Who are we?

An assortment of Christians from the Charnwood Forest area of Leicestershire, England. We are from a number of different church types ("Denominations") though some have no particular Church affiliation. Some have been Christians for many years while others have just started to explore the teachings of Christ. Our meetings, which are informal, include prayer and study of the Bible with discussions about our faith and how it informs our daily lives.

We have no written constitution and no explicit geographical limits!





The Advent Course is, "A Strange Christmas" by Krish Kandiah. What could be more familiar than Christmas? And yet... what could be stranger than God's plan for salvation?


28th November, "Strange Wait" at the Methodist Church, Woodhouse Eaves - leader Gary

5th December, "Strange Worship" at St Leonard's Church, Swithland - leader Hilary

12th December, "Strange Welcome" at the Methodist Church, Woodhouse Eaves - leader Gary

19th December, "Strange Wisdom" at St Leonard's Church, Swithland - leader Hilary

PLEASE NOTE: ALL MEETINGS AT THE EARLIER TIME OF 2.30pm.

The New Year Course will be, "The Prayers of Jesus - Hearing His Heartbeat" by Peter Hicks. Also everyone is invited to bring one prayer each week - either self written or from a book of prayers - so that week by week through January we can 'pray in' the New Year.


2nd January, "Abba Father", at the Methodist Church, Woodhouse Eaves - leader Jerry

9th January, "Prayers Jesus Didn't Pray", at St Leonard's Church, Swithland - leader Gary

16th January, "The Lord's Prayer" at the Methodist Church, Woodhouse Eaves - leader Hilary

23rd January, "Blessing" at St Leonard's Church, Swithland - leader Chris

30th January, "Praying for Joy" at the Methodist Church, Woodhouse Eaves, leader Gary

WE RETURN TO OUR USUAL MEETING TIME OF 7.15pm for 7.30pm

Make contact

To contact CITF, please email Gary Lee at garyhlee87@gmail.com

Other information

Shrove Tuesday Lectures: The 2020 and 2021 Shrove Tuesday lectures had to be cancelled because of Covid but here are a couple that are available on line:

  • In 2019 Prof. Clive Marsh talked about Faith and Politics in Practice - how what we believe connects with how we vote. You can see it on You Tube here
  • In 2018 Rev Prof Frances Young OBE FBA, was titled The Historical Jesus and the Christ of Faith for today’s church. Watch it on You Tube here

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Information on some regular activities of local Churches can be found on our Other information page.