Upton Village

Possibilities? I love experimenting. Before I was a minister, I was a research scientist – research scientists are essentially children, curious and very interested in ‘possibility’ It was in that vein that I decided to build myself a solar based power system; it now sits on the roof of my workshop. When I built it,… Continue reading »

A reminder to church members that the next meeting of the Spring Line Methodist Church Council will take place on Wednesday 16th February 2011 at 7.30 pm at the Upton Centre. Anyone interested in the running of the chapel is invited to attend.

Our Annual Covenant Service – Sunday 16th January at 10.30 in Blewbury Methodist Chapel  Renewal and recommitting ourselves is quite a powerful and enabling process. It’s not confined to any single religion or even to religion at all. Every New Year has its resolutions – and surely they’re recommitment and renewal. I’m not a Methodist,… Continue reading »

Christmas Services: There are services at Didcot Methodist Church at 11.30 am on Christmas Eve and 10.30 am on Christmas Day. Carol Service: Our Carol Service is at 3.00 pm on Sunday 19 December at the Blewbury Centre. Members of St Michael’s Church choir are joining us, and there will be coffee and mince pies… Continue reading »

A country parson! There is more than a little of the romantic in me and the chance to share Christian witness in a different setting greatly appeals to me. My ministry to date has always been in large churches and fairly city central. Even becoming the minister at Trinity in Abingdon felt like a step… Continue reading »

Our previous minister, Rev. Helen White, moved on to her new position in Derbyshire at the end of July, and the plan was that we would welcome our new minister in September. But the plan changed, and the Rev. Richard Bittleston has only recently become the local Minister in the Wantage and Abingdon Circuit who… Continue reading »