penkhull christian fellowship

                what is it like at one of our Sunday morning services?

Is it going to be weird?
Visiting a new place can be scary, especially when religion is attached to it. Here's a play-by-play of Sunday morning service to help take some of the weirdness out of it.

Come on In You will always be greeted by friendly people with the newsletter. They can help you find any place you need. If you are a first time visitor you will be given a welcome pack, please fill in the card and hand back to the usher or place in the offering bag. Sit wherever you want in the main auditorium. Nobody bites and there are no assigned seats.

Lets Get Rolling At 10:30 am the meeting leader will start the service, this may be in prayer or with worship music. If you don't know the words, we have them displayed on the screen right up front. The songs are modern and catchy; the words are usually taken from the Bible. At various points between the singing, we may move around and greet one another, have a time of prayer for individual needs and make announcements for upcoming events. Some of our people may dance or wave flags as a part of their worship.

Pass the Bag We collect an offering every Sunday. Visitors don't feel obligated to give anything. Instead, we ask you to place a visitor card in the bag when it's passed by. Somebody usually plays music or sings a song while this happens.

Sharing Often someone will share something that is going on in their lives and what God is doing in this situation, we call this a Testimony.

Bread and Wine are often used for those who are followers of Jesus. These just symbols that help us to remember that Jesus died and shed his blood so that we could get into the family of God. If you are a follower of Jesus you are welcome to join us in eating these symbols.

Smaller Children leave for Kids Church at around 11am. Sometimes they come back into the main service at the end to share or sing.

The Message Our Preacher for the morning will take the stage next to talk for a little while. His or her messages are usually down-to-earth and conversational. They won’t scream at us and shout "Your gonna' fry!" or anything like that. They will just talk to us about topics that affect our daily lives. While they talk and read from the Bible, many of our speakers use PowerPoint© presentations to help illustrate their point. The only scary thing is that Pastor Mike may tell a joke.

After the Message The speaker may invite us to come to the front for prayer about the things that were discussed. We give everyone who wants to pray time to come forward. This is a serious time to look inside our own hearts. The band may come back and play softly during this time. The prayer is usually for people who are sick.

Conclusion The service is then usually concluded with a song and prayer. You are then welcome to say and talk for a while over a cup of tea or coffee but you are free leave whenever you are ready. We want you to know that you are welcome, if we can help please ask. Above everything else we want you to meet with God and go away different than when you entered, this applies to all of us at Penkhull Christian Fellowship.