Sunday Meeting

We’re so pleased that you’re thinking of visiting us.

Welcome Church meets every Sunday at 9am and again at 11am. You’re very welcome to come and join us at either meeting.

Our meetings are relaxed and suitable for all ages, and all sorts of people! Just come as you are and enjoy being with us.

There’s free tea and coffee available after each meeting. This is a good time to say hello and get to know a few people, so please do stay.

To help you on your first visit, we’ve put together some details and a handy guide to some of the most asked questions. You can find this by clicking here.

 

How to find us

The Welcome Church building is found at the corner of Church Street West and Oaks Road in Woking (next door to the now infamous ‘Woking Pizza Express’!). There is a small car park in Oaks Road that is reserved for people with disabilities or illnesses that mean they can not walk far.

There is an entrance from the car park into the Chapel. The main entrance is on the other side of the building. At both entrances you should find someone from our Welcome Team to help you.

We have a large overflow car park available opposite our building (next to the Fire Station). Look out for our Car Park team who will direct you where to go.

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If you are unable to attend in person…

If you are unable to join us in person, you can join us live each Sunday at 9am or 11am
 
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Sunday 19th March 2023
The Gospel Of John | A Matter of Life and Death - The Heartbeat of Jesus' Life and Mission


"In the Bible we see that Mary has amazing faith in God, and it comes out in her approach to Jesus. When Mary discovered a problem her response was to bring it to Jesus so he can help... What is our response to Jesus and what is his heartbeat for us?"

