A cartoon A to Z, by Dave Walker, cartoonist for the Church Times, and member of our steering group.
Art. We love artists. We have art displays in our community room, an Artisan Market several times a year, and Claire, our resident artist, runs Creativity Club on Friday mornings.
Bookings. The upstairs chapel is ideal for concerts, the downstairs community room for meetings, workshops and much more. See our hire page for details.
Coffee. Served on a Wednesday, before and after our Gospel service, and at any other time we can think of.
Delicious flapjack, made by Heather. Available every Wednesday morning.
Estuary. The wonderful view from our studio.
Folk Festival – we host two stages here every year.
Gospel choir. They sing at our Gospel Vespers, and rehearse every Tuesday evening, if you’d like to join. Any resemblance to any persons in this picture is entirely coincidental…
Happy Times, on a Thursday morning, is for elderly people, toddlers, and their carers. Details here.
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John Wesley first came to Leigh-on-Sea 270 years ago, and started the Methodist ‘society’ that went on the become the Chapel. Read more on our History page.
Kindness, acts of. We each receive a new Act of Kindness at our Gospel Service every month, and then (hopefully) put it into practice during that month.
Leigh-on-Sea. Where we are!
Membership. We’d love it if more people became members, signifying that this is their church and they belong here. Find out more on our Membership page, and do ask us about becoming a member.
New Road Methodist Church. This is what the Chapel was called before relaunching as the Fishermen’s Chapel in 2014. There have been four different chapel buildings in the last 270 years.
Organ. Played regularly. There is sometimes a queue on Wednesdays.
Pete. Our minister, seen here doing one of his trademark magic tricks.
Quiet. We have a Mindfulness event every 4th Sunday of the month.
Rehearsals. The Gospel Choir rehearse here on a Tuesday, and it is a great place to book for a rehearsal for your own band or choir.
Services. 1st Sunday of the month: our 9.30am service. On the 2nd Sunday of the month it’s the 7.30pm Gospel Vespers, with the Fishermen’s Chapel Gospel Choir. On the 3rd Sunday of the month: 11am (usually a parade service – but check with us for details as services are sometimes at ‘The Den’). The 4th Sunday of the month: 7pm Mindfulness.
Traffic. For safety reasons we really do need a crossing to the Chapel. It would be great if people could contact the council or your local councillor to request this.
Uniformed groups. We welcome the sea scouts and other groups to our parade service every month.
Volunteers. Thanks to the people who make the chapel function.
Wednesday coffee. Come along!
eXcellent acoustics. The Chapel is a wonderful place to hold a concert.
Your skills. We’d love you to join us in making this Chapel a brilliant place for the community. Please let us know if you’d like to get involved!
Zeal (a passion for something). At the Chapel we believe that it isn’t just the things we do here in the building that are important. Our faith inspires us to go our and make a change in the world around us. It’s something we’re passionate about, and we hope that the life of the Chapel continues to thrive. Please come and join us!
Thanks for reading!