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The Methodist Church |
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| Stroud and Dursley Circuit | |||||
| Bristol District |
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The Circuit will initiate, encourage, support and co-ordinate its local churches in regular worship of God, spreading the Gospel of Christ, growth in faith and caring and effective Christian service in local communities |
To serve Jesus Christ in our community and the wider world by:
| Communicating His message in word and deed. | |
| Worshipping God. | |
| Growing in faith. | |
| Showing care, friendship and love. | |
| Supporting and encouraging each other. |
To accomplish all this through prayer and the power of the Holy Spirit.
The congregation is of mixed age with babies, children, teenagers, adults of various ages and older people. Most are of a non-Methodist background. The church currently has a full time church worker and there are many activities.
Alkerton Road
Eastington
Gloucestershire
The church building is located near the middle of the village of Eastington and comprises what used to be the school rooms, the main chapel having been demolished in 1975.
www.EastingtonMethodists.org.uk
| Each Sunday morning: | ||
| 11am | Service; once a month is a family service. | |
| A Sunday School runs during non-family services | ||
| 2nd & 4th Sundays: | ||
| 6:30pm | Praise/Music Group meeting. | |
| 8pm | Joint Meeting with Anglicans. | |
| 3rd Sundays: | ||
| 6pm | The Net, a joint youth service with several local churches; venues rotate. | |
| 5th Sundays: | ||
| 6pm | Joint Service at the Parish Church |
Books available are 'Songs of Fellowship' 1 and 'Hymns & Psalms'. 'Songs of Fellowship' 2 & 3 (and 1) can be projected on LCD projector. Other new material found on the Internet is used sometimes.
The organ is very flexible and can be used as a keyboard with rhythms and can play midi files from disk or driven by computer.
Most services have a mixture of new and traditional music.
Video clips and Power Point presentations are used frequently (less so by visiting preachers).
The congregation is used to variety.
varies between about 18 and 50, current average high 20s.
| Monday: | 12:30pm | Adult Alpha | |||
| 7:00pm | Youth Alpha | ||||
| Tuesday: | 8:00am - 9:00am | Prayer Meeting | |||
| 10:30am | Line Dancing (purpose outreach) | ||||
| Wednesday: | 6:15pm-7:30pm | Kidzone | |||
| Thursday: | 7:45pm | House Bible Study | |||
| Friday: | 8:00am - 9:00am | Prayer Meeting | |||
| 7:00pm - 10:00pm | Youth Club |
Occasional: Spring Harvest, Youth Weekends away, Visits to Events, Community Events.
Eastington Methodist Church has grown in recent years and has developed a series of activities designed to spread the Good News of Jesus into the community it serves. The low membership figure is deceptive as many of the congregation are not members and the reluctance of some to become so is caused by a lack of confidence in the Methodist Denomination to hold fast to the truths in God's Word.
There is now a very active childrens and youth work in the church which has started to attract families.
The greatest joy any church can have is to see people being saved and won for Christ - this is what we want to see in Eastington.
The church has a full time Church Worker, John Hookins, who is 2 years into a 3 year term with us.
The church is also trying to extend its influence to the adjacent growing village of Whitminster about 2 miles away. Its Methodist Chapel closed in the 1960s and there is no church located within the village itself.
circuit@stroudanddursley.fsnet.co.uk
Rev John James johnjames@stroudanddursley.fsnet.co.uk
Rev Roger Bayliss bayliss@stroudanddursley.fsnet.co.uk
Rev Dilwyn Edwards edwards@stroudanddursley.fsnet.co.uk
Rev Jonathan Froggatt froggatt@stroudanddursley.fsnet.co.uk
Rev Mike Martin mikemartin@stroudanddursley.fsnet.co.uk
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