Welcome!
We are an Anglican Church offering a wide range of styles of worship, from traditional to informal. We are a caring community consisting of people of all ages, who believe that God makes a difference in our everyday lives. Our mission is to Know Christ More – through worship, prayer and study, and to Make Christ Known – by sharing our faith with those around us.
What's on at KCM
Monday 30 March
21.00: Cocoa and Compline – Do join us online for 15 minutes of quiet music, prayer and reflection.
Please click on the link from 20.50 onwards. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88978423093
Tuesday 31 March
10.00: Said Eucharist in the church led by Revd Emma.
21.00: Cocoa and Compline – Do join us online for 15 minutes of quiet music, prayer and reflection.
Please click on the link from 20.50 onwards. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88978423093
Wednesday 1 April
10.00: Said Eucharist in the church led by Revd Emma.
PLEASE NOTE: No Charlies’ Angels toddler group today.
19.00: Tenebrae Service in the church led by Revd Emma – this is a quiet, meditative service of shadows which helps us to identify with the darkness and loss felt by Jesus’ followers as they experienced his death.
21.00: Cocoa and Compline – Do join us online for 15 minutes of quiet music, prayer and reflection.
Please click on the link from 20.50 onwards. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88978423093
Thursday 2nd April (Maundy Thursday)
11.00: KCM Community Cafe Maundy Service: Join us in church for a short Maundy Thursday service led by David Thomson (Live Streamed).
11.45-13.30: KCM Community Café. Do pop in for tea, coffee, delicious homemade cakes or a light lunch. You are assured of a warm welcome and all profits go to good causes.
19.30: Last Supper Meal in the hall which will include all the elements of Jesus last meal with his friends, before processing into the church to strip the altars and pray at the garden of repose. You are invited to remain in the church to watch and pray until 2300.
Friday 3rd April (Good Friday)
10.00: Churches Together in Potters Bar Walk of Witness – join us to walk from KCM to the War Memorial in Oakmere Park for the Good Friday Act of witness at 10:45
12.00: An Hour at the Cross – a quiet time of reflections on the cross to include music, prayer, space, images and words as we meditate on the final hours of Christ’s life.
14.00: The Final Hour – a moving service with readings and hymns as we hear again the account of Jesus’ suffering and death.
16.00: Messy Church Good Friday – come along and make an Easter garden and hear again the story of Easter – in the vicarage garden if the weather is fine.
Saturday 4th April (Holy Saturday)
20.00: Service of Light – together we anticipate the joy of Easter Day. The service starts in darkness before we go out to light the new light which is used to light the paschal candle which is then carried into the darkened Church where we all renew our baptismal vows, the light is passed through the church, and we celebrate that Christ is Risen.
Sunday 5th April (Easter Sunday)
06.00: Churches together Dawn Service at St Mary’s Church – we come together with members of other churches in Potters Bar to celebrate ‘Christ is Risen’.
09.00: Sung Eucharist led by Revd Emma (Live streamed)
10.30: 1030 Joint Easter Service with communion and Easter Egg hunt for the children.
Regular events
Weekday services
During the vacancy, weekday services will be limited to a Communion service on Tuesdays.
More infoKCM Community Cafe
Tea, coffee, home-made cakes and light lunches on Thursdays from 10.45-13.30.
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Crafts, activities and fun with a Christian flavour. Second Sunday of the Month from 3pm till approx. 4.30pm
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Safeguarding is at the centre of our faith, in our practice, in our worship, in our praying and in our believing. Safeguarding is part of our core faith and an integral feature of Christian life in our church.
Donations
The Church of King Charles the Martyr provides a spiritual focus and outstanding facilities for the local community. It is YOUR church and like all charities, is dependent on the generosity of its members, the local community and others.
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