Sundays

The church is open from 9.00am for set up, music practice and prayer.

Our service starts at 10.30am; it is split into three parts:

1. Family time - everyone is together for worship, prayer and the children's message. Children go to their workshops around 10.55am.

2. We pray for others and ourselves; time for further worship and then the sermon.

3. Children re-join for a final hymn before end of service.

The morning service normally concludes before 12.00pm, after which tea and coffee is served, for a chance to catch up and have a chat.
The third Sunday morning of each month is set aside for communion which happens after the children have gone to their groups.
During the year certain services are all-age, the children stay in and the content is appropriate to them. These include: Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, Bank Holidays etc.

Evening Services start at 7.00pm with a variety of styles adopted. It is always a good idea to check the newsletter for details. Some evenings are spent with other churches in Wallingford.

Sunday services during August 2010

Mornings

Sunday 1st "Peter on the Beach" John 21: 1-25

Leader: Rachel Tole Preacher: Racehl Tole

Sunday 8th Holiday Club celebration

Leader: Esther Mason Preacher: Esther Mason

Sunday 15th "Saul's Conversion" Acts 9: 1-31 : (Communion)

Leader: Andy Bennett Preacher: Andy Bennett

Sunday 22nd "Paul in Athens" Acts: 17: 16-34

Leader: Rosemary Mader Grayson Preacher: Phil Mader Grayson

Sunday 29th "Life of Paul"

Leader: Doug Harbour Preacher: Rachel Tole

Evenings

Evening services are on a heart, mind, soul and strength pattern

Sunday 1st Soul: Holiday club prayer and communion. At earlier time of 5.30pm Leader: Rosemary Mader Grayson

Sunday 8th Mind: Scratching the surface at the pub? Leader: Phil Mader Grayson/George Levy

Sunday 15th Picnic at the Pitmans

Sunday 22nd Labyrinth at Bridge House Leader: Phil and Rosemary Mader Grayson

Sunday 29th No service (Bank Holiday)

Children's workshops - Sunday mornings

Our Church is fortunate to have many families and children. For the last few months we have been trying out a new way of learning about God with our kids on Sunday mornings. This is for school years 1 to 7+. Rather than 'Sunday School', we are trying Rotation Workshops. It means that we have four different 'workshops' each month which the groups of children rotate around each week doing things like: computers, art, music, drama, cooking, woodwork, a biblical theme and more! This means that they will always be with the same group of children.

The aim of this is to help children with different learning styles to understand the story in a way which is appropriate for them.

Everyone is welcome to come and join in. We run the kids' workshops during our normal service time.

For children under the age of 3, we have a creche and there is a group for 3 to 5 year-olds (up to and including those in the Reception year at school.)

Special times of year - activities for children

worship after hol club At Christmas we have a nativity service where all the children's groups participate and at other times of the year such as Easter and harvest there may be all-age services where the children remain in the service.