Sunday Morning Service 10:30 am

he Sunday morning service is the largest gathering of our church. It is split into two parts, the first being suitable for all ages and aimed at children and the second part being aimed at adults as children leave to do their own activities as described in the Junior Church section.

he first part of the service is called the "first 20 minutes" but in practice lasts sometimes less, sometimes more! This part of the service is child friendly and as such it doesn't matter to us if any of our children are having a noisy day! It's all part of accepting everyone in our worship.

typical Sunday morning service will look something like this, although it can vary.

10:20 Pre-service Songs.

Although the service starts at 10:30 our singing group start us off with 2 or 3 songs before service. These help us to come to worship in the right frame of mind, reminding us that as well as meeting friends and saying hello we are here to meet with God too. During this time people are arriving for the 10:30 start so there is plenty going on. It doesn't matter if people arrive during this time while the singing is going on so please don't think the service has already started and go back home - carry on and join us!!

10:30 Service Starts

The service starts properly at 10:30 and the first twenty minutes is usually hosted by one of our church members. We often have 2 songs and a simple prayer mixed in with other events.
These events may be a talk, a drama sketch, an illustrated story, a powerpoint presentation or more praise and worship songs. Whatever we do and it does vary, it is aimed at children (but often appeals to the adults too!).

Around about 10:50

We then have a "dismissal prayer" which means the children are about to leave to do their own thing and the adults stay for more. Some of our younger children like mums and dads to go out with them and just settle them as a comfort so we have another song once the children have left just so parents can slip back into service if they feel they can leave their children. But don't worry, if your child wants you to stay for their activity that is fine.

The remainder of the morning service follows a more traditional format with further songs or hymns and usually a short sermon.

About every 4 to 6 weeks the morning service will also feature Holy Communion and we invite anyone to join us in this or to stay and enjoy watching if they don't want to join in.

Somewhere between 11:30 to 11:45

The service ends and after service tea and coffee are provided with juice and biscuits too so we can meet up and have an informal chat about whatever we want amongst friends! Not everyone wants to stay which is fine but it's great to see as many people as possible.