Maidenhead
Maidenhead Church & Community Centre
We exist to worship God; to communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ; to bring people into a relationship with Him by the power of the Holy Spirit and to reach out to the community through a caring ministry.
Where we are
East Road
Maidenhead
SL6 1PJ
United Kingdom
Email address:
maidenhead@salvationarmy.org.uk
Phone:
01628 625914
Rob Molloy
Corps Sergeant Major
Liz Walker
Corps Secretary
John Renouf
Corps Treasurer
Eileen Davies
Recruiting Sergeant
Peter Kitney
Acting Over-60 Club Secretary
Taryn Parker
Young People's Sergeant Major
Mark Lazenbury
Bandmaster
Madeleine Brain
Songster Leader
Kay Borsberry
Assistant Recruiting Sergeant
Gail Westwood-Payne
Prayer & Spiritual Life Development Coordinator
Major Maureen Wiffin
Pastoral Care Representative
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Photo by Gaelle Marcel on Unsplash
Check out this section of our webpage for details of our coming special events.
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10:30-11:45 SUNDAY CELEBRATION MEETING (except 2nd Sunday in month - see below)
Featuring songs, music, prayer, something for the children and positive, practical, encouraging teaching from the Bible
10:30-11:30 2ND SUNDAY CELEBRATION (2nd Sunday in month)
Worship in a more relaxed, lighter style, featuring songs, prayer, activities and a short, positive, practical, encouraging thought from the Bible
You can join our Worship every Sunday LIVE on our Facebook Page - www.facebook.com/maidenheadcitadelsalvationarmy/live
Or you can catch up later on our YouTube Channel - www.youtube.com/channel/UCHyDHiaWEg-ww8RbWGTgjkQ
11:00-12:00 SUNDAY'S KOOL (school term time, except 2nd Sunday in month)
Fun, Bible-based activities for tots to 11’s
11:45-12:30 APPROX. COFFEE & CHAT (except 2nd Sunday in month)
Join with us after worship and catch up with friends
12:00-13:30 APPROX. CHURCH LUNCH (2nd Sunday in month)
Join us for food and friendship following our 2nd Sunday Celebration
12:15-12:45 YOUNG PEOPLE'S SINGING COMPANY REHEARSAL (school term time, except 2nd Sunday in month)
You can also catch up with Captain Rob's Bible Messages via podcast. Head to battlereadysermons.podbean.com for more details and to subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts or via the Battlefield Resources Facebook page - www.facebook.com/battlefieldresources. Like the page and get a notification when a new sermon drops or sign up to be sent an email - eepurl.com/h2FPND. You can even listen below:
Welcome to Battle Drill, a weekday devotional from Captain Rob of The Salvation Army. Join us as we share hope and encouragement as we read and study the Bible together.
There's a new episode of Battle Drill Devotional every Monday through Friday.
Click on the link - https://linktr.ee/battlefieldresources - to listen, watch or subscribe to this podcast.
Or you can listen below:
09:30-12:30 TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
Hub Community Café @ Maidenhead Salvation Army
Pop in for a coffee, cake and a chat. Open to all, you would be assured of a warm welcome!
TUESDAYS
09:30-12:30 COMMUNITY KITCHEN
Free hot drinks and snacks, and a takeaway hot meal for families and individuals in need
WEDNESDAYS
19:30-21:00 GROWTH GROUP ONLINE
Join us as we study and discuss God's Word together in a relaxed atmosphere, via Zoom
Join our Zoom Meeting at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/93963988634?pwd=L2JsNzRtc21ORndNL2RFRyt6RDAxZz09
Meeting ID: 939 6398 8634
Passcode: 064413
THURSDAYS
09:30-12:30 COMMUNITY KITCHEN
Free hot drinks and snacks, and a takeaway hot meal for families and individuals in need
10:30-12:00 STREET HOMELESS DROP-IN CENTRE
A warm and welcoming space for street homeless people to enjoy hot food and drink, a shower, and other facilities (in partnership with The Brett Foundation)
19:00-20:15 SONGSTERS REHEARSAL
20:30-21:45 BAND REHEARSAL
FRIDAYS
09:30-10:00 PRAYER TIME
Join us as we pray for each other, our community and the world
SATURDAYS
10:00-17:00 CRAFT DAY (1st Saturday in month)
Join us as we enjoy several crafts. Bring your own packed lunch
Other events as advertised
(Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash)
Sundays
You can join us live for Sunday Worship on YouTube each week. Head over to our channel - www.youtube.com/@maidenheadsalvationarmy and Subscribe and you will be notified when we go Live on Sunday morning, shortly before 10:30am. Or head on over to the Channel on Sunday morning and the Live video should appear at the top of the Page.
If you're unable to join us in-person on Sunday morning, then we look forward to you joining us this way instead.
