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Parkside Christian Fellowship
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 7AN
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Who we are
What we believe
We believe the Bible to be God’s Word and base our lives and church practices on its teachings.
At Parkside, we seek to share the good news of God’s love for everyone and His promise of eternal life to all who put their faith and trust in his son, Jesus Christ.
We believe that after God created the world, sin entered it, which spoiled the perfect relationship between God and man. The only way this relationship could be restored was for God to show His amazing love for us by sending His only son, Jesus, to die on the cross at Calvary on our behalf and take our sin upon him. By admitting that we have done wrong things and believing that Jesus died to take away our sins, we can put our faith in Him and restore our relationship with God.
We believe the Bible to be God’s Word and base our lives and church practices on its teachings.
At Parkside, we seek to share the good news of God’s love for everyone and His promise of eternal life to all who put their faith and trust in his son, Jesus Christ.
We believe that after God created the world, sin entered it, which spoiled the perfect relationship between God and man. The only way this relationship could be restored was for God to show His amazing love for us by sending His only son, Jesus, to die on the cross at Calvary on our behalf and take our sin upon him. By admitting that we have done wrong things and believing that Jesus died to take away our sins, we can put our faith in Him and restore our relationship with God.
Location of worship / Church Address
16 St Lukes Road
Maidenhead,
Berkshire
SL6 7AN
United Kingdom
Phone: 01628 630171
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Quote of the Day
John 6:38
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
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Christian Brethren
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From the M4, leave the motorway at j8/9 and follow signs for Maidenhead. You’ll travel in on the A308 and pass under a railway bridge. Follow the main road until you reach a roundabout. Take the second exit, into Marlow Road and shortly take the first right into St Lukes Road. Parkside Christian Fellowship is on the right after about 200 metres.
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Parkside Christian Fellowship Maidenhead Service Times
Sunday
10:00am – Breaking of Bread
11:30am – discover and Sunday Club
evening – Bible Teaching (Note: time varies through the year. Summer 6.00pm, winter 4.00pm)
Tuesday
2:30pm – Ladies Fellowship
Wednesday
9:45am – Parkside Toddler Group – term time only
8:00pm – Prayer
We are now meeting back in the hall for most of our meetings. You can join us every Sunday morning from 11.30am for discover. Please use the contact page to request further information.
Service Times last updated on the 1st of November, 2021
10:00am – Breaking of Bread
11:30am – discover and Sunday Club
evening – Bible Teaching (Note: time varies through the year. Summer 6.00pm, winter 4.00pm)
Tuesday
2:30pm – Ladies Fellowship
Wednesday
9:45am – Parkside Toddler Group – term time only
8:00pm – Prayer
We are now meeting back in the hall for most of our meetings. You can join us every Sunday morning from 11.30am for discover. Please use the contact page to request further information.
Service Times last updated on the 1st of November, 2021
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Toddlers
Toddlers is currently suspended, due to the Coronavirus. We’ll update here when the situation changes.
Wednesday 9:45am
Our free Toddlers group meet up each Wednesday morning during term time.
We begin with a time for the children to play together with toys in the main hall, while the adults chat together.
At around 10:30, we move into the back room, where the children (and adults!) enjoy a short story from the Bible. We also have refreshments at this time – a drink and biscuit for the children and a hot drink for the adults.
Finally, around 11:00, once everyone has finished their drinks, we return to the main hall where the children continue playing until it’s time to go home, at around 11:45.
We welcome under-fives (with accompanying adults!) and, although our numbers tend to vary, we always enjoy a lively and fun time together.
Toddlers is currently suspended, due to the Coronavirus. We’ll update here when the situation changes.
Wednesday 9:45am
Our free Toddlers group meet up each Wednesday morning during term time.
We begin with a time for the children to play together with toys in the main hall, while the adults chat together.
At around 10:30, we move into the back room, where the children (and adults!) enjoy a short story from the Bible. We also have refreshments at this time – a drink and biscuit for the children and a hot drink for the adults.
Finally, around 11:00, once everyone has finished their drinks, we return to the main hall where the children continue playing until it’s time to go home, at around 11:45.
