If you have never visited our church before we thought you’d like to know
what to expect during a Sunday service |
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Come in
from the street and enter our bright worship area where the cross has We have
comfortable chairs and |
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A steward
with a friendly smile will greet you and hand you There is a
prayer at the top that you can use quietly before the service begins if you
wish. |
You can
sit anywhere you like. Parents
with children are welcome to sit there too. In the
back of the chair in front of you |
The numbers of the hymns that we will
sing during the service will be displayed on the two hymn boards at the
front. The preacher leading the service will
announce each hymn number as we get Occasionally the preacher will use a
projector during the service to illustrate |
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Our Minister is the Reverend Charity Nzegwu, |
Leading the service on Sunday morning or evening might be Charity,
or it might be one of the other Ministers in the Cambridge circuit, A list of services and preachers Each service lasts one hour. |
The preacher will tell the congregation when to stand and
sit. If in doubt just follow the lead
of others around you. We generally remain sitting when the preacher enters; for
Bible readings, the sermon and prayers. |
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Holy Communion If the
service includes Holy Communion, At the appropriate time the Minister will tell the congregation which
page to turn to. |
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We follow the service as printed in the book. There is a ribbon to use as a bookmark |
The bread and wine
represent the body and the blood of Jesus Christ. Everyone is welcome to
take the bread and wine. |
During a
morning communion service the stewards take the pieces of bread to the
congregation in their seats. Each person takes a piece, and when everyone is
served the Minister will say a few words and we all eat the bread together. At an
evening communion service a steward will invite us to go forward and kneel or
stand at the altar rail where the Minister will serve the bread. Gluten-free
bread is available. At the altar
rail, if you want to take bread and wine, hold your hands out in front of
you. If you just want a blessing, keep
your hands down and the Minister will lay his or her hands on your head and
say a blessing. |
The wine we use is non-alcoholic and served in individual
glasses. The wine is served after the
bread. If the bread and wine is served at the altar rail, |
Children and their parents are always welcomed into our
church. The children join the whole congregation for the first
part of the morning service which will be at a suitable level for them to
follow and enjoy. After the second
hymn When we have a communion service the children start with |
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The collection (or
offertory) Usually towards the end of the service wooden bowls are
passed around to receive the collection. You may notice small envelopes that some regular members of
the congregation use for their donations. Other members may have set up a standing order and will
therefore not put anything in the bowls. If you are a tax payer there are gift-aid envelopes in the
chair-backs if you wish to use one. |
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At the end of the morning service |