in Christ: Andrew Fountain's blog

We visited Macclesfield Family Church on July 8th 2007. We found out about the church from the website which is very nicely done. We found the place the church meets without too much trouble. It is the Peatfields Centre which is a day-centre on campus of Macclesfield College. It is a light and airy building, welcoming and attractive. The people were very welcoming and it immediately felt like we were part of the family.

We very much enjoyed the worship and felt free to participate. There was a strong sense of the presence of God and although it was not a large group of people, there was a lot of participation.

The church website has a short history:

"I had heard from God in various ways that he had something new for me and my family. We were led by Him to South Manchester Family Church in its early days in 1993 and found it was based on sound New Testament principles. I was involved in helping to lead several small groups in Bramhall and Gatley. Gradually, as more people joined us from Macclesfield, we realised that God intended us to plant a church with the same New Testament values. In 2002 I asked Colin Baron, then northwest regional Newfrontiers leader, for more help as I realised I didn't have the energy to take the church forward in line with our vision. So Keith Gamon was invited to take over leadership.

In February 2003, we started to meet together on Sundays at the Peatfields Centre on Park Lane in Macclesfield."

Keith Gamon leads the church and here you can see him preaching. Our travel contraints meant that we had to leave before the end of the service. Unfortunately the sermons are not online yet because Keith is midway through a series in Daniel and I was very interested in what he would say. Before we left, the people all gathered around us and prayed for us as we plant Newlife Church, Toronto.

As we left, they all waved goodbye to us. Later Luke commented on how it felt like we were all part of the same family, (which of course we are!)