OUR MINISTRIES
Prayer
The importance of prayer, both individually and corporately cannot be over-emphasized. It is one of the cornerstones of our praise and worship, and is our way of talking direct to our Lord and Saviour. We hold prayer meetings before our Sunday services. We also hold a Prayer Meeting on Tueday evenings. We also have a prayer cascade so that we can pray immediately for anyone who is in urgent need or crisis in their lives.
Leadership Team
In the absence of a pastor, the Chapel is led by our deacons, Richard, Lyndon and Mark.
They jointly oversee the leadership of the church, including the spiritual and pastoral care, and handle the administrative duties, with each of them using the gifts that the Lord has blessed them with to serve Him and lead our church family, His flock, at the Chapel. They are ably supported by their wives, Liz, Jo and Bev, who also work tirelessly within the church.
Missionary Support
At Storrington Chapel we believe that it is important to try to support various groups involved in evangilising missionary work not only through prayer, but financially too. Therefore, we specifically use moneys collected during our communion Sunday service in such a way.
This month we will be supporting the work of The Whoesome Warehouse.
They are a voluntary organisation, based in Storrington, that seeks to help vulnerable families and individuals, including women escaping domestic violence, refugees, and those affected by homelessness.
They deliver personalised food boxes twice-weekly to families and individuals in the area who need them, help provide furniture to households in need, and host meals, events and workshops from their building.
Why do they do this? "First we were loved, now we love. We are inspired by Jesus and fuelled by the love we have been shown, which energises us to reach out in love to those who are in need. We see Him be "Father to the fatherless" on a daily basis".
To find out more about this fabulous group of people and the work they do, click here, to be taken to their website.
Sunday School (3-6 and 7-11)
Our Sunday School, and children's outreach is temporarily on-hold as we do not have sufficient children currently in attendance to run these groups.
When we do return, we know that it is important to have a place where the children can learn about God, what the Bible is, how that is important to us all today and they are able to ask questions about that.
Young Person's Group
We are in a similar situation with our Young Person's Group, as our last attendees are now attending university or college, away from the village.
When we do restart the class for the 12 - 18 age group, our aim is to teach them to study the bible and pray so that they can grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus and be salt and light in their everyday lives.
Local Outreach
It is our role, as an evangelical church, to spread our Lord's word to the local area. During 2022 we introduced our hugely popular monthly outreach series Would You Believe It?, and in 2023 we expanded this series bringing in celebrity Christian speakers including singer and presenter JB Gill, former Premiership footballer Linvoy Primus and the world-renown scientist and creationist Professor Stuart Burgess.
Additionally, we have the Chapel cafe, on a Friday afternoon, the 5 Loaves Cafe which is completely free to all. Plus we have been involved in the Storrington Christmas shopping afternoon and evening promoting our Carols-by-Candlelight and Christmas services.
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." Matthew 28:19-20