Sunday morning services
Our Sunday services at 10.30am are now back in the building and also livestreamed for those who are not ready to return to the building for whatever reason. On the third Sunday of each month, there is an Explore service for families with children aged 11 and under, a pre-recorded video service for everyone else., and an evening communion service.
If you're a visitor, we'd love to see you!
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Seeking Guidance
Continuing our series on ‘Psalms for the Seasons of Life’ we explore the theme of guidance for life with the help of Psalm 25. Our friend Leo Bourne shares his experience of recovery, and updates us on the work of our Celebrate Recovery ministry.
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Experiencing Distress
What do you do when you're feeling distressed? Our church member Sharon Baynham shares her reflections on Psalm 77 whose writer cries out to God in a time of distress.
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Celebrating Harvest
10 October 2021 06:00
Psalm 145 and Colossians 3: 16-17.
As we celebrate Harvest we welcome Roy Searle who explores Psalm 145. We hear about his work supporting pioneering mission in the North East of England. We are also giving to support two great charities – Share Wokingham and Tek Ura, based in Tirana, Albania..
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Declaring Praise
03 October 2021 06:00
In this Sunday’s all age service we start a new series looking at the book of Psalms, 'Psalms for the Seasons of Life'. Our theme for this week is Declaring Praise.
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Mission is serving those in need
This service begins with the celebration of an Infant Dedication. We go on to consider our Christian calling to do as Jesus did in his ministry, serving with compassion those in need.
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Mission is making disciples of Jesus
As part of our series ‘What is Mission?’ thinking about what the mission of the church should look like, we consider the Great Commission Jesus gave to his followers to go and make disciples
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Mission is enabling human flourishing
Jeremiah 29: 4-7 and John 10: 10
In this Gather, Renew, Inspire service we continue our series ‘What is Mission?’, thinking about mission as enabling human flourishing. We hear news of our new ‘3rd Sunday missional groups’ and in detail about one of those groups and the inspiration behind it, to address the issue of County Lines. We share communion as part of this service.
Questions for individuals and groups.
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Mission is creation care
Actions to consider.
In the first of our series asking "What is Mission?" we mark Climate Sunday by exploring how God is at work to restore all things, and so part of our mission as His people is to care for His creation and work for its healing.
One of our activities in the service involves making a paper plane using the instructions here.
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The inclusive gospel
In the last of our series on ‘Adventures with the Holy Spirit’, we consider the inclusive nature of the Christian gospel. The story from Acts is Peter meeting the Roman centurion Cornelius, a non-Jew, and the huge implications this had for the church and its mission. What can we learn for our own context? It is a joy that the service includes an infant dedication.
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When all your assumptions are challenged
Do you ever catch yourself assuming something about a place or a person? In our service today we take a look at what happens when Peter’s world gets turned upside down and all because of a dream about animals, and some visitors sent to him by a man named Cornelius.
Questions for individuals and groups to ponder.
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A helper is helped
In our series of ‘Adventures with the Holy Spirit’ from the book of Acts, Alex explores the story of two people who are healed, including Dorcas, the woman who was famous in her own community for her compassion and care.
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Paul – The Most Unlikely Convert
Questions for individuals and groups.
As part of our series on Adventures with the Holy Spirit, we explore the story of Paul’s encounter with Jesus on the Damascus Road. We hear from our friend Emily about her own story of coming to faith. And we ask – if we’ve met Jesus, what difference has it made to our living today?
