Godmanchester Baptist Church (GBC) is a large community of people, gathering for worship in various congregations, who are committed to loving God, loving each other, and making disciples in our communities. Over the last ten years or so we have extended and refurbished our existing premises in East Chadley Lane, Godmanchester to their full extent – but we are still bursting at the seams.
We were therefore delighted when, in 2022, we received the amazing gift of The Beacon Centre (formerly known as Grace Fellowship) in Little Stukeley. Details of how to find us are here.
Over the last couple of years we have, as a church, been praying about how God wants us to use this new venue, and we have worked hard on upgrading the building and its facilities.
We are excited about what is already happening at The Beacon Centre and we look forward to more developments in the coming days.
One of our GBC congregations now meets weekly at 10.30am every Sunday for our Sunday Morning Celebration.
Stay and Play is our toddler group on a Monday morning in term time
Deeper is our termly Sunday evening gathering for praise and worship
We also hold some of our GBC TOGETHER events at The Beacon Centre. These are monthly social events for the whole church family – the next event at The Beacon Centre is a Board Games evening on Saturday 23 November.
We plan to hold some of our TOOLBOX events at The Beacon Centre too. These are discipleship studies, discussion groups and courses for people exploring faith or wanting to grow in their faith.
We are also planning to host retreat days and teaching days in the near future, as part of our plans to expand what we are able to offer the local community and be a wider resource.
On the area to the front of TBC is a Via Beata pilgrimage waystation. (Via Beata is a pilgrimage being built from Lowestoft to St David’s). This is open access to the public.
TBC is also available for private hire, both for regular and one-off events. We have a large main room, a lounge with kitchen, and various smaller rooms as well as outdoor space and plenty of room for parking. Click here for more information, and do contact us at thebeaconcentre@godmanchesterbaptist.org if you would like to enquire further about this.
We are very excited about developments at The Beacon Centre – it is very much “watch this space”!