Huntingdon

Minister: Rev James Bamber 01480 453857

Sunday morning worship at 10.30am Children are welcome. Refreshments served after the service in The Link. 
      
This week at HMC

Monday 9.30 – 11am Seedlings – (half term)
Wednesday 9:30am - Praying Together & Holy Communion
10-12 noon - Open Door Coffee Morning
12.30pm Lunchtime Fellowship Group (bring a packed lunch) 
Thursday Craft Group 10am-12 noon supporting Shoebox campaign - see below
Diary dates: 
Saturday 7th November 2-4pm Allsorts (Messy Church)
Sunday 8th   Remembrance Sunday

Please support Operation Christmas Child and have FUN putting together a gift filled box for a needy child - often within a difficult to reach community in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and West Sub-Saharan Africa (Ghana and Malawi).
Wrapped empty boxes with detailed leaflets are available when the church is open during the week and Sundays. 
Do check out operationchristmaschild.org.uk for further information or/and ask Sue Shorter 07717407917
This year the National Collection Week for filled boxes is 9th - 16th  Nov,      when HMC will be a National Collection Centre for the local community.
Surplus empty shoeboxes are required NOW! Please bring them along any Thursday or Sunday morning, thanks 
Thursday Craft welcomes visitors - there are home baked scones /cakes to be had and a chance for a natter. 

Men's Breakfast Club – on Second Saturday each month 8.30am to 10am Contact Brian Pawlett on brianpawlett2@gmail.com if you would like more details.
Seniors Lunch - 
FTS – Fun to Socialise – for active Seniors

Other events please see our Facebook feed below:

Further information:
Pastoral matters - please contact Reverend James Bamber on 01480 453857
email: jjamesbamber@gmail.com

If you are interested in any of our events please contact our Community Mission Worker - Neat Pellatt neatcommunityshmc@gmail.com

Hall bookings: If you are interested in hiring any of our halls or rooms please contact  hmcbookings@hotmail.com

Our church building history – It All Began In Barns!

The Methodist Church in Huntingdon has a splendid history going back well over 200 hundred years though at times it has been checkered. Methodist Societies are recorded as meeting barns at North End and at Duck End in Godmanchester as early as 1768 – these early members were obviously hardy folk. Not the least of these was Sarah Reeve who walked to Bedford to persuade John Wesley to preach at Godmanchester, which he did on the 25th November 1774, the first of nine visits he made to the area. Shortly afterwards the first official 'Meeting House' was provided in Castle Hill Lane just east of the present Orchard House.

The present site was acquired in 1811 and the first new church was built and served for sixty years when it proved inadequate for the needs of the town and the congregation. Having been demolished the present building was erected in 1878, the foundation stones being laid on the 22nd May and the new chapel opened on the 18th October – a comment perhaps on the speed of building at that time.

The Link, adjoining the main sanctuary, was built during the covid pandemic and provides a practical welcome area for Sunday and midweek activities.
 

The Huntingdon Church Calendar