Huntingdon
Minister: Rev James Bamber 01480 453857
This Sunday 24th May is an All Age Worship Service led by Rev James.
Sunday 31st service will be led by Rev Latika Singh
Sunday morning worship 10.30am Children are welcome. Refreshments served after the service in The Link.
This week at HMC
Monday 9.30 – 11am Seedlings – free pre-school stay and play with craft activity, play area and snacks (Term time only)
Wednesday 9:30am - Praying Together & Holy Communion
10-12noon - Open Door Coffee Morning
12.30pm Lunchtime Fellowship Group (bring a packed lunch)
Thursday 10am-12noon - Thursday Craft & Social, welcoming people to come and take part in activities such as art, puzzles, mindful colouring. Crafts are arranged to help provide contents for the Shoeboxes for children. Every one is welcome.
Upcoming Events
Friday 12 th June 7pm - My Name is Paul - A new dramatisation performed
by Neil Maddock. My Name Is Paul is a gripping one-man show performed by Neil Maddock, exploring the Apostle Paul's prison letters with raw honesty and spiritual depth.Free entry but advance booking is essential: snhmcc@outlook.com
Advance notice: Holiday at Home for Adults will be from Monday 3rd August until Friday 7th August. Daily fun activities and lunch in The Link.
Monthly events – check for details on Facebook (Huntingdon Methodist Church)
Allsorts -Messy Church – first Saturday of month
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
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.