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Coming up very soon is our next Special Guest Sunday!

On Special Guest Sunday we invite some of the nations best leaders and speakers to come and invest into our journey as Influence Church. Every Special Guest Sunday is fantastic, but this one is going to be really special as we welcome back Pastor John Greenow!

Ps John, along with his wife Lisa, are Senior Pastors of Xcel Church, a multi-site church with congregations in Newton Aycliffe, Darlington and Spennymoor. He is also the National Director for Great British Churches, a movement of Churches across Great Britain. He has a great heart for people and also a great friend of Influence Church!

Ps John will be with us for both locations of Church, so make sure you’re here and inviting the people you know to what will be a great Sunday in Church!

Sunday June 16th – 11am
Influence Church, Richmond

Sunday June 16th – 5pm
Methodist Church Hall, Barnard Castle

Following on from our last Special Guest Sunday this month we will be having a Special Guest Evening at our Barnard Castle campus!

For our Special Guest Evening we will be welcoming back Ps Stuart Keir from !Audacious Church in Manchester. Ps Stuart was with us last month at our Richmond campus but unfortunately couldn’t be with us for out Barnard Castle Main Event.

Ps Stuart, along with his wife Julie, are Associate Ministers of !Audacious Church in Manchester. He is an incredible man of God, a great communicator and also a great friend of Influence Church!

So whichever campus you attend make sure you get yourself to our Barnard Castle campus for a great evening together!

Sunday May 26th – 5pm
Methodist Church Hall, Barnard Castle

Baptism is a fantastic step in any Christians life! It’s a declaration of the life in Christ that you intend to live and an opportunity to publicly declare your relationship with God!

This month we’re holding a preparation session to get ready for our Baptism Sunday on June 2nd.

The Baptism Preparation session is essential if you are wanting to be baptised or are simply just interested in finding out what baptism is all about. The session will unpack the reasons why baptism is so important and it will also give you some practical help and information about Baptism Sunday. For more information or to sign up, visit the info point at one of our Sunday Main Events.

Baptism Preparation: Wednesday May 15th – 7.30pm
Influence Church, Richmond

Baptism Sunday: Sunday June 2nd – 11am
Influence Church, Richmond

No Strings is the community transformation side of Influence Church!

It’s all about serving, loving and blessing our communities with No Strings attached. Showing the love of God to our region in a completely practical way.

On Saturday June 15th we’ll be meeting in both Richmond and Barnard Castle to serve our communities in many of different ways including, litter picking, house painting, graffiti cleaning, play-park painting, gardening and giving away hundreds of free gifts!

Every No Strings is a great way to help our communities but is also a fantastic day of working together to put our faith into action. For more information or to sign up for No Strings, make sure you stop by the Info Point at one of our Sunday Main Events.

Saturday June 15th
Richmond and Barnard Castle