We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, widowed, gay, confused, filthy rich, comfortable or desperately poor. We extend a special welcome to those who are crying newly born, skinny as a rake or could afford to lose a few pounds.
You are welcome if you are from Northolt Village, or from south of the A40 and have fought through the traffic on the Target roundabout. You’re welcome if you have been driving on the A40 for years, climbing up and down the ‘Mounds’ or walking your dog past our door and always wondered what the little white building on the hill was like inside.
We welcome you if you can sing like Pavarotti or not at all. You’re welcome here if you’re ‘just looking’, just woke up or just got out of prison. We don’t care if you’re more Christian than the Archbishop of Canterbury, haven’t been in church since the last family christening or have never been inside one at all.
We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 (including those who have yet to grow up), to teenagers who are growing up too fast as well as toddlers who can’t sit still. We welcome keep-fit mums, football dads, tree huggers, latte-sippers, vegans, and junk-food devotees. We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you’re having problems or you’re down in the dumps, or if you don’t like ‘organised religion’. We’ve been there too and are always willing to listen.
If you blew all your money on the horses, you’re welcome here. We offer a welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, or because grandma is visiting and she wanted to go to church.
We welcome those who are inked, pierced or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion rammed down your throat as a child or were looking for the tube station and ended up here by mistake. We welcome tourists, seekers, questioners, doubters….and most especially YOU.