Sunday Services

Gathering for worship


 


The church meets every Sunday at 10:30. It helps to get there 15 minutes early to get a parking spot.

We meet at:
Trinity Church
Park Lane
Knebworth SG3 6PD


You can expect a warm welcome, great worship, an impacting preach and a friendly bunch of people gathering to learn more about God. 

Format

Our services are a mixture of praise, through the singing of hymns and songs; of prayer; of telling the story of the things God has done in the Bible; and of reflecting - usually aided by preaching - on what it means to be people of God today. The music is a mixture of both contemporary and traditional and our preachers and leaders of worship will often use creative ways to seek to convey God's message and to enable us to make it our own. 

Following the departure of previous minister, Rev Steven Cooper, in July 2019,  Trinity Church went through a period of 'interregnum' , whilst we await a minister our services are currently led by Ministers from local Methodist and United Reformed Churches, or by Local Preachers from the Methodist Circuit, or specially-trained members of our own congregation.

On the first Sunday of the month, the 10.30 service is usually Team-led Worship, planned and led by trained lay worship leaders from among Trinity's congregation. This helps to underline for us the recognition that at our best we all bring and offer something of ourselves in worship - gathered all before God, we engage in something that is much more than a spectator sport.

We have Open Church Sundays, where the service will be opened by a worship leader and then the floor is open, so bring along a bible passage, poem, reflection, hymn or song, prayer and share with all whom are gathered, or just come along and listen, you may feel inspired whilst there all are welcome.

Once a month  the service will be a service of Holy Communion.  This is similar in format to any other service, but includes the sharing of bread and (non-alcoholic) wine, in a tradition that is rich in symbolism, and dates back to the very beginning of Christianity. All are welcome to take the bread and the wine. In the morning  the bread and wine, in small individual glasses, will be brought to the congregation where they are seated, and you are welcome to take, eat and drink - but there is no difficulty at all if you prefer not to receive. All are welcome to the service. The bread and the wine symbolise the body and the blood of Jesus, and sharing them in this way serves as a reminder that Jesus values humankind so much that he gave up his life for all of us; and that by his subsequent resurrection and defeat of death, he calls us now to share his life.

Very occasionally, we will join with another church and worship elsewhere on a Sunday morning, afternoon or Evening often in connection with our partnership in the Knebworth Family of Churches.  So please do check the Church calendar for the latest information.

Children

We have a fantastic programme for children at the church, that we call Sunday Club.

Children stay with their parents or guardians at the start of the service as we worship (sing songs!) together for the first part of the morning. Someone will announce when the children need to go to their programme. You are welcome to stay for the main service while your children attend Sunday Club, or to accompany them if you prefer.

For more information about what happens in the children's work please visit the Children page.

There is teacoffee and biscuits served in the church hall.

Come and join us!

If you have any questions about our Sunday Services or need to get in touch with us about any other enquiry we will be happy to help. Please Contact Us for more information.