Meet us - Ten O Clock Sunday
Why didn't we do 10 am service before?
Because 10 am service isn't the whole of St Benedict's, but it is an important part of our regular worship. We meet (almost) every Sunday morning at 10 am. Bells ring beforehand to welcome us in
Who are we?
Our main worship service each week is at 10 o Clock on Sunday morning. Our congregation are young and old, and in between. Junior church meets during the service (except on the 2nd Sunday of the month). This worship service is at the heart of our church.
What do we do?
We come together for the Eucharist service. This is the key service of the Anglican church, and it's usually called a 'celebration'. We celebrate the fact that we can come together in peace to worship and pray.
At the heart of we present bread and wine and the priest offers these to God and prays over them in the same way that Jesus did at his last supper. The priest prays 'This is my body' and 'This is my blood'. We then share in eating the bread and wine, which is a way of committing ourselves to God and receiving his blessing.
We singOur worship always includes singing hymns and songs | ![]() |
![]() | We prayWe ask God for forgiveness for all we've done wrong.
One of the congregation usually leads us while we pray for the world, the church, and the community |
We listen to the bibleWe listen to three readings from the bible, including a gospel. You can find our readings here; | ![]() |
![]() | We hear someone preachSomeone speaks to us about the readings we have heard, applying them to live |
We share the peaceWe shake hands to symbolise forgiving each other and coming together | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | We bring up our offeringsWe offer from our money, but also bread and wine to be blessed |
We come for a blessingPeople who have not yet been confirmed, including our children, are blessed by the priest | ![]() |
![]() | or for the bread and wineWe share in the blessed bread and wine, committing ourselves anew to God |
After the service we have tea and coffee and a chat!
Why do we come?
Probably for as many reasons as there are people! Here are some from one Sunday morning
- Because it's something I want to do
- It's spiritual food
- I like the sermon (usually)
- To meet everybody
- It's a family service
- I like to praise the Lord and I like the sense of community
- The fellowship, the welcome
- For a good sing
- To renew my faith every Sunday, and make good the things that have not gone so well
- To take part in communion
Why I come to the 10 am service
Why I come to 10 o clock service
Why might you come?
Come to find out what our church is like. This is the main place we meet and worship.
Come if you want to join our worship, in a traditional, but easy going style
Come if you want to find out more about what the church means today
Come to sing, listen to the bible and a sermon, and pray together
You don't need to tell anyone, you can just come, a few minutes before 10am, on almost any Sunday of the year. You can sit anywhere you like, and we hope someone will introduce themselves to you. If not, please introduce yourself to the service leader or to the people next to you! You are very welcome.