It can be daunting going to a church service for the first time or after having been away for a long while. We try to make our Sunday services as welcoming and understandable to the newcomer as we can.
Church of Christ the King has four different Sunday services at 3 different venues (we call them sites). For more practical information about these services visit our when and where page.
We hope the summary below helps explain a little of what you can expect to happen at any of our Sunday services.
What does a Sunday service look like?
Each service (at both our Shoreham site, Racecourse site and New England site in Central Brighton) is kicked off by a time of singing songs of worship led by a band on the stage, and then after a short welcome, Joel Virgo or the speaker for that week will teach a message from the Bible. Here at CCK we tend to work though a series of message that follow a book in the Bible or a particular theme. Visit our media section to view past messages.
Following the message from the bible (which normally takes around 40 minutes) we stand together and believers will take bread and wine together to celebrate the Lord Jesus Christ and what he’s done for us in his death and resurrection. In response to the message that has been brought, we will then stand together and have another short time of singing songs to God and often they'll be opportunity at this point to receive prayer from one of our team.
Also during the service, members of the church will have an opportunity to give money into a general offering for the church (though many will do this through standing orders or by other online means), but as a newcomer, please do not feel obliged to do this - this is for people who call CCK their home church.
After each service, there will be tea and coffee served where there is plenty of opportunity to chat to people. There will be people dotted around with connect t-shirts on if you’re new and would like to chat to someone.
At our New England site there is also an information point downstairs if you would like any information about CCK or about things that happen during the week.
Activities for Children
At our morning services (at each of our sites) we host a full range of activities for children and young people. Read more information about the different age groups here.
Can someone show me around?
Do you want to come to church but don't want to come by yourself? Or would you just like someone to show you around? Then we can provide someone to help.
We are very keen that everybody who comes through the doors at Church of Christ the King gets welcomed and looked after so we offer the opportunity to arrange in advance for someone to meet you when you arrive and look after you during your Sunday with us.
Please fill out the form to the right if you would like this to happen.