TimeLine
6 July 1931 First meeting to consider starting new church
4 Oct. 1931 First evening service held in Sanderstead Hall
1 Feb. 1932 Site bought on Sanderstead Hill
2 Nov. 1932 Children’s Church started
19 Jan. 1933 Formation of the Church at a Covenant Service
2 Feb. 1933 First Church Meeting held
16 Feb. 1933 First Election of Deacons
2 Dec. 1933 Laying of Foundation Stones
1 July 1934 First Sunday Services in new Church
Oct. 1934 Bible Reading Fellowship started
Oct. 1934 Junior Church started
4 April 1935 Church Constitution adopted
Jan. 1937 First Church manual produced (117 members)
1 Jan. 1937 Freewill Offering (envelope) Scheme adopted
26 Nov. 1938 Foundation Stones of new Hall laid
6 May 1939 New Hall opened
Sept. 1939 New Hall taken over by the military
22 Oct. 1939 Completed Church opened with 3rd manual added to organ
1942 Women’s Committee started, later known as the Women’s Council
1942 Youth Fellowship inaugurated
1946 Youth Council formed
May 1947 Social Service Committee formed
July 1951 Opening of new Sunday School at Hamsey Green
20 Sept 1959 Small Hall opened
Sept. 1959 New Over 18 Group formed
14 Feb. 1960 Morning Service televised
Mar. 1969 First Abbeyfield House became our responsibility
Jan. 1971 Coffee ‘n Chat formed
Nov. 1971 Church Visitors distribute first edition of “Community”
Dec. 1971 Request from Assisi for exchange of messages
Apr. 1972 First children’s Holiday Week
5 Oct. 1972 The United Reformed Church formed
5 May 1974 Communion Service on Radio
May Second Abbeyfield House opened
27 July 1978 Television service and dialogue
1979 Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2 May 1981 Opening of new Church Pavilion
Mar.1996 Signing of Local Ecumenical Project with St. Mary’s (C of E)
29 Jun. 1997 I.T.V. Television Service
22 May 1999 Re-union ~ Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
4 June 2000 New Vestibule dedicated
May 2007 Pews replaced with chairs
January 2018 AV system upgrade completed