What to expect at Sunday services
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St Luke's Church, West Norwood
Our
main weekly service starts at 10.30 am every Sunday and lasts for 75 to
90 minutes. Visitors are very welcome and we are used to having many
children in the congregation.
Services
are informal, relaxed and normally led by an ordained minister, with
active roles for many other members.
A typical meeting includes:
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Worship - led by a music group
-
Prayers - offered by local Church members
-
Sermon - relevant to real life
Collection
bags are passed round during each service but many members of
the congregation prefer to give direct from their bank accounts. No-one
is ever pressurised to put money in the collection.
Bible
version
The
Bible translation we use is the New International Version (NIV).
Children
A
creche is available for children under three years old whose parent(s)
are attending the service. Parents supervise this creche on a rota
basis.
On
most Sundays, children aged between 3 and 13 have their own classes
during part of the service. The only exception is that occasionally we
have an all-age service.
Young people aged
about 14 years upwards take part in the whole of each service and have
their own meetings on other occasions.
Communion
On
two Sundays of each month, the service includes Holy Communion. All
Christians who have been admitted to communion in the Church of England
or any other denomination are invited to receive the bread and wine.
Children
and adults who are not communicants may either:
-
come up to the communion table for a prayer of blessing, or
-
stay in their seats for this part of the service.
Visitors
are welcome to attend any of our services, whether they take part in
communion or not.