Sunday Services

Sunday Morning - 11:00 am

In our morning services we aim for a family atmosphere.  At the beginning of the morning service, before the the Children’s Church and the Bible Class members leave for their own activities, there are usually about a hundred of us.  The services are relaxed, with lively singing led by members of our Music Group.  The lineup varies but it’s usually lead vocals, guitar, keyboard and drums.

 After the younger folk leave we usually have a time of intercessory prayer, led by one of our members and more worship in singing before our pastor speaks.  Nigel normally teaches on a theme for a series of weeks, relating the Bible to the experiences of everyday life.

On the third Sunday of each month we have communion at the end of the morning service.  We have an ‘open table’ and anyone who loves and seeks to live for the Lord Jesus is welcome to take the bread and the (non-alcoholic) wine.

There is a creche for the children who are too young for Children’s Church.

The services usually finish about 12:15 pm.

Sunday Evening - 6:30 pm

Our current programme of evening services is designed for the 20 to 35 age range, (though the services are being enjoyed by, well, <10 to >70 !).  We use mostly contemporary worship songs in lively arrangements led by a bigger band.  We often use video clips.  Numbers vary but around forty is typical.  As in the mornings, Nigel follows a programme of Bible teaching.

But, sometimes we have ‘Cafe Services’.  These are seriously informal.  We sit round tables, eat together, choose worship songs to sing and share testimonies of God’s working among us.  These services tend to be popular.

The evening services finish around 7:45 pm but by the time folk have enjoyed their coffee, tea and goodies and finished chatting it can be after nine before the lights go out.

Early Communion - 9:45 am, First Sunday

On the first Sunday of each month we have a communion service at 9:45 am.  This is a quiet, reflective service led by one of our Elders with a mixture of traditional and gentle, contemporary music and a short, devotional talk before we take the bread and wine together.

Prayer

-is a big part of the life of our church.  Folk meet to pray before the services.  If you would like to be prayed for/with at the end of a service or during the week please speak to Nigel or one of the Elders.

“Come to me, all you who are weary ...

... and I will give you rest.”

- Jesus (NIV)

and burdened, ...