South Chard Church

10/08/2025

🔥🍔 IT HAPPENED. 🍔🔥

The grills were fired up, the buns were buttered, and the sausages met their smoky destiny.
Laughter filled the air (along with the smell of slightly charred burgers).

We came, we cooked, we conquered… and then we went back for seconds.
Thanks to everyone who came and made it a day of full plates and fuller hearts. ❤️

Same time next year?

05/06/2025

Yesterday was “Here I am.”
Today it’s “Here we are”—gathered, listening, not polished, but present.

What is God doing with us right now as a church?

Honestly… it’s messy.
We don’t always know.
But we’re starting to see that maybe that’s the point.

We used to say we weren’t traditional—but looking back, we clung to a lot more structure than we thought.
We had our unwritten rules:
Sing during communion.
End with a song.
Preach every third Sunday.
Always start with a mic and a welcome.

Turns out we had blind spots everywhere.

But something’s shifting.
God is drawing us into something more alive, more honest—more like a body than a programme.

Not everyone comes the same.
Not every Sunday feels tidy.
But maybe real church was never supposed to.

We’re learning to let go of auto-pilot and shift into manual.
To show up with our whole selves.
To be comfortable with the unknown.

Because maybe that’s exactly where God meets us—
Not in the polished plan,
But in the present moment
Where we open our hearts and say,
Here we are.

04/06/2025

Ever feel like your mind is stuck in yesterday or racing toward tomorrow… and the present just slips by?

“Here I am.”

It’s something people say to God in the Bible—Abraham, Moses, Samuel, Isaiah, even Ananias.

In Hebrew, it’s hineni—and it means more than “I’m here.”
It means: I’m present. I’m listening. I’m open. I’m yours.

It’s not just about surrender.
It’s about presence.
We don’t live in the past.
We can’t live in the future.
God meets us in the now.

So maybe today, in the middle of everything pulling at you—pause, breathe, and say it:

Here I am.

02/12/2022

Please join us for festive hot drinks, mince pies and a carols sing-a-long. If you would like to bring gifts and your own wrapping paper, we will have a team available to wrap the presents for you while you relax and enjoy the Christmas fun!

30/05/2022

Our new service time is 10am every Sunday.
You would be very welcome to join us. Feel free to ask us a question/send us a message if you want more info. We would love to hear from you. ☺️

29/03/2022

Coloured spaghetti at Tatworth Tots today! Lots of messy fun 🤩

01/12/2021

Coffee and Connect underway in the Family Centre - good coffee, gorgeous cake and great conversation! Come and join us - we are here until 12pm

13/09/2021

The Family Centre is set up and ready for the arrival of Tatworth Tots tomorrow morning when it will be filled with fun, laughter, music and dancing!

01/06/2021

Some days just feel hard to navigate, but it’s in those moments when we need to lift our heads, look to God, open His Word and we will find the strength that He gives which brings life and new hope.

01/05/2021

Recorded over 50 years ago at South Chard Church, these songs still ring true to this day.

Take a moment to step back in time and join in with worship from days gone by.

Recorded over 50 years ago at South Chard Church, these songs still ring true to this day. Take a moment to step back in time and join in with worship from days gone by. Sounds of the Past – Volume 1 Sounds of the Past – Volume 2 Sounds of the Past …