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After the deacon left, Mr Sweeting often held services himself at the almost empty church, and asked part-time preachers to hold services every Sunday. On one particular Sunday seven years ago, he asked Pastor John to hold a service, and both hit it off immediately. Since, with Mr Sweeting as his right-hand man, the duo transformed the church to one facing imminent closure to welcoming more than 100 worshippers every week, with a large Sunday school and a youth group. The church is now also famed for ‘Carols Under The Arch’, which welcomes more than one thousand visitors each year, and has served hundreds of families with a variety of community services.