Canning Road Evangelical Church

News & Updates

Autumn 2025 at Canning Road

Autumn. Yum. A time to wrap up, get cosy, and be grateful for the good things in life. One of those good things is being with people so why not come and chill with us? 🍪🍂 Encounter Sun 14th of September - 4pm Everybody’s welcome Free coffee, tea, and biscuits...

Reflective Prayer - 29th July

On Tuesday 29th of July, we are opening the church building for quiet reflective prayer from 11am - 3pm. As we remember the Southport tragedy, the churches of Southport are holding prayer vigils which are open to all. You can come and take some time to relect, pray, or be...

Messy Church BBQ - 7th of June

Our next Messy Church is on Saturday 7th of June, from 2-4pm. The theme this season will be Zaccheus, the little guy who decided he had to see Jesus at any cost. We’ve got some great crafts lined up, a story/talk from Simon our Kids, Youth, and Schools worker, and...

Messy Church - 5th of April

On Saturday 5th of April, 2-4pm, we are gearing up for Easter with an Easter-y themed Messy Church. As much as we love chocolate, we’ve got something even better to look forward to: our hero, Jesus, has defeated death so that we can be friends with him forever! 💝 We’ve...

Messy Church - Saturday 1st of February

Get ready for Messy Church on Saturday 1st of February, 2-4pm! This time our theme is the wise and foolish builders (“the wise man built his house upon the rock”!) 🏡 We’ve got some great building-related crafts lined up, a fun talk from Simon our Kids, Youth, and Schools worker,...

Christmas 2024

This Christmas at Canning Road: Carols by Candlelight Sunday 15th of December - 6pm 12 carols and 12 readings that tell the Christmas story, with a 5 minute message. It’s a beautiful, peaceful service and a great way to ring in Christmas. Morning Carol Service Sunday 22nd of December -...

Messy Church is coming - Saturday 5th October

Get ready for our next Messy Church on Saturday 5th October, 2-4pm! We’ll be celebrating the theme of harvest with fun activities and crafts for all ages. As usual, we’ll finish up with a snack time featuring fruit, biscuits, and more. This time, as it’s Harvest time of year, we’ll...

A fun family day - June 29th

Despite the wet weather, our planned Neighbourhood BBQ turned into a fantastic Family Fun Day indoors! We had a great turnout, with families enjoying a bouncy castle, face painting, and BBQ food. The church was also open for reflection and prayer, where people enjoyed discovering our bright and open worship...

Christmas 2023 at Canning Road

Christmas is about Jesus - God, born for us on Earth, to show the way home to our Heavenly Father. Come and join the celebration of a God so good and so humble, that he would be born in a feeding trough! Carols by Candlelight Sun 17th Dec - 6pm...

Did you know we've been renovating?

Did you know we’ve been renovating? Well, it’s Ready! For the last four months, our main worship space has been undergoing replastering, repainting, and some nice new touches. Join us at the re-opening celebration on Sunday 27th of August at 10:30am for a relaxed church service with familiar songs and...

Date Change - Messy Church - 22nd July 2023

On Saturday, 22nd of July we are having Messy Church from 2pm til 4pm. The theme is Jesus saying “I will never leave you or forsake you”. Our time together includes a snack for everyone (grown-ups and kids), but no sit down meal. Find more info on our Messy Church...

We're looking for a Kids, Youth, and Schools Pastor

We are looking for someone with a passion to see Jesus transform the lives of kids and young people in High Park! Canning Road Evangelical Church and the Southport Area Schools Worker Trust (SASWT) are looking for an enthusiastic Jesus follower to help us change lives through church, schools, and...

Messy Church - February 2023

On Saturday, 4th of February we are having Messy Church with the theme “Jesus’ love” from 2pm til 4pm. Our time together includes a snack for everyone (grown-ups and kids), but no sit down meal. There are all kinds of love in the world… what does it even mean that...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We had a great time over this Christmas and New Year with our Carols by Candlelight service, Christmas service, and of course, wonderful time with family and friends. We hope you did too. Our Food bank page has been updated, and food bank will be open again...

