New church set to launch in Norwich suburb
 A new church is set to be launched in a Norwich suburb later this year as a plant from a growing existing congregation.
Lively, vibrant but able to bridge the gap between the 1st and 21st century church experience is what Rev Vic Ready is anticipating for Taverham Evangelical Church’s (TEC’S) new church plant at Queens Hills in Costessey.
“It will incorporate a culture that will have a multi-generational approach to worship where young and old can worship together in the unity of the spirit and share the love of Christ together,” said Vic.
Queens Hills is very much a stand-alone community that will eventually consist of some 2,500 houses, shops and a sports pavilion, but it already has a great community spirit, according to Vic.
For those who are not familiar with this new development, it is very close to the ‘Sainsbury’s’ and the ‘Range’ end of the southern by-pass. Vic will be taking a team of around 12 from the 120-strong TEC congregation to take charge of this new plant and he, along with Marie Hobbs, will make up the initial pastoral team.
The worship will be led by Dan Hobbs and Queens Community Church (QCC) have also appointed Joey Graver, an MA graduate from Loughborough University, to head up the Youth/Student ministry. QCC has been supported financially by AoG as well as by TEC and from the outset will be an AoG church.
Vic will look after both churches for a year and then look to hand over to the local teams with Fran Tregay and Geoff Brendling already at Taverham.
QCC will be launching the Church with a Community Fun day on August Bank Holiday Monday, August 31. Their first Sunday morning service will then commence on September 6 at Queens Hills Primary school in Costessey.
Vic said: “Norwich is an area of real church growth and, as most successful modern churches have already discovered, to succeed they must always have one foot planted in modern culture to reach this generation. The other foot however, needs to be firmly planted in the power and authority of the 1st century church. It is important to get the balance right. QCC aims to get that balance right and, with the mixture of youth and adult ministry experience from the beginning, it has every chance of succeeding.”
For more information ring Vic Ready at the QCC church office on 01603 865111.
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