The church also runs Breakfast Church, a fortnightly contemporary service that meets in the church hall, and runs alongside the traditional service taking place in the church. After a cooked breakfast – usually a sausage sandwich, with tea or coffee – families will engage in songs, a talk, prayers, and other activities.

Rev Bruce Watson, the newly-appointed Pioneer Minister of Warblington with Emsworth parish, says, “Because we advertise through local schools and through our website and social media, we’ve managed to make this an easy way for people who are not currently connected to our church to come and start engaging with our church family.

“Because of the growth, particularly of Breakfast Church, we’re looking at options to grow these new communities, as we don’t want to see new families put off from coming. The hope is that we see some of these families coming along to other events, such as carols services. These services are a point of entry, signposting to some of the other services we provide.”

Both of these services reflect the heart and aim of Growing Faith, the national Church of England movement that aims for churches, schools and families to work together to help to create young disciples.