On this page you will find details of:
+ Our main Sunday Services, including livestreaming and recordings.
+ Children’s Church – which runs at the same time as the Sunday Service.
+ The Room – contemporary band-led worship in the hall on the first Sunday of each month
+ Hymns & Tea – 2nd & 4th Sundays – Traditional Hymns & afternoon tea
Sunday at 1030
We all start together, then Children’s Church continues in the hall.
Every other week the service includes Holy Communion. After the service, tea and coffee are served, and the Prayer Ministry team is available if you would like them to pray with you.
In August, we all meet together in All-Age Services, so expect put a toe outside your normal comfort zone!
If you are new to church …
We appeciate that it can be daunting to come to a new place for the first time. Our Welcome Team will be looking out for new faces and will put you on the right track. If you arrive ten or fifteen minutes before the service, it will be less busy and this will give you time to get settled. (And it gives you time to locate the all-important toilets, which are in the corridor leading off the back of church on the left-hand side.)
Our services are fairly informal
Nobody dresses up, you can sit where you wish and when the congregation is asked to do something, it will usually be explained rather than expecting you to know. All the service materials will be on the screen, so you don’t need to find your way around strange books. All parts of the service are in plain, modern language.
Music!
There will be songs for us all to sing, led by our musicians and singers. We use a wide range of old and new songs, all of which are ‘singable’ by the congregation. That means you could be learning something brand new alongside everyone else!
Families and Childen
The right-hand (south) aisle has groups of seats primarily for families, but visitors and newcomers are welcome to use them as it’s often easier to find a place here. We are still experimenting with the layout here. The Creche Area is at the back of the right-hand aisle, with comfy sofas and toys.
Wheelchairs are accommodated at the front of the north and south aisles. The number varies a little from week to week, so do ask one of the welcomers to find a space for you. If you want to put your chair at the end of a row anywhere, do ask someone to move a chair out of the way.
Livestream and online recordings
The service is livestreamed on our YouTube channel.
It should pop up around 10:20, to give you time to get settled before the service proper starts at 10:30. Our musicians will be playing some music in these first ten minutes or so before the service.
We’ll post on Facebook before each service with a link to the livestream.
You can watch the service later:
YouTube – the livestream recording will remain there after the service is over.
Bible Bytes Podcast – an audio-only track of just the readings and the talk, posted a day or so after the service.
YouTube – A tidied-up version of the live recording will be posted one or two days after the service. This shortens the lead-in time, removes pauses (e.g. when communion is being served) and attends to any technical hiccups. A link will be posted on Facebook.
DVD – we produce a small number of DVDs for church members who do not have the internet, or find it diffcult to go beyond using email. Please ask if you know someone who might like to receive a DVD each week.
Younger children and families
In term time we start all together in the main church building where the children enjoy settling in, playing and singing before we head down to the hall usually after the first hymn.
Some children are happy to come down to the hall with our team of leaders and others come out as a whole family. We love this flexibility and are happy for you as a family to decide what will work best for you.
In the hall we stay together in a mixed aged group (babies and toddlers often prefer to stay at the back of church in the creche corner but they are also welcome to join us if this works better for you as a family).
Older children
We currently have a group of older
children/youth (y6 upwards) who we still welcome to our mixed age mornings but
we are excited to also be building a new group designed around them and their
needs. They are currently meeting monthly in the church lounge for discussion/
games/ projects on a Sunday morning, as well as planning some exciting trips
out as a group, so do ask our team for more details.
The Room (monthly)
The Room is an informal service on the 1st Sunday evening each month at 7pm in our Large Hall. A band leads contemporary worship (including new songs) with readings and reflections.
Hymns and Tea (2nd & 4th Sundays)
Traditional Hymns & afternoon tea!
2:30 – 4:00 pm
Lots of hymns you love, accompanied by the church organ, Bible readings, and prayer.
A time to praise the Lord Jesus in an informal relaxed manner… followed by light refreshments.