Worship Today – 20 April 2025
Easter Sunday Breakfast (pre-booked) @ 8:30am
Easter Sunday Celebration @ 10:30am
Led by Captain Rob Westwood-Payne
Followed by refreshments in the Hub
Next Sunday – 27 April 2025
Sunday Celebration @ 10:30am
Led by Corps Sergeant Major Rob Molloy
Followed by refreshments in the Hub
This Week (commencing 21 April 2025)
Monday
Easter Bank Holiday
Tuesday
9:30am-12:30pm. Hub Community Café & Community Kitchen
Wednesday
7:30-8:30pm. Growth Group online
Thursday
9:30am-12:30pm. Hub Community Café & Community Kitchen
No Songster Practice
No Band Practice
Friday
9:00am-12 noon. Pop Up Charity Shop and Coffee Morning
9:30-10:00am. Prayer Meeting in the Boiler Room and online
Saturday
Coming Events
Noticeboard
Please take note that there are events within the region and within the UK that are open to all. Please check out the noticeboard for details.
Growth Group Online.
Why not join us in the New Year? Growth Group online meets each week on Wednesday at 7:30pm via Zoom. Everyone is welcome. You don't have to have been to Growth Group online before, and you don't need to be a member of Maidenhead Salvation Army.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/93963988634?pwd=L2JsNzRtc21ORndNL2RFRyt6RDAxZz09
Meeting ID: 939 6398 8634
Passcode: 064413
Exploring Leadership Day. 2025.
Saturday 26 April 2025 @ William Booth College, London.
An event for all ages to celebrate together and explore spiritual leadership, officership, vocation and ministry. There will be an All-age Celebration start to the day (there’s a Children & Youth programme running), a CAFÉ in the Hub with opportunity for Conversation about Calling, a MARKET PLACE (all aspects of Ministry featured), a PRAYER ROOM (for all to engage in), with a final Sending Out CELEBRATION! The Day runs from 9.00 am – 6.00pm with registration open at 08:45am.
To book your tickets @ meal options please click on the link below.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-leadership-day-2025-tickets-1178737378229
Shower Facilities.
For health and safety reasons (we cannot always supervise the area if we are working elsewhere in the building) and safeguarding (we will soon be sharing the toilets and showers at the rear with DHQ staff). The use of the shower facilities have had to be restricted to:
Sundays: 12:30pm-1:00pm (i.e. when we are serving Community Kitchen)
Tuesdays: 10:00am-12 noon
Thursdays: 10:15-11:15am
You can allow access to the shower outside of these times, if and only if you are able to personally supervise the area whilst it is in use.
Together 2025
Join us for Together 2025 (11-13 July) at the ICC Birmingham for a weekend of worship, teaching, commitment and celebration themed Mission 160; From Generation to Generation. Guests include General Lyndon Buckingham and Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham and the Canadian Staff Songsters.
Anyone connected to The Salvation Army is welcome and there will be space for all the family. Tickets go on sale at 10am on 25 April - for more details on tickets, accommodation and travel information, please visit and bookmark salvationist.org.uk
Family Matters
David Woodcock
We give thanks for the life of David Woodcock, who was promoted to Glory in the early hours of Sat 22 March. David’s committal service will take place on Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 1pm at Breakspear Crematorium in Ruislip, followed by refreshments at Hillingdon Borough Corps, 16b Cowley Road, Uxbridge UB8 2LT. There will be a Service of Thanksgiving at Maidenhead Citadel on 6th July 2025 – time to be confirmed. Please continue to pray for Christine, Anthony & Darren, along with family and friends at this time.
John Renouf has kindly offered to drive the minibus for anyone wanting a lift to David’s funeral in Ruislip. Geoff Temple has also offered to take people in his car, as he has space for a couple of passengers. Please speak to John or Geoff directly to make the necessary arrangements.
Dates for the Diary …
April 2025
20 April - 8:30am. Easter Sunday Breakfast
10:30am. Easter Sunday Celebration
26 April - 9:00am. Exploring Leadership Day @ William Booth College
27 April - 3:00pm. Installation of our New Divisional Leaders @ Basingstoke Corps
May 2025
3 May - 10:00am. Craft Day
5 May - Early May Bank Holiday
6 May - 1:00pm. Funeral Service for David Woodcock @ Breakspear Crematorium followed by refreshments at Hillingdon Borough Corps
11 May - 10:30am. 2nd Sunday Celebration followed by Corps Lunch
26 May - Spring Bank Holiday
30 May - 9:00am. Pop Up Shop & Coffee Morning
Save the Dates
YP Anniversary – Change of date
Our YP Anniversary has moved dates from 13 July to 22 June, both to accommodate the Together 2025 Congress and our special. We look forward to celebrating our Young People and the many blessings they bring to our corps family.
