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We give you all a warm welcome to church. Please join
us for tea or coffee in the hall after worship and say
hello. We meet every Sunday morning at 10.30 and the
service typically lasts for about an hour. Currently we
don’t have a minister and our services are led by
different people both Lay and Ordained. Each service
includes a talk or activity for all ages (children, teens
and adults), singing, a reading from the Bible and
prayers. A sermon is preached which focuses on the
Bible passage read, and aims to be relevant to our
place in the world of 2025. We share Holy Communion
together every third Sunday of the month.
Details of our activities below.
Sunday School
Our young people meet with us all for the early part of the service. They then have the opportunity to go into another room where they share biblical based age-related activities. All our Sunday School leaders are fully DBS checked.
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September Diary 2025
Tuesdays: Scuttlebugz each Tuesday during term time
at 10.00am.
Wednesdays: Tea and Chat 9.30am - 12 noon. Food
bank, shower & washing facilities during session.
Prayer Meeting 10th and 24th at 12.15 pm.
Midweek Faith Group 3rd and 17th at 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Fridays: Tea and Chat 9.30am-12.00 noon. Food bank,
shower & washing facilities during session.
Our Mid-week Wednesday Faith Group is a safe space for all people - Christians and non-Christians from all walks of life to come and explore the Christian faith, ask questions and grow in faith in a relaxed and calm atmosphere. All ages welcome, although mainly for adults. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
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Pastorate
We are delighted that from Monday 22nd September, God willing, Rev Louise Brown will join us as our pastor. We look forward to Louise, Arthur and their family joining us. Please keep Louise and family and all the arrangements in your prayers. Pray also for our Deacons for whom there has been much extra work during the last months.
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In our prayers
As the bulletin is prepared the news draws our attention to the asylum situation. We hear voices of anger, bordering on hatred. Thankfully we hear voices (not only from Christians) for mercy, compassion and understanding. This month can we each in our daily prayers specifically bring this matter before God? There are no easy answers, Government and Local Authority resources are limited, but the teaching of Jesus is to ‘love one another’. Sometimes that’s hard and working it out can be complex but we are nevertheless called to do it.
We thank God that Louise, Arthur and family will soon be joining us. Please pray for them, pray also with thanksgiving for our Deacons who have worked so hard around seeking and presently helping us as a church to secure a Pastor. As we support Louise and one another, pray for a move of the Holy Spirit amongst us.
Please continue to pray for the very fragile world situation. Pray also for the persecuted church in so many parts of the world.
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Thoughts from Claire.
For the Beauty of the Earth.
I recently heard the hymn "For the beauty of the Earth” by J. Rutter. It’s a song I loved to sing in my childhood. The lyrics of the song captured me as it’s about how beautiful the earth is. How blessed I am to be able to enjoy the earth that God created (Genesis 1:1). The prophet Isaiah tells us that the Lord is “the creator of the ends of earth” (Isaiah 40:28). The lyrics I focused on are from verse 2, which are “For the beauty of each hour, of the day and of the night, Hill and vale and tree and flower, Sun and moon and stars of light”. How glorious for us to live surrounded by nature. As I walked home, I focused on what I could see around me, which at times I take for granted. The sun was shining brightly, against the blue sky. I could hear the birds singing and some flew past me. Flowers and shrubs were in full bloom displaying different colours. There were so many things that I saw and heard that made me smile and feel cheerful. Psalm 84:1 sums up my thoughts perfectly, which says “How lovely is your dwelling - place, Lord Almighty” I felt a calmness within the hustle and bustle of life. As Jesus told us ‘Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you (John 14:27). Sometimes, life can be unpleasant. At times we can all feel disheartened and discouraged. Let’s try and find peace in our Lord Jesus and seek out what gives us joy. How thankful I am that I can see, hear, touch and smell the “Beauty of the (God’s) Earth”. Amen.
Footnotes: John 14:27 is taken from the King James version of the Bible; other scripture is from the New International Version.