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Welcome to the website of
​Brookdale Church in Ilfracombe. 

Due to current restrictions things are a bit different, but thanks to technology we will do the best we can. Below are links to this Sundays Live YouTube Broadcast, Wednesdays Church Night meeting and Let's read through the gospel of Matthew together.
There are also live Zoom broadcasts for TGI and Bible Class. Please see the closed social media groups for details of joining these sessions.
Click Here to join the Sunday morning worship at 10.30am
Although these restrictions are not ideal, it is right for us to respect them, and combined with what we will continue to do for a morning service, it is a significant step towards normality, albeit still far away! Thank you for your cooperation on this. I hope to see some of you on Sunday evening.
2 Samuel
Each Monday, Wednesday and Friday we are continuing to work through the book of 2 Samuel. Questions to reflect on will be sent out at the start of each of these days, and several of us meet on Zoom in the evenings at 7.30pm to discuss them. Please join us if you can, use Meeting ID: 8313 839 2937 or link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83138392937
​Last week, we started an online Christianity Explored course. If you missed this, but are interested, please get in touch with Jonathan as we’d like you to join us. Meanwhile, we would like to encourage everyone to pray for this important work.
Last week, we started our Marriage Refreshment course. If you missed the first, you would still be very welcome to join us on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88301567469 or use Meeting ID: 883 0156 7469.
 
The course is based on Tim Keller's 'The Meaning of Marriage'.  It is a 6 week course that we plan to do each Tuesday at 8pm, and we aim to keep each session within an hour.  Each session will include a video and a chance to discuss, but nobody will be put on the spot or required to speak to everyone.
 
Please pray for this course.  Marriage has been devalued in our society, but the Bible shows us that our marriages have great value, so let us pray that this course helps our marriages to strengthen and give glory to God.

Click Here to Join Church Night - Every Wednesday 8.00-8:30pm. 

This week's Church Night will be a Members meeting. Although we can't meet in person, we would still like to have a meeting for members to provide various updates and plans etc Wednesday, 24th June at 8pm on Zoom:
The meeting ID and password for this meeting can be requested from jonathansmith.brookdale@live.co.uk
During the lockdown, Brookdale Church has by no means stopped, and we have indeed been very active. We have had live services on Sunday mornings on YouTube, various meetings on Zoom almost every day, and lots of love and care shown among ourselves through the means available to us. One thing that we haven’t been able to do is to physically meet together due to the lockdown restrictions. From the 4th July, meeting together for religious services is allowed, but with many restrictions. As a leadership, the elders and deacons have discussed the various options, and at least for this Sunday, this is what we propose: 10.30am Morning Service – live on YouTube only (as during full lockdown) 6.30pm Evening Service – in the Brookdale Church building (with restrictions to make it ‘COVID secure’) The evening service will be a very different service to a normal service, but is a chance to do what so many of us have been aching to do – meet together. Here is a summary of some of the restrictions we will follow:  
●   There will be no singing in the service 
●   Members of different households will be seated separately at an appropriate distance apart 
●   We would encourage anyone showing symptoms of COVID-19 or those who are deemed at greater risk, including those in their 70's and above, to not attend 
●   All attendees should use the provided hand sanitizer on entry and observe the one way system that will be in place 
●   If queuing is necessary, a 2 metre distance should be observed between members of different households, and similarly, 2 metres should be kept between people within the building 
●   We are required to keep a record of attendees for Track and Trace purposes. These records will be kept for 21 days, after which they will be destroyed. Within these circumstances, your attendance will be consent for this.
●   We would encourage ​you to wear a face covering
The Risk Assessment for reopening can be download here
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Please look around the site to learn more about us. 
​If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. 
Even better, come along to one of our Sunday services at 10.30 am and 6.30 pm,
or one of our other many activities.

​Who we are...

Brookdale Church is a local group of Christians – that is to say, ordinary people who have put their trust in Jesus and what he did on the cross.  We think God is amazing, and love to come together to Worship Him and hear from His Word, the Bible.  We also are keen to share with other people how great God is, and let people know the good news that anyone who puts their trust in Jesus* will be forgiven and will be friends with God.
* To find out more about what it means to trust in Jesus, take a look at the ‘What we believe’ page, or take a look at this presentation on another website:  Two ways to live
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Our Pastor

Jonathan is married to Lorraine, and they have 4 children.  He enjoys music, sport and talking about almost anything!

Our Pastoral Care worker & Biblical Counsellor

Miriam studied biblical counselling with the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation from 2011 to 2015 completing the Foundations of Biblical Counselling, Topics in Biblical Counseling and Counseling Skills and practice certificates.
In 2016 Miriam was accepted onto Biblical Counselling UK’s 2 year Church Based Intern Scheme and began working at Brookdale to develop a biblical counselling approach to ministry.
Following the internship Brookdale employed her full time  to continue the work as a pastoral care worker and biblical counsellor. 

https://www.ccef.org/school/
https://www.biblicalcounselling.org.uk/intern-scheme/
Find us on:
Brookdale Church, Brookdale Avenue, Ilfracombe, Devon
EX34 8DB
01271 863411
​​jonathansmith.brookdale@live.co.uk