A generation or so ago our staple diet was meat and two veg. Over the years we’ve discovered other dishes that give sustenance, pizza, stir fry, chicken tikka masala, chow mein...
Similar changes have happened with what nourishes us spiritually. A generation ago it was Book of Common Prayer, either Matins or Communion, and the King James Version of the bible. Now there’s Common Worship, Iona Services, Spring Harvest, Taizé....
At a recent meeting of the PCCs we thought about whether the current “menu” of worship we offer is adequate. The current pattern is a communion service using modern language as the main (often only) service in the churches on a Sunday. The PCCs asked for a greater variety and number of services and asked the churchwardens to come up with a rota. After discussion the wardens came up with the following pattern which will be introduced from the beginning of May.
| | 1st Sunday | 2nd Sunday | 3rd Sunday | 4th Sunday | 5th Sunday |
| 8.30 am | Traditional language Holy Communion Eastham | Traditional language Holy Communion Kyre | Traditional language Holy Communion Stoke Bliss | Traditional language Holy Communion Rochford | |
| 10.00 am | All Age Family Worship Stoke Bliss | All Age Family Worship Hanley William | All Age Family Worship Eastham | Contemporary language Holy Communion Hanley William | Contemporary language Holy Communion Kyre |
| 3.30 pm | | All Age Family Worship Rochford (winter) | Contemporary language Evening Worship Hanley Childe (winter) | | |
| 6.30 pm | | All Age Family Worship Rochford (summer) | Contemporary language Evening Worship Hanley Childe (summer) | | |
This pattern will be reviewed at the end of the year. There is nothing too exotic in the menu being offered and we hope it provides sustenance!
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