Sundays - Gathered Church
We love Sundays at Festival Church Chester!
From Sunday 23rd May, we will be meeting in person on Sunday mornings again.
You will need to book in to attend a service, which you can do by heading to the What's On page and clicking the service you'd like to book into.
We will also be holding a separate Kids Service, which will run concurrently with the 10:30am Gathered Church Service. Select the Kids Service on the What's On page to book your children in!
Parking options available are the Park and Ride (there are 4 around Chester), on-street parking on City Road, or the nearby NCP car park.
What you need to know
There are a few things you need to know before you attend a Gathered Church Service - click on the images below to find out more!
Sundays - Online Church
If you're not quite ready to attend in-person services, or would like to continue to be part of Festival Church Online, head to our Online congregation page. Online services will be happening at 8pm every Sunday.
What's On
Watch this space for information about upcoming online events. Stay up to date by following us on social media - follow the links at the bottom of this page!
Our Story
Festival Church first began life as Chester Pentecostal Church. It all started when Clifford and Eunice Beasley held a church service in their living room in Kings Crescent East, Great Boughton, on Sunday 18th January 1976.
Three months later, the Penri Welsh Chapel in Gorse Stacks agreed to allow the new fellowship to use their premises on Sunday afternoons – this continued for a period of 9 months.
In January 1977, the church rented accommodation alongside the Fountains Roundabout and remained there until 1986 when it moved to its present premises in Queen Street (formerly a Welsh Methodist Chapel) and became known as the Queen Street Christian Centre.
In 2015, we marked the next chapter of our story by changing our name to Festival Church.
Leadership
Tim & Emily Rowlands
Tim & Emily came to Festival Church in September 2014, after previously leading North Coast Church in Towyn.
Married for 21 years, with four children, they love living in Chester! In his spare time Tim enjoys music and mountaineering. Emily enjoys open-water swimming and writing books.
To find out what Tim’s up to, you can follow him on Twitter or Instagram.
