There’s no dress code, no expectations, just a warm welcome, come as you are!
plan your visitSunday Gatherings are the heart of our church community. We come together to worship, learn from the Scriptures, pray for one another, and create space to encounter more of God’s Spirit.
Wadhurst Lane
Monkston
Milton Keynes
MK10 9LA
You don’t need to know what to do or what to believe before you arrive, and there’s no need to get dressed up, spiritually or otherwise. Just come along and take part at your own pace.
When you arrive, our Welcome Team will be ready to greet you and point you in the right direction. We serve drinks and snacks before the gathering starts, so come a little earlier, from 10:10am, grab something and find a seat. Our gatherings are fairly informal. We normally begin with around 25 minutes of sung worship, led by a band, and most weeks we share communion towards the end of this time.
We then take a short break. It’s a chance to top up your drink, say hello to someone and drop your children off at Garden City Kids, while young people can make their own way to the Youth room.
After the break, we share a few short notices before spending time exploring the Bible together through practical teaching. Towards the end of the gathering, we make space to wait on God and respond to what he may be doing. There’s also an opportunity to receive prayer ministry if you would value having someone pray for you.
Worship is our highest priority. When we participate in musical worship as a church, we join with God’s people throughout history and across the world, in declaring what is true about who God is.
We set aside time in our gatherings to hear the Word of God taught. As we open the Scriptures, we’re invited to reimagine our lives in light of God’s story and the way of Jesus.
Communion is a symbolic act of eating and drinking in remembrance of Jesus’ sacrifice. It invites us to remember the love of God revealed in Jesus, who lived without sin, died for our sins on the cross, and rose again in victory over death.
Each week, we make space to respond to what God is doing through a time of prayer ministry. Trusted members of our team are available to pray with you during the service, and there’s room to respond in whatever way feels most comfortable for you.
Garden City Kids is designed to help our children connect with Jesus, in a fun, relevant, and action-packed way.
Garden City Youth have a variety of opportunities, some weeks they take part in age-specific activities, while other weeks they remain in the main service with the adults.
For the first 350 years of Christianity, there were no church buildings. Early followers of Jesus primarily gathered in homes and the focal point wasn’t a stage or a pulpit, but a table.
Gathering around the table was a sacred moment for the early Church. It reminded them of their relationship with God as they received the bread and wine. It was where they experienced true community with one another, and where they extended hospitality to the least, the last, and the lost.
We want the same to be true for us. So, on the last Sunday of each month, we set aside our usual gathering format and instead come together around the table to share a meal.
Listen back to all the talks from our Sunday Gatherings and find a link to your favourite podcast platform.
Let us know you’re coming and we’ll help you find your way, answer any questions and make you feel at home.