Click on the boxes below to watch previous Sunday talks, or click here to access these and all our previous talks as audio podcasts.
Sunday 19th March 2023
The Gospel Of John | A Matter of Life and Death
In the Bible we see that Mary has amazing faith in God, and it comes out in her approach to Jesus. When Mary discovered a problem her response was to bring it to Jesus so he can help... What is our response to Jesus and what is his heartbeat for us?
(00:41:01).
Sunday 12th March 2023
The Gospel Of John | A Matter of Life and Death
Jesus strolls by the lake … he sees some fisherman … he calls them to follow him … immediately they drop everything, quit their jobs and follow him … like zombies. Surely there is more to the story? So who is Jesus and why should I follow him?
(00:50:22).
Sunday 5th March 2023
The Gospel Of John | A Matter of Life and Death
Part one of our brand new preaching series The Gospel of John, chapters 1-12 with the tagline A Matter of Life and Death. This book is literally a matter of life and death. It’s about the life of Jesus, it’s about the death of Jesus on a Cross, and it’s about the resurrection of Jesus to new, everlasting life. It’s a story about Jesus. It is a matter of life and death.
(00:35:43).
Sunday 26th Februrary 2023
Fear Transformed Through Jesus
Fear is something that can be evident in our lives and affects us daily or it can be something that we have learnt to manage, using strategies to hide them, to not have to deal with them. Jesus’ disciples were full of fear, but how was this fear transformed through Jesus?....
(00:37:59).
Sunday 19th Februrary 2023
Self-Worth Transformed Through Jesus
"I'm the strong one, I'm not nervous I'm as tough as the crust of the Earth is I move mountains, I move churches And I glow, 'cause I know what my worth is I don't ask how hard the work is ..... Under the surface I'm pretty sure I'm worthless if I can't be of service" This might just be the words of a fictional character, Louisa from Disneys Encanto but how true do these lyrics sound to you?...
(00:41:46).
Sunday 12th Februrary 2023
Death Transformed Through Jesus
Jesus promised us a resurrection, his work is finished and death is defeated, so what does it mean for a Christian to die with confidence? Baptism Sunday from both our 9.00am and 11.00am meetings
(01:10:12).
Sunday 5th Februrary 2023
Faith Transformed Through Jesus
Someone once defined faith as believing something when you’re not sure if it’s true. The greatest faith of all is believing something when you’re absolutely certain there is no way it could possibly be true! That’s not faith....
(00:52:36).
Sunday 29th January 2023
Relationships Transformed Through Jesus
So much of the joy we experience flows out of healthy relationships and yet so much of the pain we experience flows out of unhealthy relationships we experience as well, so what does Jesus offer us through this pain?
(00:43:20).
Sunday 22nd January 2023
Life Transformed Through Jesus
What would you be prepared to do to get ahead?... Levi was a tax collector, a hated man seen as a traitor to all. How can Jesus transform the life of a man such as this?
(00:45:07).
Sunday 15th January 2023
Life Transformed Through Jesus
Steve Kicks off our first Talk in our new series "Life Transformed Through Jesus" Through all people and all situations, life is transformed through Jesus.
(00:46:34).
Sunday 8th January 2023
Growing In Faith And Courage
What part does fear play in holding you back from following Jesus? In our first meeting back in 2023, Steve goes over the choice we make even in hardship and trial, to follow Jesus and step out in faith and courage.
(00:54:55).
Sunday 18th December 2022
Even Through Mary
Mary wasn't 'Somone special' Mary was someone humble, who God's grace made into somone remarkable..
(00:43:42).
Sunday 5th December 2022
Even Through Joseph
This Sunday Steve leads us through the topic of Fatherhood. ’dad’ or ‘father’ can be an emotive word for some people, but fatherhood is crucial; good dad’s are a blessing. Some of us had poor or negative experiences of fatherhood, but a good father can be a powerful blessing.
(00:53:41).
Sunday 27th November 2022
Even Through Zechariah & Elizabeth
What would someone say your priority is? would it be to parent well? your opportunity to learn? to stay looking youthful? Where are you pointing yourself towards and where are you leading others to...
(00:39:41).
Sunday 20th November 2022
Even Through Samson
Samson's life was fast paced and reckless, super strength and super looks! Its easy to see his life featuring on a blockbuster Hollywood film success! But without boundaries or limitations was he ever truly free?..”
(00:48:58).
Sunday 13th November 2022
Even Through Peter
We have ALL already disqualified ourselves. But Jesus would say to Simon Peter, even to me, and even to you, “I HAVE QUALIFIED YOU!”
(00:50:02).
Sunday 6th November 2022
Even Through An Ethiopian Eunuch
Wherever you’re from, God wants to work through you here and now in the UK, and that means we all have a part to play in our church. Whatever your nationality, whatever your language, wherever you were born, God can work out his purposes even through you.
(01:06:06).
Sunday 30th October 2022
Even Through You
Guest speaker, Sydney leads us through how God moves even through you. God moves through all people, named or unnamed, we each play a supporting role in God's great plan.
