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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 Circuit Plan.
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. . 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.
 
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