Saint Mary's Church

After spending the past 60 years attending the Elim Pentecostal church in Sholing Southampton, we sadly had to close the building due to Falling numbers which meant it was no longer viable to keep the building open. This of course means that my wife and I after spending a combined total of 103 years attending the Elim Church now need to find another church fellowship in Southampton that we could call home. On February 26th 2023 we visited St Mary's Church in Chapel Street Southampton and I have to say that from the moment we entered the building I was blown away by the fantastic welcome afforded to us by the church welcome team. It would be fair to say that this is an extremely vibrant church full of families with young children, and because of the universities in Southampton of course there was plenty of young students as well! But more importantly it was easily recognisable that this is a spirit led church! Which was not only apparent during a time of teaching but also during the time of worship in which the worship team were very sensitive to the moving of the Holy Spirit. Personally I believe this is a church fellowship that I could settle into quite easily but it's important for my wife and I to be listening to the Lord's leading and so will continue looking for a couple of weeks before making a decision on where to settle.