Our Church

Our Church

Willowdale Chapel is a nondenominational church founded in 1956. From our humble roots, we've grown to be a thriving body of 1,500 people. Today we are one church in two locations, with campuses in Kennett Square and Jennersville. We're passionate about Jesus and his Gospel, which offers the grace we all need every day. Whether they're longtime followers of Christ or just trying to figure it out for the first time, we love meeting people where they are and helping them grow in their faith.

Our Ministries

Our Ministries

We have all the core ministries that most churches have — children, youth and adult small groups — along with some "specialty" ministries that meet particular needs we sometimes face. Three of those — Celebrate Recovery, Re|engage (marriage) and Special Needs — offer distinctive help for some during the biggest challenges of their lives.

Our Outreach

Our Outreach

God intends to make all things new. That's why he sends us into the world with a gospel that touches—and begins to transform—all of life. Thus our Outreach Ministries are built on three pillars: Gospel Proclamation, Serving our Neighbors and Advocating for the Vulnerable. We organize around these key priorities to give full expression to God's love for the world.

Christmas at Willowdale

CURRENT TEACHING SERIES

Campfire Christmas

Personal Encounters with Jesus 

There’s a pair of words you might not have put together before: “Campfire” and “Christmas.” Aren’t they rather opposite? Campfires are for any season but winter. And Christmas is when we put up our trees, not burn them down! So what do campfires have to do with Christmas?

Well, for one, we can roast chestnuts on them; that’s certainly Christmasy. And at Christmas, the word became flesh and pitched his tent among us (John 1:14); that sounds “campy.” But even more, campfires and Christmas have this in common: They are times and places for storytelling. We gather around both campfires and Christmas dinner tables to tell memorable tales of meaningful moments. 

So this holiday season we’re going to mash up campfires and Christmas, and tell stories of Christ’s coming to us. We’ll share some of our own personal testimonies as well as those of Bible characters who found Christ’s arrival to be life-changing. Our hope is that by recalling the past, we’ll stimulate a heart in the present that says, “O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel.”

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE TIMES