As part of our Church Mission and Discipleship framework, “Gardens, Dining Rooms and Kitchens“, we offer courses for individuals to grow. In our framework Gardens are about settings suitable for Guests, Dining Rooms for building Friendships and the Kitchen is the place for the Family. As we resolve dates for each course we’ll show them against each below. They will normally be at 7.30pm in our Upper Hall on the Church site accessible off Beaumont Road.
And so it is in the Kitchen where we grow into the family likeness of Jesus. Here we refer to the Sink where we discover our Ministry and the Oven where things in the Kitchen get finished off and where we discover our place in Mission before passing out the back door into the garden and mixing with guests. Therefore we offer courses to help you in these areas of growing as a disciple of Christ to help fulfil our church aim of being a C4 Church. A church that wants to be about: Christ and our Committment to grow in him and his Commandments and Commission.
One regular courses will be
Welcome to St Judes – Next on Tuesday 1 May (Changed from 17 April) and 16 October 2012
An evening with refreshments led by our Vicar, Tim Smith, where he will give you a tour of the church’s ethos and offer an opportunity to ask any questions at all.
Then we have some further more specific courses we would encourage you to attend over a year or two. In general our small groups don’t meet on Tuesdays so you can easily still be a part of a group and just join one of the following for a short season every now and then:
Basic Christianity: Alpha (Next begins on – Tuesday 15 January 2013)
Alpha is a Christian basics course where you can explore the meaning of life over 9 evenings.
Basic Discipleship: 40 Days Of Purpose (Next begins on – Tuesday 6 November 2012)
What are we here for? What is our purpose in life? What would it look like to live a balanced life as a Christian? A great course over 6 evenings that has been transformational for many in their approach to life. Highly recommended.
The Sink: Discovering Your Ministry (Next begins Spring 2013)
What S.H.A.P.E. has God given you? None of us want to be square pegs in round holes. Its the same when it comes to discovering the ministry that best suits you. This isn’t about finding you a job in the church, but to help you consider what role God may have got you readys for as we explore together Sprititual gifts, Heart passions, Abilities, Personalities and Experiences of life. Over 5 evenings you can begin to see a way forward into a fulfilling ministry because you’ll the have the tools to find what will best suit you either in our outside the church.
The Oven: Just Walk Across The Room (Next begins early Summer 2013)
Mission is so much easier when we partner with God. that means making friends and listening for his prompting. This course helps take the pressure off evangelism and maintains mission throughout all our lives and friendships. Only 4 evenings to discover that evangelism isn’t scary and you don’t need to knock on any strangers doors or stand on the street trying to convince people about Jesus with a flip chart. Just make real friends and listen to God’s promps! A liberating few weeks that removes any guilt about fulfilling your part in the great commission to go and make disciples.
If you enjoy being creative this group that meets in the Lower Hall one Saturday a month between 10am – 1pm is for you! Come along and see what is being demonstrated and have a go, or bring any projects you are currently working on. We are keen to enable the group to develop their own ideas and bring their own skills and experiences along. We love to see and share what others do and to learn from them. In order to cover the costs of materials a minimum charge each month of £3 is requested. Due to the wide range of crafts and availability of suitable materials the following programme is subject to change at short notice.
2012 Dates
Sat 31st March: Easter crafts
Various Easter themed crafts
Sat 28th April: Photography
Suitable for the most advanced levels to those who have never used their camera before
To view the Create Gallery just click on the frame now!
Contact Create:
to contact this group just fill out the form below
YOU CAN ON THE ALPHA COURSE. OUR NEXT PLANNED COURSE BEGINS ON TUESDAY THE 15TH JANUARY 2013.
We want to give you an opportunity to explore what is probably the most important thing – life. You can’t easily do it with friends in the pub, or with collegues at work or family at home. They often think your questions aren’t serious.
But we offer The Alpha Course to help you do that, where no question is too simple or wierd. And we’re using a newer, shorter, punchier version from Alpha UK that’s been squeezed into 9 evenings. (It also avoids the need for a day away for the traditional course which was 13 weeks plus the extra day away) The talks are now just about 30 minutes. This picture is a still from the new DVD talks though we sometimes use live speakers.
Each time we meet we have some refreshments together – maybe a cake and a drink – have the talk to give us something to refect on, then chat. You can chat about anything and explore with everyone else. Its a cool time when no area is out of bounds because we all want to find what’s important – meaning.
If you want to get a feel for the material or really can’t make a course, have a look here.
If you want to come drop us a note here, we’ll get back to you with details.
We promise not to chase you, if you want to come along and try and don’t like it, that’s fine. We also promise to keep it relaxed and that we’ll give you space to explore the meaning of life for yourself.
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 tries to be relaxed and friendly. We don;t use hymn books, but instead project all the words you will need to take part onto our large screen. If you think church is somewhere you can’t smile and where you have to know what to do to join in, you will have a nice surprise with us. We really do want you to feel welcomed and comfortable the moment you arrive.
Our main family worship time on Sunday mornings is at 10.30am. With Kids Church for school ages & Starfish for older toddlers running at the same time in the Lower Hall except for the second Sundays each month when we get together for All Age services.
There is also a crèche area at the back of the church, were you can supervise your child and still partake in the service.
The service talks sometimes follow the readings from the Church of England lectionary and other times themed weeks. We have a number of speakers on a rota, each with their own style. We take Communion together on alternate Sundays. Kids Church rejoins the main service towards the end in order to share in communion and the final part of the service.
After the service Refreshments are available with time to stay and chat.
Our Prayer Ministry Team is available to pray for people after each service, in confidence and with some privacy if you wish.
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 have a regular programme of “Ambles”, led walks – pleasant strolls in beautiful places. Some can be little more demanding, “Rambles”, that might, for instance, be on a part of the moor. They are led by one of our Readers who is also an experienced walk leader. They leave from St Jude’s Church Car Park with shared cars. For details of the forthcoming programme, click here.
CREATE
If you enjoy being creative this group that meets one Saturday a month is for you! Come along and see what is being demonstrated and have a go, or bring any projects you are currently working on. We are keen to enable the group to develop their own ideas and bring their own skills and experiences along. We love to see and share what others do and to learn from them. To view the Create page click here.
CHURCHES TOGETHER IN PLYMOUTH
St Jude’s is a supportive member of CTiP and many things are happening around the City organised by the member churches. If you want to see what’s on around the churches, you can click here to see.
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.
And so it is in the Kitchen where we grow into the family likeness of Jesus. Here we refer to the Sink where we discover our Ministry and the Oven where things in the Kitchen get finished off and where we discover our place in Mission before passing out the back door into the garden and mixing with guests. Therefore we offer courses to help you in these areas of growing as a disciple of Christ to help fulfil our church aim of being a C4 Church. A church that wants to be about: Christ and our Committment to grow in him and his Commandments and Commission.
Basic Christianity: Alpha (Next begins on – Tuesday 15 January 2013)
Basic Discipleship: 40 Days Of Purpose (Next begins on – Tuesday 6 November 2012)
The Oven: Just Walk Across The Room (Next begins early Summer 2013)
