Sunday services
We welcome you to join us any Sunday in the Northcourt Centre, Abingdon OX14 1NS
▪ easy to find ▪ non-religious building ▪ free parking ▪ warm welcome ▪ free refreshments ▪ all ages
What to expect
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Welcome
Our Connection Team will answer any questions and make you feel at home. Grab a free coffee. Come as you are – we have no dress code!
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Singing
We are grateful to God for what he has done, excited about his work in our lives and in awe of who he is. So we sing songs of worship.
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Preaching
To understand God better and his purposes for our lives and his world, we’ll enjoy a short talk about God and his plan for our lives.
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Participation
God speaks today! As we gather we are learning to listen to what God is saying to us. Participation is encouraged but optional!
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Prayer
Praying to our loving Father God changes situations and lives. So we pray, asking God to change us and transform the world around us.
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Kids and youth
We love children and are relaxed about noise and mess! So please bring your family! We provide activities for 0-18s at most of our gatherings.
Regular Sunday services
Weekly gatherings of the whole church include worship, teaching, prayer, refreshments, and, regularly, food together! Sundays encourage and help us to live the rest of our weeks for God.
10:30 There’s free parking. Arrive from 10:30. Our Connection Team will answer any questions and make you feel at home. Grab a free coffee!
11:00 The service starts. Our style is contemporary and informal, so join in as you feel comfortable. We welcome all ages and we know different people engage in different ways, so there is space for people to move around while we sing songs to God (examples).
11:20 Hope Kids (4-11) move to another room. They’ll have fun, learning about Jesus and his plan for their lives!
11:40 Youth (11-18) go to their group.
After any announcements, the adults listen to a talk from the Bible, helping us learn more about who God is and how we get to live accordingly.
12:30 We finish with time to respond and pray.
Monthly pattern
The first Sunday each month is (usually) our Community Sunday.
The second Sunday each month includes a simple shared lunch together after the service. If you’re a guest, please don’t bring anything, just enjoy our hospitality :-)
On the third Sunday each month (usually) we share communion as part of our service, inviting all those (children, youth and adults) that are following Jesus to join with us.
Community Sundays
A monthly, short, all-together service, great for people of all ages and guests unfamiliar with church.
Community Sundays are an opportunity to be community together as a whole church family of all ages, as well as an excellent opportunity to invite friends in our wider community to taste what we do.
Usually the first Sunday of the month, but might move to fit with Christmas and Easter.
10:30 There’s free parking and from 10:30. You’ll be greeted by our Connection Team, who will be happy to answer any questions and make you feel at home. Grab a free coffee, and often, cake! Just before 11:00 we move into the main hall.
11:00 Different people engage in different ways, so we have activities suitable for all ages, including crafts and games. Recent themes include friendship, people’s stories about God’s activity in their lives and thinking about the meaning of Christmas, through film clips, art and craft, and short talks. We usually include a short time of sung worship.
12:30 We finish promptly.
Special Sundays
We’re part of a wider family of churches, which means that twice a year, instead of meeting in Abingdon, we get to gather with our wider family of churches, Salt & Light Advance, in Oxford.
In the summer holiday each year, we also join together with over 500 others from Advance to join the Wildfires Festival.nce calendar for deta
