The Alpha courses
which have been run at Holy Trinity have been very successful
and enjoyed by all who attended them. If you would like
more information or if are interested in joining the
next course (dates to be confirmed) please contact church
office.
The Alpha course runs for
10 weeks and is held in the Church
Lounge and Workshop. Each
session starts with an informal meal, followed by one of a series
of talks addressing key issues relating to the Christian faith.
Discussion and questions, accompanied by coffee & biscuits brings
the session to a close.
Continued growth of Alpha
Alpha Courses are well known in the UK and Holy Trinity is currently
running one. A special advertising campaign in September each year
proclaims that one is running “in a church near you”. Research shows
that almost a third of the British people recognise the little man
holding a question-mark shaped balloon as indicating a Christian
teaching course.
More than 2 million British people have now attended
an Alpha Course. About half of these would already have been churchgoers,
there to assist the non-churchgoers also attending, and many of
these churchgoers would have attended several times. But even if
five per cent of the public have attended a course on Christianity
that has to be encouraging. No wonder the churches running Alpha
Courses are so positive about them!
Not only the British attend Alpha Courses. Holy Trinity, Brompton,
the London church where the course originated, has taken them worldwide.
The latest figures suggest , 10 million people
worldwide have done Alpha. Around one person in a thousand across
the globe.
The Alpha Course Leaders.
If you are interested in joining an Alpha Course or would like more
information please contact the Church office on telephone 01704
878913 or email
formby.htc@virgin.net
