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Worship

On Sundays, there are two services,  with an extra service of Holy Communion on the third Sunday of each month.

 

On Wednesday mornings we have a regular midweek service.

 

On Monday mornings between 9.30 and 10.00 there is a prayer meeting in church where everyone who can make it is invited to join us and pray for those in need.

 

On Monday afternoons at 2.00 pm our Monday Fellowship meets both for fellowship and in worship and everyone is welcome

Services for the next few weeks are listed below.

Further down the page there is a description of the types of services we have.  There is also some information on our contact page about what to expect if you have not visited us before, and do please contact the office if you have any queries or if you need any information or assistance to join us in worship.

For younger people a busy junior church, which we call Sunday Club meets at 10.30 on Sunday mornings, except when we have a family service when our practice is for everyone to worship together in church.  There are always crèche facilities available at the 10.30 Sunday morning services, including family services.

Sunday 8th January 2012 Sunday after Epiphany

 10.30 am Mrs Jean Hope  
    6.30 pm Revd Graham Gee Holy Communion and Covenant Service

Wednesday 11th January 2012

10.30 am Mr David Hewitt  

Sunday 15th January 2012

  9.00 am Revd Graham Gee Holy Communion
10.30 am Revd Graham Gee All age worship service
  6.30 pm Mrs Alison Gee  

Wednesday 18th January 2012

10.30 am Revd Graham Gee Holy Communion

Sunday 22nd January 2012 Week of Prayer Unity

 10.30 am Revd Nichola Jones  
    6.30 pm Revd Graham Gee A United Service with friends from Churches Together

Wednesday 25th January 2012

10.30 am Revd Colin Gardner  

Sunday 29th January 2012

 10.30 am Revd Andi Smith Home Missions Service
    6.30 pm Revd Alan Smithson  

Wednesday 1st February 2012

10.30 am Miss Pat Padley  

Sunday 5th February 2012

 10.30 am Revd Graham Gee Holy Communion
    6.30 pm Revd Graham Gee Cafe Church - music begins at 6.00 pm

Wednesday 8th February 2012

10.30 am Revd John Ingyon  

Sunday 12th February 2012

 10.30 am Mr John Harrison  
    6.30 pm Mrs Jean Hope  

Wednesday 15th February 2012

10.30 am Revd John Davies Holy Communion

Sunday 19th February 2012

  9.00 am Revd John Ingyon Holy Communion
10.30 am Revd Graham Gee All age worship service
  6.30 pm Revd Jane Ashplant  

Wednesday 22nd February 2012

10.30 am Revd Alan Smithson  

Sunday 26th February 2012

 10.30 am Mr Colin Topliss  
    6.30 pm Revd Graham Gee A service of Healing and Holy Communion

Wednesday 29th February 2012

10.30 am Mrs Jean Hope  

Types of Worship 

9.00 am - Holy Communion (held monthly on the third Sunday). 
This is quite a traditional Holy Communion using the Methodist Worship Book.

10.30 am - Morning Service
This tends to be fairly traditional although there are ten family services each year which are less so. Those services sometimes have the Scouts, guides and junior groups parading their flags and taking a part in the service.  In addition to this there is a special service approximately once a quarter which incorporates drama, dance, poetry, and different music and styles of preaching.

Members of our Care Team are usually available after the 10.30 service on Sunday mornings if you need someone to talk to or someone to pray with you.  Look for the people wearing green name badges. 

It is the preferred practice of the church that baptisms take place in the morning service, but these are often held after the morning service so that all the families can be accommodated.

6.30 pm - Evening Worship
This is usually a more relaxed service, using piano and sometimes our music group instead of the organ, and often with more modern hymns and songs.  The Sunday evening service sometimes includes prayers for healing.  Around once a quarter our evening service is a cafe church, a relaxed service with a conversational style, fuelled by coffee and cakes on tap throughout (come a little early if you can and listen to the jazz band beforehand).

10.30 am - Wednesday Midweek Service
A short traditional service led by Circuit ministers and Local Preachers, followed by coffee and conversation.

Circuit Services on Sunday Evenings
In the Sutton Park Circuit of Methodist Churches to which we belong we have been taking the opportunity once or twice each quarter to gather together for combined Sunday evening services which are shared by all the churches in the circuit.  This gives us the opportunity to worship together in larger evening congregations and meet friends from other churches in the circuit.  There are usually two different types of service, one of them a traditional Methodist service and the other slightly different.  These alternatives have included reflective services in the Taize tradition, cafe style services and "Sunday Spice" which is a lively service of praise music and prayer.

Churches Together in Four Oaks
We meet in worship around once a quarter to share a Sunday evening service with friends from the other churches in our area.  The members of Churches Together in Four Oaks take it in turns to host these services and the clergy share the responsibilities for leading worship on these occasions.