| 词条 | The Potter's House Church (Stoke-on-Trent) |
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Potter's Church is a Christian church based in Birches Head, Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK. It was established by Phil Barber and a small group of leaders in 1992 out of the Swan Bank Methodist Church. It is part of the Methodist Church of Great Britain. HistoryThe church was originally called Birches Head Christian Fellowship and, upon being established, took residence in the hall of the upper site of Birches Head High School.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}} In November 2005 the church succeeded in purchasing the school building where they were meeting and created a community, church and enterprise centre called The Bridge Centre. The Bridge Centre provides community and conferencing facilities which are available for hire.[1] In July 2006, the church leadership team made the decision to change the name of the church to The Potter’s House to reflect its mission as a city centre church and to symbolize its reinvention as a church ministering in the 21st Century. By January 2007 the work on the centre was mostly complete.[2] ServicesThe church began by operating a single service at 10:30am every Sunday morning. This included Sunday school activities for anyone under the age of 13 which was known as The Lighthouse. In March 2009, the service reached full capacity resulting in the leadership team making the decision to create a second service. The church operated two identical services taking place at 9:30am and 11:15am. In 2016, Potter’s Church planted into Longton Central Hall, and services now take place in both locations weekly. Potters Church Birches Head meets at 10:30am while Potters Church Longton meets at 11:00am. [3] References1. ^The Bridge Centre, Welcome, September 2006, " ", 11 March 2011 2. ^The Potter's House, Who We Are, September 2007, " ", 9 March 2011 3. ^Goliver, The Sentinel, 2 March 2009, " ", 9 March 2011 External links
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