Privacy Policy

At Pontefract Congregational Church we collect different types of information about our users for the following main reasons:

To provide a useful resource in the form of an online directory of users.
To provide an interactive website where email is used to communicate with the users.
To provide a security mechanism whereby we can restrict content to certain groups of users.
To help us to improve the service we offer.

Our principles

We are absolutely committed to protecting your privacy. Our policy can be summarised in one sentence: we will not share your information with others without your consent.

We have established the following two principles:

We will respect your email privacy. You will only receive email from Pontefract Congregational Church in relation to areas you have expressly signed up for.
We will not share any individual user details (including your email address) to any third party without your consent.

What information do we collect?

We collect information on our users through registration.

The minimum information we need to register a user is your first and last name and a password. We also ask for some further, voluntary information so we can provide a richer, more useful address book.

Who will have access to your information?

You have control over who is able to access specific items of information. By default your personal information will be visible to other authenticated users of the site. You can change these settings from your personal profile page. Your information will be used to build the online address book and show your birthday in the Pontefract Congregational Church calendar.

What else you should know about privacy

Remember to close your browser when you have finished your user session. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or internet cafe. You as an individual are responsible for the security of, and access to, your own computer.

Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information over the internet that this information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information in publicly accessible online forums, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your usernames and passwords and any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are using the internet.

Our pages may contain links to other websites, and you should be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices on other websites.

We use Stripe for payment, analytics, and other business services. Stripe collects identifying information about the devices that connect to its services. Stripe uses this information to operate and improve the services it provides to us, including for fraud detection. You can learn more about Stripe and read its privacy policy at https://stripe.com/privacy.

Any Questions?

Hello and welcome to our church. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
Click here to see more.

Visitors click here.

Planning your Visit

A Warm Hello

mitchell-leach-OoaoPYz-E3M-uns The following information is specifically for those planning a visit, so that you know, beforehand, what to expect on Sundays. Both services are also Zoomed - if that's a more helpful way for you to engage, please contact us for the details.

Where and When

We meet at the Church Building (details here) for our Sunday Services starting at 10:45am and 6:00pm. For your first visit, we recommend arriving 10-15 minutes early to ensure you get a parking space and find somewhere to sit before the service begins. When you arrive, you should be greeted by someone on our Welcome Team who will offer you hymn books and a Bible.

Accessibility: There is wheelchair access, and a sound loop installed. Toilets, including a disabled toilet, are across in the church hall.

Our Morning Service

The service begins at 10:45am with a warm welcome from the person leading the service. We will then sing and pray and hear the Bible being read and then listen to a message preached from the Bible. After the sermon we usually share in what is known as the Lord's Supper or Communion - a sharing in bread and wine to remember the death of Jesus in our place (we use gluten-free bread and non-alcoholic wine). Once a month we close the service after the sermon with refreshments and an opportunity to stay and chat informally.

Our Evening Service

The service begins at 6pm is similar in format to the morning service. We share in the Lord's Supper on one evening each month.

What about my kids?

During term-time we run a Creche and a Sunday School for children up to Year 6 during the morning sermon time (these meet over in the Church Hall). For more information about what happens in the children's work please visit the Children's Ministry page.

Children stay with their parent or grown-up at the start of the service for the welcome, songs and notices. We really value worshipping God all together as a family. Children leave for Creche and Sunday School just before the sermon, generally during the third hymn. If you’re a visitor and you’d like to accompany your child to Sunday School, you’d be very welcome to do so. Please pick your children up as soon as the service finishes.

Getting Connected

While Sundays provide a wonderful opportunity to meet new people, it's often in smaller gatherings where deeper connections are formed. We host prayer meetings and small groups where we come together in homes to study the Bible and pray. Joining these groups offers a chance to forge new friendships, share experiences, and provide mutual support. Please feel free to reach out via the contact form below for more information. We'd be delighted to welcome you.

Get in touch with us to plan your visit

If you would like to come and visit the church beforehand you are more than welcome! Get in touch and we can arrange a time that suits you.

Name:

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Comments / Questions or anything you would like to say?

Next, we will contact you by email to say hello and help arrange anything necessary for your visit.