Welcome to Oakwood Chapel!

For a brief introduction to the Chapel, including a summary of our beliefs, who we are and what we do, read our welcome page.

Where we are

Oakwood Chapel is an Independent Evangelical Church in the Little Parndon area of Harlow, Essex, in the UK. Our address is:     Oakwood Chapel     Hobtoe Road     Harlow     Essex     CM20 1TH A detailed road map showing where we are can be found at Streetmap.co.uk. The smaller scale map here shows where we are in relation to the centre of Harlow, other nearby towns (Bishop's Stortford, Hertford & Cheshunt), motorways (M11 & M25) and Stanstead Airport.

Oakwood Chapel: Little Parndon

We are affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC). The core beliefs of the FIEC are summarised in its basis of faith. Churches affiliated to the FIEC share those beliefs.

Our regular meetings are outlined below. For more information about these, and other meetings happening in the next three months, take a look at our monthly calendar, which is updated monthly.

Regular meetings

• First Sunday of month:
  • 11:00 - First Sunday (family service)
  • 18:30 - Evening service, including communion
• All other Sundays:
  • 11:00 - Morning Service, including Acorn club (for primary age children) and including communion (2nd and 4th Sundays of the month)
  • 16:30 - Tetris for secondary school age children (term-time)
  • 18:30 - Evening service, including communion (3rd and 5th Sundays of the month)
• Monday:
  • 14:30 - Hare Street ladies' meeting (alternate weeks)
  • 19:45 - Elders' meeting (monthly)
• Tuesday:
  • 19:30 - Home prayer meeting
  • 19:30 - Discussion Bible study (last week of the month)
• Wednesday:
  • 13:30 - Midweek break lunch & informal Bible study (alternate weeks)
• Friday:
  • 19:30 - Open House (informal fellowship with the opportunity for Bible study & discussion)
• Saturday:
  • 09:00 - Prayer meeting
  • 10:00 - Work morning (grass mowing, hedge trimming, painting, decorating, etc.) (last week of the month)

One day, we might have a page describing the history of the Chapel. We celebrated the 50th anniversary (in September 2007) of the church work being started, although the main building wasn't opened for another five years, in 1962.

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