Hope Church is a dynamic, growing community based in the beautiful market town of Oswestry. We have a heart to make a positive impact on Oswestry and see people grow in their Christian faith. We are a diverse group of around 200 adults and children.
The last 12 months has seen most of our activities move online, which has been challenging but also brought many opportunities and new ideas. We have responded to this by recruiting a part-time Digital Manager to help us thrive in an online world and we are keen to continue to learn how to make the best use of these digital opportunities as we start to meet physically.
Here is a flavour of what our church life together looked like pre-covid.:
Home Groups – we have various groups meeting midweek, 2 are age-specific (young adults & older people). We have around 100 adults meeting in 11 groups
PurpleFish – we organise regular social events that friends can be invited to such as quiz nights, craft nights and murder-mystery events
Youth – we have 2 youth groups that meet weekly for discipleship (11-14’s and 14+)
Children – we have 3 weekly groups for children and also a thriving toddler group
People with learning disabilities – we hold a fortnightly meeting for people with learning disabilities (Prospects) and also a monthly outreach event (Allsorts)
Older People – we provide an exercise club, games afternoon and lunch club every week
Partnerships – we support various organisations who are making an global impact and also local organisations such as the Schools Christian Worker Project Oswestry Foodbank.
Osbless – this annual event generates over 200 hours of volunteer work for the community and involves 15 projects across 10 partner organisations
Evangelism – we regularly run the Alpha course and guest services
Staff Team – We currently employ a Pastor, an Outreach/Community Facilitator, Digital Manager and a Cleaner in addition to the Children and Youth worker post.
We are a member of the Evangelical Alliance, Further Faster Network and the Salt & Light network of churches.
For more information check out:
Website: https://hopechurchoswestry.org.uk/
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJvwvigdS4VgGtcze4akg
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Hope-Church-Oswestry-471915222824239/