Kennet Valley Free Church

Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
Congregation: 120 adults (20 under 18)

Kennet Valley Free Church is an independent evangelical church. We welcome people from all sorts of church backgrounds – and from none. We are ordinary people who follow Jesus Christ. We consider the Bible to be very important and relevant for today. We help and encourage one another in the Christian life, and want to share the good news about Jesus Christ with our neighbours and friends. Others who come are not sure, but want to find out more.

Venue Location

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Kennet Valley Free Church
Carters Rise
Fords Farm
Calcot
Reading
West Berkshire
RG31 7YT

Contacts & Social Media

Kennet Valley Free Church
Carters Rise
Fords Farm
Calcot
Reading
West Berkshire
RG31 7YT
0118 942 1591

Travel & Parking:

There is car parking on the church site. The number 26 bus stops less than a 1 minute walk from the church building.

Accessibility:

Languages:
English
Facilities:
Accessible worship area, Hearing loop, Accessible toilet, Baby friendly, PA system

Worship & Services

Sunday Mornings 10:30am All ages come together to worship. The children and young people head out to their groups midway through the service. Sunday Evenings 6:30pm

Hymns & Songs:
We sing a mixture of contemporary worship songs and traditional hymns. You can find a link to a Youtube playlist of songs we regularly sing on the "New to church" page of our website.
Main Bible:
New International Version

Affiliations

FIEC

Outreach, Activities & Ministries

Local Outreach & Community Activities
Monday afternoons there is a book club that meets in the church building.
Monday evenings we run Circuits in the Activity Hall.
Wed-Fri mornings we have Coffee Mornings in the foyer which are open to the community.
Every first Saturday there is Who Let the Dads Out?. It is a group for Dads and their kids to have bacon sandwiches and to hang out together.

We run CAP Money Courses for the local community a couple of times a year.

We put on outreach activities and events throughout the year to give neighbours and friends low barrier opportunities to get to know us and to hear the gospel.

Included in our outreach are our Youth and toddlers groups.
Other Activities & Ministries
Prayer ministries run alongside all that we do. There are specific opportunities to pray together at our monthly prayer evening, and monthly prayer and praise night (Powerhouse).
Prayer at One (PatO) is a weekday lunchtime prayer meeting on Zoom.

Growth Groups meet in members homes. Most meet fortnightly. These are key times of fellowship, bible study and prayerful encouragement.

Youth & Young People

Under 18s
0-18
On Sundays we have Creche for 0-3, Junior Church for 4-11s, Bubble for 11s-14s.
Alternate Tuesdays we have Crowded House our midweek group for 14s-18s.
Tiddlers our toddler group for 0-4s takes place every Thursday morning.
Adventurers is an after school event for 4s-7s which happens every 1st Thursday.
Friday Nights we have two youth groups: Explorers for 7-11s and NRG for 11s-18s later in the evening.
18-30s
18-30
Our 18-30s group (YAK) meets on Thursdays twice a month in a home to share a meal and to open the bible together.