(00:42:05).
Sunday 23rd October 2022
Even Through Esther
"Too Young, not from around here, not as qualified, and what would people do or think! What difference can I possibly make??" Meg leads us through the brave story of Esther and how God can move in the most fearsome of times.
(00:42:19).
Sunday 16th October 2022
Even Through Samuel
Christopher explores how God changes a nation through an unlikely youth worker and an unassuming young person.
(00:51:49).
Sunday 9th October 2022
Even Through Ruth & Bathsheba
On Sunday we see how through Ruth and Bathsheba's stories, Mercy triumphs over judgement at the cross. Jesus died for broken, sinful people who deserve only judgement; he died for us.
(00:54:55).
Sunday 2nd October 2022
Even Through Tamar & Rahab
How can I, in all my shame, ever come before God??!! This week we visit Tamar & Rehabs' stories of redemption through Jesus and how he shines through both of their lives.
(00:43:34).
Sunday 25th September 2022
Even Through Paul.
Paul was transformed when he met Jesus.
The video of this Sunday also includes the baptisms. (00:30:39).
Sunday 18th September 2022
Even Through Abraham.
"Who me?! Listen, I'm not that person...I'm not doing great...I don't read the bible...I can't even pray sometimes...I'm a bad Christian, ultimately, I just don't love God like I know I should." Our hearts often believe the lie that we need to prove our worth to God, Yet God has shown us time and again that it's his steadfast love, his patience, his mercy, and his compassion that is the decisive force of redemption. Part one of our new series "Even Through You" (00:45:27).
Sunday 11th September 2022
How the mighty have fallen.
Many of us have been deeply saddened this week by the news that Queen Elizabeth II has died. We mourn with those who mourn; we feel it together as a nation. This week, we reflect on The Queen's servant life in Christ, and the example she led of having a hope that goes beyond the grave. (00:46:44).
Sunday 4th September 2022
Functional Family: Love One Another.
Jesus gave us a New Commandment: to love one another. But love is a universal human experience. What’s actually new about this so called new commandment? (00:51:47).
Sunday 21st August 2022
Functional Family: Pray For One Another.
As a Christian, you get to live a life of communion with God, we live this through prayer. In the hard times, in the good times, prayer! Watch now to hear Christopher unpack three types of prayer. (00:38:54).
Sunday 14th August 2022 Functional Family: Forgive One Another. brings comfort and restoration whilst unforgiveness builds walls, creates separation, and forms resentment. Forgiving isn't easy, but the bible shows us how through Jesus Forgiveness is possible. (00:39:08).
Sunday 7th August 2022 Functional Family: Carry One Another's Burdens. Can you think of a time when you experienced someone else carrying your burdens? Everyone in life will go through a season of either needing to be carried or carrying someone else, in the words of but why should we and where are we carrying them to?... (00:48:43).
Sunday 31st July 2022 Functional Family: Encourage One Another . We can all encourage one another, having a real impact on each other's lives. Encouragement is for us all, our ability to encourage springs from the finished work of Christ in us. So how can we intentionally live a life of encouragement? (00:40:37).
Sunday 24th July 2022 Functional Family: Honour One Another . Recognising the worth of a nine-million-pound football shirt might be easy, if it sold for that amount then surely it's the shirt is worth it!? But how about recognising the true value of an individual... how do we live a life of honouring one another, and even honouring those who we feel don't even deserve to be honoured?... (00:40:24).
Sunday 17th July 2022 Functional Family: Bear With One Another. What drives you crazy, it could be slurping drinks, cycling on the pavement, using single-use water bottles, or even people with different political views! They will always be different bugbears for everyone, but how does the church go about bearing with one another in our daily lives. (00:34:43).
Sunday 10th July 2022 1 Corinthians: Seeing The Bigger Picture . We're not the center of the universe and neither are you. Sometimes we can have tunnel vision and miss what God's been doing around us, so how and where do we see the bigger picture?... (00:53:13).
Sunday 3rd July 2022 1 Corinthians: Living My Best (After) Life . What happens when we die? What we believe about death will have a profound effect on how we live our lives - Christopher explores how Paul looks at death through the lens of the gospel. (00:45:48).
Sunday 26th June 2022 1 Corinthians: It Makes All The Difference . Mick explains why the resurrection is central to the Christian faith. (00:44:32).
Sunday 19th June 2022 1 Corinthians: More Than Words . We need more than words, we need wisdom. We all have a part to play in building up the church, with wonderful precious gifts to encourage and bring us together, but when is the time to speak and when is the time to stay silent?.... (01:03:14).
Sunday 12th June 2022 1 Corinthians: Let There Be Love . Haddaway sang ‘What is love?’, the Black Eyed Peas sang ‘Where is the love?’, the Beatles sang ‘All you need is love’. In this message Christopher unpacks 1 Corinthians 13, exploring what true love is, where it comes from, and why it’s at the heart of all that we do as Christians, no matter how gifted we are. (00:48:22).
