To the fatherless he is a father.
To the widow he is a champion friend.
The lonely he makes part of a family.
Psalm 68: 5-6
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Fresh Start is a Ministry designed to love and support those parenting alone for any reason. We aim to provide spiritual encouragement and empathy by coming alongside individuals in their isolation as they rebuild their lives towards emotional stability and independent living in their faith with Christ.
In 2 Corinthians 1:3-5, it says, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." It is Fresh Start's vision to bless others parenting alone with the same comfort.
We are driven by a single goal: to do our part in making the world a better place by serving those who parent alone. We aim to support those parenting alone in all aspects of their life.
​We want to create a community that will empower and support individuals during their time parenting alone. We want to show that there can be a fresh start whilst parenting alone. We are a faith based Ministry and run a group we want to grow in fellowship, and faith, but we also welcome those who don't have a faith.
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Fresh Start is run by Pastory Caroline Chalkley, who is the Single Parent Pastor at New Life Bible Church London and was a single parent myself for many years. She has been running the Single Parent Ministry since 2008. Her desire is that single parents would find their hope in Christ in the season of parenting alone. She has seen her life transformed from brokenness to wholeness and wants to extend that same hope to other single parents so that they can see, in God, that their lives are made for purpose and can have a "fresh start".
Pastor Caroline with her husband Clive
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What's on
- Fresh Start Bible Study - every Thursday at 7 pm (on Zoom)​
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Prayer meeting - every Tuesday from 09:30am - 11:30am at Holy Trinity Church 1a Headstone Road HA3 5QX
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Fresh Start Meeting - 1st Saturday on every 2nd month from 11:00am - 13:00m - in person or online
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Quarterly socials - for parents and children
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Half term for half the price
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Conferences and retreats
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Afternoon tea and chat - 1st Tuesday of the Month from 12pm -2pm at Holy Trinity Church 1a Headstone Road HA3 5QX
(Event dates are sometimes cancelled, change or not taking place, so please always check the calendar )
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Events for 2025
In-Person Events - Holy Trinity Wealdstone1a Headstone Drive,Harrow HA3 5QX:
15th February 2025 from 11:00am - 13:30pm - Fresh Start Single Parent Meeting - with Guest Speaker: Emma M Emmanuel discussing her Emotional Detox Programme
5th April 2025 from 11:00am - 13:30pm - Fresh Start Single Parent Meeting - with Guest Speaker: Kris Swiatocho
Onine Events:
27th February 2025 from 19:00 - 20:00 on Zoom - Round Table Talks - Hosted by Ngozi Oluikpe who will be discussing what we eat and how it relates to our spiritual and physical well-being.
For details of the meeting on the above dates, please contact :-
Pastor Caroline Chalkley - caroline@newlifebible.net
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Please visit our website for more information at: www.freshstartsingleparents.org
Contact us:
- Caroline@newlifebible.net
- 07748 678 166
- Facebook: Fresh Start Single Parent Ministry
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