About Our Midweek Groups and their Leaders

Bird's Estate Midweek Group - led by Bob Bailey

The Bird's Estate house group meets on three Tuesday evenings a month between approximately 8pm and 10pm and meetings are followed with coffee. We often chat informally until after 11pm. Meetings start with a special time of worship and finish with communal prayer.

We meet in the homes of our members and we meet at a different home each week. A programme is issued and it is wise to consult this before planning to attend.

At the current time, there are 11 members of the group and most of these live on the Bird's Estate or in Lane End Drive. Members are aged over 50 but we would welcome some new younger members. The main thrust of the group is friendship, fellowship and encouragement and we build upon this through studying the Bible. We take our study of the Bible seriously but we do it in a light hearted way which can be applied to every day living.

During the last year we have studied the book of Esther and a series called LifeShapes which looked at the way the Gospel shapes our lives. We are currently working through a study on the names of God. At other times we have studied Bible characters and important issues facing Christians - so you can see that we have a varied programme.

The social aspect of the group is important to us and we have plenty of laughs. Once every three months, we have a pot luck meal and in the summer this can take the form of a barbecue. On Shrove Tuesday the men cooked pancakes for the ladies.

New members are always welcome to the group. If you would like to join us or know more about us, please contact Bob Bailey on 01483 824006.