Sunday Services
News List
Priston gets spiritual - 26th Oct '09
Over seventy people attended a new cafe-style church meeting in Priston last week.
Known as ‘The Filling Station’, the event is a relaxed and informal meeting which seeks to model a different way of doing church.
Founded by Revd Richard Fothergill, the new Priston Filling Station is the fourth in a series of such initiatives around the Bath and North East Somerset area.
Instead of meeting in a traditional church building, Filling Stations are held in village halls, restaurants and cafes. The Priston Filling Station meets in Priston Mill on the third Tuesday of every month.
Revd Fothergill, who as well as being the project’s Director is also Associate Vicar at St John’s Church in Peasedown. He said:
“In a culture more familiar with cafes than gothic church buildings, we are presenting the central core of our Christian faith in a manner, and unusual location, that will hopefully appeal to a lot of new people.
The new Filling Station meeting in Priston Mill, which has an informal atmosphere, café style seating and where fresh ground coffee and hot muffins are served throughout, is a good example of how to express the Christian faith in a modern, enjoyable and accessible way.”
Filling Station meetings include modern worship, teaching and prayer ministry.
Richard added:
"A relationship with God is the most natural, inspiring and attractive thing imaginable. Anyone, anywhere can experience it through a simple faith is Jesus Christ!"
The next Priston Filling Station will be held on Tuesday 17th November, starting at 7.30pm at Priston Mill.
For more information contact Richard on: 01225 832806 or visit tfs-uk.org
