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 Christ Church Bedford is a lively Anglican church - part of the St Albans diocese of the Church of England. We are situated on Goldington Road just east of Bedford town centre and would be delighted to see you at one of our services.

Service times at Christ Church are:-
Sunday                8:30am, 10:00am and 6:30pm
Wednesday        10:00am

   

For more details please click on any of the following links:

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]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 13:40:11 GMT Notice Sheet http://www.christchurchbedford.info/Page.aspx?Page=x120 Click on this link to open the Notice Sheet

Last week's Notices
]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 13:26:07 GMT Christ Church Family News http://www.christchurchbedford.info/Page.aspx?Page=x119 Congratulations to Benjamin Just and Hannah Burton on their marriage in Wethersfield, Essex on 5th May.

          

Click on this link to see more pictures: family wedding album

Ed Munno and his teammate Lloyd Mulkerrins have been selected to row for Great Britain
at the Munich International Regatta at the beginning of May.


Ed Munno



Natalie Fearon's winning photo

Natalie Fearon's winning photograph. She won the 18-and-under category
for the Hidden Treasures of Bedford photography competition. 
]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 13:14:09 GMT FairTrade http://www.christchurchbedford.info/FairTrade.aspx


Christ Church Bedford was one of the first churches in the St Albans Diocese to become FairTrade certified - back in 2005.


We have a Fair Trade stall after the 10am service and are trialling this most Sundays at the moment in an effort to give greater access to Fairtrade for the congregation. In March stalls will be on the 1st 3 Sundays.

The stall sells many things - chocolate, tea  & coffee along with less well known FT foods - rice, sugar, jam, nuts, dried fruit and a host of other tasty foods.

The concept behind FairTrade is to ensure that the producers of the items get a wage that allows them to support their families.


It is now the main event of the year - Fairtrade Fortnight, with this year's theme being Take One Step.More details from the website at

http://step.fairtrade.org.uk/

Christ Church once again hosted the Bedford Fairtrade Borough Main Event. This year we had 2 parts,  a childrens Take a Step disco from 4-6pm. Then a Take a Step Dance in the evening for adults with music by Rebecca de Winter from 8-10pm. 


disco
You can find out more about FairTrade in general from the FairTrade foundation website.



]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:15:01 GMT Hall Availability http://www.christchurchbedford.info/Page.aspx?Page=x110
This calendar shows when the halls are in use - click on an entry for more details or to find out it's end time.

If you wish to make a booking please complete the Hall Booking Enquiry Form alternatively phone the Church Office on 327150 but please note this is not manned full time.


]]> Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:58:43 GMT What's On at Christ Church http://www.christchurchbedford.info/Page.aspx?Page=x115 This is a list of all events on at Christ Church including clubs and other social activities. More information can often be found by clicking on on an event

  • Purple items are Church events to which anyone is welcome to come.
  • Green items are Church social events  - usually in the halls - which occasionally may be by invite or ticket only. If you are not a church member or are not sure if it is an event open to all please contact a member of staff or the Church Office.
  • Yellow items are private or group events - if you are interested in a group activity please contact the organiser of the event.



]]> Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:56:04 GMT Prayer http://www.christchurchbedford.info/Prayer.aspx
If you would like us to pray for you, please contact the prayer team on pleasepray[at]christchurchbedford.org.

Current prayer needs are listed in the weekly notice sheet which can be collected at the Sunday services and is also available for download following the link on the home page.

Every month we produce a Prayer Diary to help focus prayer on important issues and to pray for all church members over the month.  This is available in Church and also as a daily email. To subscribe send an email with Subscribe in the Subject line to prayermailer[at]christchurchbedford.org.uk

There are also specific prayer meetings at the following times:

Daily 9.00am General Church
Sunday 6.00pm General Lounge
1st Tuesday Noon Marriages Lounge
1st Friday 11.00am Young people's work Lounge
1st Sunday after 10am Service Mission Lounge
]]> Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:03:19 GMT Services http://www.christchurchbedford.info/Services.aspx You are very welcome to join us at any of our services

The Sunday services vary according to the week of the month and follow this pattern: 


 Week  Sunday 8.30am Service  Sunday 10am Service   Sunday 6.30pm Service
 1  Holy Communion (said)  All Age  One Worship
 2  Morning Worship  Holy Communion  Evening Worship
 3  Holy Communion (said)  Morning Worship  One Worship
 4  Morning Worship  Holy Communion  Holy Communion
 5  Holy Communion (said)  Morning Worship  Churches Together

In addition, every Wednesday at 10am there is a said Holy Communion service 

The Sunday 8.30am service has a précis of the 10am sermon



]]> Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:53:47 GMT Notices http://www.christchurchbedford.info/Page.aspx?Page=x115 Church Events Calendar

The calendar below lists Christ Church events that use either the church (worship area mostly) or are off-site.

For activities that take place in the church halls click Hall Events Calendar 


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