September 2026
As you may be aware, 2026 marks our 140th Anniversary, and we plan to have a number of special events throughout our anniversary year. The first one booked into our corps diary is the visit of the International Staff Songsters on Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 September 2026. Keep an eye out for further events happening in our 140th anniversary year!
Please save the dates in your diary’s – we look forward to seeing you!
Captain’s Log - 16 March
Finding Hope in the Resurrection
As we gather this Easter weekend, we stand again at the threshold of Christianity's most profound mystery. The empty tomb that changed everything. Our Good Friday worship will lead us through the darkness of Calvary, whilst our Easter Sunday Celebration will burst with the radiant hope of resurrection.
Resurrection offers not just historical truth but living hope amidst life's deepest valleys. Christ's triumph over death becomes our anchor when storms of doubt, grief, and uncertainty threaten to overwhelm.
Takeaways:
1. The resurrection provides a "living hope”. Not wishful thinking, but active confidence grounded in Christ's victory over death.
2. Our present sufferings, viewed through resurrection's lens, become temporary shadows rather than permanent realities.
3. Faith tested by fire emerges more precious than gold, revealing God's redemptive presence even in our darkest moments.
How might we embody resurrection hope? This week, identify one situation where despair feels overwhelming. Each morning, intentionally declare: "This circumstance is not beyond the power that raised Christ from the dead." Then take one small, faithful step forward, trusting the same power works within you.
The empty tomb speaks a timeless truth. Death never has the final word. As we worship together this weekend, may we become living testimonies that hope persists, love endures, and new beginnings await all who trust in the Risen Lord.
With Easter Joy.
Rob Westwood-Payne
Captain
Commanding Officer
Livestreaming - You can find, like and follow our new Facebook page. If you're unable to join us in-person on a Sunday morning or your family and friends want to catch up with us later in the day or week, then this is the way to go.
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(Photo by Jack Sharp on Unsplash)
Territorial Prayer Network - Points for prayer from Prayer Matters.
SUNDAY 20 APRIL: HOLY WEEK – EASTER SUNDAY
Your resurrection
(Prayer based on Moments of Meditation Easter resource at www.salvationist.org.uk/easterresources)
MONDAY 21 April: SHARING THE GOOD NEWS
East Midlands Division – Retirements
TUESDAY 22 April: SERVING AND CARING
Addiction Services – Harm reduction training
(Major Will Pearson, Assistant Director, Addictions Department)
WEDNESDAY 23 April: GROWING IN FAITH
Easter Music Course (21-27 April)
(Stephanie Lamplough, Assistant Director, Music and Creative Arts)
THURSDAY 24 April: INTERNATIONAL SALVATION ARMY
India Central Territory
(Information from www.salvationarmy.org)
FRIDAY 25 April: JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION
Disability, access and belonging
(Lyndall Bywater, UKI Boiler Room Team)
SATURDAY 26 April: CARE FOR CREATION
Farming and thankfulness
We drive our tractors daily but do not scatter seed;
We drill seeds into soil instead, which gives them all they need.
The sun and rain alternate, and adequately give
To provide all we need, and enable us to live.
He gives us skill and knowledge of what is bad and good,
So we can use it carefully while growing all our food.
We grow crops in rotation, thus husbanding the soil,
And it will still reward us for giving of our toil.
We drive a combine harvester which cuts and threshes grain,
Instead of binding sheaves which are then at risk of rain.
With sun, the grain is drier, and goes direct to store,
So there will be no shortage, which we are thankful for.
God will send us weather, but we must care for the environment, and all that is, on land and in the sea. (Wesley Paxton, Lockerbie Corps)
Do you have a prayer request? Please email us, use the prayer request box on our reception desk in The Hub, or speak to a member of the leadership team.
Our Christian faith encourages us to do what we can to support those in need in our community:
TUESDAY
09:30-12:30 Community Kitchen
Drop in for a free hot drink and snack and then takeaway a hot lunch, fresh fruit and drink. Available to the homeless and those in need. We are usually also able to provide a hot shower and assist with food parcels, some clothing and issue Foodshare Maidenhead vouchers.
THURSDAY
09:30-12:30 Community Kitchen
Drop in for a free hot drink and snack and then takeaway a hot lunch, fresh fruit and drink. Available to the homeless and those in need. We are usually also able to provide a hot shower and assist with food parcels, some clothing and issue Foodshare Maidenhead vouchers.
SUNDAY
12:30-13:00 Community Kitchen
Drop in for hot food, fresh fruit and drink. Available to the homeless and those in need.
