The church building was erected during 1870 and 1871 as a Christian Mission and dedicated by William Booth in 1871. William Booth is better known as General Booth of the Salvation Army, which he later founded. His wife, Catherine, laid the foundation stone on Thursday, July 6th, 1871.

The church became a United Methodist Chapel in 1907 and on the occasion of the Methodist Union in 1932 three branches of the Methodist Church, the Wesleyan, the Primitive and the United joined to become one church denomination.

In 1958 the Church was extensively renovated. In 1979 a hall and kitchen were added and this was fully modernised in 2013. The hall is now a popular venue for many church and village activities.

Wow, what a Harvest Festival celebration in October. 35 people came along to Harvest Messy Church and then 70 for the Sunday Praise and Parade Service.....we didn't have much space but it was all great. Many thanks to Alan, for leading our worship, and the Scouts. All food items given were donated to the Foodbank. Thanks to all.

We will have a village United Remembrance Service on Sunday 10th November. A Parade will start at St. Mary's at 10.30 in readiness for the 11 o'clock silence on the Village Green. Do come along and support this special time together. We are pleased that the Reverends Paul and Crawford will lead our time together.

Once again, we are supporting the Shoebox Appeal launched by Computers for Charities. The prime project this year is a special needs school in Bulgaria catering for girls and boys aged 7 - 18. Staff there work for very little money to give the youngsters as much care and attention as possible as life can be tough as they move into adulthood. If you would like an information leaflet giving more detail please contact David via email: dj_swales@hotmail.com

Our village deadline will be Wednesday 27th November. You can drop your gift box/bag into the Methodist Hall on Friday mornings from 10-11.30 when we are open for Community Café or on Wednesday 27th November when we have Messy Church.

Please remember and pray for all that we are doing to share the love of God in our community.

Paul Burson