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Worship
Worship is in the best tradition of the reformed, evangelical church. We aim for contemporary, lively, relaxed worship that is relevant to all ages. We believe that worship should be an opportunity to bring both our praise and our concerns to God as well as an opportunity to allow God to minister to us. Hymns come from a wide variety of sources and cover the best of the last three hundred years of hymnody. Dance and drama are used from time to time.
Sundays at 11.00am
Children and
adults worship together for the first twenty minutes after which the children go
into Junior Church. Everybody meets together for tea and coffee after worship.
Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month.
Family Worship, with the uniformed organisations
parade, takes place four times a year:
Mothering
Sunday,
Church Anniversary,
Harvest Festival,
Christmas Nativity and
Toy Service.
Sundays at 6.30pm
Communion is
celebrated on the third Sunday of the month.
Family worship takes place twice a year:
On
Remembrance Sunday there is a Civic Service and uniformed organisations
parade.
The Sunday before Christmas is our Carols by Candlelight and is designed
with the whole
family in mind.
Worship with Prayer for Healing takes
place quarterly on the first Sunday of March, June, September and
December includes an opportunity for people to come forward for prayer.
| SPECIAL SERVICES | |||
| Sunday 5th March | 6.30pm | Worship with Prayer for Healing | |
Prayer
Power House Prayer Meeting - Thursdays at 7.00pm
Every Thursday evening there is a time of prayer for individuals, the church, the community and the world. It is led by one of our regular worshippers and we meet in the Sidney Roberts Room from 7.00pm to 7.45pm.
Learning
House Group - Sundays at 8.00pm as arranged. NEXT MEETING 26th FEBRUARY
Led by Frank the group follows a theme lasting four or five sessions at a time. However each meeting is self contained so it does not matter if you have to miss one. House Group will not meet in Lent - see below.
Lent Group - Mondays from 6th March to 3rd April at 7.30pm
Led by Terry and members of the preaching team we will be looking at Discipleship.
During Lent, we remember that Jesus went into the wilderness to focus on his Father and his work. During this Lent, we will be arranging six sessions when we can focus on our Father and our discipleship.
Jesus said: “Take up your cross and follow me” … but what does that mean for us? You are invited to come and worship, reflect on your discipleship, and “take up your cross” for today.
Monday, March 6th My cross and me (Terry Thompson)
Monday, March 13th My cross and my relationships (Frank Challenor)
Monday, March 20th My cross and my church (Ian Ring)
Monday, March 27th My cross and my environment (Ron Peach)
Monday, April 3rd My cross and my community (Terry Thompson)
Good Friday, April 14th At the foot of the Cross - A meditation for Good Friday
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