THE 'CIRCUIT' is the basic grouping of Churches in a specific area of the Methodist Church.
The national Methodist Church website is here
The Bristol District has a website -Click here to open it
The Bristol District YOUTH COUNCIL also has its own dedicated WEBSITE
The District is one of 5 denominational partners in the Churches' Council for
Industry and Social Responsibility (ISR)
Please click on the Logo to go to their website
-if that doesn't work it's at www.ccsir.uk.org
Bristol has every right to be proud of the work of Wesley College in Bristol which trains those joining the Ministry of the Church
as well as developing a wide range of training opportunities for the whole Christian Community.
The College website can be opened by clicking on the Logo above on the left
We also share some premises, and have one basic desire to serve the same Lord, as other denominations, including the Church of England (Bristol Diocese) and the United Reformed Church
The SouthWest Area Synod of the URC also has its own website)
The Christian Enquiry Agency provides more information about Jesus Christ and the Christian faith on behalf of all the major Churches in Britain and Ireland
Our neighbours in the also-new North-East Somerset and Bath Circuit have a Website too
The Churches we represent are to be found, as the title suggests,
in the South-West of England, within the city of Bristol,
and in the area just to the north in South Gloucestershire
Churches and places of importance in the witness of the Church:
Alveston Methodist Church
Holy Trinity, Bradley Stoke
Horfield
Kingswood
Knowle and Totterdown
Methodist Centre, Midland Road
Potterswood, Kingswood
South Bristol Methodist Church
Speedwell
Staple Hill
Summerhill
The New Place (Eastville Park)
Unity Oldland
Victoria (Clifton)
Watleys End (Salem)
Westbury-on-Trym
Westbury Park
Yate Methodist Church
Zion United Church, Frampton Cotterell (URC/Methodist)
Most churches in North Bristol, of many denominations
and there is all you need to know about the historic John Wesley's Chapel -the NEW ROOM in the centre of Bristol-
HERE
It received over 20,000 visitors last year through the doors, and many through the website
NEIGHBOURS:
to the South of Bristol you will find Portishead and the
GORDANO CIRCUIT
And there is a lively Methodist Church in NAILSEA
NCH -which was the name many Methodists associated with a national children's charity, started by a Methodist Minister and considered by Methodists to be a treasure we have an interest in, has now changed its name, (but not its aims) to
DO YOU HAVE OLD WOODWORKING and other TOOLS you never use?
(Even old hand sewing machines!)
There is a Group which may be able to refurbish them and send them to be used by people in Africa.
The group is part of TOOLS FOR SELF RELIANCE
and meets at the Kingswood Heritage Museum every Tuesday.
Mr Stone is willing to collect items -so if you can't take them, please contact him on (0117) 9373102
More details on the TFSR website
The Bristol District Youth Council is developing the dyc website, which already contains much useful information with those who are young or share the interests of the younger citizen
Methodist International House is an important and significant place
Reading the MIH website may encourage you to support its work
-or even help someone consider becoming a resident
Methodists are fortunate in having an organisation which provides relevant information about those places on Planet earth where development and relief can be aided by concerned Christians. It also has an efficient and expense-free means of sending any money we give DIRECT to people in the area of need.
It's the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF)
If you are stimulated by debating current issues, try The Interface
If you are looking for aids to Historical research,
there's the Wesley Historical Society
This link will show you how to access the new on-line 'Dictionary of Methodism', or go direct from here
A new angle on what can be done to make Church Services less boring for children, and lots of resources, can be found at
The Family Friendly Churches Trust
Methodism's
METHODIST CHURCH MUSIC SOCIETY
is now incorporated into ARTSERVE