Belton Church
In the winter of 2002, Sunday services moved to Waveney school. Initially this was because the heating system was woefully inadequate, sometimes it was colder in the Church than outside! The move proved to be so popular that the decision was made to hold most Sunday services in the school all year round. The congregation has been steadily growing over several years and the extra space and better facilities have enabled different ages to be catered for.
The Church building is not being neglected and is regularly used throughout the week as a centre for community and mission. There are groups like “Parent and Pre School” , a new youth club called “The Hub”, “Brownies” and the “Young at Heart”. Special services are also held in the Church throughout the year
An exciting development was the introduction of “Cell and Body” model of church introduced in February 2008. Just like in the human body, the basic building block is a cell which is a small group of Christians who meet together to worship, learn and show what is is like to live a Christian life. These cells grow and multiply when they get too big. Sometimes cells meet together and on Sunday the whole body meets together. For further information click here
In September, 2008 Waveney First School was closed. However, the building has been saved for the Compass Centre to move in. In December 2010, the decision was finalised that Services would be moved to Moorlands Primary School, where they currently take place.
The Church holds firmly to the teachings in the Bible and is a place for Christians in the village to meet together for worship and encouragement. Services are open to anyone whatever their beliefs and visitors are always welcome.
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In 2011, after permission was given to remove the pews, level the floor, add carpet and heat Belton Church with a modern heating system, the decision was made to move back into the main building.
The plan was to have the bulk of the building work completed before the main Christmas services and a large working party from the church was involved in the work over a period of about 6 weeks. We would like to thank all who helped get the church ready for moving back in, but a particular thank you to Melvyn Carter and Tim Bunn, who spearheaded the project and without whom, it would not have happened.