Sanderstead United Reformed Church

Worship

WHAT WE BELIEVE
God created the world and human beings in God’s image.  God gives God’s own self to the world in Jesus of Nazareth whose death and resurrection bring us new life, love and forgiveness.  God also gives the Holy Spirit to renew our lives, to refresh and encourage.  We need to open our hearts and our lives and allow that Spirit to work in us.
The word of God is contained in the Bible.  With the help of the Holy Spirit we can understand what we read here and how we can apply it in our everyday lives.

Our Sunday worship is at the heart of our church life.  We come together to meet with God, to celebrate God’s goodness and love.  We pray for God’s guidance in our lives.

Our main services of worship are at 10.30am and 6.30pm each Sunday. We rarely use a prayer book and services are simple in style with a minimum of ritual. Holy Communion forms part of the service on the first Sunday morning, and the third Sunday evening of each month.

Our services are generally made up of hymns, prayers, readings from the Bible and a sermon. Members of the congregation help the minister who leads the worship and certain special services may focus on a theme, such as Remembrance, One World Week and Christian Aid

FAMILY WORSHIP
Children and Young People are an integral part of our church family and worship. They are not just the church of the future - they are the church of now. On Sunday mornings the children and young people join us for 20 minutes or so and then leave for their own departments which caters especially for them.
A family service is held on the third Sunday of most months. This service is also attended by the various uniformed organizations which are affiliated to the church.

BAPTISMS, WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS
Sanderstead United Reformed Church has an open door policy on baptisms and weddings. No one who comes to us for the Sacrament of Baptism will ever be turned away. 

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CHURCH MUSIC
The Church Choir sings in the Sunday morning service and practices on Friday evenings at 8.00pm.

After the morning service we meet for coffee in the hall.

Local transport to Sunday services can always be arranged for the elderly or infirm.

Membership

It is part of the United Reformed Church tradition that church members have a direct and personal responsibility for the life and policy of their own church.  That responsibility is exercised at our church meeting, which is held on the third Thursday of every month, and sometimes after worship on Sundays.    We try not to make any distinction between those who have become church members and those who have not, but we do hope that those who are committed to our church will become members.  This is done either by transfer of membership from another church or denomination or by confession of faith – also known as confirmation.

Presently we have a Church Membership of about 250 with another 100 or so friends and 260 young people including the uniformed organizations.
Morning congregations average about 160.

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