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Easter Sunday Morning Worship with Holy Communion
05/04/2026 10:30am

Our worship services

Our Sunday morning services start at 10.30am. Other services start at the times listed below.

If you cannot attend in person for Sunday morning services then you can join on Zoom using the log-in details below.

Easter Sunday Morning Worship with Holy Communion led by Rev Nicky Gilbert
05/04/2026 10:30am
Sunday Morning Worship led by Kathy Elvy
12/04/2026 10:30am
Sunday Morning Worship led by Jeremy Hicks
19/04/2026 10:30am
Sunday Morning Worship including Holy Communion led by David Childs
26/04/2026 10:30am

Zoom meeting ID: 830 0884 6183

Passcode: 306145.

Junior worship and fellowship

Junior Church takes place every Sunday morning and is open to all ages. Young people and children take part in the beginning of morning worship and then join in age-related groups for a variety of activities.

Families with babies and pre-school children are welcome to sit anywhere in the sanctuary, or in the safe area at the back of the church, so that everyone can participate in worship. Soft play bags are available for the very young.

Fun for Under Fives (FfUFs) runs every Monday morning in term-time for pre-school children and accompanying adults. The session includes play, craft activities, story time, songs and a prayer.

Messy Church is normally held on the first Monday of school holidays except Bank Holidays. All ages are welcome, accompanied by an adult. A fun morning, including a variety of craft activities, a short time of worship, and a light lunch. The next Messy Church event is on Friday, 29th May, between 10 am and 12 noon. There is no charge for Messy Church, but to help with catering, please let us know you are coming by text - 0748 472 7777 - before Monday, 25th May (Spring Bank Holiday).

For further details, contact secretary@farehamurc.org.uk who will pass on your query to the relevant co-ordinator.

Parent Free Zone Youth Group

Every month we host PFZ (Parent Free Zone) Youth Group on the second Sunday of the month between 5.00pm and 7.00pm, on behalf of Christians Together in Fareham. All young people from 8 years of age are welcome.

The young people can choose to play a range of table games, table tennis or badminton. The evening also includes team games or quizzes, a short time of reflection, and a cooked meal is provided.

An enjoyable opportunity for young people from the local churches to meet together for fun, faith and friendship. There is no cost to attend but to help with catering, please let us know who is coming by sending a text to 07484 727777

Future dates are:

Parent Free Zone
12/04/2026 17:00pm
Parent Free Zone
10/05/2026 17:00pm
Parent Free Zone
14/06/2026 17:00pm

Welcome to our church

We hope that you will find much to interest you here and will want to join with us as Christians in Fareham. Our church mission statement is "Sharing Jesus' love with the world today". This means we, all ages, come together each week for Sunday worship to listen for God's word for us. The rest of the week we try our best to act on what we have heard both in church and through our own prayers. We try to care for each other to the very best, and this love and care then flows out through all of us in our work, leisure and home lives. Wherever you are as regards faith in God, come among us and help us together, to grow closer to him day by day.

You may or may not be aware that there are now daily reflections, written by all kinds of contributors, made available by the United Reformed Church as emails. You can subscribe here to receive them. You can also find them on our website or on Facebook.

Come and join us for

Three course meal and one glass of wine included - please do not bring your own.

Surplus to church funds.

To obtain a ticket, please email secretary@farehamurc.org.uk

Event at Baptist New Life Church

Stitch in time!

Every Thursday in term time from 3.30 to 4.30pm

Do you need a button sewed on, a seam restitched or a hem sewn back up.

Bring your item along and we will do our best to make the repair while you sit back and enjoy a drink and a biscuit.

If you are able, we would appreciate a small donation to cover costs.

Our prayers this month

Every week pray for our Church Officers, Elders, all who lead worship, those who provide and show the PowerPoint and work the camera and microphones, those who provide music during times of worship, those who prepare the flowers and those who provide welcome and hospitality.

Prayer for Growth: God of Mission, who alone brings growth to your church, send your Holy Spirit to give vision to our planning, wisdom to our actions, joy to our worship and power to our witness. Help our church to grow in numbers and in spiritual commitment to you and in service to our local community. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

5th – 11th April

To ponder: We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. (Romans 6: 4-5, NIV)

Give thanks that you are raised to life in Christ and transformed by the Holy Spirit that makes all things new.
Pray for those who feel stuck; in places, relationships and situations which leave them scared, sad or hurt.
May we notice the signs of resurrection around us: acts of kindness, courage, love and quiet perseverance. May the peace of the risen Christ sustain us, renew us, and lead us on. (Revd Dr Michael Hopkins, Wessex Synod Moderator – Message for Easter 2026)

12th – 18th April

To ponder: The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. (Psalm 9:9, NIV)

Give thanks for those agencies who seek to build bridges between different peoples in the Middle East.
Pray for all who are caught up in conflict – not just in the Middle East but Ukraine, Sudan …
Our God answers prayer, and we call on his name. In the name of the Prince of Peace, Christ the Lord. Amen

19th – 25th April

To ponder: They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?’ (Luke 24:32, NIV)

Give thanks for the freedom we have to worship as we wish and express our beliefs, and to question what we are told.
Pray for those who do not have this freedom; pray for people in places where to worship openly, or to criticise the powerful, is to invite persecution.
Lord, open our hearts, eyes and ears that we may receive your word for us today.

26th April – 2nd May

To ponder: He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. (1 Peter 2:24, NIV)

Give thanks for the work of Médecins Sans Frontière and other agencies that respond to emergencies all over the world.
Pray for all who care for the sick and the dying in this country.
Pray for those known to you who need healing at this time.
Healing God, take each one of us as we are, battered and bruised by life’s experiences, restore within us a sense of your peace, that we may find healing, (Revd Lindsey Sanderson, URC Prayer Handbook 2000-2001)