Midweek, after dark, in English.
Two evenings, both at 19:00 CET, both in English. That is the whole rhythm — deliberately small, deliberately after work.
- Tuesday
- 19:00 CET · Bible Refreshment
- Wednesday
- 19:00 CET · Revival Night
- Doors
- From 18:30 · come late if you must
A week, drawn to scale — 00:00 to 24:00
That is the whole week. Two evenings, both after work, both around ninety minutes. Everything else — the ministries, the meals, the conversations — grows out of these two hours.
TUE 19:00 · BIBLE REFRESHMENTBible Refreshment
One passage, opened slowly, in plain English.
A midweek evening around one piece of Scripture. We read it, we ask the awkward questions, and we work out what it actually means for a Tuesday in Herten. Bring a Bible or borrow one of ours — nobody is asked to read out loud.
- How long
- About 90 minutes
- Language
- English
- Children
- Welcome, own corner
- Cost
- None, ever
Revival Night
Worship, prayer and room for God to move.
Roughly ninety minutes of singing, prayer and testimony — the part of the week where people bring what is heavy and leave lighter. Loud in places, very quiet in others. You can join in or you can sit at the back and watch; both are completely fine.
- How long
- About 90 minutes
- Language
- English
- Children
- Welcome, own corner
- Cost
- None, ever
YOUR FIRST EVENING · 18:30 — 20:30Your first evening, hour by hour.
The biggest reason people never walk into a church is that they cannot picture what happens inside. So here it is, without the mystery.
- 18:30
The door is open
Come early if you would rather arrive before the room fills. Someone is always at the entrance — say it is your first time and you will be walked in, not pointed at.
- 18:50
Find a seat, any seat
Nothing is reserved. The back row is the most popular row for first visits and nobody thinks anything of it. Tea, water and a chair for your coat.
- 19:00
We begin
Singing on a Wednesday, reading on a Tuesday. You can join in or just listen. Nobody is called on, nobody is put on the spot, nobody has to introduce themselves to the room.
- 19:40
The middle
Teaching and conversation on Tuesday; prayer and testimony on Wednesday. If you want prayer you can ask; if you do not, that is completely fine and nobody follows up on it.
- 20:30
It ends — and it does not
The gathering closes around half eight. Most people stay another hour, eating and talking. You can leave at the last song and nobody will chase you down the street.
What if I come late, or leave early?
Then you come late, or you leave early. Trains run late, shifts overrun, children melt down. The back row exists for exactly this and no one looks up when the door goes.
You do not need a Bible, the right clothes, the right words, or any church history at all. Bring yourself. If you want to be invisible for one evening and just watch — do that. It is a completely respectable way to start.
Unsure? Call +49 172 4376870 and ask whatever you need to ask first.
Keep reading
- Directions to Sophienstraße 3Parking, the way in from Recklinghausen and the Ruhr area, and a form so someone meets you.
- What if I come late or leave early?Twelve honest answers about a first visit — clothes, children, money, language.
- See the room before you enter itTwelve photographs of ordinary Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in Herten.
Pick an evening. We’ll keep a chair.
Tuesday for the Bible, Wednesday for worship — or both. Send us three lines and someone will meet you at the door instead of leaving you to work out where to sit.
- When
- Tuesday + Wednesday · 19:00 CET
- Doors
- From 18:30 — come late if you must
- Where
- Sophienstraße 3 · 45699 Herten
- Cost
- None, ever