Pastoral Care

Pastoral Care is the name we use for our ministry of compassion, encouragement and support within the Christian life. Recognising that people are made up of body, mind and soul, NLBC seeks to provide support for people in 3 key areas: practical, emotional and spiritual. Pastoral Care works alongside our life groups to offer help in times of need.

If you need support and either you are not in a Lifegroup, or your Lifegroup is unable to offer the kind of support you need, please contact the Pastoral Care team by emailing us or filling in this form.
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Pastoral Care Prayer Team:

Is there something going on in your life for which you would value prayer? If so, there’s a small pastoral care prayer team, who are ready to pray for any concerns you have and committed to praying in strictest confidence. If you’d like prayer, please fill in this form, or email us and your request will be passed on to the team.

Bereavement Support

For more information or to contact us please do so by clicking here or if you would like us to reach out to you, please click here.

Mentoring Matters

Mentoring has existed in NLBC for many years. It was only in 2018 that we started to use the Mentoring Matters course by James Lawrence as a foundation for all our mentors.

Mentoring is not counselling. It is a tool that the church uses to help make disciples and grow leaders. Disciples who are passionate about following Jesus, who are committed to making a difference in the world and who, in turn, want to make other disciples. Essentially, we encourage each other in our faith and journey with God.

How does it work?

1. Identify: spotting potential mentors
2. Equip: provide the mentors with training and resources.
3. Deploy: Linking mentors with mentees.

As a church based mentoring network our aims include:

Resourcing people to develop as mentors.
Creating safe environments for mentoring to take place based on good practice and clear policies.
Providing a means by which people can develop as disciples of Jesus in every aspect of life.
Growing leaders.

If you want to know more, please get in contact with our mentoring co-ordinator Suzy .

Hello and welcome to our church. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
Click here to see more.

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Planning your Visit

What happens on a Sunday? Where do I go? What about my children? What can I expect in a service?

When?

Our Sunday worship service is at 10:30am, finishing around 12 noon.

Where?

Morning worship services take place in the main hall.

Children:

Pre-school: go to the Basement, a cafe-style room downstairs which is accessed through the door to the left of the stage in the main hall. You are welcome to leave your child with the team on duty or stay with them during the session.

School years Reception-6: go upstairs to the upper hall which is accessed from the back of the balcony,
or going up the stairs through the doors either side of the foyer.

For more information visit our children's page.

Youth:

Ages 11-14: meet during the service in the youth room on the top floor, it will be announced from the front when it is time for them to leave to attend their group. Accessed from the back of the balcony, or going up the stairs through the doors either side of the foyer, then through the upper hall, follow the steps and into the youth room.

Ages 15-18: meet before the service for a breakfast club to have a chat with that mornings speaker
at 9:45am, this is also in the youth room, accessed as mentioned above.

For more information visit our youth page.

What?

Our services are informal- feel free to sit, stand, observe or join in!
Our sung worship is band led, contemporary in style, and there will be a time for prayer, testimonies, hearing teaching from the Bible as well as communion twice a month.
There is also opportunities for prayer ministry at the end of the service.

Accessibility:

The main entrance to our building has a ramp, we have a hearing aid loop in the foyer and main hall, most Sunday's include some makaton friendly worship and there is a disabled toilet located in the foyer.

We will do everything we can to help with access to other areas of our building. For further information, please contact the church office.

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