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Welcome to the “new look” website!
2009 is the 140th year of our Christian witness in Whitstable and, as part of our anniversary celebrations we have “refreshed” our website! We hope you enjoy it and find it interesting and informative. Contact me if you have any problems.
Use the links on the left of the screen to access more information about us and what we do. Here you will find details of our services and other weekly activities and special events.
We try to keep the site up to date - particularly with regard to our "Events Diary" and you might like to read about the Alpha Course. We ran our latest course last year but if there is sufficient interest we are sure to run another one soon - get in touch and let us know!
Did you miss our 140th Anniversary Celebrations? I hope not! We had a splendid weekend: people came from far and wide - more than 70 people signed our "Visitors' Book" when they visited our "Open Day" and exhibition of photographs and memorabilia over the weekend, more than 100 sat down to a traditional "Baptist Tea" on Saturday afternoon, and the congregations at both our Sunday services were doubled! Truly a great occasion! Thank you to everyone who helped to make it happen and to all those who were able to visit us.
 To coincide with this Anniversary we have produced a new history book (can you have "new history"?) which charts the ups and downs of our church over those 140 years. It contains the complete text of the two booklets produced for our earlier anniversaries - the 75th (1944) and 100th (1969), and some previously unpublished articles from earlier ministers and members. The final section covers the forty years since 1969 and brings it right up to date. It costs £5.00 and you can order your own copy on-line here.
Incidentally, to coincide with our Anniversary, the local "Whitstable Times" newspaper published an article - "From Prison Cell to Pulpit" - an intriguing headline which referred to an incident in 1908 when the minister at the time caused no little concern by preaching on the street corner! A full transcript of the case, as reported in the Canterbury Herald of 15th August 1908, may be seen here.
If you would like more information about any event, or about us, please don't hesitate to get in touch via our Contacts page.
The Weekly Notice Sheet is now available online so, if you miss a service and you want to know what's going on during the week, you can read our Weekly Notice Sheet!
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