About Us

About five years ago a few people from the village felt a need for a church that was more informal than usual but based around food, friendship and the Bible. We wanted a church where people were welcome wherever they were on life’s journey. So Connect2 was born, we take our inspiration from Jesus who would often meet and talk with people over food. So every meeting we eat together, nothing fancy but a decent meal that is prepared by ourselves and we eat and talk about the message we have just heard. The message is always based on the Bible, but it could involve a quiz, some discussion, writing on the paper table cloth, playing games or watching a short video. There is plenty of tea, coffee and juice available too. We hope that we can build a community of people who do more than just meet on a Sunday, that get to know each other and are there for life’s ups and downs.

We are fortunate enough to have a fantastic relationship with St Anne’s School and meet in their hall.

We are part of the Church of England fellowship but have been granted a Bishop’s Missional Order. This means that we are supported by and accountable to the Church of England for our work here in Brown Edge but we work independently of the existing parish structures.

At Connect2 there are no full-time or paid leaders and a number of us take turns in leading our various meetings. However there is a small leadership group as stated in the Bishop’s Missional Order with others also taking a lead on various things.

Alex Wolvers (Connect2 leader)

Ian Wolvers

Anne Collins (Safeguarding lead)

Mark Hatcher