We're the new church in Chopwell. You won't find us in a building, you'll find us in the woods eating together, singing around the campfire, and rebuilding connection with our earth, ourselves and our Maker.
Welcome to Magdalene Community Church.
Want to experience MCC on a Sunday?
Join us this Sunday (15th June) for a mini pilgrimage based around the waterfall in Chopwell Woods. Prayer, meditations, barefoot walking (for the brave), a chance to renew baptism vows in the water, time and space to take in the wilder parts of the woods and our faith. Bring a picnic and whatever would make your day more comfortable. Route suitable for little kids. Meet on roadside East of Lintzford Garden Centre. More details on Facebook. ​​
Contribute
Do you believe in MCC's mission and want to be part of safeguarding our future? Do you want to contribute to our community life in some way, so we can continue to share what we have with others?
Why give? Generously giving of yourself (whether that's your financial resources, your time or sharing your skills and experience) helps our church to grow, to serve, and to explore where God is taking us. Giving generously is part of what it means to follow Jesus, and to respond to God's generosity.
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How is money spent? Because we have no building overheads, pretty much everything we receive is spent on firewood, food, kit, equipment and training. But whilst we are an incredibly cheap church to run, we have plans to employ a steward to manage our resources, and we want to invest in a van so we can be a fully mobile church.
More detail... We received a start-up grant from the Church of England to get us going, but moving forward we aim to support ourselves through the contributions of our community and by sourcing other external grants. The start-up grant will eventually run out and we desperately don't want that to be the end of the road for us.
What next? If you're thinking about taking this step, talk to God in prayer first. And remember, it is never the amount we give that counts, but the way we give. Generosity is a state of mind, not a figure. And God blesses our offerings of the heart, no matter how humble they may seem to us.
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How do I give? If you want to make regular contributions or make a one-off gift online, click here (you'll notice the address is that of our sister church because we don't actually have a building! But funds go directly to MCC). You can also give cash in person if you prefer.
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