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Click on the questions to find out more, you may be surprised by the answers!<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”What is a church service like?” icon_color=”gcid-ddbcd9df-fcc4-4187-8abb-bdd685c44a05″ toggle_icon=”||divi||400″ use_icon_font_size=”on” icon_font_size=”35px” open_icon_color=”gcid-ddbcd9df-fcc4-4187-8abb-bdd685c44a05″ open_toggle_icon=”>||divi||400″ open_use_icon_font_size=”on” open_icon_font_size=”35px” _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”gcid-ddbcd9df-fcc4-4187-8abb-bdd685c44a05″ title_level=”h2″ title_font_size=”24px” title_line_height=”0.4em” title_line_height_tablet=”0.4em” title_line_height_phone=”1em” title_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-ddbcd9df-fcc4-4187-8abb-bdd685c44a05%22:%91%22title_text_color%22,%22icon_color%22,%22open_icon_color%22,%22title_text_color%22,%22icon_color%22,%22open_icon_color%22%93}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]<\/p>\n
Sunday is one of our main focuses of gathering for the week. We gather to worship God.<\/p>\n
Worship is usually led by our minister, church members or visiting preachers from the area.\u00a0 The service is a mixture of singing, bible reading, prayer and a talk.<\/p>\n
Some services are live streamed to our website, but there is a designated area of the church \u2013 on the organ side towards the back \u2013 which is intentionally move live streamed.<\/p>\n
You are very free to join in as much or as little as you like.\u00a0 If anything feels unfamiliar feel free to ask the person who welcomed you before the service or anyone sat near to you.<\/p>\n
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Our Sunday services last around an hour and are usually followed by coffee and chat.<\/p>\n
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Music is important to us and can very often be a means through which we connect with one another.\u00a0 We sing a mixture of modern and traditional hymns and use organ, piano and a small music group.\u00a0 On special occasions we have a choir who help us in the worship.<\/p>\n
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There are no fixed rules so you will be fine, but please do feel relaxed and join in as you are able.\u00a0 We frequently stand to sing hymns and sit to pray, but ministers will usually guide everyone as to what to do.\u00a0 We are a lot more relaxed about doing \u201cthe right thing\u201d than you imagine.<\/p>\n
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Communion takes place once a month usually on the first Sunday and is a moment when Christians share bread and wine to remember Jesus, particularly that Jesus breaks down social divisions to bring us all together.\u00a0 As an \u201copen and inclusive\u201d church everyone is welcome and invited to share communion with us \u2013 being invited to share bread and wine together is a gift to us and a sign of being one people.<\/p>\n
Usually bread and wine are brought to you in your seat, but again the minister will guide the congregation through the service.<\/p>\n
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Simply whatever you are most comfortable wearing.\u00a0 There are no expectations about clothing, so please feel relaxed and be yourself in all that can mean for you.<\/p>\n
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Children join in the first twenty minutes or so of the service and then leave to join Junior Church. You can find out more about that here.<\/p>\n
All our children and young people leaders are DBS checked and take part in regular training.<\/p>\n
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There is no expectation or requirement to support the church financially. But if you feel like you wish to, there is a collection plate and a card-reader at the door for members and regular attenders. There is no collection plate passed around, so please don\u2019t worry!<\/p>\n
Most people support church through cash donations, standing orders, or an envelope scheme that enables us to Gift Aid donations.<\/p>\n
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Prayer is part of our regular worship and important, though it might feel odd at first.\u00a0 Prayer is essentially about us making room in our thoughts, hearts and minds for someone or something and for a moment holding them tenderly and closer to us.<\/p>\n
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