What Happens at a Sunday meeting?

After parking in the playground, you enter through the doors in the far left corner where you should be greeted by a member of our welcome team who will direct you up to our meeting hall via stairs or the lift.
At the doors to the hall, you will be greeted again by another steward, who will be willing to show you to a seat. Should you arrive a little early, there will be tea and coffee served from 10.30am on the lower level on the meeting hall.

 

 

 

The meeting will be called to order at 10.45am, and then we'll spend a while singing modern, lively praise and worship songs, led by one of our bands. The words of the songs will appear on the large screen.

After the worship time, there is usually a brief interlude for the announcement of news about members of the church and details of forthcoming events. There may also be one or two testimonies giving thanks to God for his intervention in our lives.

Giving to the Offering is part of our worship, participating in providing for the financial needs of the church. However, we do not expect visitors to make any contribution to this; please let the bowl pass you by without embarrassment.

 

 

 

After a few minutes break, during which time parents are welcome to drop their children off at the kids’ meetings that are held in nearby classrooms, the meeting continues with a time of teaching, where one of the leadership team (or someone invited by them) will preach from the Bible in a way that we hope you will find inspiring, instructive and edifying, explaining the depth and wonder of the good news of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Word of God.

The preaching lasts for up to 50 minutes. This may sound a little daunting, but many visitors have said that they felt as if God was speaking directly to them during the sermon, and they didn't really notice the time passing.

After the talk, there may be an opportunity to respond and then the meeting will be closed, perhaps with more worship. By then it’ll be about half past twelve, and the children will be ready for collection from their various classrooms. Everyone is invited to stay for coffee on the lower level of the meeting hall. floor.