Church Life - more about us and our activities
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Worship
Every week our church offers the chance to worship, but in different ways and sometimes different places.
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We normally have a fairly traditional form of worship that lasts just under an hour on Sunday mornings at 10:30. This is followed by refreshments. Everyone is welcome to come and join us.
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Please note that you won’t be expected to do anything you’d rather not do, there is no money offering in the service (although donations can be taken), and simple guidelines such as ‘Please be seated’ (for example) are given throughout the service.
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On the third Sunday of the month offer a Zoom service to help those housebound, away on holiday, or just simply for those who prefer it. Feel free to e-mail the church minister for the Zoom link.
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On the fifth Sunday of the month we do something special with one of our sister churches. If no update is showing here, please check our Facebook page.
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We have extra worship around special events around Easter, Christmas and other times.
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For more details of visiting preachers and information about worship on specific dates, please see our church magazine – click here
Lent Group Marlow and Maidenhead
What are the hills alive with the sound of…
… Easter Eggs?
… Hot Cross buns?
… Music?
If you answered music, you are going to love our Lent group this year! It’s all about The Sound of Music! Bryony Wood – someone I worked with years ago – has written a book that we will be using. The book, called ‘The Sound of Musings’, is: Prompted by the story, songs and characters of a much-loved film, each short chapter looks at different aspects of life and faith, helping us all discover more about God’s love and purposes. It's inspiring, authentic and biblically rooted, and a lot of fun! Each week we will look at a bit of the film and then reflect on it… and we may even be singing along to some of it! Firstly, you don’t have to have watched the film. Second, you don’t have to have the book, but if you would like to buy the book, it costs £12. Third, you don’t have to attend in person! Our sessions will be at 10.30am on Wednesdays at Maidenhead URC starting on Wednesday 21 February and will be followed by a coffee morning. Plus, we will be Zooming it so that you can take part wherever you are!
Revd David Downing
Midweek events
We have some regular events:
Warm Welcoming Space
Our winter warm hub at the church has now closed. We will however continue to have a welcoming space at church on Mondays from 10 am – 11.30 pm for tea/coffee and fellowship starting on Monday 8 April. Everyone is welcome to
drop in for a chat, coffee, company and so much more. We hope you will give it a try!
House Group
We have a fortnightly house group that meets as well on the first and third Tuesdays of the month.
This small group often works through a booklet to guide some discussion, but it also works as a great social gathering. For more information please e-mail the church minister.
Special Events
The Gethsemane Garden
Christ Church is a full member of Churches Together in Marlow, which normally organises a Walk of Witness on Good Friday. But what to do in 2021 when such gatherings were not allowed? The answer from CTM was a 'church walk' itinerary, visiting most of the churches in the town and with an external display at each.
So Christ Church's garden became Gethsemane for a two week period, during which we were pleased to receive many visitors. The pictures show some of the display that they were able to view.
Our garden has really become an extension of the church in the past couple of years. With the inauguration of the Walk of Life we have created a community facility for local people and visitors, but our minister has also delivered video prayers from the garden and you can see some of those by clicking here.
We also hold a weekly vigil for Ukraine in the garden at 4pm every Sunday
We are thrilled to work closely with our sister church in Maidenhead on the Ukraine support work we do, and we are part of the great Churches Together in Marlow (CTM) group. We often do things with other churches.
Each year we generally take part in special events for:
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Good Friday, Christian Aid week, Regatta, Carnival, Harvest, Remembrance, and so much more!
Christian Aid Week
12-18 May 2024
Christ Church has long supported this annual activity, working alongside other churches in Marlow
This year Christian Aid week is 12-18 May.
As usual in Marlow there will be an "envelope drop" to raise funds for Christian Aid's work relieving poverty, responding to disasters - Christian Aid is often among the first on the scene during a disaster or an emergency - and helping the world's poorest people to find independence and dignity by supporting long term projects like helping farmers find practical routes out of poverty in Malawi. Our loyal team of distributors will be dropping off envelopes through letterboxes. We will also be setting up a Justgiving page for those who wish to donate online. Thanks to all those who have supported Christian Aid week in the past.
Once again Gillian Dibden MBE will be bringing talented young people from the Taplow Youth choirs to perform for us in the annual Christian Aid concert at Christ Church URC on the evening of Sunday 12 May. This is always a wonderful evening - save the date and tell your friends and families too.
Thanks to all those who supported last year’s Christian Aid week. It is still possible to make a donation at: https://www.justgiving.com/page/marlow-christian-aid-group1679501779050
Thank you for your support.
Donations can be made at
https://www.justgiving.com/page/marlow-christian-aid-group1679501779050
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