Richmond Park Church is what is sometimes known as a "happy clappy" church!! We do indeed sing our praise songs (modern hymns) along to the music of a guitar, keyboard, trombone, and drums, sometimes clapping along, and a couple of people even shake a tambourine! No organs or pews or stained glass windows for us! With have chairs set in rows, or sometimes in a big circle; an overhead projector beams the words of our songs onto a screen, we don't have hymn books; we don't have prayer books either - people pray out loud when they feel able to, from where they are standing or sitting. Sometimes some of the ladies dance to the songs, using expressive hand movements, or waving flags. Sometimes before the sermon a bunch of amateur dramatists will invade the stage to act out their five minute interpretation of a Bible story or theme! Sometimes they use puppets!

richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset UK