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God calls us to witness for Him in our daily lives and to pass on the Good News that Jesus is our Saviour.
We can only achieve this through contact with the community within which we live and our Church and its Members are committed to demonstrating God's love for all people through our lives in the community of the world.
Our witness is not found just in our regular worship services but more it is found in our prayers for others and in our giving of time, talents and resources to those in need.
There is so much that is done but still there is so much more to do.
The link below will take you to the Methodist church website where a daily prayer is provided every day of the year.
Prayer of the day
from falsehood to truth
lead me from despair to hope
from fear to trust
lead me from hate to love
from war to peace
let peace fill our heart
our world our universe
peace peace peace
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We have many instances of experiencing personal answer to prayer and we
seek always to offer to pray for those in need as well as to give thanks to God for His wondrous gifts to us all.
Prayer forms one of the largest parts of our Christian witness and as Christians we all turn to God in prayer for personal circumstances, for all those whom we know and especially for the needs of the world.
We ask that the Holy Spirit will move among us and guide us to do God's will.
We operate a Prayer Chain among volunteers of our Church to provide prayer for those circumstances which can come upon anyone suddenly both good and bad. The Prayer Chain members
receive a call for prayer and immediately pray for the circumstance and then contact others in the Chain to also pray.
The Prayer Chain has given support to many people of the Church and its' community.
When open for community prayer, the Church is always attended by volunteers to whom those who come to pray can turn for support if it is needed.
The Church Worship Centre is opened during our regular Friday Lunches events to allow those who visit the Church for a meal to also have the opportunity to pray.
Prayer Ministry Team
The Prayer Ministry Team is made up of local people from the congregation of Matlock Methodist & United Reformed Church and Matlock Moor Methodist Church, who offer to pray with anyone who requests prayer, healing prayer, the laying on of hands, or any other form of Prayer MinistryWe have a Prayer Chain and Prayer Times and with this Prayer Ministry we are able to offer a person to person prayer support that whilst linked, it can be in a sense quite separate to the Prayer Chain, Wednesday Prayer Time and Prayer Surgery.
It is in line with Biblical teaching on the power of prayer in James Ch5 V13 onwards.
Members of the Prayer Team will make themselves available to anyone following each Sunday morning service. Anyone who would like someone to pray with them is invited to either gather in the communion area of the Worship Room immediately after the service or ask Rev Lyn to arrange a convenient time and place for the Ministry of Prayer to take place.
The Prayer Ministry Team will be discreet and completely confidential.
Every Wednesday morning from 10:00 am to 10:30 am the Prayer Ministry Team will meet in the Church to pray together and you are welcome to join them.
Quick LinksIntroduction Prayer for Peace Prayer Focus Prayer Ministry Team Church on the Bus Community Support - Local & National Community Support - International |
Church on the Bus
As an extension of work commenced in Chesterfield by Church Army Leader Captain Alan Park, the Church on the Bus now comes to Matlock every week.The Church on the Bus is available to adults who are needy, homeless, lonely, suffering addictions, under-privileged and just need someone to care.
On Tuesday evenings between 7pm and 8pm the double decker bus is parked in the car park at the bus terminus near Sainsbury's and the train station adjacent to the A6.
A wide range of volunteers from Churches Together offer friendship and practical advice, fellowship, Christian love and prayers, if asked, for anyone who steps on board.
Volunteers also provide hot & cold refreshments and food for free as well has having clothing, shoes, blankets and preserved foods for those in need.
The bus visits Chesterfield on Mondays and Thursdays and Clay Cross on Wednesdays making good use of this wonderful resource.
The Church on the Bus is supported in prayer and in practice by funds and donations from several Derbyshire Churches.
Please Contact Us for more information or to offer your help and support.
Community Support - Local & National
As a part of the community the Church provides a means of support for a wide variety of charitable organisations both locally and nationally.A large proportion of our Church Members give of their time and talents in support of charitable work as well as giving of their own resources and finance.
The principal charitable organisations
that are supported by this Church include
Our Minister, Rev. Lyn Houghton is Chaplain to the local Matlock Police and provides support to the Police Officers and employees who work in the Matlock Police Station.
Through the volunteers of the Church Toddler Group that provides an informal play and chat environment for toddlers and their carers, the Church has provided Parenting Courses to support young families in the Church Family and wider community as they learn to raise their children.
There are regular Worship Services that occur at two facilities for the elderly within Matlock.
At Claremont Nursing Home there is a regular weekly service on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. led mainly by a Lay Preacher and once each month this is a Communion Service led by one of the Ordained Ministers.
At Victoria Court Sheltered
Housing there is a monthly Communion & Worship Service on the second Tuesday of each month which is led by an Ordained
Minister from All Saints or Bank Road by rotation.
The Church premises are often the venue for public performances by the Matlock Operatic Society,
the Dalesmen Male Voice Choir and other local performing arts groups.
Please visit the Facilities & Location
section for further information on the premises amenities.
Many of the international aid agencies that are supported also provide support within the United Kingdom.
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We believe that our calling is to support fellow human beings in the hope of lifting them from their adversity through
our faithful actions.
This amazingly useful scheme provides literally millions of litres of clean drinking water to some of the poorest
and most devastated people using an incredibly simple-to-use box and filter system to clean polluted water into pure,
safe drinking water. The Aquabox boxes are transported from the UK filled with essential aid items and filter packs and then
the boxes, once emptied, are used to process the polluted water and have saved thousands, perhaps millions of lives.
Great care is taken to ensure the safe transit of the boxes to those who really need them. Our Church also supports Dorothy who is a young lady in a Spurgeons Orphanage in Kenya and has
supported Roy and Jane Dodman who are working in impoverished parts of Kingston, Jamaica. The monies collected at the regular
Friday lunches, as well as going towards supporting the work of the Church in Matlock, is often donated to specific
areas of need around the world.Community Support - International
In reaching out to the world our Church has links with a number of organisations and individuals who
are at work for God across the globe and in some of the hardest of locations to survive let alone practice your faith.
Our Church premises and members of our congregation provide significant support to the Aquabox project
that is an initiative of the Wirksworth branch of Rotary International.
We are linked to the Armenian Ministries organisation
through a Member of our Church and we support Vanessa Cook who is in Service for God in Germany.
Wherever there are disasters, either man made or natural, this Church Family has sought to give generously to
support the combined international relief agencies with financial donations.
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