Croydon Central Deanery
Croydon, Emmanuel
Parish Contacts
Rev Trevor Mapstone (Vicar)
33 Hurst Way
South Croydon
Surrey
CR2 7AP
Tel: 020 8688 6676
E-mail: tmapstone@emmanuelcroydon.org.uk
Rev Sarah Fenby
(Senior
Curate - St Francis, Monks Hill)
146 Tedder Road
South Croydon
Surrey CR2 8AH
Tel: 020 8657 7864
E-mail: sfenby@emmanuelcroydon.org.uk
Rev Bridget Shepherd
(Assistant Curate)
12 Hurst View Road
South Croydon
Surrey CR2 7AG
Tel: 020 8688 6676
E-mail: bridget@emmanuelcroydon.org.uk
Church Office
Emmanuel Church
Normanton Road
South Croydon
Surrey
CR2 7AF
Tel: 020 8688 6676
Parish website: www.emmanuelcroydon.org.uk
Sunday Services
9.30am A lively, all-age, informal service using the best in modern worship songs. This service has crèche facilities for the under 3s, and there are children’s groups up to school year 9 in the Church Hall. (First Sunday of the month there is an all-age communion for the whole family.)
11.00am A traditional service of worship, teaching and prayer with psalms, some of the best modern hymns and biblical preaching relevant to everyday life.
6:30 pm An informal, evening service of contemporary worship, relevant biblical preaching and prayer ministry in order to help people engage with God.
Other Services
Monday Service
Messy Church is for 3 to 8 year olds and their parents, grandparents and carers. It meets on the second Monday of every month, 3.30 -5.30pm, in church. It includes a short, family friendly service, followed by games, activities and crafts in the church hall, finishing with a hot meal for all the children. Messy Church is fun, informal, noisy and very popular! Younger and older siblings are also very welcome.
Messy Church Extra takes place on the fourth Monday of the month from 3.30 – 4.30pm and includes refreshments followed by a short, family friendly service.
Further details of all Sunday and weekday services and activities may be obtained from the parish contacts
Information
Tradition: Open
Evangelical
Patron: Trustees
Population (2001
census): 5,952
Urban Priority Area: No
Deanery: Croydon Central
Archdeaconry: Croydon
Episcopal Area: Croydon
Diocesan Record Office: Surrey History Centre
Introduction to parish
Emmanuel is a large, active church in suburban South Croydon. By having three Sunday services and Messy Church on 2nd and 4th Monday of the month, Emmanuel caters for a range of styles of worship, from contemporary to contemplative, with a choir and two music groups. Many church and young people's groups meet during the week.
For more information see our website, which is updated weekly: www.emmanuelcroydon.org.uk
Details of Church
Built: 1899
Architect: T Roger Smith
Benefactors: Alice and Mary Watney
Not listed
The church consists of the traditional nave, aisles, chancel and west narthex. There is a clergy vestry to the north of the chancel. The choir vestry and entrance porch to the south of the chancel built in 1956 were demolished in 2000 to make way for a new extension. The millennium extension built to the south of the chancel, consists of the Watney Room, Church Offices, Foyer / Coffee Bar, Toilets, Disabled Toilet and Youth Basement Room. The church halls are in a separate complex to the west of the church.