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Lighthouse Community Church
Southampton
Hampshire
SO45 3NZ
Lighthouse Community Church, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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Who we are
We are situated on the edge of the New Forest about 15 miles from Southampton. We are a community serving church offering a very warm welcome to you and your family.
Our Sunday service is vibrant and fun with our LCC worship band, gifted speakers and a wonderful time of fellowship enjoyed by all ages. We have lots of activities running throughout the week ranging from Little Acorns, our Parent & Toddler group, Oasis lunches, Home Groups, Prayer Meetings, Childrens Activities, Support Groups and more!
We look forward to seeing you soon at LCC!
Our Sunday service is vibrant and fun with our LCC worship band, gifted speakers and a wonderful time of fellowship enjoyed by all ages. We have lots of activities running throughout the week ranging from Little Acorns, our Parent & Toddler group, Oasis lunches, Home Groups, Prayer Meetings, Childrens Activities, Support Groups and more!
We look forward to seeing you soon at LCC!
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Hardley Green
Hardley
Southampton,
Hampshire
SO45 3NZ
Hardley
United Kingdom
Phone: 023 8024 3306
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Psalms 83:18
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
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SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE 10.30am
PRAYER MEETING
Monday evenings: 7.30pm
Little Acorns Parent & Toddler Group
Wednesdays & Friday's 10am - 11.30am (term time only)
Oasis meet on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 12.30pm for lunch
Service Times last updated on the 9th of February, 2025
PRAYER MEETING
Monday evenings: 7.30pm
Little Acorns Parent & Toddler Group
Wednesdays & Friday's 10am - 11.30am (term time only)
Oasis meet on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 12.30pm for lunch
Service Times last updated on the 9th of February, 2025
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Lighthouse Community Church History
Lighthouse Community Church is a church new in name and in vision, but with history going back over 80 years to the first meetings at Hardley Green in 1940.
Lighthouse Community Church formed after New Hope Community Church ended, but uses the same building as the old church.
New Hope Community Church was, for a short transitional period known as Hardley Green Christian Centre, but prior to this was for many years known as Hardley Pentecostal Church. The new name ‘Lighthouse’ reflects our desire to bring the light (good news of the gospel) and the hope that we have in Jesus Christ to our local community through the relationships we build and to bring God's light to those who are hurting, persecuted and alone.
Early Church History
Hardley Pentecostal Church came into being around 1936, meeting at first in local homes and hired or borrowed buildings. Then in 1940 we purchased our own building (not the land) on what was the original Hardley village green, and which is now the ESSO bulk fuel loading site (where all those fuel tankers come from).
Crossing the Road
In the late 1950's ESSO bought Cadland Estate, thus becoming our landlords, and we agreed to move to our present site in February 1958, having been provided with a wooden building of approximately the same size as the original.
The original founders were a group of people who believed that the experiences of the early church (as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles) were relevant to our times, and who sought the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Amongst other influences, the work of George Jefferys who went on to found the the Elim group of Pentecostal Churches in this country, was particularly important and a number of the early members attended the crusades and healing services which took place in Southampton in the early 1930's.
It is interesting to note that at the time Hardley Pentecostal Church was formed, none of the early members had received the baptism in the Spirit. However, they were sure that these "signs and wonders" were a gift from God for the present day - which was by no means the generally held view in the English Church at that time! In 1940, during the darkest days of the war, Frank Dyer (brother of long-time pastor, Jack Dyer) suggested that the members emulate the early disciples who had met together over a period of 10 days after Jesus ascended to heaven, praying and waiting in the upper room for the promised Holy Spirit.
This they did, and after a number of days of prayer, the fire fell on them too. Soon after the war Frank and his wife, Ivy, responded to Jesus' words in Acts 1:8 "...you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses... to the ends of the earth”. They became missionaries in one of the more needy parts of Brazil - the North East. That work is still growing and is now led by Frank and Ivy’s daughter and son-in-law, John and Elizabeth Medcraft.
Since crossing over to our present site, we have changed things considerably, constructing a brick building and adding a pre-fabricated structure about 6 times the size of the original building. These contain offices, two church halls plus Sunday school facilities, kitchen and toilets. Here are some pictures of the major modifications that took place in 1988 when the old building was taken down, and a new one put up in its place.
Lighthouse Community Church formed after New Hope Community Church ended, but uses the same building as the old church.
New Hope Community Church was, for a short transitional period known as Hardley Green Christian Centre, but prior to this was for many years known as Hardley Pentecostal Church. The new name ‘Lighthouse’ reflects our desire to bring the light (good news of the gospel) and the hope that we have in Jesus Christ to our local community through the relationships we build and to bring God's light to those who are hurting, persecuted and alone.
Early Church History
Hardley Pentecostal Church came into being around 1936, meeting at first in local homes and hired or borrowed buildings. Then in 1940 we purchased our own building (not the land) on what was the original Hardley village green, and which is now the ESSO bulk fuel loading site (where all those fuel tankers come from).
Crossing the Road
In the late 1950's ESSO bought Cadland Estate, thus becoming our landlords, and we agreed to move to our present site in February 1958, having been provided with a wooden building of approximately the same size as the original.
The original founders were a group of people who believed that the experiences of the early church (as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles) were relevant to our times, and who sought the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Amongst other influences, the work of George Jefferys who went on to found the the Elim group of Pentecostal Churches in this country, was particularly important and a number of the early members attended the crusades and healing services which took place in Southampton in the early 1930's.
It is interesting to note that at the time Hardley Pentecostal Church was formed, none of the early members had received the baptism in the Spirit. However, they were sure that these "signs and wonders" were a gift from God for the present day - which was by no means the generally held view in the English Church at that time! In 1940, during the darkest days of the war, Frank Dyer (brother of long-time pastor, Jack Dyer) suggested that the members emulate the early disciples who had met together over a period of 10 days after Jesus ascended to heaven, praying and waiting in the upper room for the promised Holy Spirit.
This they did, and after a number of days of prayer, the fire fell on them too. Soon after the war Frank and his wife, Ivy, responded to Jesus' words in Acts 1:8 "...you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses... to the ends of the earth”. They became missionaries in one of the more needy parts of Brazil - the North East. That work is still growing and is now led by Frank and Ivy’s daughter and son-in-law, John and Elizabeth Medcraft.
Since crossing over to our present site, we have changed things considerably, constructing a brick building and adding a pre-fabricated structure about 6 times the size of the original building. These contain offices, two church halls plus Sunday school facilities, kitchen and toilets. Here are some pictures of the major modifications that took place in 1988 when the old building was taken down, and a new one put up in its place.
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