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.

On Sunday 3rd May 2026 we are having a special Cafe Church based on 'Paddington' at 10.30am at our Church. This will be child friendly and includes continental breakfast. We will finish by 11:30. We look forward to seeing you and your bear! Then in the afternoon there is a Circuit Service at Calvert Methodist Church to which everyone is welcome.

Every Sunday we also now organise Junior Church which means that any young people who come along for our service at 10.30am can move into our Hall for their own activities, after a short combined time together in Church. This is working well so do come along and join us. Parents can either stay in Church or move into Hall.

We look forward to Whit Sunday or Pentecost at the end of May. It is a major festival of the Church's year when Christians recall how God's Holy Spirit was given to the disciples after Jesus' ascension, empowering them to begin the work of making disciples of all nations. It has also come to be known as 'the birthday of the Church'. The Holy Spirit is of course with us today.

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

Paul Burson