We welcome under-fives (with accompanying adults!) and, although our numbers tend to vary, we always enjoy a lively and fun time together.
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As well as those listed above, we have BBQs in the summer months and various family teas at different times during the year.
Ladies’ Fellowship
Tuesday 2:30pm
Each Tuesday afternoon our friendly ladies meet up for a time of fellowship together.
They normally have a short time of singing choruses followed by a reading and searching for verses from the Bible containing the ‘Word of the Week’.
The time together finishes with a short talk by a speaker and light refreshments.
In the summer, there is normally an outing, as well the occasional meal out.
We’d love to meet you.
As well as those listed above, we have BBQs in the summer months and various family teas at different times during the year.
Ladies’ Fellowship
Tuesday 2:30pm
Each Tuesday afternoon our friendly ladies meet up for a time of fellowship together.
They normally have a short time of singing choruses followed by a reading and searching for verses from the Bible containing the ‘Word of the Week’.
The time together finishes with a short talk by a speaker and light refreshments.
In the summer, there is normally an outing, as well the occasional meal out.
We’d love to meet you.
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Parkside Christian Fellowship History
Much of the below history was written by Hedley Bray, who was one of those who moved into the new hall in 1956. Hedley passed away in January 2011.
Our earliest records go back to 1895 when around 30 Christians were meeting in the old Oddfellows Hall in Brock Lane, Maidenhead.
This record clearly indicates that these meetings were already in existence. But before this, it is known that, in the early 1890s, there were those who, on Sundays, walked out to Holyport to meet together in a barn owned by a local Christian, a Mrs. Mansbridge. Three of those who walked out to Holyport were Mr. Edward Free, Mr. John Pearson and Mr. Hugh Butcher – Mr. Edward Free being the grandfather of Mrs. Beryl Good.
In these early days, an Irish evangelist – Mr. Tocher – used to visit Maidenhead in the summer with a caravan and, later, with a motor bike.
He travelled around the local villages and, on one occasion, his caravan was pushed into a pond by some local youths – one of whom was William Smith. He subsequently became a Christian and took a keen and active part in local Bible teaching and other outreach work. Some of his descendents are still with us here today!
In 1905, we moved from the Oddfellows Hall to the Old Drill Hall in Marlow Road (later known as Pearce Hall and now the site on which the War Graves Commission offices are built). We remained there until 1940 – apart from a break in 1914 – 1918 when we had to go back to the Oddfellows Hall and to other locations in the town, as the Old Drill Hall was required for use as a hospital during the first World War. In 1940, we were offered the use of a hall in Holmanleaze as Mr. Matthews, who had built the hall and had used it as a gospel mission, had left the area. We continued to rent this hall until, in 1956, we moved into Parkside Hall.
It was as long ago as 1928 that the Building Fund was started. In 1938, this very suitable site was located and was sold to us, after several refusals, by Major Pearce, whose father presented Kidwells Park to the town, After paying for this, a balance of £15.9s.2d remained in the Fund. In 1943, an additional plot was purchased, extending the site back to Kidwells Park. During and after the War years, the site was well used regularly as allotments for growing vegetables etc.
We applied for a licence to build in 1948 and again in 1949 – but were refused. In 1952, we again discussed the possibility of applying for a licence – and it was at this time that Mr. Johnson, builder, of the Slough meeting, heard of our deliberations and offered his advice and practical help. This, of course, necessitated visits to the site including one occasion when, according to the record, ‘he trampled about among the cabbages’! Briefly, the outcome was that, after what seemed to be inexplicable delays, we were told in November 1953 that a licence to build was available when we required it. Further delays occurred throughout 1954 over local planning approvals. These problems were finally overcome and building work commenced in Autumn 1955.
The first meetings in the new hall were held on Sunday, 9th December 1956. A special Thanksgiving Service was held on 15th December 1956 – primarily to give thanks to God for His guidance and provision over the years so that the total cost of the building and furnishing had been fully met. Thanks were also expressed to Mr. Johnson, builder, who had carried out the work on a ‘no profit’ basis – and to two others who had provided, respectively, the heating/plumbing installation and the electrical work on a ‘materials only’ basis – and to numerous others who had provided skilled and unskilled labour and had given much of the internal fittings and equipment.
