A West Sussex FIEC chapel is celebrating its 200th anniversary – and well-known Christian hymn-writer Graham Kendrick has helped mark the event.
Rudgwick Chapel was one of four village chapels originally established by Horsham Congregational Church. It became independent in 1974 and is now affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC).
At a special celebration in Rudgwick Village Hall, famed Christian songster Graham Kendrik was joined by Jason Carter on the harp guitar.
Since 2022, James Clarke has been Community Pastor to both Rudgwick and another small fellowship. Following Hope Explored and Christianity Explored courses, a weekly Bible Study has been started and a few new people have started attending Sunday services. Several children and their parents have been reached in the school holidays through craft mornings and outings, etc. James also leads a monthly Family Service, which is attended by up to ten children and their parents.
And a harp guitar? Harpguitars.net explains it is a ‘guitar, in any of its accepted forms, with any number of additional unstopped strings that can accommodate individual plucking.’
