Our main worship service at 10.30am on a Sunday in Ashbourne is great for all ages. As we're having major building work done, we're currently worshipping at Ashbourne Hilltop Primary Academy School, DE6 1HJ. And the morning services continue to be live streamed.
If you decide to join us at Hilltop School, you will be welcomed at the door by a member of the welcome team. The service starts at 10.30am, and most people arrive 5 or 10 minutes early. Of course, you can also join our worship from home, with our live stream on Facebook or YouTube - click here for details of our online worship.
You can sit where you like. It doesn’t matter what you wear as there is great variety in how people dress for church in our congregation. If you want to play safe go for smart casual, but you are welcome in whatever you are comfortable!
Our service usually includes a mix of hymns and songs, prayers, Bible readings and a sermon or talk.
Most people stand up for the hymns & songs, and the song words are projected on a screen so you don’t need a hymn book. If you’re not familiar with them you can just listen and try! We sing as a way to worship God and to remind ourselves of the key parts of our faith.
We will all worship together for the first part of the service, then those in the building are able to choose the worship choice which suits them best that day - either staying in the school hall for a sermon or talk (this will also be live-streamed), or going to one of the classrooms for a different worship activity. This activity will change each week and be suitable for all ages to worship together.
In the sermon the preacher explores how the Bible passage is relevant to our lives today. The activity in the classroom will explore the same theme, with the chance to talk to one another, or to respond creatively. Each week someone will explain the activity so you can choose something that feels right for you on the day.
The service usually lasts about an hour. We serve tea and coffee in the school hall after the service. It's great to be able to chat together and to get to know each other.
We don't have a "collection", as many people now give direct to bank, but you can make a donation to support our work using the collection boxes in the church or give online or by text message
There are toilets including an accessible toilet with baby change facilities.