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Christian Union in Clifton, contact Rebecca Wilding on email at
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Why Church Is Important

The Bible urges us to not ‘give up meeting together’ (Hebrews 10:25). Indeed, most of Paul’s letters in the New Testament are written to churches or men serving within churches, with an aspiration to encourage and equip the people of the Church for living a Godly life and sharing the gospel.

The CU is not a church. We, in no way, intend to be the spiritual home for Christians whilst at university. We simply gather together sharing in the truth of the bible and sharing fellowship with each other, with the intention of bring the good news to the student population with outreach events and personal evangelism.

We look to work in partnership with local churches. Students are in a very insular and almost artificial environment, and as such, we can greatly benefit from the wisdom and experience of Christians in different situations to ourselves. In one sense, the members of the CU are missionaries sent out by their local churches to evangelise on campus.

In Nottingham we have a good number of bible centred churches from which the majority of the CU members go to. This list is by no means exhaustive.

Looking For A Church

Here are a few primary things to think about when you are looking for a church in Nottingham:

• Healthy bible teaching – (2 Timothy 3:14-4:5)
• Joyful friendship, support and encouragement – (Acts 2:42-47)
• Devotion to prayer – (Colossians 4:2)
• Obvious hospitality and love for one another as well as a real concern for people of the city – (1 Peter 4:9-10)
• Love for, emphasis on and therefore regular preaching of the Gospel of Jess Christ. Could you take a non-Christian friend along to hear the Gospel clearly and appropriately explained? – (1 Corinthians 15:1-8)

Secondary things to consider

• Is the music the kind of music I like?
• Is the length of the sermon what I’m used to?
• Do lots of other students go there?

Some final warnings

It probably isn’t particularly helpful to go church-shopping for the whole of the first term. Find a church that you are comfortable with and settle in as soon as possible! Try not to look for a clone of your home church – you probably won’t find it and it may not be the best place to go even if you did.

The CU will organise a church fayre and trips to churches in the first term, if you would like to meet people to go to a church, email us and let us know.

Christian Centre

The Christian Centre is a church of around 1300 people, based in the city centre about three minutes from Trent City campus. Come here and you will find a thriving, friendly, Pentecostal church – made up of people of all ages, backgrounds, and over 30 nationalities. We aim to be relevant to the 21st century, and have a big desire to impact our city and beyond for the better.

For students we have some great programmes – Sunday night socials (featuring food), groups that meet during the week, outreach events, weekends away… and much more! Whether you’ve ever been to church or not – everyone’s welcome.

Our details:

Sunday Services: 9am, 11am and 6:30pm (after the 6:30pm the ‘impact lounge’ for all 18-25s meets)

104-114 Talbot Street
Nottingham
NG1 5GL

0115 947 4038
leah.ryan@christian-centre.org
www.christian-centre.org

Cornerstone

A very warm welcome to Cornerstone if you are a student in Nottingham! Cornerstone is a vibrant city-wide Evangelical Church of some 600 people meeting on a Sunday. Our congregation includes many young families and professional people as well as attracting a large national and international student population. We have had the privilege of ministry amongst students for many years. We have welcomed all types of students – British and international, undergraduate and postgraduate, from both Trent and Nottingham Universities.

Our details:

Sunday Services: 10:30am, 6:30pm (The student ‘After Hours’ programme meets after the evening service)

Bluecoat School
Wollaton
Nottingham
NG1 1AE

0115 8499 299
kennythelyonheart@hotmail.com
www.cornerstone.org.uk

Trent Vineyard

We are a community of people who are committed to following Jesus Christ with our whole lives and who are also called to love and serve each other and the city around us. We value diversity. We are a place where all are welcome: whether you’re curious or convinced, disillusioned or envisioned, hurting or content.

Our student team are available to make it as easy as possible for you to get involved and feel at home here. We put on a number of events throughout the year specifically for students such as student gatherings and weekends away, as well as having a number of student small groups around the city.

During the first few weeks of term we run a café bar for students after the evening service where you can meet the student team, other students and find out more about what's going on for the term. We'd love to meet you. If you'd like to come and check us out, but are struggling to get here, we'd love to offer you a lift. Please contact Jo Gray at the church at the church office or by email.

Our details:

Sunday Services: 10:30am and 7:30pm

Easter Park
Lenton Lane
Nottingham
NG7 2PX

0115 988 7060
jo.gray@trentvineyard.org
www.trentvineyard.com

Grace Church

Grace Church is led by Nick Sharp and is part of the Newfrontiers family of churches.

We are a family on a mission speaking the good news of Jesus in the city, serving Newfrontiers churches across the North and East midlands and sending workers to the nations.

We believe that students have an incredibly important part to play in this and so encourage them to get involved in all aspects of church life from socials to contributing in worship and reaching out to all parts of the city. We have a student integration team who are there to help you to do this and would love to get to know you.

Our details:

Sunday Services: 10:30am at Notts County FC

Notts County FC
Meadow Lane
Nottingham

0115 986 6020

0115 986 6020
graham@gracechurch-nottingham.org
www.gracechurch-nottingham.org

Beeston Free

Looking for a church? Studying in Nottingham? Want to know more about Christianity? We would love to welcome you here at Beeston Free. We are an independent Bible centred family church affiliated to the FIEC. Beeston free is rooted in the community, on the doorstep of Nottingham University and here to serve the local area. Although we have clear convictions of our own, we want to welcome those who may not yet share them but want to explore the truth about God who shows Himself in Jesus.

Our details:

Sunday Services: 9:30am, 11:30am and 6:30pm

Salthouse Lane
Beeston
Nottingham
NG9 2FY

0115 925 8909
office@beeston-free.org
www.beeston-free.org

St Nic's

We are an Anglican church in central Nottingham, encompassing a broad range of spirituality and worship. Being a city-centre church, our congregation come from all around the city and surrounds.

We would encourage our students to join the St Nic’s family to get stuck in. Join one of our many cell/house groups that meet across the city or get involved in one of our ministries such as Children’s work, youth work, work with homeless, a worship band, inner city work or mission trips.

Chris Easton is our youth and student pastor so feel free to contact him to find out about getting involved or just to meet up for a chat.

Our details:

Sunday Services: 9am, 10:30am and 7:00pm

79 Maid Marian Way
Nottingham
NG1 6AE

0115 952 4600
office@stnics.org
www.stnics.org