Jane Henderson leads a group of eight 13-18 year olds from a variety of backgrounds. Most are on a journey to faith and some are entirely new to church. The group eats bread, discusses a topic, breaks bread and prays, and then clears up. They now use an adapted version of Soulspace for their closing worship. Soulspace for them involves lighting some candles, discussing three questions to reflect on what…
Steph, the pioneer minister, launched a Cafe Soulspace as pilot in September 2025. Nearly everyone from the well-established cafe comes, an average of about 20 people a week. At first about half of these were were not regularly attending church, but that proportion dropped to about a third by December, reflecting the changing balance of those at the cafe. They plan to do more in the New Year to attract people…
In Milton Damerel, a collection of hamlets in north Devon, the parish church was ‘non-operational.’ It had no PCC, no Church Warden and no regular worship. The Rector of the Benefice, Mark James, and some lay people planned a re-launch on Palm Sunday 2025. They discovered Soulspace and thought it might work better than the celebration service they had in mind. At 4.30 pm they welcomed 14 people, five churchgoers, five…
40-50 people attend St Peter’s weekly Top-up Shop, where they can buy groceries at subsidized prices. Sue, a lay leader, was hesitant about introducing Soulspace, but when she did in autumn 2025 she found that people loved it. Lunch starts at 12.30, Soulspace follows for 25 minutes at 1.00, and at 2.30 the shop opens. 8-10 people attend Soulspace, mostly churchgoers but some not. They have used all the themes,…
Wendy describes how she uses Soulspace in an outreach group where people share life together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZicTJsnx80
Daniel and Juliet describe their surprise at Soulspace’s appeal to people who aren’t churchgoers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm8cfrsymGw