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Kestby Parish
A church for the whole town. Sunday worship with the children at the front, lunchtime prayer on Wednesdays, and a room with the lights low for anyone who needs one.
- Sunday8:30Quiet communion, no music
- Sunday10:30Sung family service, with children’s church
- Tuesday9:30Little Lanterns for under-fives
- Wednesday12:15Lunchtime prayer, twenty minutes
- Thursday19:30Evening prayer in candlelight
- Friday18:30Kestby Youth, ages 11 to 17
Each week
When we gather
| Day | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 8:30 | Quiet communion, said, about 40 minutes |
| Sunday | 10:30 | Sung family service, children’s church after the first hymn |
| Tuesday | 9:30 to 11:00 | Little Lanterns, for under-fives and a grown-up |
| Wednesday | 12:15 | Lunchtime prayer, twenty minutes, sandwiches after |
| Thursday | 19:30 | Evening prayer by candlelight |
| Friday | 18:30 to 20:30 | Kestby Youth, ages 11 to 17, pizza on the first Friday |
Who we are
Open windows, open doors.
Kestby has stood on Chapel Walk since 1868. We are a mixed congregation: retired teachers, shift workers, two choirs, a Polish-speaking prayer group and the families who arrive for the youth club and stay for the coffee.
Nobody has to know the words to sit with us. Ask anything on a Sunday; someone will answer.
Coming up
Three dates in the next few weeks
Harvest lunch
Soup, bread and the produce table, in the hall after the 10:30 service.
Remembrance service
The names of the town’s war dead are read at 10:30, with poppies to take home.
Carols by candlelight
Our choir and the youth club, at 18:00. Mulled juice and mince pies afterwards.
Children and young people
A place for every age
Children stay with us for the first hymn, then go to children’s church with leaders who have been checked and trained. Teenagers have their own Friday night and their own say in what happens in it.
Giving
Keep the heating on and the doors open.
Gifts pay for the building, the youth work and the office. Give once or monthly, and add Gift Aid if you pay UK tax.
Sunday, 10:30