuable to our
church community.
So we want all to come and join us and
feel they belong, to celebrate God coming amongst us and to
have fun in his presence.
Basildon
New Town was established in 1949 and within a few years numerous houses
and other buildings were springing up all over the town.
The first Methodists to arrive began meeting in 1953 in the home
of a Mr. Newman-Brown, an architect with Basildon Corporation, and were
led by Rev. Donald Shaw, a probationer minister sent by the Home Mission
Department.
As numbers
grew the congregation moved first to Hillview, an empty bungalow in the
middle of a waterlogged field, and then decided to amalgamate with the
Free Church fellowship who met at Gordon Hall, Clay Hill Road and
Basildon Methodist Church came into being.
However by
1957 the members had decided that they needed a proper church building
and work began just across the road. In 1959 Trinity Methodist Church
was opened at its present site on the corner of Bardfield and Clay Hill
Road.
The church
continued to grow and a Youth Hall was added in 1966 and a new Welcome
Area in 1999. To complete
the circle the Rev. Donald Shaw was invited back to preach at the 40th
Anniversary Celebrations of Trinity in the summer of 1999.
Never
content to sit still for long the members are continually updating the
premises and the current project includes altering the premises to make
them more suitable for those with difficulties of mobility.
Ministers:
Church Worker:
Christine
Welham
Tel: 01268 522330
Senior
Steward:
Clare Nice Tel:
01268 545907
Youth
work:
Steve Nice Tel: 01268 545907
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