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NEWS AND EVENTS
We're delighted to say that we're now open for Sunday morning services at 10.30 a.m. The following coronavirus restrictions apply:
Our service on 13 June will be a Circuit service via Zoom (testimony service for Rev Karen James) which you can join either from home or together with others in our church building.
Unfortunately our Toddler Group (First Steps) and Messy Church are not running at the moment. Watch this space or our Facebook page where we will post information once we are able to restart. For any queries email swanagemethodist@tiscali.co.uk. Activities for children and young people are available through Wave Kids and The Wave Youth.
As is our custom, a cross was placed outside the Church for Easter again this year and decorated with flowers from our congregation.
Easter 2021 with Swanage Churches Together
The following is available on TBNUK or online: Sacred Harmony: Maundy Thursday Thursday 1st April at 9am, 3:05pm, and 8pm. Sacred Harmony: Good Friday Friday 2nd April at 9am, 3:05pm, and 8pm. Sacred Harmony: Easter Sunday Sunday 4th April at 8:30am, 12pm, 5:30pm, and 9:30pm. Airing on TBNUK: Freeview 65 and Sky 582, also available to watch live through our website: https://watch.tbnuk.tv or through our App (TBNUK) Once it airs on the channel it will be available online at: https://watch.tbnuk.tv During Holy Week we can journey with David Nunn as he follows in the steps of Jesus during the week of his Passion. To meditate on the events, while seeing the very sites where they occurred, is deeply moving. https://www.swanagechurches.org/holy-week-2021 |
Reluctantly, the Church Council has decided that we should close the church with immediate effect and until further notice. This decision follows advice from the Circuit and the District and takes into account the restrictions imposed by Tier 3.
Although this is not the news we hoped for at the beginning of 2021, we go forward in faith, thanking God for the skill of those who have developed vaccines and praying that we will soon see signs of Covid 19 coming under control.
Best wishes for the New Year – keep happy, keep safe.
You can find services to listen to at home on the Poole Bay Methodist Circuit webpage.
Live streamed and recorded services can also be found via The Methodist Church webpage.
Some other churches in Swanage, including the URC and Emmanuel Baptist, have streamed and recorded services. You can find links for the different churches on the Churches Together website.
Each week the BBC broadcasts Sunday Worship and Songs of Praise.
Although this is not the news we hoped for at the beginning of 2021, we go forward in faith, thanking God for the skill of those who have developed vaccines and praying that we will soon see signs of Covid 19 coming under control.
Best wishes for the New Year – keep happy, keep safe.
You can find services to listen to at home on the Poole Bay Methodist Circuit webpage.
Live streamed and recorded services can also be found via The Methodist Church webpage.
Some other churches in Swanage, including the URC and Emmanuel Baptist, have streamed and recorded services. You can find links for the different churches on the Churches Together website.
Each week the BBC broadcasts Sunday Worship and Songs of Praise.
Sundays
Every Sunday we have a morning service at 10.30 a.m. except on the following dates when we join our friends at the United Reformed Church (also at 10.30, a bit further up the High Street on the opposite side of the road):
1st March, 3rd May, 5th July, 4th October and 6th December 2020
and on 26th January 2020 at 10.30 a.m. there will be a joint service with all the churches in Swanage at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Victoria Avenue
The Quiet Place
An opportunity to sit quietly and pray. Every Friday, 1030-11.00 a.m. followed by coffee, in the Ichthus Room in the church
House Groups
Monday mornings monthly and Wednesday afternoons fortnightly. See church notices for details
Every Sunday we have a morning service at 10.30 a.m. except on the following dates when we join our friends at the United Reformed Church (also at 10.30, a bit further up the High Street on the opposite side of the road):
1st March, 3rd May, 5th July, 4th October and 6th December 2020
and on 26th January 2020 at 10.30 a.m. there will be a joint service with all the churches in Swanage at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Victoria Avenue
The Quiet Place
An opportunity to sit quietly and pray. Every Friday, 1030-11.00 a.m. followed by coffee, in the Ichthus Room in the church
House Groups
Monday mornings monthly and Wednesday afternoons fortnightly. See church notices for details
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First Steps Toddler Group
Every Tuesday during term-time in the church, 9.30-11.30 a.m. Messy Church Games, music, stories and crafts for children up to about School Year 6 accompanied by parents/carers Some Tuesday mornings in school holidays - see News and Events for details Other activities for children and young people are run jointly with other churches in Swanage through Wave Kids and Wave Youth, for example: Notelets - music for under 5's, Wednesday mornings Energize - activities for families, Saturday mornings Remix - Open Mic, Mondays evenings for years 7-13 Rooted - learning about the Christian faith, Thursday evenings for years 7-9 Regenerate - Friday night hangout for years 10-13 See the Wave Kids and Wave Youth websites for details |