Lightzone 2022

Every Halloween, in Ste and Helen’s front yard we get together to give away hot chocolate and cakes made by our church. Over the last six years, it’s become a neighbourhood tradition! We do this because we believe in Jesus and we think that he would have the best party...

Messy Church - October 2022

This Saturday, 1st October we are having Messy Church with the theme “Jesus the miracle worker” from 2pm til 4pm. The new, earlier timing includes a snack for everyone (grown ups and kids) but no sit down meal. If Jesus was real, and his miracles really happened… what does that...

Messy Church - June 2022

On Saturday 25th June we are having Messy Church with the theme “Servant King” at 4 til 6pm. Jesus was a king but he also came to serve us – how does that work?? Come and find out! More info on our Messy Church Page

What a Jubilee!

A big “thank you!” to everyone who came to our Platinum Jubilee neighbourhood party, and made it such a good time. You all brought really tasty food, and we hope you enjoyed meeting neighbours, old and new! We were really happy to meet loads of you for the first time....

High Park Jubilee Street Party

On Saturday 4th June from 2-4pm we’re hosting a street party (really a car park party) for all of High Park, to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 👑 Let’s eat, drink, meet our neighbours, play games, and celebrate! We’re doing this with help from the High Park Project and lots...

Carols by Candlelight 2021

We are celebrating the Christmas season with our annual Carols by Candlelight service, which will be on Sunday 19th December at 6pm. We’d love to see you there for 12 carols and 12 readings that tell the Christmas story. It’s a beautiful, peaceful service and a great way to ring...

Enter the Light Zone

Since 2016, we’ve run a Halloween ‘Light Zone’ outside our house in High Park. It’s a bit of a neighbourhood fixture and lots of people ask me every year “Are you doing hot chocolate again this year? Your house is the best at Halloween!”. This is really fun because we...

We are open for Sunday morning worship

COVID Update - 4th April 2021 We are open for Sunday morning worship at 10:30am, every week. You can download and read our COVID-19 Risk Assessment.

We're closed for two weeks

Due to icy conditions, and the Government’s latest advice to “Stay at Home”, the Elders have decided it’s safest that Canning Road be closed for the next two Sundays (10th and 17th of January). There will be no stream from us this week, but we encourage you to try the...

Church at Home - 22nd November - John Sutton Smith

This video will be released on Sunday morning at 6:45am so that you can watch it anytime, morning or evening. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kzFQWIc3YSI Use the full-screen button to make the video bigger: Watch here (from Sunday 22nd) You can also take a look at the Canning Road YouTube Channel...

Church at Home - 8th November - Faithful and Fruitful

This video will be released on the morning of Sunday 8th at 6:45am so that you can watch it anytime, morning or evening. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FyRuxiWnmHI Use the full-screen button to make the video bigger: Watch here from Sunday 8th You can also take a look at the Canning...

No in-person services in November

Due to the new national lockdown, there won’t be any worship services in the church building in November. Instead, we’re going back to broadcast services on YouTube. Please check out the News Page and the Canning Road YouTube Channel to see our latest broadcasts! God bless! 🌿✝

Resuming weekly services from 6th September

Regular Services For the last month we’ve had services every two weeks, but we’re now confident enough that from this Sunday (6th September) we are resuming Sunday services every week at 10:30am. We can accomodate 21 households (people who sit together). If you don’t usually come along, we will prioritise...

August 23rd Service - "A breath of fresh air"

Watch “A breath of fresh air” You can watch this service on YouTube or right here: Just use the full-screen button to make the video bigger: You can also take a look at the Canning Road YouTube Channel

Back to the building, and online! 9th August

Back to the building We are heading back to the building for Sunday 9th August, in a way that we believe will keep us all safe! We can accomodate 21 households (people who sit together), and if you’re on the church address list, you will have received a letter asking...

Sunday video - What's the gospel?

