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Situated in centre of Lancaster city, we have a Victorian
building that seats 300-500 people depending on configuration.
Most Sundays we run 3 services, but we also run a traditional
early morning communion service one Sunday a month. The 10-30am
service is mainly attended by families, and once a month we
have an "all age service". At 6-15pm our second
service begins, then at 9pm, the Late Evening Service (LES
commences). The LES is attended mainly by Univeristy students
and other "young people" from the locality, some
of whom are already committed to other churches. We usually
see around 700 people across the 3 services on Sundays.
Through the year we run many events. In 2001-2002 we ran
5 separate Alpha courses, 2 for adults, 2 for students, and
1 youth alpha. This coming year we will run another 4 Alpha
courses as well as organising the North-West Alpha conference
in October 2002. As well as having special services at Christmas
and Easter, we also celebrate the 2 Jewish festivals, Passover
and Tabernacles.
As well as regular events such as house groups and clusters
(the name given to several house groups meeting together),
we run teaching seminars with our staff team or guest speakers.
Over the next year we will have teaching on parenthood and
managing finances, as well as regular "mens breakfasts".
Youth work in the church continues to grow under the leadership
of a dedicated Youth Pastor. As well as young people's groups
on Friday evenings, and along with Junior church on Sundays,
a drop-in centre has been established one day per week for
secondary school pupils from years 7-9. Weekends away also
feature in the young people's activities, as do concert trips
and school visits.
The Director of Music is responsible for leading worship and
providing worship teams for all services, Alpha groups, and
special occasions. There are currently around 45 active members
of the worship team, which works on a rota basis. We aim to
make inspired use of the liturgy, hymns and songs, and take
responsibility for leading God's people into His presence
on a weekly basis. Our worship style is mainly contemporary,
but traditional, and other styles of worship are also used.
We continue to explore ways of using the Creative Arts in
our worship.
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A recently installed video system allows projection of words,
Bible passages, powerpoint presentations, live video links,
video recordings etc on 2 large screens and 8 monitors. We
also have a fairly new sound system, offering superb quality
when operated by well trained persons!
St Thomas's Centre
Marton Street
Lancaster
LA1 1XX
Tel: 01524 - 62987
http://www.st.tees.org.uk/
We look forward to welcoming you to St. T's.
Robin & Ruth
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