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There is a Holy Communion service at 8.00am each Sunday morning, and this will follow the Lectionary from the Book of Common Prayer.

The main Sunday service is at 10.00am. The service is either designed for children to be included, or a crèche and a Sunday Club are provided.  

Our Sunday evening service at 6.00pm is a more reflective service with in-depth teaching and often time for open prayer.

 Midweek Home Groups
Some home groups meet during the day and others in the evening. If you are not currently in a home group and would like to join one, contact Peter Cook or fill out a card on the welcome table and leave it in the box.

 


Service Details - Timetable of Services - Songs, Hymns & Music

Service Details

Date 10am service 6pm service
11th May
Pentecost		 All Age Worship
Acts 2: 1-21		 Christian Aid Service at Holy Trinity, Charlton - 6pm
18th May
Trinity Sunday		 Holy Communion
Isaiah 40: 12-17, 27-31
Matthew 28: 16-20		 Evening Worship
Isaiah 6: 1-8
John 16: 5-15
25th May Morning Worship
1 Corinthians 3: 10-11, 16-23
Matthew 5: 38-48		 Evening Worship
Ephesians 6: 1-20
Mark 2: 1-12
1st June Morning Worship
Genesis 6: 9-22; 7:24; 8:14-19
Matthew 7: 21-29		 Evening Worship
Ruth 2: 1-20a
Luke 8: 4-15
8th June All Age Worship & Baptism
Matthew 9:9-13		 Holy Communion
1 Samuel 18: 1-16
Luke 8: 41-56
15th June Holy Communion & Healing Service
Genesis 18: 1-15
Matthew 9: 35-10:8		 Evening Worship
1 Samuel 21: 1-15
Luke 11: 14-28
22nd June Morning Worship
Genesis 21: 8-21
Matthew 10: 24-39		 Holy Communion
1 Samuel 24: 1-17
Luke 14: 12-24

29th June
Patronal Festival

Family Holy Communion
Isaiah 40: 1-11
Luke 1: 57-66, 80

 Evening Worship
1 Samuel 28: 3-19
Luke 17: 20-37

 


Service Details - Timetable of Services - Songs, Hymns & Music

Timetable of Services

Sunday Services
Time Week Service
8:00am Every Sunday Holy Communion
10:00am First and Third
Second Sunday
Fourth Sunday
Fifth Sunday (and First & Third during School Holidays)		 Holy Communion
All-Age Worship
Morning Worship
Family Holy Communion
6:00pm First, Third and Fifth Sundays
Second and Fourth Sundays		 Evening Worship
Holy Communion

With the exception of the 8:00am Holy Communion, which is from the Book of Common Prayer, all these services are conducted using Common Worship.

Other Services
A communion service is held at 10am on the first Wednesday of the month.
Holy Communion is also celebrated on Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Ascension Day, and at a midnight service on Christmas Eve.

The above format may occasionally change - in these instances, advance notice will be made via the weekly notices.   Special events and services which are to be held in the church will also be included in the Church Calendar.
 


Service Details - Timetable of Services - Worship Group

Songs, Hymns and Music

We have a group of around 25 people who are regularly involved with music during the Sunday services. We have several singers, and use choral pieces and arrangements on some occasions; we also have instrumentalists including pianists, guitarists, bass players and an organist. We use a wide variety of musical styles to reflect the variety of tastes within our church family; we regularly use both modern songs and more traditional hymns, and have begun more recently to use music written by the Iona and Taizé communities and from Soul Survivor.
The Sunday Club also has a committed group of musicians (all of school age) who play in the church services once a month and who lead the music for Sunday Club meetings.
Our aim in all the music we use is to allow God to draw people into Himself. We pray that He will use our skills and abilities to enrich the worship of His people here at Grove.
If you wish to get involved, please contact Bev Aldridge.