What’s on now!  Services and Events

Read on to discover the services and events we have taking place in Durham City East Methodists at our churches in Carrville, Pittington and Bowburn. A coffee morning takes place before the Bowburn and Pittington services, and refreshments are available the Carrville services – all are welcome to join us for refreshments and/or the services. At present we don’t offer dedicated children’s sessions or Sunday School as part of our services, but we are very used to, and are delighted by, having children of any age in church.

You can see information about services taking place at other churches in the Durham and Deerness Methodist Circuit on the circuit web site. Scroll down the page to see details of our regular weekly and monthly activities.

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Thursday 30th April
11.15am (Bowburn) – Deacon Jane Middleton leads this service.

Sunday 3rd May
10.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Paul Beetham will lead our communion service.

Tuesday 5th May
9.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Paul Beetham leads our informal service.
10.15am (Pittington) – Rev. Les Nevin will lead this communion service.

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Thursday 7th May
11.15am (Bowburn) – Rev. John Squares leads this communion service.

Sunday 10th May
10.30am (Carrville) – Mrs Norma Nevin will lead our service.

Tuesday 12th May
9.30am (Carrville) – Rev. John Squares leads our informal service.
10.15am (Pittington) – Ms Soo Illingworth will lead this service.

Thursday 14th May
11.15am (Bowburn) – Rev. Paul Beetham leads this service.

Saturday 16th May
9.00-10.00am (Carrville) – Monthly prayer breakfast.
10.00-11.30am (Carrville) – Join us for our monthly coffee morning which this time is raising money for St Cuthbert’s Hospice. There will be a home made cake stall and raffle – any contributions welcome!

Sunday 17th May
10.30am (Carrville) – Professor Mark Wilson will lead our service.

Tuesday 19th May
9.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Joanne Thorns leads our informal service.
10.15am (Pittington) – Rev. Paul Beetham will lead this service.

Thursday 21st May
11.15am (Bowburn) – Ms Soo Illingworth leads this communion service.

Sunday 24th May
10.30am (Carrville) – Deacon Jane Middleton will lead our service.

Tuesday 26th May
9.30am (Carrville) – Mrs Anne Offler leads our informal service.
10.15am (Pittington) – Deacon Jane Middleton will lead this service.

Thursday 28th May
11.15am (Bowburn) – Rev. Paul Beetham leads this service.

Sunday 31st May
10.30am (Carrville) – Mrs Anne Offler will lead our service.

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Other regular activities 

Monday

  • 8.00pm – Faith & Friendship meets on Monday evenings either online or in person for discussion and fellowship. Contact Suzie for meeting dates and venue.
  • 5.30pm – Brownies at Carrville for girls aged 7-10 which enabled girls to work for interest badges developing a wide range of useful skills. 

Wednesday

  • 10.00am – Weekly prayer meeting – Join us for half an hour for the Durham City East Methodists’ online prayer meeting on Zoom. Contact Linda if you’d like the link to join us. Feel free to come along with your morning cuppa! 
  • 2.00pm – Monthly Bible Study – On the first Wednesday of each month we meet at Carrville for our monthly bible study. As we read, pray and talk together, hopefully the familiar and not so familiar stories will come alive in new and unexpected ways. Refreshments are provided. We are currently studying the Psalms Bible Study by John Birch.

Thursday

  • 10.00-11.00am Bowburn Weekly Coffee morning followed by Worship at 11.15am – you are welcome to join us for either or both events. This takes place in Bowburn Community Centre.
  • 10.00-11.30am (term time) – Pram Club meets during school term time at Carrville – please contact Joanne (07979 764009) if you have any questions. 

Friday

  • 6.00pmRainbows at Carrville for girls aged 4-7 and provides a structured programme of fun activities.

Saturday

  • 9.00-10.00am – Join us at Carrville for our monthly prayer breakfast (3rd Saturday in the month) where we share in breakfast and explore different ways of praying.
  • 10.00-11.30amMonthly coffee morning (3rd Saturday in the month) in Carrville church hall. Contributions for the cake stall are greatly appreciated!

There are lots of opportunities for you to meet with us and other Christians. Please head over to our resources page to find out more. We encourage you to continue in worship and prayer in different ways, whether that be individually in your own homes or online. We have a wide selection of resources for prayer and worship in an online format, explore those you wish to get involved in.  You may find one you want to use every week, or you may wish to join different services and communities each week.