Services and Opportunities for Worship

Updated 22/9/23

Additional activities available on our Activities page

We welcome you to our worship this Sunday and through the week.

If you are a visitor, we hope to see you again.

Tea, coffee and squash will be served in the church hall after the service.

Sunday 24th September

10.00 am

HOLY COMMUNION

Preacher: Rev. Bryan Tolhurst

Steward: Wendy O’Leary

Welcome Steward: Ian Bartley

Bible Reader: Audrey Harris

Intercessions: Jacky Trice

Organist: Rob Wilding

Sunday 1st October

9am

BREAKFAST CHURCH

Celebrate Harvest Festival with

Leader: Monica Wilding

Steward: Alan Wood

6.30pm

Own Arrangement

HARVEST THANKSGIVING

Led by: Valerie Thornewell assisted by Sylvia Ratcliff

Steward: Valerie Thornewell

REGULAR SUNDAY WORSHIP

Breakfast Church

9:00 - 10:00 First Sunday of every month

Free bacon butties and delicious continental breakfast

Informal worship, stories and activities for all ages

Call Naomi on 01732 875072 for more details

(NOTE: No Breakfast Church in August)

Sunday Club

There will be Sunday Club (for under 18s) on the second and fourth Sundays
Children and young people are invited to join the 10am service at first, and then go out to Sunday Club.

Cafe Church

Cafe Church is at 3pm on the second Sunday of each month

A relaxing hour of songs, stories, activities, conversation, tea, coffee and cake!

Do come and join us and bring your friends. More information from Monica

Messy Church

10am fourth Sunday

see our Messy Church page.

More information from Monica

NKMC Sunday online service

The on-line circuit service on Sunday will be led by Gill Le Boutillier-Scott at 10.30am.

The link and service sheets can be found at: https://www.nkmethodists.org.uk/news/worship-from-home.html

Those without the Internet can now dial in from a landline or mobile and listen to the service, using these simple steps:

Step 1: Between 10.15 and 10.30, dial 020 3481 5237 from a mobile or landline - this number is charged at the standard national rate

Step 2: When requested, enter the meeting ID (742 958 8134) followed by #

You do not need a 'participant ID' - just press #.

Between 10.15 and 10.30 there will be an opportunity for those dialling in to chat; the lines will be muted at 10.30 so everyone can listen to the service.

November: Remembering Service
A joyful service with leaves and candles to remember people who helped to transform our lives.

Tuesday

Muffins & More group Muffins & More meet in the Sycamore Hall on Tuesdays at 10.30am. If you wish to join with the group in prayer and quiet time, contact Gwen Bartley who will add your email address to her Muffins group.

(see Activities>Muffins page for latest, full details).

Online Bible study meeting - Every Tuesday between 8.30pm - 10pm.

If you have been missing out on Bible study during lockdown, you are most welcome to join our small group.

Join Zoom meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86393041488

Meeting ID: 863 9304 1488 (no Passcode required)

Wednesdays

Zoom Prayer meeting

between 7.30 - 9pm:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/121873130

Thursday

Dial-In Service

NOTE: These will now be at 10am, on the first Thursday of each month.

Step 1: At 10am dial 020 3481 5237 from a mobile or landline

Step 2: When requested, enter the Meeting ID 999 8764 3710 followed by #

Step 3: When requested, enter the Passcode 345080 followed by #
You do not need a 'Participant ID' - just press #

For those of you who have email, please note:

If you have a laptop, iPad or phone, you can also get into the service on these devices with just one click using the following link:

https://zoom.us/j/99987643710?pwd=bmhvSlh2Nk45QUZXS2JubXgxbElYdz09

(In case you need it, the Meeting ID is: 999 8764 3710 and Passcode: 345080

For more information contact Monica Wilding

Men's prayer group and Women's prayer group

In person at MADM Bookshop, 49 Church Street, Maidstone ME14 1DS

Thursdays between 6.30 - 8.00pm:

or join on Zoom

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/260631405

Crossover

Crossover service with Zoom Thursdays at 7pm. — You are invited to come and share a time of worship, which includes a time of Sharing the Word. Over the last couple of months, the Word has been given by preachers from different parts of the UK, as well as having Pastors and lay preachers from, Brazil, Republic of Congo and Fiji. For those who would like to have the opportunity to discuss, or listen to others discussing, what has been said, and share in some spiritual conversation, a second session will follow straight afterwards.

Come and join us, you would be more than welcome to dip in and out of these times.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/260631405

Meeting ID: 260 631 405

For more details about Crossover see our Crossover page

Praise before Lunch

Contact Valerie for details regarding when our next Praise before Lunch. The service will commence at
12.30 pm and will be followed by lunch.

Five drivers drove Praise Before Lunch folk around the Kent countryside on Thursday 28 August for their Summer Drive, visiting places such as Paddlesworth, Tudeley and old Burham churches, before enjoying a Cream Tea at Spadework.