We do know that church is not simply a Sunday congregation but a family that connects in many and various means throughout the week. We want you to find a place of connection whether that be Sunday morning, Monday evening, Tuesday mid-day or Wednesday afternoon. Please use the contact form to get in touch with us if you'd like to know more. In all this, we continue to seek to be a missional church bringing the good news of Jesus to our communities in words and actions. 

On this page you will find information for our Sunday morning services in the coming months. We very much look forward to welcoming you, whether you be local or on holiday.  The messages are recorded and uploaded to our 'LISTEN' menu on this homepage. We share refreshments after the service. Our services run from 10:30-11:45am.

We are currently seeking to hear from God about what we should continue, what should stop and what new things could happen. For example, brand new ventures in recent months in the form of Family Church and Muddy Church we hope will become regular features.  We now have multiple midweek groups where smaller numbers allow for deeper relationships and journeying together as Jesus Followers.  Our Tuesday 'Explore' group is a great access point for those curious about faith and wanting to know more about God. Our embryonic missional communities in the form of The Gathering and Faith Talks have continued over the last two years and we'd love to grow them. After the success of last winter's Warm Hub, we are running again over the winter months to help those struggling with the ongoing Cost of Living crisis. Watch this space........

If you're visiting us on Sundays (10:30 start unless stated) in the near future then coming up...........

Sunday 31st December - Service reflecting on the old and looking ahead to the new

Sunday 7th January - Service focussed on the Persecuted Church. Led by Elaine Leighton. Communion will take place in this service.

Sunday 14th January - Chris Friend introduces our theme of Revealing Jesus and we'll work through Matthew's gospel to help with this

                                     7pm Reflective Communion Service led by Gill Lyons

Sunday 21st January - ALL AGE SERVICE

                                     5pm Songs of Praise at St Michaels Church Alnwick as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

Sunday 28th January - Matthew 2: Diversions - Chris Friend

Sunday 4th February - Matthew 4: The Desert Place - Elaine Leighton Communion will take place in this service.

Sunday 11th February - Matthew 3: The Prophetic Voice - Chris Friend

Sunday 18th February - ALL AGE SERVICE

                                      7pm Refelctive Communion Service (lead by Chris Friend)

Sunday 25th February - Matthew 8: Amazing Authority - Chris Friend

Sunday 3rd March - Matthew 12: Religion v Relationship - Karen Smith Communion will take place in the FIRST part of the service with children in.

Sunday 10th March - Mathew 16: Who am I? - Linda Donaldson

Sunday 17th March - ALL AGE SERVICE

                                      7pm  Reflective Communion Service led by Brian and Jen

Sunday 24th March - Matthew 21: Palm Sunday - Caroline Friend

Sunday 31st March - Matthew 28: Easter Day - Chris Friend This is an ALL AGE Service and we will share communion as a church family.

Sunday 7th April - Matthew 28:16-17: The Great Invitation - Elaine Leighton 

Sunday 14th April - Matthew 28:18-19: The Great Commission - Catherine Iley

Sunday 21st April - ALL AGE SERVICE

                                       7pm Reflective Communion Service led by Chris Friend

Sunday 28th April - Matthew 28:20: The Great Promise - Chris Friend

 

 

Welcome to our weekly diary. Here you will find information for what's happening this week and in the near future.

Ukraine Response: A number of our church family are providing homes for our Ukrainian guests. They in turn are part of a wider local group called Alnwick Homes for Ukraine Community.
 
Warm and Welcome: Following on from the successful Warm and Welcome (warm hub) over the winter 22/23, and the summer version called Warm Welcome, I can confirm that Warm and Welcome will run until 28th March 2024 from 11am-1:30pm weekly as a warm hub. After a short break for Easter, it will start back on 10th April 2024 as Warm Welcome with coffee and cake refreshments. If you are interested in being part of the Team or could help by providing cakes please contact David and Judy Riddington by email on: .
 
 
Regular information.........

Midweek groups: Midweek Groups start back w/c 14th January 2024 and take a two week break for Easter from 31st March 2024 and will start back w/c 14th April. A monthly break takes place following an All Age Service (usually 3rd Sunday of the month). 

Children and Families: Muddy Church (1st Sunday of the month exc January). Meet at 2:30pm at the entrance to Hulne Park. Contact Sarah Hamer on                                                        

                                       Messy Church (2nd Sunday of the month) supported by local churches. Meet at 3:30pm at St James URC Alnwick.

                                       All Age service at ABC at 10:30am (3rd Sunday of the month).

Prayer Meeting: Saturdays at 9am. The Prayer meetings are on Saturday's at Lisburn Street for an hour. If you're able to come along, you'd be most welcome.
Prayer line: Please remember that we do have a prayer line for urgent prayer requests which is looked after by Thelma Pallas and Chris Friend. It's important to recognise that there are folk in our church family who will bring specific requests to the prayer line but may not want that shared more publicly. We want to honour and respect these wishes.

Pastoral Team: The Pastoral Team is there for everyone in the life of the church and it may well be that you or someone you know needs practical support. If that's the case, please get in touch with our Triage co-ordinator Pauline Davidson. We do have capacity as a team and we want to make sure that we are meeting the needs of those who need it most.

Mondays@7: This is a monthly guys group. We will meet again on Monday 13th May. More details from Chris Friend

RT's Cafe: Robert's cafe has now re-opened as of April 2024. Please get in touch with Robert to find out more.

This week and in the next few weeks.......

Sunday 21st April:           10:30am ALL AGE SERVICE. At 7pm there will be a reflective communion service.

Sunday 28th April:           10:30am Chris Friend concludes our theme of 'Revealing Jesus' with Matthew 28:20 - The Great Promise. 
 
Sunday 5th May:              10:30am Chris Friend will introduce Koinonia with Acts 2:42 and covenanting well. We will share communion in this service.
 
Sunday 12th May:            10:30am David Archer will bring us Baptist Ecclesiology.
 
Sunday 19th May:            10:30am ALL AGE SERVICE. At 7pm there will be a reflective communion service.

   Future Dates:

Church and Trustees meetings: Church meetings have been scheduled for  Wednesday 10 July 2024, and Wednesday 6 November 2024. Trustees meeting are scheduled for Saturday 11 November 2023, Monday 29 January 2024, Saturday 20th April 2024, Monday 10 June 2024, Saturday 21 September 2024, and Monday 21 October 2024.

Christians Together in Alnwick (CTiA) meetings are open to all - they begin at 7pm at St James Pottergate. The next meeting is Thursday 13th June 2024 and the AGM (with speaker) is scheduled for Thursday 6th February 2025.