Mulbarton

Join us in person or online as we worship together and explore the theme of gratitude.#

Livestream here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4CEWQniV8bA

This Sunday, we explore Paul's words to young Timothy, as the baton of faith is passed from one generation to the next.  We also welcome Millie's family, as she takes a big step on her journey of faith, through the waters of baptism.

All welcome, in person or online.

Livestream will appear here on Sunday morning: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OuK4Yfr8V44

New privacy protection forms are available and must be completed by anyone who wishes to keep in touch.  It covers all the ways we may store and use personal data about, mainly your contact details, but also more sensitive things like photos or prayer requests.

The forms must be returned to Sarah, or dropped into the Rectory.  They have gone out with the Mardle, are available at the back of churches, and also online here:

• General Data Protection Form
• Consent Form to be prayed for on Prayer Chain

Without your consent to be in touch, we will have to remove your contact details from our records, and you might miss important communications.

It has been a few years since we last did a full round of privacy forms.  It is important that we don't leave it for longer than five years, and that when we do renew all the forms, we make sure everybody has an opportunity to state their preferences about how we hold and use personal information.  We don't want to lose touch with you, and some things require you to give your consent.

One interesting area is the "prayer chain", referred to as such from the days when it was a chain of praying people, each link in the chain passing the prayer item on to the next link, and everybody in the chain knowing their place in it.  Back in the days when we relied on the telephone to communicate!  Today, we have a WhatsApp group, where items for prayer are shared and messages disappear after 90 days.  Often the needs shared are about medical issues that might arise.  This is important in terms of data protection, because two areas of personal data that have extra protections in law are religious and medical.  So, if we are sharing personal data about someone's medical condition on a Christian prayer group, which reveals a certain religious affiliation, then we have to be doubly careful about it.  For this reason, we will produce a separate single item consent form, just for giving consent to information for prayer being shared.  If you would like to pray for someone and share their details, make sure you ask for this form first.

In practice, we have a policy of requiring written consent from whoever is being prayed for, for whatever information is shared on the WhatsApp group.  Parents may give consent on behalf under 13s, but may not once their child reaches adulthood.  For those 13-17, both the teenager and the parent must give consent.  If we do not have written consent, which sometimes happens in an emergency situation, then our policy is to invite prayer using generalised anonymous terms, e.g. "please pray for someone who is having major emergency surgery this afternoon following a traumatic incident".    It is important that we do stick to this policy, not only in the "Prayer Chain" group, but in all the ways we might share news about others for prayer.  It is a privilege to be part of a loving and supportive community that cares and wants to pray, and wonderful that we have so many who will stand by us, and those we love, at times of need.  The data protection and privacy side of things just makes sure that we are safe and in control of what is shared about us.

As well as that particularly sensitive area, the full form covers all the bases of how we as a group of churches store and use your data.  We retain your data until you ask us to remove it from our records or we do this complete renewal of privacy forms, whichever happens first.  Thank you in advance for engaging this, and thereby honouring and respecting the right we all have to privacy.  We look forward to receiving your forms in due course, and if you know anyone else who would appreciate one, please do pick up a form from the back of church.  Thank you.

A full privacy policy, updated October 2025, is available in paper format on request or online here:

Privacy Policy for Mulbarton Group of Churches - Oct 2025

Join us for worship, in person or online, as we consider life-changing lessons from of old that still carry weight for today.

Livestream available here on Sunday morning: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lYgitFlDKV0

This Season of Creation, we think about lost sheep and lost coins, and noticing the missing things, especially in our beautiful created world, so that we can take action to restore the lost, and find true rejoicing.

Join us in person or online here on Sunday morning: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ObUdh8wyj6Y

Join us in person or online for our regular weekly service of worship.  This week we consider the faith journeys of people of old to see what we can learn for how to navigate the twists and turns in our own lives.

Livestream here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JnOZMeWBRJw

Join us in person or online here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ERx0YFJpjx0

Here's the list of species observed during the Churches Count on Nature in Mulbarton Churchyard 7-15th June 2025

Download Word document of species list here

This Sunday is a very special one, in which we welcome Mulbarton Community Choir to lead us in sung worship.

We will also be welcoming visting ringers, who plan to ring a quarter peal after the service.

All are welcome from across the benefice for a special service in recognition of the patron saint of Mulbarton, St. Mary Magdalene.

Please also bring a picnic to Mulbarton Common after the service to join in a time of fellowship and feasting in the great outdoors.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Livestream avaiable here on Sunday morning: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RpQRy5DBLWg

Join us in person or online for Sunday worship.

Livestream available here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=x340u4sgbq0

Our quarterly meditative service explores how we "cultivate good fruit" in our lives and in the world.  Join us in person or online for a spacious and engaging worship experience.

Online service here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=04I3XiqFmPo

Trinity Sunday marks the end of seasonal time and a celebration of who God is.  We explore the gracious invitation to be part of the life of God.

In person or online here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NRCBnU9RLkA

There are THREE major feasts in our church calendar. Most people are familiar with the first two.  At Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Jesus - God coming to live with us and to save us.  At Easter, we celebrate the victory of the resurrection, and all that Jesus accomplished by dying for us.  Today, at the Feast of Pentecost (or Whitsun), we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church.

All welcome to join us in person or online at Mulbarton Church, as we seek after real encounter with the living God through His Spirit today.

Livestream will be available on our YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fRZ_r3pe20I

Worship for all ages, exploring the amazing prayer of Jesus for you and me!

Join in person or online here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=oa1ck4vIAqk

Join us for our monthly Communion service, with lively sung worship, considering the significance of how the Jesus movement began to move beyone the boundaries of Judaism.

Livestream here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TwfvIa_8ADs

Join us in person or online for our Sunday worship.

Livestream here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=C-6FxrYxqDM

Join us live or online at Mulbarton Church for our all age celebration of Easter.

Livestream is here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PmfAWrwUEA4