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Castle Methodist Church, Colchester has a range of activities which are demonstrated on the links from this page. Anybody wanting more information should contact the church on 01206 572061 or the Minister, Rev'd. Catherine Bowstead on 01206 573061. Castle is a member of the Colchester Methodist Circuit.
Services are held every Sunday morning at 10.30 am. Evening services are shared with members of the Town Centre Parish and are held at 6.30 pm, or 4.30 pm in January and February each year. For details of who the preachers are the Circuit Plan should be visited, this can be found at preaching plan.
The address of the church is, Maidenburgh Street, Colchester CO1 1TT. Maidenburgh Street is located at the lower end of the High Street and is a narrow street between the British Heart Foundation shop and the Conservative Club which has a newsagents shop located on the ground floor of that building.
Located next to the world famous Colchester Castle, Castle
Methodist Church is built on a site which was originally occupied by
the 'great round meeting house', built at the time that John Wesley was travelling round
the country, forming societies and preaching. He visited Colchester
on a number of occasions and preached in the 'great round meeting
house'. The pulpit used by him survives and is on display in the
church.
The present building was brought into use in 1970 when the existing site at
Culver Street was taken over
by developers. British Home Stores now occupies the Culver Street
site.
To find out more about the Methodist Church in Great Britain
generally please visit The Methodist Church of Great Britain website at www.methodist.org.uk.
The Minister of the church,
Rev'd. Catherine Bowstead. Catherine had been in ministry for
several years before she began her work at Castle in September 2004.
There are a wide range of activities take place in the Church each
week, as can be seen from the links available from this page. Sunday services are held at 10.30 am and 6.30 pm. Holy Communion normally takes place on the first Sunday of each month during the morning service and on the third Sunday at the evening service.
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The Church has a covenant of co-operation with the Anglican town centre parish consisting of St. Botolph's and St. Peter's Church's. The evening service at 6.30 pm on the second Sunday of each Month is
normally held at St. Botolphs and on the fourth Sunday at St. Peter's. On the first and third Sunday of each Month the evening
service is held at Castle Methodist Church. In January and February evening services are normally held at 4.00 pm followed by a
tea. Where there is a fifth Sunday, arrangements are announced and published on notice boards.
To contact the Church, or the Minister via the church please
telephone (0)1206 572061. If nobody is present please leave a
message and you will be called back as soon
as possible. The Church office is manned on Wednesday and Thursday
mornings and there is always somebody present on Saturday mornings. The 'phone is unlikely to be answered during service times.
Coffee mornings are held between 10.00 am and
midday on Saturdays. Anybody wanting to make
contact, or just wanting refreshment is welcome to come to the
church lounge (accessible from the car park) on these mornings. A charity sale often accompanies the coffee
morning.
If you would like to read more about the Mission and Vision of Castle Methodist Church, please click here. This will open a separate page, to return to this page just close the Mission and vision page.
Weekday daytime events include Women's
Fellowship on Tuesdays and a Senior Citizens group on Thursday
afternoons.
Evening Activities include Boys
Brigade on Tuesday evenings and Guides on
Friday evenings.
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