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Hattersley Community Church is a church dedicated to serving the people of Hattersley.  The great majority of our members and the leadership team live in the local community. 

We hope that if you are a Hattersley resident you will consider us as your church.  We actively seek to support people of all ages through the life of the church and through our community outreach programs, 'Life Centre Hattersley' and 'Gifted Hands.'  We are here to help, so please contact us at any time and we will do our best to support you in whatever need you have.

We do not have a church building of our own, but because we are right here at the heart of the community that is no obstacle. You can get in touch using the contact information on this site.

 

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We have three people in the main leadership of our church, as well as a number of people in various other roles.  We have a team approach to ministry.


Jim Solomon (Pastor)

Following two years working on a water development project with the church in Chad, Africa, and a further two years working for the Environment Agency in Reading, Jim moved to Hattersley in 2002 with his wife Gemma to become EDEN volunteer youth workers.  In 2003 he was employed by Mottram Evangelical Church as Youth and Pastoral Support Worker and in 2005 was made Associate Pastor.

Since 2008, he has served as Pastor of Hattersley Community Church.

Jim and Gemma have two boys and a girl. When he is able, Jim loves to travel. His favourite locations are places that are either very hot or have lots of snow!


Michael Garry (Elder)

Michael and his wife Sylvia started attending Hattersley Community Church in spring 2007 after they had sensed a call to worship back in Hattersley.  Prior to this they had been involved in church life in Oldham. There they had been involved in a homeless ministry and a Christian charity shop that reached out to Muslims, and they worshipped in an Iranian fellowship.

Michael became a church leader of Hattersley Community Church in January 2009 and is involved in preaching, leading a small group and evangelism.

In his free time Michael loves to go out driving in the country, or to the beach, and sampling the local fish and chips!


Simon Davidson

After worshipping at Mottram Evangelical Church for 2 and a half years, Simon and his wife Sandra moved to Hattersley in October 2001 to volunteer with the newly launched EDEN Project and become part of the fellowship of the new formed Hattersley Community Church. At that time Simon was working full time in hotel management but in May 2004 became a full time Youth & Community Worker, working alongside the EDEN Team Leader. In September 2008, Simon was made the EDEN Team Leader.

Simon became a church leader in January 2009 and is involved in preaching and leading the church youth group. Simon can usually be found climbing up or skiing down a mountain, or diving in warm water - in fact the more dangerous the activity the more he enjoys it!

2Hattersley, located to the south-east of Manchester, was built in the 1960s as an overspill estate to resettle people from its inner suburbs as old housing stock was demolished. Initially, it was an area consisting largely of social housing but is now undergoing major redevelpment and improvement.

Hattersley Community Church was planted in September 2002 from Mottram Evangelical Church with support from EDEN Hattersley (a youth outreach project partnered with The Message Trust). Today HCC stands on it's own as a fully fledged church with it's own leadership at the heart of the community of Hatterley. The work formerly undertaken by EDEN has passed to our dynamic outreach Lifecentre Hattersley which is now a separate charitable company supporting a number of paid workers in a variety of projects within our community.

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We believe in...


The one true God who lives eternally in three persons—the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.


The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.


The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God—fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.


The dignity of all people, made male and female in God's image to love, be holy and care for creation, yet corrupted by sin, which incurs divine wrath and judgement.


The incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ—born of the virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without sin.


The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil, so reconciling us with God.


The bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruits of our resurrection; his ascension to the Father, and his reign and mediation as the only Saviour of the world.


The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.


The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, empowers our discipleship and enables our witness.


The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the priesthood of all believers—given life by the Spirit and endowed with the Spirit's gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel, promoting justice and love.


The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfil the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement, bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost, and establish a new heaven and new earth.

 

 

Our Church

5These are links to websites of activities which are a direct outreach of our church or christian actvities members of our church are engaged in.

Tanzania (UK) Trust

TUK is a charitable trust set up by members of HCC and Mottram Evangelical church to support the work of the Assemblies pf God Church in Dodoma.Tanzania. Through our partnership with the church there we are able to provide help in establishing clean drinking water projects and relief in times of famine.

Life Centre Hattersley

Life Centre is our outreach project operating in Hattersley and the surrounding area. Iy operates as a separate charitable trust and employs a number of people in project work in the local community.

Jez Smith

 Jez is a member of our church who has made an amazing journey from near death, through total paralysis to walking again. Visit his web site to find out more and discover some of the music he has composed during this journey.

Other Organisations

friendsHere we provide links to other organisations whose services we know and we think will be of interest to you.

Hope Citadel Healthcare

Three of our members work for Hope Citadel. This is an exciting project undertaken by Christians to provide whole person healthcare and spiritual care in the community through two GP surgeries and two NHS walk in centres.

welcome orangeYou can contact us by using the email form below or by telephone

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