As well as the worship services each week, the Church has a wide variety of groups and activities that meet and provide fellowship and fun for all ages including community groups that regularly use the premises.

This Church is constantly looking to ways of working in the community and reaching out to those in need both locally and further a field with more than just donations. We have committed to supporting Fairtrade products and the Make Poverty History campaign.

Everyone is welcome to come to this Church and it is prayed that they will find rest, refreshment and peace in a caring, praying community and our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Message From Our Minister

Latest Manse Musings

We are celebrating our Church Anniversary and Gift Day and so I decided this year to organise a special Anniversary cake. As a cake it isn't half bad, if I say so myself. All the finest ingredients went into it; no expense spared, cooked to perfection, it took ages to mature and then decorate, and the result..... mmm! However, it was so good and I told so many about it, that all I have left now is the crumbs! The cake is gone... taken, eaten, enjoyed, used and giving pleasure and nourishment to others.

The measure of the success of my cake is that all I have left is the crumbs! Happy Church Anniversary!

What is the measure of the success of this church or any church come to that? Well, the mark of a successful church is the light that shines from it over the years, the sharing and fellowship from within the church, the teaching and difference that the church makes to those inside and outside of it. We may look around us and say ... 'how things have changed'. There are empty seats where loved ones sat not so very long ago. There are welcome new faces, perhaps new ideas which could become traditions. We can share memories of great times in the past and treasure particular memories such as baptisms, marriages, and thanksgiving services. We look back wistfully; with a pang of fear for the future as well as thankfulness for the successes of the past.

Where are those who used to be with us? Well, they're not in our building. They are gone, all over the place, spent in giving and energising others. Their Christ-light shining in other areas of the country, in other parts of God's Kingdom, and those now in God's nearer presence. Meanwhile, we continue to share the good news, witness and worship, we trim our wicks and shine our lights looking to the future with hope and trust.

The success of a good cake can be seen by the way it disappears. My mom always said: 'its a waste of time baking in this house, it's gone in no time. All that's left are the crumbs!' Then at the right time, she'd bake all over again. Not always the same recipe; we weren't always sure what flavour cake it would be nor whose favourite it would be the next time, but sure enough.... the warmth and the delicious aroma would get us going once more, and the cake tin would be full again.

But if you want a cake to stay on display, perfect, un-spoiled, un-used...its not actually much use as a cake. Leave it to be admired too long and it will go stale and decay. To be left intact and unchanged it will have to be a model, a cake made of soap, plastic or something no-one can eat. It will taste dreadful and be only good as an ornament of no good use to God, of no use to a hungry family.

If you want a perfect church, a church to be admired, on display, perfect, un-spoiled, un-used, then of what use can it be? How can it bless others? It will be stale and it will decay. It won't have real people who come and go, because it can't change over time and it can't have life. The model church might look good but it can't be of value to God nor humanity.

At our church anniversary, there's much to give thanks for and much to look forward to. We celebrate because this church is REAL, with real people who come and go. There is God's light which shines from this place; sometimes very brightly, other times it flickers. Sometimes this place will be full, as it often is and has been in the past, but it won't always be full. It may yet be almost empty.. when all that's left are the crumbs... BUT what a cake.... what a God! As a church and as individuals we ask God's help in our being faithful to whatever he wants to bless in the future and we thank God for cake crumbs!!

God blesses his people so that through them the world may be blessed.

Rev Lyn <><

Church Membership

The Church has a membership that has been between 100 and 150 in number in recent years. We are always pleased to welcome new Members and to have the opportunity to encourage non-Members to consider membership. Membership is transferable between Churches so when Church Members move to and from an area they can transfer their membership to their local Church if they wish so that they can fulfil their obligations as Church Members.

Membership of the Methodist or United Reformed Church is not a requirement of attending worship services or any of the regular meetings or activities held in the Church premises. Church Membership is for when an individual has reached a decision in their faith life that means they are prepared to commit themselves to following Jesus Christ in their daily lives.


As a Member of the Methodist Church you are called to: -

• Worship within the local church, including regular sharing in Holy Communion, and through personal prayer
• Learning and caring, through bible study and meeting for fellowship, so that you may grow in faith and support others in their discipleship
• Service, by being a good neighbour in the community, challenging injustice and using your resources to support the Church in its mission in the world.
• Evangelism, through working out your faith in daily life and sharing Christ with others.

Church Membership preparation classes are held for Christians of all ages and the Church provides the ongoing support and infrastructure for Church Members to fulfil their commitment to the Church and to Jesus Christ our Lord.

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