Sunday Service
When: 10 AM Where: Hermitage Park Community Centre: Cranford Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 9FZ

What to expect
Typically the meeting will start with an opening thought, designed to be a call to worship. This is then followed by a time of worship in song that lasts perhaps half an hour.
Children are an intrinsic part of the church, and following worship in song they are invited to the front to be involved in a Bible teaching section specifically tailored for them (but which the adults enjoy), then Sunday School is provided for the children while adults remain for further Bible teaching.
Teaching typically takes the form of a verse-by-verse exposition of a book of the Bible, although individual topical studies are given from time to time.
Following the meeting we remain for drinks and fellowship. You are invited to join us.

Our objectives
In all aspects of church life we seek to be led by the Holy Spirit. Opportunity is given for people to pray openly, to bring a song or chorus or speak as the Holy Spirit leads. This is overseen by the leadership, and sensitivity to the meeting is requested.
The objective of the meeting is that the Lord is glorified, His people are fed, built up and loved.
Thursday Bible Study
When: 8 PM | Location: Homegroups in Aylesford and Coxheath, and via Zoom

What to expect
We meet on Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock in homegroups for Bible Study, corporate prayer and fellowship. There are three homegroups, one held in Aylesford, one in Coxheath and a third via Zoom if coming out on Thursday evening proves difficult.
Note
Please email info@ccmaidstone.com requesting to join, and an invite will be sent out shortly before the meeting.
Ladies' Ministry
When: Thursday, 8 PM | Where: Either on Zoom or in person

What to expect
The ladies of the fellowship gather weekly for corporate prayer, ministry and fellowship.
The different women who attend take turns to prepare a short study on a given theme to lead the group.
Please ask if you'd like to know more.
Men's Ministry
When: Once a month | Where: Alternating locations

What to expect
The gentlemen of the church meet once a month, in alternating locations for ministry specifically aimed at men.
The gathering usually involves food, breakfast if a morning, pizza, chilli or BBQ if an evening, and is followed by teaching in an interactive format.
The current ministry theme is 'Family Shepherds' – seeking to equip men to become the shepherds of their family and to adopt a Bibical approach to being a man in the home and society.
Children's Ministry
When: 10 AM | Where: Hermitage Park Community Centre: Cranford Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 9FZ

Importance
The first and most important missionary field in our church is the children. It is of the utmost importance that the good seed of the Word of God is sown into the hearts and minds of the children in the church, that it might, in time, be watered by the Holy Spirit and germinate in full grown faith in their lives.
For this reason we have a dedicated section of the main service where ministry is tailored towards the younger member of the congregation, in which the children are invited to come to the front and are taught as part of the service.

Empowering Children
There is a memory verse that is learnt over a series of weeks, accompanied by sign language. A lesson is given, aided by an animated PowerPoint presentation illustrating what is being taught so that both eyes and ears are stimulated. And the children are encouraged to both read Scripture and interact in the teaching.
Following the ministry in the service, the children continue to be ministered to by a dedicated and fully DBS checked team of Sunday School teachers in a separate room, while the core teaching to the adults continues in the main meeting.
The Sunday School typically incorporates games, craft activities and teaching that compliments and solidifies what has been taught in the main meeting.

Advice to Parents
The Bible is clear that it is the responsibility of the parents to raise their children in the fear and admonition of the Lord. Thus, the children's ministry serves to support and supplement the raising of children by the families of the church.
We exhort all parents to have times of family worship and instruction in their own home, and for fathers to be both the spiritual head and shepherd to their family.

Accommodating infants
We understand how new borns and very young ones kind find church a difficult thing to sit through, and that parents can feel self-conscious about their children and any disruption they may bring.
For this reason we provide a creche, with toys and freedom to move so that if the young ones need a break they have a place they can go. Again, this is manned by a dedicated team of people who are fully DBS checked.