The story of Norbury Church can be traced all the way back to the doomsday book, with Christians worshipping in this area for hundreds of years, but we moved into our current site in 1834.
With nearly 150 years of history behind us Norbury Church continues to be a thriving Anglican community situated at the heart of Hazel Grove. We continue to meet, pray and worship together each week with the desire to see the love of God transform our local community.
We would describe ourselves as a Modern Anglican Church, but don’t worry about the label, whoever you are whatever your story you are more than welcome to come and join us on a Sunday or at one of our other community events.
Our Vision and Mission
Norbury Church is a local parish church situated on the A6 in Hazel Grove and our vision is to be a thriving church family that is drawn together by love. In John 3: 16, the Bible explains that: God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. We want every person in Hazel Grove to know and experience that love.
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Our Values
These values will guide the fulfillment of our vision and mission. Together they form an ‘ecology’ of the fulness of life, each interplay with all the others. They are:
Peace
We believe that Jesus is the prince of Peace and we are called to be peacemakers in a broken world.
It is our aim to be reconciled to God, reconciled to each other, and reconciled to the world. To do this we believe we need to become peacemakers in our community. Thus in all, we say and do we will look to break down any division and create harmony between people.
We want our worship to promote peace, encourage inclusion, and demonstrate God’s love for all people.
Wholeness
We believe that God cares for all in our community. We want to be a community that cares for all people no matter if they have faith or none. We want to demonstrate a community of diversity and inclusion and to do this all people need to feel welcomed and loved.
We also believe that God gave us the world and in line with the 5th Mark of Mission, we strive to care for creation. We do this through engaging with the Eco Church scheme and by educating our congregation about more sustainable means of living.
We want to be a community of whole-life disciples and therefore are dedicated to excellence in worship which does not intimidate but encourages all people to participate in a life of discipleship and faith.
Hope
We believe that the message of the Gospel is hope for all people.
We are therefore called to live out that hope in our community.
We are called together to demonstrate the hope we have for the love of God for everyone.
