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. 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.
Sunday 4th January 2026
10.30am (Carrville) – Rev. John Squares leads our annual Covenant service.
Tuesday 6th January
9.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Les Nevin leads our informal service.
10.15am (Pittington) – Rev. Paul Beetham will lead this Covenant service.
Thursday 8th January
11.15am (Bowburn) – Rev. Paul Beetham will lead this communion and Covenant service.
Sunday 11th January
10.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Paul Beetham leads our communion service.
Tuesday 13th January
9.30am (Carrville) – The Prayer Breakfast team lead our informal service.
10.15am (Pittington) – Pauline Carswell will lead this Church Anniversary service.
Thursday 15th January
11.15am (Bowburn) – Rev. John Squares will lead this service.
Sunday 18th January
10.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Alan Middleton leads this united service with St Mary Magdalene.
Tuesday 20th January
9.30am (Carrville) – Mr Mark Bagnall leads our informal service.
10.15am (Pittington) – Deacon Jane Middleton will lead this service.
Thursday 22nd January
11.15am (Bowburn) – Ms Soo Illingworth will lead this service.
Sunday 18th January
10.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Alan Middleton leads this united service with St Mary Magdalene which will take place at St Marys.
Sunday 25th January
10.30am (Carrville) – Mrs Norma Nevin leads our Church Anniversary service.
Tuesday 27th January
9.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Joanne Thorns leads our informal service.
10.15am (Pittington) – Rev. John Squares will lead this service.
Thursday 29th January
11.15am (Bowburn) – Rev. John Squares will lead this service.
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.
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
- 6.00pm – Rainbows at Carrville for girls aged 4-7 and provides a structured programme of fun activities.
Saturday
- 9.00-9.45am – 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.
- 10.00-11.30am – Monthly 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.
