All Welcome at Woking’s Welcome Church.

Suzanne and I enjoyed a wonderful couple of hours at the Welcome Church in Woking. It already is the centre of a vibrant community with a congregation of over 1,000 people, a Friday night youth club with over 170 young people engaged, a vibrant Monday Café where anyone come along and enjoy a hot meal for £2 and many more community-focussed events and support groups.

They are now, however, embarking an exciting new initiative and will shortly be opening the Woking Community Grocery in a newly refurbished building they have acquired next to the church mainly financed through generous donations. The concept of the grocery is to offer a helping hand to those who need some support to meet the cost of their weekly shop by offering food and other supplies at a discounted price. It will operate through a membership programme and will be open four days a week. It is hoped that as well as helping with living expenses it will help further broaden the local community. There will also be a café on site and support groups offering services if required. The aim is to have signed up 1,000 members to the grocery in the first year.

The enthusiasm of Dub Everitt, the Outreach Pastor; Beryl Hunwicks, Community Links Coordinator; Darren Green, the new Grocery Manager; and Kathryn Cliffe the debt manager was plain to see as was their faith and commitment to this fabulous new initiative. 

Find our more at; https://www.welcomechurch.uk