Whats On
CHURCH SERVICES until 15th August 2021
We will be having ONE in-person service available each week (either the 8.00am or 9.15am service) which will also be Livestreamed via YouTube. The 11am service will be Livestreamed via Facebook each week excluding the first few weeks of July when there WILL NOT BE A Livestreamed 11.00am service. There have however been 11am services recorded throughout the pandemic so please feel free to watch older ones from our Facebook page or You Tube channel. You don't need to have a Facebook Account to view any of our live or back catalogue of services.
For the in-person service each week, if you wish to attend in person, please remember you will need to wear a facemask throughout unless you have a medical exemption and will not be able to participate in congregational singing. For the 9.15am services, 6 members of our choir will lead the sung worship.
For ALL Services, we will be in the Nave (the main body of the church) in order to maximise the number of congregants which will be 40. We are not ticketing at this stage- should demand far outweigh capacity we will consider either ticketing or seeing if there are any ways of increasing capacity.
We hope that for those of you who have expressed a strong desire to return to church, you will choose to do so, even if the service offered is not your normal preference. Holy Communion will be available at every service and so do take the opportunity to worship weekly in person if you wish to.
For those who wish to remain worshipping from your homes for the moment, the services will all be broadcast LIVE ON YOUTUBE-
Click on the Live Box above the videos and you should see the service about to begin/ in progress in order to click on it. You can choose to worship in real-time with us or alternatively the services will remain on our Channel once they have ended so that you could choose to worship along at some other time during the day or week.
The pattern therefore will be:
18th July - 9.15am Holy Communion in-person (up to 40) & YouTube Livestream
25th July - 9.15am Holy Communion in-person (up to 40) & YouTube Livestream
1st August - 8.00am Holy Communion in-person (up to 40) & YouTube Livestream
8th August - 9.15am Holy Communion in-person (up to 40) & YouTube Livestream
15th August - 9.15am Holy Communion in-person (up to 40) & YouTube Livestream
Please feel free to visit our You Tube channel to view other services from this year.
Prayer Meetings
Please join us for Morning Prayers held via Zoom as detailed below - you are welcome to join with just audio if you do not wish to appear on screen and there is no pressure to do any more than listen unless you wish to contribute, especially to begin with.
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 9am - 9:30am
Meeting ID: 596 939 3472
Password: UWv5tT
Summer Socials!
Following the relaxation of restrictions we are planning some social events to reunite members of our church family:
Saturday 31st July 11am Walk with Treasure Hunt followed by a picnic.
Saturday 7th August BBQ 4:30 - 6:30pm
Sunday 22nd August All Age Cream Tea 3-5pm
More details about all of these events can be found in the leaflet on our Bulletin Page.
Quiet Days
The Revd. Haydon Wilcox is running quiet days and evenings at St. Columba’s Retreat House, Maybury Hill, Woking. These events will support people as they return into the world from lockdown and will offer the opportunity to share, reflect, to be spiritually fed and gain encouragement. All Covid protocols will be practised to ensure a safe environment and are restricted to 16 people. Remaining places: day events (10 am) 12th July; evening events (7 pm) 16th June and 28th September. Many events are now full and additional dates will be offered.
To receive details and make a booking please contact St. Columba’s House on Tel. 01483 766 498 or email: admin@stcolumbashouse.org.uk
Hebrews Coffee Shop
Hebrews has reopened 9:15am - 13:45pm Tuesdays - Fridays.
Loaves and Fishes Project
Teams of volunteers worked over the Easter holidays to give out free packed lunches to local children and once again this project was incredibly successful. Please click here if you would like to read the report. If you would like to donate please visit our Just Giving page or to find out more please contact us. We are currently looking for volunteers to help out with the Summer Lunch Project with a variety of different roles available.
We are also still accepting donations to the Salvation Army's 'Tin a Week' Scheme. Please bring any tins or dry goods to the Hebrews entrance on Tuesdays and Fridays during their opening hours.
We remain a collector and distributer for Fairshare food.
Each week, we send an email to our Church Family to confirm how they can participate in worshiping with us on a Sunday. If you would like to be added to this list of email contacts, or if you would like to receive additional information, letters, prayers or updates, then please get in touch.
Sundays up until March 2020:
3 Distinct Morning Services
8am A quiet service with no singing where we use traditional prayers and have the opportunity to receive Holy Communion or a blessing, lasting about 45 minutes.
9.15am A mainly traditional service with singing led by our excellent organist and choir with well loved hymns and some newer songs of worship too. A special KidsGroup runs during the service for Primary aged children. An opportunity to receive Holy Communion or a blessing lasting about 1 ¼ hours.
11am A contemporary and informal service with singing led by our inspiring worship band. Kids Church internal link runs for primary aged children & a Creche internal link for pre-schoolers during the service which lasts around 1 ¼ hrs.
The talks are on the same theme at all of our services.
Prayer for healing is offered at all of our services.
