What are you praying for your church to be like in 30 years’ time?
That’s the question Moorlands Church in Lancaster asked the children in their congregation. A slide into the baptism pool and people arriving on hoverboards were some of the more imaginative answers. Other answers included: “Still love listening to Jesus” (Gus, 3); “Keep singing lovely songs about Jesus” (Jemimah, 6); and to “Keep growing for the right reason so that the good news of Jesus’ salvation will go out to all the world” (Hannah, 13).
Their answers were sealed in a time capsule that was buried as part of the celebrations of Moorlands Church’s 20th anniversary weekend on 28–29 June 2025. Over the two days, the church and alumni reflected on answered prayers in growing them from 12 people in 2005 to over 250 people who meet each Sunday morning to hear God speak through the teaching of the Bible.
