Please scroll down if you wish to find important matters for those whose Ministry is in Preaching
(*If you want to know what we mean by 'Circuit', it may help to visit this page in the Methodist Church website)
The SUPERINTENDENTS TEAM is
Revd. Peter Mortlock
- Lead Superintendent (right)
(it's Deacon Gary Hoare in the background)
and
Revd Paul Edwards (left)
and Revd David Hardy (right)
The responsibility for maintaining the life of the Churches rests with the Circuit Meeting and its appointed Circuit Stewards. These are:
Janet Browning (Senior Steward)
Margaret Baggott
David Chandler
Don Edwards
David Jones
Yvonne Powell
Chris Sledge
Michael Taylor
Maureen Wood
The Circuit Treasurer, with a huge responsibility for such an large undertaking, is Andrew Shaw
The Property Secretary is Trevor Watkins
LOCAL PREACHERS

Our Sunday services depend heavily on the Ministry of Local Preachers and Worship Leaders, and there is a large and dedicated band in our Circuit.
The Secretary of the Local Preachers' Meeting is
Mr John Hopper
Most recently there was a Joint Meeting of Local Preachers and Worship Leaders at Bedminster Methodist Church, British Rd, Bristol, BS3 3BW
MONDAY, 15th March 2010
Date of next meeting: 8 June 2010, Thornbury MC.
The December Meeting of the Local Preachers was held at Staple Hill. You can read the newest review document of Training by Revd David Deeks, as promised at the Meeting, if you click HERE
RESOURCES FOR PREACHERS
Rev. Jacky Quarmby passed on the following list of books to consider provided by Revd Susan Graham:
1. A History of Christianity - The First Three Thousand Years
by Diarmaid MacCulloch
Published by Allen Lane
Hardback : 24 Sep 2009, £35.00 -but surely to be followed by a paperback edition
[There is also A History Of Christianity [DVD] [2009]
DVD ~ Diarmaid MacCulloch
RRP: £24.99
sold by Amazon with Bamber Gascoigne's The Christians [DVD]
RRP: £24.99]
2. 50 Key Christian Thinkers - Peter McEnhill and George Newlands
Fifty Key Christian Thinkers (Routledge Key Guides) (Paperback) by Peter McEnhill & Peter McEnhill (Author)
George Newlands (Author) "A brilliant and acute philosopher who was famed for his learning, his powers of rhetoric and for his determination to pursue all matters, including matters..." (more)
RRP: £15.99
3. Quest for the Living God - Elizabeth Johnson
Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God (Hardcover)
by Elizabeth A. Johnson
RRP: £18.99
4. The Creed - Luke Johnson
The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters by Luke Timothy Johnson (Paperback - 15 Sep 2003)
RRP. £12.95
(This book gets militant Atheists well steamed up as 'arrogant' -GJ)
5. Christian Origins - Christopher Rowland (Paperback)
by Christopher Rowland
RRP: £22.50
Price: £18.13 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver by Amazon

at the Local Preachers' Meeting on 16th March 2009
Revd Peter Grimwood provided a list of suggested websites which are still worth consulting.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LIST
and HERE to see a second list -from the Meeting on 9th June -of his recent reads
There is also some valuable information about
Continuing Preacher Development
on a Website from Leeds -HERE
also
The Methodist Church Website has useful suggestions of resources for worship on a SPECIAL PAGE
which is maintained by The Revd Adrian Burdon of the Worship and Liturgy Resources Group. If you have found other sites with useful resources please E-mail Adrian at methodistworship@btinternet.com
In our Circuit about 2,500 members are committed to live by the best Christian principles, which our national Conference has tried to define as our Calling.
The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.
It does this through:
* WORSHIP
* LEARNING & CARING
* SERVICE
* EVANGELISM
THE CIRCUIT IS IN THE BRISTOL METHODIST DISTRICT

The Chairman of our District Synod
is Rev. Ward Jones
and the largest (and we think an important) Circuit in the Methodist Connexion,
whose Conference President this year is
Revd Alison Tomlin (right),
the Vice-President
Deacon Eunice Attwood