Sunday 5th June 2022 1 Corinthians: Body Parts Or Parts Of The Body . The body of the church is diverse by design. The Church is a place where diversity flourishes because of unity and unity flourishes because of diversity, so are we body parts or part of the body?...(00:48:56).
Sunday 29th May 2022 1 Corinthians: Spiritual Gifts . "Spiritual gifts are available to the church now" this week we had guest speaker John Groves back to speak about spiritual gifts and what they mean for the church today.(00:56:53).
Sunday 22nd May 2022 1 Corinthians: The Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper was being handled badly in Corinth so Paul takes his readers back to the night Jesus was betrayed and explains how it is a meal of Participation, Remembrance and Proclamation.(00:46:05).
Sunday 15th May 2022 1 Corinthians: Hold On To Your Hat. What does the Bible say about male and female and how do we relate to each other across the genders? And does it really care about wearing hats in church? (00:49:19).
Sunday 8th May 2022 1 Corinthians: Wholehearted Devotion. How does it look to live a life of wholehearted devotion to God? Guest speaker Tim Blaber leads us through this next chapter of 1 Corinthians, asking the challenging question of who has the 'Keys' to your heart? And will you flee from idolatry? (00:46:05).
Sunday 1st May 2022 The Price Is Rights. Know your rights! Demand your rights! Get your rights! Our culture is obsessed with rights. But living life with a gospel lens causes us to live and think differently. (00:44:39).
Sunday 24th April 2022 Food for Thought. This week Christopher relaunches our 1 Corinthians series by looking at how we as Christians engage with our culture while remaining faithful to Jesus. (00:42:46).
Friday 15th April 2022 Abide With Me... Evevn In Death. On Good Friday Christopher shares the hope we have for both this life and the next because of who Jesus is and what he did on the Cross. (00:33:11).
Sunday 10th April 2022 Abide with me... In My Sorrow. Life is often full of sorrow. Cassie encourages us to store up faith in God in times of plenty so that we can draw on this in times of sorrow and despair. Remembering that Jesus himself abides with us in our sorrows. (00:34:31).
Sunday 3rd April 2022 Abide with me... when I fail. When you fail how do you respond? Meg reminds us that God’s grace is bigger than our failures and that Jesus himself abides with us in our failures. (00:38:18).
Sunday 27th March 2022 Abide with me... in my disappointment. Life is sometimes full of disappointments. How can we abide in the presence of Jesus when we’re going through deep disappointment, and God seems distant? (00:52:36).
Sunday 20th March 2022 Stick or Twist. What’s your biggest relationship regret? Christopher continues the 1 Corinthians series by exploring how Paul looks at different kinds of relationship status through a gospel lens. (00:45:49).
Sunday 13th March 2022 Great Sexpectations. Sex! So misunderstood, abused, and underrated but what does the Bible really say about it?. (00:54:43).
Sunday 6th March 2022 Fix Your Eyes on God. Vinu encourages us to lift our eyes to God in all circumstances. (00:50:07).
Sunday 27th February 2022 Life Through A Lens: "Believers Behaving Badly". Paul had a radical solution to a situation of serious sin in the church at Corinth: “Expel the wicked person”. What does this mean for us today? And what about Belong, Believe, Become? (00:48:12).
Sunday 20th February 2022 Life Through A Lens: "Life At The Back Of The Queue". Pride can be really easy to spot in other people but really difficult to spot in ourselves. How do we live the life of humility that Jesus calls us to? (00:46:56).
Sunday 6th February 2022 Life Through A Lens: "The Wise, The Spiritual & The Mature". Christopher continues the 1 Corinthians series by exploring how Paul applies the lens of the Gospel to three of the things that the Corinthians value most in life: wisdom, spirituality & maturity.(00:46:12).
Sunday 30th January 2022 Life Through A Lens: "Knowing Jesus". Have you ever felt like you’re not up to the task you’ve been given? If so you’re not alone. When Paul faced this situation he discovered that there’s nothing more important in all of life than knowing Jesus.(00:50:06).
Sunday 23rd January 2022 Life Through A Lens: "The Wisdom of the Cross". Christopher continues the 1 Corinthians series by exploring how Paul looks to dismantle and heal the division in the Corinthians church, by refocusing on the message of the cross.(00:41:40).
Sunday 16th January 2022 Life Through A Lens: "Fresh Faith For The Future". We launch our new preaching series, looking at how the church in Corinth began and finding fresh faith for God’s plans and purposes for our life and our church.(00:47:40).
Sunday 9th January 2022 Welcome Stories Sunday. Looking back at what God has done in our lives and Church throughout the pandemic.(00:52:19).
Sunday 2nd January 2022 Being a worshipper when times are tough and life is not what you expected. As we enter a New Year none of us know what challenges lie ahead. How can we live as worshippers when times are tough and life is not how we expected it to be.(00:45:57).

   

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