Who We Are
We are a passionate Christian Church who are constantly striving to respond to the good news of God's love in Jesus Christ. We are committed to live out our Christian calling in our community, and in worship and mission.
Our Minister is Revd Matthew Olanrewaju who has served in different Churches and Circuits across the Methodist Connexion. Reverend Matthew had also served in Ministry in other sectors for many years and is involved in the Methodist Church Connexional Team of Global relationships Sub committee.
Our worship is very inclusive, and blends the traditional Methodist worship and liturgy where singing praise to God is accompanied with pipe Organ, however, this is sometimes blended with Grand piano and live band music when appropriate. Our young people also lead worship playing live band and singing which has brought some vibrancy to our liturgy and worship. We are always looking for Christians who will join our mission in worshipping the Lord in new ways with modern music.
We are looking to recruit Lay Worker who will be responsible for families and young people with particular interest in our ever growing Sunday School.
The Church Stewards are the Senior Lay people; every Sunday two of them will be on duty to ensure everything runs smoothly as we fellowship and worship God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
The first people you will meet as you arrive for a service will be our welcome stewards, and they can also be relied on to know the answer to anything you might ask.
Our History
We strive to be a forward thinking church, reaching out and anticipating the future needs of our community here in Norwich; however we are also fond of the history associated with our church. The church receives many interested visitors during Heritage Open Days.
Chapel Field Road was opened on 14th July 1881, and built to seat almost 1,000 worshippers. By 1891 there was an exciting and imaginative Sunday School with over 1,000 children attending. In the 1930s, thought was again given to a new Sunday School building, one that would be absolutely up-to-date and reflect new methods of teaching, but the plans were shelved: in 1942 the greater part of the Sunday School was demolished during bombing.
Eventually, in 1954 came the eagerly awaited stone-laying for the new Sunday School. It was a fine purpose-built school with a large upstairs hall, with a good stage and a number of rooms on the ground floor. These rooms form the basis of our premises today, which were further enhanced in 2001 when the Church Centre was opened. This provided a new entrance, between the two buildings, to both the church hall and the church itself. Some practical facilities were remodelled at the same time, and on the first floor, a new, small worship area, the Upper Room, was designed and furnished.