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Anyone is welcome to join us at our Sunday services. Whether you’re a Christian or just looking into Christianity, we would love to have you join us. Our desire is that everyone, whatever their life story, feels welcome to enjoy our Sunday services.

 
 

Morning Service
10:30am

Christmas Service Information

Sunday 21 December

Christmas Family Service, 10:30am
The Canterbury Academy

Thursday 25 December

Christmas Day Service, 10–11am
St John’s Primary School

Sunday 28 December

Online Service only
No in-person service

Sunday 4 January

Sunday Service as usual, 10:30am
The Canterbury Academy

Where and when

📅 Every Sunday at 10:30am - midday

📍 The Canterbury Academy, Knight Ave, Canterbury CT2 8QA

🚗 Plenty of free parking

☕️ Refreshments available from 10:15am

🔴 Our services are live-streamed each Sunday

What is the service like?

We meet together, sing, pray and listen to engaging teaching from the Bible. There’s no dress code, and children are very welcome!

Is there provision for under 18s?

We are thankful to have people of all ages in our church family. We provide separate groups for under 18s in pre-school, primary school and secondary school.

  • Our crèche provision is for babies aged from 6 months to 2 years. Crèche begins after our time of singing songs of worship, and runs until the end of the service at 1200. The babies have a great space to enjoy free play, sing songs and be read to.

  • We have five City Kids age groups:
    Explorers (Preschool)
    Discoverers (Reception)
    Pioneers (Years 1 and 2)
    Adventurers (Years 3 and 4)
    Trailblazers (Years 5 and 6).

    The kids are out for the whole service, and can be registered from 10:15.

    Throughout the year we have All In services where there is no City Kids groups as all ages are in the service together.

    For more information about City Kids, click here

  • Our ‘City Youth’ group is for those in secondary school. After spending the first part of their morning worshipping with the church family they go into their group, where they have engaging talks from the Bible and discuss how to apply the truths of the Bible to their lives.

    Find out more here

Live Stream

We live stream our Sunday morning services, so if you’d like to check us out then tune in!

We stream live on YouTube at 10:30am every Sunday.

Please note that the stream is only available to watch while the service is happening.

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Evening Service
6:30pm

Evening Service Update

Please note that our evening service has finished for 2025.

We look forward to welcoming you back on
Sunday 11 January

Where and when

📅 Sundays at 6:30pm - 8pm

📍 St Andrew’s URC, Watling St, Canterbury CT1 2UA

🚗 Limited parking, please use paid car parks, public transport or share lifts

What is the service like?

Our evening service is a space to worship, pray and hear engaging teaching from the Bible in a more intimate and acoustic setting. There’s no dress code — come as you are! It’s a slightly simpler and shorter service than the morning, with a focus on community, prayer and making space for God’s presence.

Is there provision for under 18s?

Unlike our morning service, there are no separate children’s or youth groups in the evening. The service is designed mainly for adults, students and older teens who can engage with the teaching and worship in the main gathering, but families are welcome!

 
 

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