{"id":57,"date":"2014-04-05T15:22:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T15:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westhallammethodistchurch.co.uk\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2025-04-24T07:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T07:32:17","slug":"worship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westhallammethodistchurch.co.uk\/?page_id=57","title":{"rendered":"Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">The main weekly service is Sunday morning 10.30 a.m. Being a Methodist Church, there is a variety and freshness in the worship brought about by the mixture of preachers planned. Some weeks it may be a more traditional style with singing from the hymnbook, another with a PowerPoint presentation and more charismatic worship. The Church youngsters join the service for the opening worship before going to their own activities. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">Holy Communion is celebrated on average once a month and there is an open invitation to \u201call who love the Lord Jesus\u201d to fully participate. Anyone not wishing to receive Bread and Wine (non alcoholic) may go to the communion rail for a blessing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">The Church is licensed for Weddings and is available for funerals. The Sacrament of Baptism is available for infants whose parents wish to promise a Christian upbringing for their children and for older people who, having found faith and not baptised as infants, wish to take this step. From time to time Confirmation Classes are arranged for those wishing to consider Church Membership. <em>Enquiries are welcome for Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\">Special services during the year include:-<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\"> Covenant service held in January <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\"> Good Friday service held in March or April <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\"> Easter Sunday service held in March or April <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\"> New members service held as required <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\"> Harvest Festival service held in September <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\"> Carol service <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\"> Christmas Eve Midnight Watch service <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\"> Christmas Day service<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embedpress-google-slides-block ose-google-docs-presentation\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSetMjYTy9brnhPpGJDJiYu49mPg2GwE77bqTwervnRvuTr1tfgjohpJ4QdFLjJfA\/embed?start=true&amp;loop=true&amp;delayms=15000\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main weekly service is Sunday morning 10.30 a.m. Being a Methodist Church, there is a variety and freshness in the worship brought about by the mixture of preachers planned. 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