Housegroup will starting again fresh from the beginning of September, though some groups are still meeting informally and for fellowship. Why not take this opportunity get to know other socially in the church during the summer holidays!!

Its impossible to know everyone in a church or to met every need whether social, spiritual or practical. With this in mind we run weekly meetings held in homes, where people can interact socially, build relationships and explore the very important spiritual side of their lives in a very real way.

The programe of these meetings in varied from a chosen set topic (that the whole church covers at the same time) to focusing on the message preached on Sunday. On occasions group members may bring a different topic that may be weighing on their mind or by the prompting by The Holy Spirit.

Meetings often start with a wind down coffee (though some groups eat together),followed by singing a few worship songs, before going into discussion/teaching. Often there is prayer time for people with a need or greater needs outside the group. Please note when a more personal need for counseling and prayer may arise this can be arranged via the home group leader/s for an alternative time or venue.

The main purpose for home groups is for spiritual development, and encouragement, where people can feel more confident to open up in a group of people that they come to know well. There may be Christians of different maturities, both spiritually and actually, but with discerning leaders at 'the helm' all should be accommodated. Occasionally people may feel that a homegroup they've been attending is not for them, in which case a different group may be recommended, as groups by their nature and diversity differ in their individual ways.

There are at present three groups at the moment (two in St Ives and one in Hayle) all on Thursday evenings starting 7:30pm and finishing 9:30pm. We aim to move one of them to another evening as not all people can make Thursday night, and are also exploring the possibility of a daytime or womens daytime group, so watch this space!!