Westbourne Grove Church London Middlesex

Westbourne Grove Church (known as The Grove!) is a small, friendly and diverse community of Christians in the Notting Hill area of West London.

We focus on following Jesus, loving one another, and sharing God’s love with the wider community.

We are a community where every person can play their part and bring their own unique contribution. It’s not a church where the leader does everything - instead we encourage everyone to participate in ways they feel they can, wherever they are on their journey.

We are all part of the team!

 

Question: What kind of denomination are you?

Answer: Good question - there’s not just one type of church, so it can be very confusing! We’re what’s known as a Baptist church, but even Baptists vary a lot from place to place! To help you discover what we are like as a church, we’ve put together some things on this. The Grove is not like churches you may have seen on TV or experienced before! Find out more about us here.

Question: Where do you meet?

Answer: It would be great to have you along - we meet at our main location, which is:

Westbourne Grove Church
Westbourne Grove
London, W11 2RW

If you’d like to get in touch, you can get hold of us via phone or e-mail:

020 7034 050

[email protected]

For more information about how to find us, local transport and parking see here:

https://www.westbournegrovechurch.org/contact

Question: What time do you start on Sunday Morning?

Answer: We meet from 10:45am. But we often come a bit earlier so that we can grab a coffee and have a chat before we get started with the meeting.

We generally finish at about 12:15pm, but you are welcome to stay and chat afterwards.

Once the meeting is over, we have lunch together - you are invited! Joining us for a meal is a great way to get to know others in our community.

Question: Where can I park?

Answer: There are generally plenty of parking spaces available in the streets around the church. Plus the parking is free on Sundays!

For more information on parking and local public transport links, please see here:

https://www.westbournegrovechurch.org/contact

Question: What will happen when I arrive?

Answer: If you’re feeling nervous, don’t be! You’ll get a warm welcome from someone in our community who’ll show you where to go and what the setup is. You’ll be able to get a cup of tea or coffee and we’ll introduce you to a few people, so you can get settled in quickly and enjoy the meeting.

Question: What will happen during the service?

Answer: Every week we start the meeting with our ‘Glimpses of God’. Anyone can share how they’ve seen God at work - an experience, something from TV or a poster, something in nature, a story, a song, a scripture, something funny or sad.

We spend time worshipping God together and pray for one another. We go on to share communion, and then spend some time with bible teaching and a chance to discuss what we are learning together. Our services have a very friendly and informal feel, so whether you go to church regularly, or have never been before, we hope you will quickly feel welcome and at home.

We’re a church where you can be honest about your dark times, struggles, and failures, where you’ll be accepted, forgiven, supported, challenged, and encouraged.

We like to learn from different expressions of Christianity from throughout history, across denominations, and across cultures and nations - we all have things we can contribute.

Our style is very participative, so you are absolutely welcome to contribute during the meeting.

You’re very welcome to sit wherever you want or feel most comfortable.

Question: Will there be communion?

Answer: We share Communion together (also known as Eucharist or breaking bread) every Sunday. Someone different from our community leads it each week. Our style is to gather together at a table as a group. You are welcome to join us, but there’s no pressure if you’d prefer not to. Children are very welcome to be involved in Communion too.

For Communion, we serve bread (let us know if you have any allergies or dietary requirements) and non-alcoholic fruit juice.

Question: What type of songs do you sing?

Answer: Someone different from our community leads us in worshipping God each week. Sometimes this involves singing (we use a range of old and new songs); at other times worship may involve shorter sections that might be inspired by music, Scripture, nature, poetry, or communal responses (also known as liturgy). We all have the opportunity to participate, so there’s generally space to respond, such as reading the Bible or praying. As a Charismatic church, we love to follow the direction of the Holy Spirit so there may be times when things are quite spontaneous. If you don’t know what this means, feel free to ask us!

Question: How does your teaching work?

Answer: Teaching at The Grove is about looking at what the Bible says and working out how we can apply that to our lives. One of our church leaders will lead the teaching, or someone invited. There’ll often be time to think together about the teaching, respond and share from our knowledge of Scripture or life experiences. This approach is quite different to other churches, but we feel we all benefit from the rich mix of church backgrounds that people have by learning together.

Question: Tell me more about your meals together after the Sunday meetings

Answer: Please feel free to stay and chat together with others in our community once the meeting is over.

There’s a family meal every Sunday after the service, so you are welcome to stay on with us and eat together. It’s a great way to get to know people if you’re new!
 

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It’s easy to find us - we are in Westbourne Grove in West London with Holland Park to the west and Bayswater to the east of us, so there are lots of transport links and accessibility.

Address

Westbourne Grove Church
Westbourne Grove, Ledbury Road, London, W11 2RW

We’re on the corner of Ledbury Road and Westbourne Grove and the nearest Underground Stations are Notting Hill Gate, Bayswater and Westbourne Park.  

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