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.
Thursday 22nd January
11.15am (Bowburn) – Ms Soo Illingworth will lead this service.
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) – Ms. Soo Illingworth will lead this service.
Thursday 29th January
11.15am (Bowburn) – Rev. John Squares will lead this service.
Sunday 1st February
10.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Les Nevin leads our communion service.
Tuesday 3rd February
9.30am (Carrville) – Rev Di Johnson leads our informal service.
10.15am (Pittington) – Rev. John Jebaseelan will lead this communion service.
Thursday 5th February
11.15am (Bowburn) – Rev. Paul Beetham will lead this communion service.
Sunday 8th February
10.30am (Carrville) – