Fancy a cuppa? Come and join us in the foyer of church every 2nd & 4th Fridays of the month for refreshments and company. Everyone welcome. We serve a variety of hot beverages, cakes along with toast and tea cakes.

We usually meet between 10.30-11.30am on Friday mornings
The choir sings on second and fourth Sundays at the 10.30am service and for special occasions. We always welcome new members. If you have a passion for singing contact, please contact us and our choir master will happily contact you.

Fancy a cuppa? Come and join us in the foyer of church every Saturday mornings for refreshments and company. We serve a variety of hot beverages, cakes along with toast and tea cakes. The first Saturday of each month, we serve breakfast cobs. Check out some homemade cards and books for sale. Everyone welcome.

We will be singing hymns, praying together, listening to Bible readings and reflecting upon what this means for our life today as well as sharing in Holy Communion. This service is live streamed to those who prefer to gather for worship online in their own homes. All welcome, We'd love to see you!

Barratt started at SS Simon and Jude church in Rainworth as a choir boy with organist Gordon Foster and is now a professional singer. He will be performing to raise funds for SS Simon and Jude and choir funds. Back to basics. Back to his roots. Rather than charging a set price, there will be retiring collection at the end of the concert. Please message Kellie [email protected] to reserve seats.
Barratt is taking bookings - 07713760967

We gather together on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month, for one hour, to dwell in God's Word and pray for our communities. Email [email protected] if you would like to know more.

Together we will listen and reflect upon God's Word, sing and pray together. All welcome. We'd love to see you!

Meditative, quiet, contemplative service with candle light, silence, Bible readings and Taize chants.

New group started offering friendship for all including those living with dementia. It happens the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 2-4pm at St Simon and St Jude Church in Rainworth. It's okay to just turn up, you will be made most welcome. Donation towards refreshments welcome.

Worshipping together as one church family across Blidworth and Rainworth as well as our online gathering. Together we will listen and reflect upon God's Word, pray, sing and share Holy Communion together. All are welcome, we'd love to see you!

Breakfast rolls served on the 1st Saturday of the month along with teacakes, scones, toasts, variety of coffees and tea. All reasonably priced and conversation and friendship to go with it.

This service will reflect upon our care of creation, climate change and our response in prayer and action and we will sing some hymns and hear God's Word. All welcome.

An opportunity for prayer for yourself, for our nations and the world; to listen and reflect upon a Bible reading and to receive anointing with the oil of healing for those who wish.

Raising awareness of what we mean by safeguarding and how we all play a part in keeping people safe and safe space. As part of this service we will sing hymns, listen to God's Word and prayer. All are welcome. This service is also blended with Zoom

We will listen and reflect upon God's Word, as we celebrate the gifts God has given to us, sing and pray together.

Lessons and hymns reflecting upon what we mean by 'Harvest'. A service of celebration and giving thanks as we listen and reflect upon God's Word, pray, sing and share Holy Communion together.

We will be remembering those we love but no longer see. During the service, loved ones names will be read out and there is an opportunity to light a candle if you wish. We will be singing hymns, praying together and listening to Bible readings and reflecting upon the importance of remembering and hope. All are welcome to attend

We will be reflecting upon the gift of gratitude as we listen to God's Word, sing and pray together. This service is blended with Zoom.

Do you enjoy singing? Would you like to learn some new songs and hymns? Come and Sing might be just for you. We start in the foyer where we will have a good sing, learn some new songs/hymns and then move into church for a short service.

St Simon and St Jude church in Rainworth will be hosting The Mansfield & District Male Voice Choir and Mansfield Latvian "Novadi" Ladies Choir for a concert on Saturday 11th October at 7pm. Tickets are £10 each, doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Tickets available from Nick Prescott and choir members or Mansfield & DWVC secretary 01623 455373.

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Reflecting upon God's generosity and our response. We will listen and reflect upon God's Word, pray, sing and share Holy Communion together. Bishop Paul will be joining us for this service. This service is blended with Zoom

Reflecting on the importance of God's Word for our faith. We will listen and reflect upon God's Word, pray and sing together.

Everyone welcome to join us online, on Zoom, for a reflective evening prayer service, Celtic style. We will join together for prayer, song and listen and reflect upon God's Word.

Holy Communion service to celebrate our patron saints St Simon and St Jude

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Celebrating the saints as gather to listen to God's Word, pray and sing. We'd love to see you!

Our 1st of 2 Remembrance Sunday services will be a Holy Communion service when we will listen to God's Word, pray and sing together and remember the fallen. There will be an outdoor service at 10.45am at the outside war memorial.

There are 2 outdoor services at the war memorials in both our villages of Blidworth and Rainworth at 10.45am. We are also hosting a 9.15am indoor service at St Simon and St Jude's and an online service at 10.45am (email [email protected] for a Zoom link).
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

We will listen and reflect upon God's Word, pray and sing together

We will gather for this service on Zoom for a contemplative service with Taize chants. Email [email protected] for a Zoom link.

Tom and Kate will be joining us again for our annual Christmas wreath making.

Singing Hymns, hearing God's Word, praying together and sharing Holy Communion together as we celebrate Christ the King. All welcome. This service is blended with Zoom

Today we will light our 1st Advent candle, listen to Bible readings and singing Advent carols as we reflect upon the season of Advent and share in Holy Communion. All welcome, we'd love to see you! This service is blended with Zoom

We are very excited about our Christmas Tree Festival and alongside this, we will have a Christmas market and the stalls will include fabulous raffle, tombola, Christmas baking, Children's stall as well as coffee and mince pies and even bacon and sausage cobs! Will be wonderful and we'd love to see you.

A service with singing, prayers and reflecting upon God's Word. All welcome

This service begins outside, weather permitting, with the first part of the carol service around a fire pit and ends with the switching on of the outdoor Christmas tree lights. We then move inside for the second part of the carol service with the Tree of Memories when you have an opportunity to put a Christmas bauble on our indoor Christmas Tree in memory of a loved one you see on longer. All are welcome. Come to the first part or the second part or all of the service to suit your needs. There is no need to book. We'd love to see you

Tom and Kate will be returning for our annual Christmas wreath making. More details to be follow nearer the time.

We will light our 3rd Advent candle and listen and reflect upon God's Word, pray, sing and share Holy Communion together

We realise, that for various reasons, not everyone is able to come into our church buildings so we don't want you to miss out in singling some of your favourite Christmas carols and hearing the Christmas story. Email [email protected] or [email protected] if you would like a Zoom link. The carol service is for everyone.

Join us for a traditional carol service with 9 lessons and carols or anthems which will be sung by the choir. All are welcome to join us for this service

Family Christmas service with Christingle oranges. Beautiful service for all ages when we listen to the Christmas story and gather in a circle with lowered lights with our lit Christingles to sing Away in a manger.

Celebrating the Christmas story, singing Christmas carols, listening to God's Word, praying and receiving Christmas Holy Communion. An order of service is available to download with this post.

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We will be singing Christmas carols, praying, listening and reflecting on God's Word and sharing Holy Communion together. This service will be blended with Zoom

We will listen and reflect upon God's Word, sing, pray and share Holy Communion together