Thoughts From the Meeting to Discuss the Future of Our Evening Services

by Phil Andrews A Special Meeting held on July 14th involving Church Members, members of the congregation and guests took the bold step of venturing to imagine the unimaginable – the possible discontinuation of our poorly-attended Sunday evening service and its replacement with new activities which might better reach out to the wider community and […]

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Well-attended Brainstorming Meeting brings hope – but only if ideas are followed up!

by Phil Andrews I was fearing the worst when our much-heralded Brainstorming Meeting on April 6th was about to commence. It had been called to discuss the future and indeed the very survival of our Church, and yet it appeared only five people had felt motivated to attend. And yet, probably no more than fifteen […]

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Save Our Church – a Special Meeting (with light lunch!) – Saturday 6th April 2024 at 10.30 a.m.

by Phil Andrews In meeting after meeting we deliberate over how we can reverse the natural decline in the size of our congregations, and of our membership. I say “natural”, because people leave us for all sorts of reasons – moving home, immobility and (sadly but inevitably) even death. And the simple fact is that […]

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A Day in the Life of Isleworth Congregational Church

by Phil Andrews Those of us who attend services at Isleworth Congregational regularly tend to take the format pretty much for granted. But what might the passer-by, who routinely walks past our Church building on a Sunday morning or evening, think is going on behind our austere, imposing portals? Or for that matter what would […]

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