Community House Presbyterian Church of Wales
Welcome
Community House Presbyterian Church is here to worship God:
God in all his splendour and majesty
God in all her wisdom and gentleness
God who is love and loves us
And has taught us how to love
We commit ourselves to do this through service to the community and challenging
injustice to bring peace and reconciliation. We believe this is what it means to be God’s people.
Community House, as we know
it today, is the result of a calamity. The original church building that stood on the same site was slowly sinking into the ground. The tower at the Corporation
Road end was becoming detached from the rest of the building and the whole structure was declared unsafe.
Through prayer, consultation with
members, neighbours and other interested parties, a vision was conceived of building ‘a church for others’. So, in the early 1960s with the
help of many volunteers, the old building was demolished and a new one began to take shape. I remember clearly the shout to “come and
watch” as the huge demolition ball swung into the wall and down it came with a thundering crash – exciting stuff!
Volunteers from churches all around the world came together to form a work camp which for a month in August 1962 cleaned bricks, demolished
walls, saved wood and worshipped and had great fun together. The workcampers did much of the dirty work of preparing the ground for the new
construction.
During this time the church members met in house groups and were welcomed to worship in a neighbouring church. Much
discussion, Bible study, prayer and anxiety were shared as to how we should rebuild.
The present building is now in its third or fourth
transformation. However, the fundamental belief has been present throughout the last forty years - the belief that God called and continues to call the
Christian church to reach out to all people.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is to love God and our neighbour, and the building was designed
to enable that to take place. Firmly based in the belief that God created and loves all people, the members of the Christian church at Community House
have dedicated themselves and the building to serve the community of Maindee and Newport.
Supported and challenged through
innovative worship, with a shared ministry, the members of the church have offered a place of welcome, security and hope through challenging times for
many people.
Although the congregation is now very small, it continues to manage the building and all the activities and groups who use
it. It still continues to discover and discern God’s will for themselves and the people of the area.
We have always had a policy of
openness and respect for other people’s beliefs and opinions, but have maintained our integrity and commitment to God and the love he shows us
and shares with us through Jesus Christ. We believe God first loved us and through this love we are able to love others. We share his blessings with all
those who meet in Community House – we hope you will accept this invitation to share with us.
Prayer Leaflet
You can download our current prayer leaflet here.
Links
Find out about Coleg Trefeca, a Lay
Training Centre owned by the Presbyterian Church of Wales.
http://www.trefeca.org.uk/
The Presbyterian Church of Wales to which Community House belongs (Eglwys
Bresbyteraidd Cymru)
http://www.ebcpcw.org.uk
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