Once again for the safety of us all Tolworth United Reformed Church has decided to suspend gathered worship.

God remains present with us wherever we are.

We still meet for worship online each Sunday at 10.30am

To worship with us each week:     Telephone: 03306060403 (await instruction)

Access code (enter) 1529640#  (DON’T FORGET #)

OR access online https://join.freeconferencecall.com/rjones853

We are live online from 10.15am each Sunday

 

We continue to make provision for ‘Worship At Home’, both via telephone and online video link.

The details and links for attending our worship remain the same.

FOR LENT

There will be a weekly Lent refection study. This is held on Wednesday at 6.30pm and Thursdays at 3.00pm 

There is also a daily reflection, Walking Through Lent.  A daily thought written by Heather Lodge for us on our journey through Lent.  See below.

For previous reflections see “church life” and “prayers”

God bless you and we look forward to worshipping together from wherever you are……

 

WALKING THROUGH LENT 11: 27 February 2021

WATER OF LIFE

Ps 55:22 “Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.”

John 4:13-14a “Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.”

Our favourite café is on the riverside path between Surbiton and Kingston. Newly renamed Ginger Bees, it is mostly an outdoor café. (Normally) you can while away a sunny Saturday afternoon with a cup, or three, of tea, watching life go by on the Thames. It is only when the café is closed though that its amazing artwork is revealed. This swan adorns the front shutter, standing over six feet tall.

In today’s Gospel reading we meet Jesus at the well with the woman from Samaria. Like our afternoon cup of tea, the water she has drawn will quench a physical thirst. However, like tea, it will not be long before more is needed. Our spiritual thirst requires something much more satisfying and, if only we will accept it, Jesus offers us living water that will sustain us through all our cares and anxieties. Accompanying the Gospel reading is a promise from the Psalmist that Mendelssohn transcribed so serenely in his oratorio Elijah, that God will not let his people fall.

Pastorate LENT reflection studies  2021

A weekly meeting online –  use same logins a for Sunday worship 

Intro:      Wednesday 17th Feb. 6.30pm/Thursday 18th  Feb.3pm

Ash Wednesday Reflection – bring some ash

Week 1:  Wednesday 24th Feb. 6.30pm/Thursday 25th Feb. 3pm

Jesus guided by scripture – bring a candle and small jar

Week 2:  Wednesday 3rd March 6.30pm/Thursday 4th March 3pm

Jesus serving with gladness – bring a pair of spectacles

Week 3:  Wednesday 10th March 6.30pm/Thursday 11th March 3pm

Jesus sharing bread– bring a piece of bread/fruit

Week 4:  Wednesday 17th March 6.30pm/Thursday 18th March 3pm

Jesus praying– bring a symbol of prayer (praying hands)or make paper cross

Week 5:  Wednesday 24th March 6.30pm/Thursday 18th March 3pm

Jesus making disciples– bring a cup of tea and place mat

Week 6:  Wednesday 31st March 6.30pm/Thursday 1st April 3pm

Jesus generous under pressure– bring a small tree/plant branch

Holy Week

We continue to worship together.

For details of regular worship Worship Details or go to “About” and “Worship Times”.

To view or listen to our recent act of worship Morning Worshipor go to Church Life” and “Sunday Morning worship reflections”.

For lent reflection https://tolworthurc.org.uk/prayers/

For very short sermonettes for during lock-down period Sermons? or see “sermons”.

 

WELCOME!  We are a community of people, together seeking to follow God.  We discover God in the person Jesus Christ and are encouraged and strengthened on our journeys by Gods Spirit.

 

You are welcome to join us, and everyone is welcome.  We hope that you find something of God’s love, comfort and inspiration from our time and worship together.

Because we seek to reflect Gods love for all people and all creation, we aim to be inclusive, faithful and active in the local area.

It is in such a God we see hope for the world.

 
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We are community of people, together seeking to follow God.  We discover God in the person Jesus Christ and are encouraged and strengthened on our journeys by Gods Spirit.

 

Worship

Our morning act of worship is on Sunday at 10:30 am.  The Tolworth congregation, adults and children and Shekinah Church a Tamil Community church all begin our worship as one community together.

The Tolworth United Reformed adult congregation continue with their worship in the sanctuary where Communion is celebrated on the second Sunday of each month.

There is a Children’s Church and a crèche area and facilities available  where children continue in their journey of faith. In Children’s Church they enjoy fun craft activities and stories.  There is always something new to learn.

 

The Shekinah Church, meet together to continue their worship in Tamil.

There is an evening service on the first Sunday at 6.30pm of each month where communion is shared.

On the third Thursday of each month at 3.30pm a Messy Church and Friends on Faith Adventures meet for a worship celebration which include scripture story, prayer and music and creative fun and activities. This is an all age worship celebration. 

Visitors are most welcome to worship with us at all times.

The Perfect ON-LINE Worship Video

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