For children under school age (0-4+), accompanied by their Parents / Grandparents / Carers / Childminders.

We meet every Tuesday morning during school term time from 10.30 am until 12 noon at St Barnabas Church Hall, Main Street, Swanland. Our sessions are fun and interactive, and include free play time, crafts, stories, and singing.

Cost including refreshments - £2 per adult and one child, 50p extra for each additional child.

Are you new to the area? - Come and make new friends.

For More Information - Contact the Church Office on 01482 632941

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A time of praising God through song.

We also lead the sung worship in church on the 5th Sunday of the month at 10am.

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An introductory practical workshop for putting up flowers for Christmas in St. Barnabas will be held on Saturday, 13th December, from 10am until noon. Lilies and roses will be provided; it would help if you could bring any greenery (You can, of course, bring along some flowers - red and gold colours preferred).
If anyone is interested in helping with the flowers and would like to attend the workshop, please ring Louise on (01482) 632800.

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Join us on Sunday for a morning service, every week from 10 am until 11.15 am.

Our services are informal, following the Church of England pattern. We sing modern songs with some traditional hymns, led by either a worship band, a keyboard, or music videos. During the service, we read from the Bible and hear a sermon (a short, 10-15 minute talk) on what we have heard. We also pray and take time to respond. The words we use are usually projected onto a screen.

We celebrate Communion on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month. Visitors are welcome to share communion with us if they are baptised and used to taking communion in their church. We use unleavened bread (made from flour and water) or wafers (gluten-free wafers are available on request) and share a common cup containing alcoholic wine.

We do not currently have any babies or children who come to church regularly, but we welcome any who come to all of our services and will aim to start groups for this age when numbers permit.

There is no need to wear anything special; most people dress casually, and you can sit where you like. We do take up an offering as part of our worship, but there is no obligation to give. (Many of our regular members give by standing order.)

After the service, everyone is welcome to stay to chat and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea,

Everyone is welcome, regardless of your church background if, indeed, you have any church background.

This year, there is a joint Carol Service, with Christ Church, St Barnabas and The Bridge, at St. Barnabas Church.   Come and hear the Christmas story and sing traditional carols in our modern setting.   Bishop Eleanor will be speaking.

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Christmas Party
We are looking forward to our Christmas party on Tuesday, 16th December, at our usual time of 10.30 - 12.00. We then break up for Christmas, so this is our last meeting of the year.
Please bring a festive packed lunch for your child. We will provide some treats for the adults.
There will be a visit from Father Christmas, with gifts for the children. You will be able to take a picture of Father Christmas with your child, but please don't put photos on social media.

Carols Round the Crib Christmas Eve, 3.OOpm
You are welcome to come to this event at St Barnabas; it is suitable for all the family and particularly ideal for primary-aged children. Children can come dressed as their favourite Biblical Christmas character or animal as we tell the story of Christmas and sing carols together.

Thank you for being so supportive during 2025.

We want to send you and your family every blessing for Christmas and the New Year.

Kind regards

The Cygnets team

For children under school age (0-4+), accompanied by their Parents / Grandparents / Carers / Childminders.
Cost including refreshments - £2 per adult and one child, 50p extra for each additional child.
Are you new to the area? - Come and make new friends.

For More Information - Contact the Church Office on 01482 632941

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Church Prayer Meeting

First and Third Tuesdays

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For all the family, particularly suitable for primary-aged children. Children are invited to come dressed as their favourite Biblical Christmas character or animal as we tell the story of Christmas and sing carols together.

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Come together to celebrate Christmas with a family-friendly service, including Communion.

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Is there more to life? Come and explore the Christian faith at our Alpha course.

Each evening will start with a meal in the Hall and we then move through to the Chapel for one song on the screen followed by the video for that week on the screen.
We will then break into groups for discussion.

Approximate timings will be:

7.00pm Arrive and welcome
7.10pm meal in the Hall
7.45pm Intro to topic and video in the Chapel
8.15pm Coffee
8.30pm Discussion Groups
9.00pm Close

Contact our Church Office to book your place

Grandparents and Parents prayers - A seven-year-old group that meets on the 3rd Friday of the month in a member’s home.
10.15-noon.

Twenty or so men and women get together to pray for family and friends. First names are put into the bowl, and each person is prayed for. We are led by the Holy Spirit and follow 65 Promises from God for Your Child - a book by Mike Shreve.
GAPP is a fantastic group with people from different local areas and different Christian churches all of whom have been brought together by the Holy Spirit. It is wonderful to see how the Lord is moving among us and among those for whom we pray.
We have a few spare chairs for any newcomers who would like a cup of coffee, friendship and a special prayer time for their prodigals!

For further details contact Jean, 01482 633243.

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An opportunity to meet with other men from St Barnabas church.

We start with breakfast and then have an informal group conversation about the Bible, our faith and how it relates to life today

Contact Michael (07899 953737) for more details.

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As part of our Alpha courses, we will have a day session which will run from mid morning to late afternoon (we may review the timings of this and we can run it on another Saturday if this one does not suit)

A Christian Contemplation Group which welcomes people from various churches or none.

A facilitated time to be still and be present to God followed by a shared lunch at 12.30 p.m.

Contact Rena for details via the church office 01482 632941.