Visitors and newcomers are always warmly welcomed at Trinity services. There is an easy sloping pathway to the main entrance of the church which affords access. The church is fitted with an induction loop for hearing aid users. There are boxes of toys for toddlers in the Welcome Area to which the service is clearly relayed enabling parents to stay with their small children if they wish.
9.15am Early Morning Communion
This half-hour service is held on the second Sunday morning of each month.
10.30 am Family Worship, Junior Church and Holy Communion
Children and young people worship with the adult congregation for 20
minutes or so and then move to the hall to continue their activities in
Junior Church. Visiting children are welcome to go over to Junior Church. For
All-Age services (4 times a year) and on special
occasions (eg Harvest,
Easter, Parade services) the children and young people remain for the
whole service.
The Sacrament of Holy Communion is celebrated each month, and takes the
form of All-Age Communion twice a year.
We have both a Choir and a Worship Group that regularly give a musical lead in worship.
Each week members of the congregation bring gifts of tinned food, groceries and household or personal items which are then dedicated with the offertory and subsequently distributed to various local centres for homeless people.
Following the service everyone is welcome to stay on for a friendly chat. Coffee and tea are served in the church. There is a Bookstall in the Welcome area, and once a month there is a Traidcraft Stall in the Welcome Area.
4.00pm Tea-Time Service
These tea-time services have become a popular feature in the pattern of Sunday worship at Trinity. They are held about once a month instead of the 6.30pm service and are arranged to celebrate a special anniversary or event eg Party Praise for Toddlers, Marriage Thanksgiving, Bereavement and Remembrance, Evergreens, Parade. Tea is served afterwards in the church to enable people to meet each other informally.
6.30pm Evening Worship, Holy Communion and Healing Services
Once a month, usually on the third Sunday evening, there is a celebration of Holy Communion combined with an Act of Healing, led by a minister. The quiet reflective nature of these services serves to meet people's personal and spiritual needs. On the remaining Sunday evenings the services are usually led by local preachers. United evening services with All Saints, Abingdon have become a frequent event. Joint services with all the churches in Abingdon occur four times a year, and Trinity members join neighbouring churches to celebrate special occasions in the Christian calendar eg Prayer for Christian Unity, Christian Aid Week, Advent.
Sunday Service Plan
25 May10:30 Robert Smith
18:30 Exploring Worship
1 June
10:30 Tony Brett
18:30 Revd Graham Sparks
8 June
9:15 Revd Malcolm Atherton
10:30 Revd Malcolm Atherton
18:30 Helen Carter
15 June
10:30 Rev Martin Smithson
18:30 Tom Connacher
Thurs 19th June at 19:30
- Induction or Revd Richard Bittleston
22 June
10:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
18:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
29 June
10:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
18:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
06 July
10:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
18:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
13 July
9:15 Revd Richard Bittleston
10:30 Paul Williams
15:00 Revd Richard Bittleston
20 July
10:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
18:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
27 July
10:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
18:30 Ruth Dams
03 Aug
10:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
18:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
10 Aug
9:15 Revd Richard Bittleston
10:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
18:30 Local to be arranged
17 Aug
10:30 Revd Ian Millgate
18:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
24 Aug
10:30 Revd Richard Bittleston
18:30 At All Saints
31 Aug
10:30 David Kershaw
18:30 Revd Richard Bittleston