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CHhz87QbVLg Use the full-screen button to make the video bigger: Watch here You can also take a look at the Canning Road YouTube Channel

Watch Canning Road Online 5th July 2020

The video will start at 6pm. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/N06EzlPQgl4 Use the full-screen button to make the video bigger: Watch here You can also take a look at the Canning Road YouTube Channel

Watch Sunday Online 21st June 2020

The video will start at 6pm. You can watch it beneath, or by going directly to YouTube: https://youtu.be/7h_Ggp7aYOw Press Play, then click the full-screen button to make it bigger: Video You can also take a look at the Canning Road YouTube Channel

Watch Sunday Online 7th June 2020

The video will start Sunday at 6pm. You can watch it beneath, or by going directly to YouTube: https://youtu.be/lUcfS5PRBQ4 Press Play, then click the full-screen button to make it bigger: Video You can also take a look at the Canning Road YouTube Channel

Watch Sunday Online 24th May 2020

Tonights video will start at 6pm. You can watch it beneath, or by going directly to YouTube: https://youtu.be/NEn3y9NivXc Press Play, then click the full-screen button to make it bigger: Video You can also take a look at the Canning Road YouTube Channel

The Marriage Course Online

We’re really excited to announce that Ste and Helen will be running the Marriage Course online! Starting 26th May at 7.30pm The Marriage course (from the guys who brought us the Alpha Course) is a 7 week course for those in a long term relationship who want to invest and...

Response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Update - 4th April 2021 We are open for Sunday morning worship at 10:30am, every week. You can still download and read our COVID-19 Risk Assessment. Update - 9th January 2021 We are pausing services for two weeks in light of the seriousness of the current national lockdown. Please check...

Alpha is coming

Alpha is starting at Canning Road on Monday 29th April at 7pm! Alpha is an opportunity to explore life and the Christian faith in a friendly, open and informal environment. Find out more info on our Alpha page. We hope we see you there!

Messy Church with a Centurion!

On Saturday 10th November, we are doing Messy Church, looking at the story of Jesus and the Centurion (that’s a Roman Solider). We will be making crafts, singing songs, and hearing what this soldier thought Jesus could do for him… Anyone can come and join us (kids should be accompanied...

Did you enjoy the neighbourhood BBQ?

On Saturday 7th June we held a BBQ and invited everyone we could from the community, just to hang out and have a burger and a sausage, on us. If you came along we hope you had a great time! We really enjoyed meeting all the neighbours of the church...

Messy Church Soon

This Saturday, we are doing Messy Church with a focus on Mothers’ Day! There will be loads of opportunities for kids to make crafts for their Mums, and we will also be hearing all about what it was like to be the mother of history’s most important man… Anyone can...

Our first indoor picnic of 2018

From time to time, we like to share lunch together as a church. There are loads of good reasons to do this, like: Showing and sharing generosity Building up an interest and a care in one another’s lives Learning how we can help to pray and support each other Not...

Carols a big hit

It was lovely to see so many of our old and new friends come along to our candlelit carol service. We all had a great time in the warm and festive surroundings, and it was a joy to kick Christmas off with true songs of how God showed his goodness...

Carols by Candlelight is back for 2017

Our Carols by Candlelight service is on the 17th December 2017 at 6pm! Every year we hold a Carols by Candlelight service on the weekend before Christmas. This year it will be on the 17th of December. The service is an atmospheric ocassion, with a mix of old and new...

Our Halloween Witness

It’s tricky to know how to handle Halloween as Christians and as the church. We don’t want to participate in a festival that celebrates darkness and evil, but ideally we don’t want to be hidden away in our homes with the lights off - after all, that’s not much of...

Weekend away 2017

At the beginning of October, around twenty of us from the church went to Thornleigh Christian Centre in Grange-over-Sands for our annual weekend away. We had a really nice time together, sharing meals and getting teaching from Stuart and Katherine, who have been missionaries in many different countries. We talked...

Different names, but all for Jesus

A lot of people talk about “denominations” which means “different names for types of churches”. That could be ‘Anglican’ or ‘Methodist’ or ‘Reformed’ or ‘Baptist’, etc, etc… but those names don’t really matter. Christian churches believe: God made us We have sinned (we’ve done wrong things, which keep us out...