(Photo by Aaron Doucett on Unsplash)
Most of the food we provide to people is donated by you, so your donation is vital to our work. You can donate dried and tinned goods such as cereal, soup, pasta, rice, tinned vegetables, tinned fruit, pasta sauces, tinned meat, tea, coffee, biscuits and UHT milk or non-food items such as toiletries and hygiene products at our Hall in East Road, SL6 1PJ, usually every Tuesday and Thursday between 9:30am-12:30pm. If you want to ensure we are open, please call 01628 625914.
Thank you for supporting us.
LAST FRIDAY IN THE MONTH (EXCEPT AUGUST & DECEMBER)
09:00-12:00 CHARITY POP-UP SHOP
Tons of NEW CLOTHES WITH TAGS, VINTAGE, Preloved, TOYS, Games, Bric-à-brac, Books, DVDs and MORE - You can buy teas, coffee and cake
FREE ENTRY & FREE PARKING
(Photo by Perry Merrity II on Unsplash)
For our monthly pop-up Charity Shop and community work, you can donate good quality clothes, shoes (paired) and accessories, sleeping bags, towels, homeware such as bric-a-brac and kitchen items, books, CDs, or toys at our Hall in East Road, SL6 1PJ, on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9:30am-12:30pm. If these times are not convenient, please call 01628 625914 to make an appointment.
Please note that due to restricted storage space we no longer accept jigsaws, linens such as curtains and fabrics, DVDs, and rugs for resale or reuse.
In addition, we are unable to accept duvets, pillows, "rags", electrical items, and furniture for resale or reuse.
Please be considerate of our neighbours by not leaving donations outside of our building when it is closed.
A collection service is available on request ONLY for those unable to travel to our building.
For recycling, we can also accept all clothing that's clean and wearable (including underwear), footwear (paired), bags, belts, hats, scarves, and gloves, towels, bed linen and blankets.
We are unable to recycle duvets, pillows, any stuffed items, curtains, rugs, toys, "rags", electrical items, and furniture.
Please place recycling in our recycling bank on our car park. This is available 24/7.
People who freely give of their time and talents to us make a huge contribution to the work we do.
In terms of community work, we have a Community Lunch that provides hot takeaway meals to the homeless and those in need that requires volunteers on Sundays (after our church worship meeting) from around 12 noon to 1:30pm.
We also run a Hub Community Cafe (open to the public) and Community Kitchen (providing hot takeaway meals to the homeless and those in need) on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with volunteers working from around 9:15am to 12:45pm.
If you are interested in either of these opportunities, then please email us at maidenhead@salvationarmy.org.uk, and if we have any current vacancies we'll arrange a time for you to come in and have a chat with me.
We value diversity and encourage volunteers of all ages and abilities from all sections of the community. However, we can only accept applications from prospective volunteers who live in the UK and Ireland and have the right to work and/or volunteer in the UK and Ireland.
Unfortunately we don’t offer sponsorship for voluntary roles.
Maidenhead Salvation Army offers a great location and comprehensive facilities at surprising rates. If you're looking for a conference venue, rehearsal rooms, a concert hall or meeting room, whether for a one-off event or for a regular activity, Maidenhead Salvation Army could be just what you need. Please email maidenhead@salvationarmy.org.uk for booking enquiries.
- Central Maidenhead location
- 150 Seated Auditorium
- 100 Seated Community Room
- Meeting Rooms
- Full In-House Audio-Visual facilities
- Grand Piano
- Excellent Acoustics
- Coffee Hub
Our current charges are:
- Main Hall (seats around 130 people with access to a stage/lectern, sound and multimedia equipment): £25.00 per hour.
- Community Hall (seats up to 60 people, tables available): £20.00 per hour.
- Prayer/Quiet Room (for one-on-one meetings): £15.00 per hour.
- Kitchen (counter top boiler, oven, microwave, crockery and cutlery available): £5.00 per hour (please bring own food and drink).
- Toilet facilities (included disabled toilet): Included.
As you may know, a Salvation Army Hall is primarily a church for the worship of God and as such, all activities conducted must be in accordance with Salvation Army principles and policies, in particular: no alcohol, smoking, gambling or similar activities. Please confirm your proposed hire of our premises does not include these activities.
If you would like to look round, then please let me know. I am almost always available on Tuesday and Thursday mornings between 9:30am-12:30pm but can also meet by appointment at other times.
If you wish to proceed, then the next step will be for me to draw up a Licence Agreement (a legally binding contract that protects the interests of both parties) in the name of an individual or company in respect of your group for signature prior to the event.
Monetary Donations
The Salvation Army works with some of the most vulnerable people in society. As we face the worst public health crisis in our lifetime, people on the margins need us now more than ever.
From running food banks and checking up on people who live alone, to offering counselling and supporting NHS isolation units, The Salvation Army is responding to the crisis in dozens of different ways.
Please click the button below and visit our Justgiving page. Help us support as many people as possible.
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