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.

Hello again from us all at Ninfield... we hope you have had a good summer, albeit a little warm at times!

We welcome-in the start of a Methodist New Year from 1st September so our Church Treasurers (including me) are kept busy completing the financial accounts for another 12 months. Wherever does the time go?

At Ninfield in mid-September we will be talking about and agreeing a new Mission outreach plan at our away-morning event at Trinity Methodist Church. It is good if we can re-visit our plan and update as needed as things always evolve and change. More news in the October magazine.

We are grateful to everyone who leads our Sunday Services to give us a variety of worship styles. We also continue with Junior Church every Sunday for our young people. We are so grateful to all the team who make this possible.

Our next Messy Church is in September (as shown below) and we are encouraged that Tim is also going to organise a weekly after-school club later in the Autumn. So the new Methodist year brings us plenty to enjoy and give thanks to God.

A happy Autumn to you all.

Paul
Paul Burson