Worship
Worshipping God is central to all we do at RMCC and we offer a range of styles to help us engage with God. We aim to make RMCC a place where you can come to be fed, equipped for your daily lives and celebrate all that God is doing.
Morning Services - every Sunday - 10:30am
At these we offer children’s group (4 – 10 years), young people’s group (11+) and provide a crèche for babies and toddlers.
Winter Themes
2 December: Advent 1
Theme: Important Births - Moses
Readings: Exodus 1:8-14,22; 2:1-10 Acts 7:17-22
9 December: Advent 2
Theme: Important Births - Samson
Readings: Judges 13:2-14,24, Numbers 6:2-5
16 December: Advent 3
Theme: Important Births – John the Baptist (echo of Elijah)
Readings: Luke 1:5-7,11-25,57-66, Malachi 4:5-6
23 December: Advent 4
Theme: Important Births – Mary and Joseph, two perspectives
Readings: Luke 1:26-42, Matthew 1:18-23
25 December: Christmas Day
Theme: The Nativity and Visitors
Readings: Luke 2:1-20, Isaiah 40:9-11 Tuesday
30 December: Christmas 1
Theme: Political Repercussions
Readings: Matthew 2:1-23, Micah 5:2-5a
6 January: Epiphany
Theme: Light Comes
Readings: John 8:12-20, John 1:1-9
13 January: Baptism of Lord
Theme: John’s Testimony
Readings: John 3:22-36, Hebrews 1:1-4
20 January: Epiphany 2
Theme: Parables – the Wicked Tenants
Readings: Matthew 21:33-46, Psalm 118:15-29
27 January: Epiphany 3
Theme: Parables – Building House on Rock/Sand
Readings: Luke 6:46-49, Psalm 18:1-5,16-19,30-32
3 February: Epiphany 4
Theme: Parables - Patch on cloak, wineskins
Luke 5:33-39 Galatians 4:8-9
10 February: Epiphany 5
Themes: Parables - House at midnight, looking for bread,
Luke 11:5-13 Isaiah 62:6-9
17 February: Epiphany 6
Theme: Jesus Challenges
John 6:26-71 Hebrews 8:8-12
24 February: Epiphany 7
Theme: Calm Before Storm
John 7:1-31 John 2:1-4
3 March: Transfiguration
Theme: Jesus’ Proclamation
John 7:32-52 Isaiah 55:1-5
6 March: Ash Wednesday
Theme: Encountering Forgiveness
John 8:1-11 Hebrews 9:11-14
10 March: Lent 1
Theme: Command to Love
John 13:31-38 Proverbs 3:3-4
17 March: Lent 2 – Four Forms of Love
Theme 1 – Love: Eros (in love)
Song of Songs 1:2; 2:10b-13; 4:1-7; 8:5-7; 5:10-16, 1 Corinthians 13
24 March: Lent 3 Four Forms of Love
Theme 2: Love: Philia (friendship)
Luke 5:17-26 1 Peter 3:8-12
31 March: Lent 4 Four Forms of Love
Theme 3: Love: Storge (familial empathy)
Romans 12:9-21 John 4:46-54
7 April: Lent 5 Four Forms of Love
Theme 4: Love: Agape (unconditional)
John 3:16-17 1 John 4:7-21
14 April: Palm Sunday
Theme: Mounting Pressure
John 10:22-39 John 12:12-16
Evening services - monthly on the 1st and 2nd Sundays
Praise service on the first Sunday of the month at 7pm, Oasis on the second Sunday of the month at 6.30pm is a time of reflective worship.
Praise & Bake - third Sunday of the month - 4.00pm
Offers alternative worship for the whole family in a relaxed and fun environment.
Tuesday Prayers - 9am
A short service following the Northumbria Community's daily prayer book.
Lunchtime Communion - 1st Wednesday -11.30am
Followed by a simple lunch.
Wednesday Evening Prayers, 7pm
Wednesday evening prayers will be exploring praying in lots of different ways. All prayers will start at 7pm and last about an hour. There will be Taize services, soaking prayer, prayer walks and healing prayer.
Saturday Morning Prayers, 9.30am
Monthly, on the first Saturday in the prayer corner of church.
Other Worship Opportunities
We are also delighted that the Ghanaian Pentecostal Church use our premises for their own service on Sunday afternoons from 1.00pm.
Prayer
We believe prayer is important. We have a monthly prayer meeting on the first Saturday of each month at 9:30 am in the church, all are welcome. We also have Prayer Time, at 9am every Tuesday morning, and at 7pm every Wednesday evening.
Prayer cards are regularly distributed round the local area inviting people to send in any requests for prayer.
If there is anything you wish to be prayed for then you can submit a prayer request here....
In the chapel there is a designated area for personal prayer and a prayer room is also available.