The original building has been extended over the years – a flat-roofed extension at the rear of the building in 1972 to provide additional classroom space and this was further developed in 1984 with the installation of a small upper room with a pitched roof. In 2004, we were required to install a ‘disabled toilet’ – necessitating (after 48 years) an exchange of location of the respective cloakroom facilities.
In 2006 we celebrated our Golden Jubilee since our move to St Lukes Road.
In 2010 we changed our name from Parkside Hall to Parkside Christian Fellowship.
Our earliest records go back to 1895 when around 30 Christians were meeting in the old Oddfellows Hall in Brock Lane, Maidenhead.
This record clearly indicates that these meetings were already in existence. But before this, it is known that, in the early 1890s, there were those who, on Sundays, walked out to Holyport to meet together in a barn owned by a local Christian, a Mrs. Mansbridge. Three of those who walked out to Holyport were Mr. Edward Free, Mr. John Pearson and Mr. Hugh Butcher – Mr. Edward Free being the grandfather of Mrs. Beryl Good.
In these early days, an Irish evangelist – Mr. Tocher – used to visit Maidenhead in the summer with a caravan and, later, with a motor bike.
He travelled around the local villages and, on one occasion, his caravan was pushed into a pond by some local youths – one of whom was William Smith. He subsequently became a Christian and took a keen and active part in local Bible teaching and other outreach work. Some of his descendents are still with us here today!
In 1905, we moved from the Oddfellows Hall to the Old Drill Hall in Marlow Road (later known as Pearce Hall and now the site on which the War Graves Commission offices are built). We remained there until 1940 – apart from a break in 1914 – 1918 when we had to go back to the Oddfellows Hall and to other locations in the town, as the Old Drill Hall was required for use as a hospital during the first World War. In 1940, we were offered the use of a hall in Holmanleaze as Mr. Matthews, who had built the hall and had used it as a gospel mission, had left the area. We continued to rent this hall until, in 1956, we moved into Parkside Hall.
It was as long ago as 1928 that the Building Fund was started. In 1938, this very suitable site was located and was sold to us, after several refusals, by Major Pearce, whose father presented Kidwells Park to the town, After paying for this, a balance of £15.9s.2d remained in the Fund. In 1943, an additional plot was purchased, extending the site back to Kidwells Park. During and after the War years, the site was well used regularly as allotments for growing vegetables etc.
We applied for a licence to build in 1948 and again in 1949 – but were refused. In 1952, we again discussed the possibility of applying for a licence – and it was at this time that Mr. Johnson, builder, of the Slough meeting, heard of our deliberations and offered his advice and practical help. This, of course, necessitated visits to the site including one occasion when, according to the record, ‘he trampled about among the cabbages’! Briefly, the outcome was that, after what seemed to be inexplicable delays, we were told in November 1953 that a licence to build was available when we required it. Further delays occurred throughout 1954 over local planning approvals. These problems were finally overcome and building work commenced in Autumn 1955.
The first meetings in the new hall were held on Sunday, 9th December 1956. A special Thanksgiving Service was held on 15th December 1956 – primarily to give thanks to God for His guidance and provision over the years so that the total cost of the building and furnishing had been fully met. Thanks were also expressed to Mr. Johnson, builder, who had carried out the work on a ‘no profit’ basis – and to two others who had provided, respectively, the heating/plumbing installation and the electrical work on a ‘materials only’ basis – and to numerous others who had provided skilled and unskilled labour and had given much of the internal fittings and equipment.
The original building has been extended over the years – a flat-roofed extension at the rear of the building in 1972 to provide additional classroom space and this was further developed in 1984 with the installation of a small upper room with a pitched roof. In 2004, we were required to install a ‘disabled toilet’ – necessitating (after 48 years) an exchange of location of the respective cloakroom facilities.
In 2006 we celebrated our Golden Jubilee since our move to St Lukes Road.
In 2010 we changed our name from Parkside Hall to Parkside Christian Fellowship.
Parkside Christian Fellowship Historical Photos
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