Worship

Worship in Spirit and in Truth

Back to Church:

As we give thanks for the rollout of the vaccination programme and look forward to life becoming more normal again, we will be opening up the Christ Church building for worship and other activities following our balcony improvement project.

Tuesday 8.30am Morning Prayer: every week from Tuesday 25th May.
Wednesday 12.30pm Holy Communion: every week from Wednesday 26th May.
Sunday at Seven Taize Service: every month on 2nd Sunday from 13th June.
Sunday at Seven Talk/Worship Night: every month on 4th Sunday from 27th June.
Sunday 10am Worship: every Sunday from 27th June with CYP groups on 2nd and 4th Sundays.

Sunday 10am worship and Sunday at Seven will also be broadcast live on Facebook and Youtube so everyone can join in

Children and Young People

We are also delighted that our CYP work is starting again back in church.

Friday 6-7.30pm Young People’s group: every week from Friday 7th May.

Special family services Sunday 4pm: 3rd Sunday of the month from Sunday 20th June.

Sunday CYP groups during 10am worship: 2nd and 4th Sundays from Sunday 27th June.

Christ Church offers a space to meet with God and share in community. All are welcome as we enjoy and celebrate our rich diversity. Please feel welcome to join us at any of our services.

Our main service of worship is on Sunday morning at 10am. We also have a monthly 8am service on the first Sunday of the month and a monthly 6pm Taize service on the last Sunday of the month. There is mid-week worship at our Holy Communion service on Thursdays at 12noon and at Morning Prayer on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 8.30am.

Here is our worship band singing and playing “What a beautiful name” in the service:

Sunday Worship

Our main service of Sunday worship at Christ Church is at 10am in our main worship space and always includes Holy Communion. The whole service is on a big screen and easy to follow. Everyone is welcome to join us regardless of your previous experience of church or faith.

On the first Sunday of the month and on special festival days such as Easter and Harvest, the 10am service is specially designed for All Ages from baby to the oldest grown up. On other Sundays during term time, our Junior Church provides age appropriate activities for children from age 3 upwards and there is a staffed Crèche available for under 3s.

Junior church goes out and divides into different age groups during the singing of the first hymn and joins the rest of the congregation as we share the peace (3rd Sundays) or at the end of the service (2nd and 4th Sundays). You can take your under 3 up to the Crèche in the upstairs Chapel at any point in the service and leave them there or stay with them. There is an audio visual link to the worship space.

There is a monthly Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion on the first Sunday of the month at 8am and also a monthly Taize service on the last Sunday of the month at 6pm.

See our latest Newsletter here

Midweek Worship

A mid-week service of Holy Communion will be restarting in the church building from Wednesday 26th May at 12 noon. Everyone is welcome to join.

Morning Prayer takes place on Tuesdays online at 8.30am. We use Morning Prayer from Common Worship as a framework for our prayers and pray for all those on our prayer notice boards and notice sheet. Everyone is welcome.

Taize

Our monthly Taize service is a beautiful time of chanted music, prayer and silence. Rooted in the worship of the Taize Community in France, the chants are designed to be simple and easy to sing and the prayers are based on Taize prayers.

With a focus for our prayer and meditations in the form of an icon and the opportunity to light a candle and place it on the cross, the Taize service is a peaceful and contemplative time of prayer and worship.

“I love the relaxed and informal approach to worship at Christ Church. It is so accessible and really uplifting. I always leave Christ Church with a new spring in my step and a renewed sense of purpose and joy.”