Connecϯions is for everyone, welcoming people of all ages while specifically reaching out to those later in life, especially those with memory loss, living with dementia, and their carers’, and those with hearing or sight loss.
- Connecϯions takes place on the first Friday of each month 2.00-4.00pm in St Nicholas Hall, Shrewsbury United Reformed Church
- Fun and fellowship are enjoyed through various crafts, activities, games.
- Each month, crafts, activities, and worship follow a theme reflecting our Christian values, offering both cognitive and spiritual stimulation in an environment that is engaging and fun. Helpers are on hand to enable people to participate as needed.
- A chance to join in with singing old familiar songs with our community sing along.
- A short time of worship with a flexible approach, brings together the theme of the session and includes the singing of those well-loved traditional hymns.
- An enjoyable part of the afternoon is the chance to chat and share stories over a cup of tea and light refreshments.
The aim is to foster a welcoming, engaging environment where everyone feels valued and leaves with a smile.
Church Choir
We have a very active church choir of about 30 members who practise in the church hall at 6.15pm most Thursday evenings.
It is non-auditioning and is open to all those who like to sing as part of their contribution to the church services. There is no requirement to be able to read music.
The anthems that we sing cover quite a range of styles, and practices are a combination of light hearted fun and hard work. We do not sing as a choir in church for every service, but when we feel anthems have reached a sufficient standard we offer them to the service leaders to be included as they wish.
‘Honest Faith‘
Honest Faith sessions for Shrewsbury United Reformed Church and others interested aim to provide “an opportunity to explore aspects of the Christian Faith for today’s world” – an open-minded alternative to courses which attempt to give participants all the answers.Our next meeting will take place on Sunday 13th September
in the Lecture Room, here at Shrewsbury United Reformed Church (by the English Bridge). We will see a video talk by the world acclaimed neurologist and philosopher Dr. Iain McGilchrist, a brief (30 minute) introduction to his life’s work. Iain McGilchrist is widely regarded as one of the most important thinkers today, whose work impacts on almost anything we do. He is particularly in demand at Christian conferences and colleges, because of the light he shines on religious experience and our perception of the Divine.
Following our usual pattern we will have coffee and tea available from 6.15pm, then at 6.30pm we’ll watch the video. There will then be opportunity for questions and discussion until approximately 8.00pm. All are welcome to ‘Honest Faith’ meetings, especially if you haven’t been before.
Moving our 1st Sunday ‘Honest Faith’ meetings to the 2nd Sunday evening in the month (same time, same place) enables anyone interested to attend Meditation and Contemplative Prayer activities locally such as:
Weekly Wednesday ‘Lunchtime Meditations’ for half an hour at 12.30pm at Shrewsbury Unitarian Church.
1st Sunday Evening Ecumenical Taize Worship at 6.00pm at St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury.
2nd Wednesday morning ‘Iona Abbey Morning Worship’ from 10.00am to 10.30am at Bayston Hill Methodist Church offered by a former Iona Community Resident.
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