This group may be up to 30 folk some weeks, but it has a small intimate feel, where fellowship and friendship are encouraged. People regularly join us and you would be given a warm welcome.
With some short worship and a variety of gatherings, each week follows one of the following styles:
Book of Common Prayer Communion
A thought for the day
Common Worship Communion or Morning Prayer
We always finish with some tea or coffee and other bits like cakes or biscuits while we stay with time to chat.
Social events regularly follow the Midweeker, including bring and share lunches, trips to properties and buildings of interest, and even skittles and bar lunches. Our Spring programme of events are:
8 February
A local history slide show with a bring and share lunch
14 March
A trip to Buckfast Abbey with lunch in the refectory or take some sandwiches
25 April
An outing to Tavistock. The lunch venue isn’t picked yet, but the afternoon is for wandering around the town with your friends.
St Jude’s has two services on a Sunday, at 10.30am and 6.30pm. The mornings much more family focussed, the evening with refreshments beforehand to fom community, then extended worship and themed talks – often with ministry times. We also offer an opportunity to gather on a Wednesday morning that we call the Midweeker that goes from communion from the Book of Common Prayer to Thoughts for the Day – always with lots of fellowship opportunities and regular days out! Each has its own character – do have a look at each by clicking on the links!
If you are coming by car, we have a small car park on site and the local roads can be parked on easily on Sundays. The weekday parking restrictions are applied between 10 and 11am except at our end of Knighton Road where a 1 hour limit applies.
We hope we have everything you may be wanting to find linked from this page or above – please do explore!
We also love to showcase good videos ( there are several in different parts of this site) and this next one gives a great insight into humanity’s problem and the cost of the solution to our broken relationship with God.
At our Sunday morning services we offer worship suitable for all with Kids Church most weeks too (except some of the main school holidays and a monthly All Age service normally on 2nd Sundays of the month). Kids Church is at the same time as the adult gathering, a different group for the toddlers called Starfish and a creche in the church for the youngest members of the community.
Our Sunday evenings are at 6.30pm in our Upper Hall – see here for more!
We’re also going through lots of changes – buildings and services, small groups and kids. It isn’t just blind busyness, but we are following a firm strategy based on outreach and discipleship – C4. And all this pressure this year is reflected in our chosen verse for the year – check it out here.
We have great childrens’ times across the week – not just Sundays – see whats on offer here. Families can find space, Youth can gather in different ways, folk who want to grow more in their relationship with Jesus often meet up Sunday evenings and our older community are encouraged, especially at our Midweeker. A new after school drop in is up and running too, do check out our Roots Cafe
Parking is easy in our own car park and nearby streets. We hope to keep up lots of social activities. All folk of any age or background can find friendship here. Together we try to follow Jesus, welcome the Holy Spirit and bring glory to the Father.
We encourage members of the community to support ministries in the city, not just in the church. And it isn’t uncommon for individuals and families to feel a call further afield and we have several of our church family in overseas ministries and missions.
If you want to know more about giving at St Jude’s, have a look here.
