Last Sunday we had our “Carol Service For Woking”, and what a day it was! We held four services across the day, with more than 2,400 people involved, either attending as guests or giving their time to serve in many different ways.

Whilst the younger children enjoyed fun Christmas parties in the front building, those of us in the chapel were treated to some incredible carols and performance pieces, alongside videos, readings and a short talk from yours truly. Somehow the event team even gave us fireworks and indoor snow! I was blown away by it all, and I’m still finding snow piled up in various places…

It would be unfair to single out any individual for comment, because so many people went above and beyond to make the day happen. Personally the thing that stood out to me most was the quality of our musicians and singers who knocked it out of the park time after time. To say I was impressed is a massive understatement. I’m looking forward to next year already!

If you weren’t able to attend or you just want to re-live the fun, you can watch the service for yourself on this link:

I want to say a very big THANK YOU to everyone who was involved, and who gave their time to serve in all the different ways. You are all amazing and I hope you had fun. Here are a few pics from the day too:

Christmas Dates

We have a great programme events still to come across the festive season:

Sunday 22nd December: Family Meetings at 9am & 11am

On Sunday 22nd we’re holding all age meetings, suitable for everyone. This offers us a chance to be together as a whole church family, across all the generations. Each meeting will last around one hour and we’ll have a lot fun.

Our Welcome Team and Brew Crew will be hosting us superbly as always, and our amazing Welcome Tots leaders are providing a small team to run the Tots room for any parents of 0-3s who would prefer to make use of it.

Christmas Day: join us at 10am

On Christmas Day we’ll have one, all age meeting at 10am. It will be about 45 minutes long and suitable for all. Parents: if your children would like to bring/wear a gift they’ve received there may be a chance to share it with everyone, and don’t forget to wear your own Christmas jumper too.

Sunday 29th December: no meetings

We won’t be meeting on Sunday 29th December this year. We hope you enjoy doing something festive and fun with family and friends instead.

Tuesday 31st December: Watch Night Celebration, from 10pm until 2025

We are gathering for our very first Watchnight celebration on New Year’s Eve to thank God for all he’s done in 2024, and to commit the New Year to him. Come and join us to pray, worship and celebrate!

If you’re planning to come to Watchnight it would help us if you would click here to let us know you’re coming. There is absolutely no requirement to do this – you’re free to just turn up, and I know some won’t decide until the last moment. Letting us know is simply about helping us work out a few details in terms of seating and refreshments.

Sunday 5th January 2025

We’ll be back to our usual 9am and 11am meetings on Sunday 5th, with kids and youth work in full swing too. I’ll be preaching an encouraging message to kick off the New Year and I’ll also be sharing important news about a few changes within our Staff Team. Please don’t miss it!

Welcome Church Office Closure

After a very busy year, the church offices close this Friday afternoon, 20th December. We will reopen with a ‘skeleton crew’ on Thursday 2nd January, and be back to full strength on Monday 6th. We’re all looking forward to a good break, and I hope you get one too.

Thanks for reading, and let me wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.

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