Clovenside Chapel, Clovenside Road in Forres has been our home for nearly 15 years. Initially we occupied the building rent free by courtesy of the generous owners.

We have made significant improvements to the building since we came into occupation. Firstly we converted the old double garage, fridge room and wash room to create a fully functioning kitchen and community space. Right now we are in the process of enlarging that community space and creating a new children's room. We are so thankful to generous individual contributions, Berry Burn Trust and Benefact Trust for their generous grants to help us remodel the inside of the church to create the extra space.

We now have sole occupancy of the building at Clovenside under a 10 year lease providing a short-term base for us but, in order to provide a more stable longer term home, we are now in the process of buying the land and building. We are in the process of raising money from fellowship donations, grants and loans. This will then provide a more permanent home to enable us to better serve the local community as God blesses us with growing numbers of people attending.

Having ownership and occupancy of the land and building will give us a permanent base to continue our existing activities and to expand what we can offer the community:

Continue

• Sunday morning worship
• Children's church
• Youth church
• Pastoral support
• Ladies and mens ministries meeting every month
• Weekly discipleship groups
• Lunches for seniors
• Alpha courses
• Christians Against Poverty Financial Management Courses.
• Free pantry of food and household items for anyone to access.
• Small library of Christian books.
• Supported places for children and young people to attend Scripture Union camps.
• Overseas Mission Support
• Door to Door ministry - we are part way through a Door to Door Mission to visit every house (approx 5,000 houses in Forres)
• Condensed church service and communion at an old peoples housing complex.
• Free community cafe drop in weekly.
• Free Community Family Bonfire Supper in November.
• Free Community Christmas Day drop in for

Expand

• We hope to develop the current range of groups and services and offer new ones.
• In the future we plan to provide a children’s play group, Drop in cafe for parents with young children and after school club.
• We aim to meet the need for and provide a more regular lunch club for seniors.

• We would like to facilitate a youth group/cafe.
• It is our desire to be able to respond to specific needs of the community as they arise.

• Welcome more people and widen our engagement and support with the local community.

We value your prayers for this project. If you would like to know more please contact us.

If you would like to donate, cheques can be made payable to Forres  Baptist Church.