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 about 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 we 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 secretary 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.
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We have extra worship around special events around Easter, Christmas and other times.
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And sometimes we worship in different ways such as the special jazz service we held in June
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There will be occasional Sundays when we will be worshipping at one of the other churches in our Pastorate (ie Bracknell, Maidenhead or Windsor URC) so please do check the worship diary in our Magazine.
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For more details of visiting preachers and information about worship on specific dates, please see our church magazine – click here
Here is a brief overview for May, June and early July:
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Sunday 10 May - Christ Church URC, Marlow – Rev Daphne Preece (Communion)
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Sunday 17 May - Christ Church URC, Marlow – Rev Chris Parker
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Sunday 24 May - Christ Church URC, Marlow – Catherine Johnson, Carole Bailey
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Sunday 31 May – Joint service at Maidenhead URC – Geoff Cronin, no service at Christ Church URC, Marlow
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Sunday 7 June - Christ Church URC, Marlow – Linda Jackson
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Sunday 14 June - Christ Church URC, Marlow – Rev Chris Parker (Communion) and AGM
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Sunday 21 June - ZOOM, no service at Christ Church URC
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Sunday 28 June - Christ Church URC, Marlow – Andrew Gibb
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Sunday 5 July - Christ Church URC, Marlow – Rev Margaret Yee
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Sunday 12 July - Christ Church URC, Marlow – Rev Alan Bolton (Communion)
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Sunday 19 July - ZOOM, no service at Christ Church URC
Midweek events
We have some regular events:
House Group
We have a fortnightly house group that meets 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 secretary secretary.christchurchurcmarlow@gmail.com
Chat with our Minister
Our Minister, the Rev Chris Parker, can be found at the Ark Café on the first and third Tuesdays of the month between 9.30am and 12 noon. If you would like to have a chat with him, please do drop in at the Ark and join him. You will easily recognise him – he will be the person wearing the dog
collar!
Special Events
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 active 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, Marlow Regatta, Carnival, Harvest Thanksgiving, Remembrance, and so much more!
Christ Church URC is delighted to be working with Jam Theatre on an
exciting new venture – Kids’ church. See our new Kids’ Church page for all
the details.
The Garden
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. From time to time, we meet here to worship or to hold a prayer meeting
We also hold a weekly vigil for Ukraine in the garden at 4pm every Sunday
In response to the helplessness many of us feel when we see what is going on in the world (eg in Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan) and in our own country where there seems to be rising feelings of mistrust and misunderstanding between communities, we and River Church are now holding a monthly candlelit vigil for peace, hope and justice in the garden at 5pm on the first Sunday of month. Please join us.
Christian Aid Week
10-16 May 2026
Christian Aid week 10 -16 May 2026
Christ Church has long supported this annual activity, working alongside other churches in Marlow, and is doing so again in 2026. This year, Christian Aid is highlighting its work in Nairobi, Kenya, with its partner organisation Beacon of Hope. They are creating economic opportunities and strengthening communities in Nairobi’s informal settlements, supporting families to build sustainable livelihoods with urban farming skills. With training, tools and seeds, parents are helped to fight food insecurity, grow fresh vegetables in small spaces and earn an income to support their families.
But Christian Aid does so much more than this. It’s working in nearly 30 countries, for example peace building in South Sudan, Myanmar and Colombia, defending people’s rights in Isreal and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and providing humanitarian assistance to refugees in Lebanon.
We are grateful to Gillian Dibden and the Taplow Youth Choirs for putting on a wonderful concert at Christ Church URC on 10 May 2026 to raise funds for Christian Aid’s work. Thanks to all who supported this event. There will be no envelope drop this year, but you can donate online at https://caw.christianaid.org.uk/envelope-2026/marlow-christian-aid-group
Thanks to all those who continue to support Christian Aid week.
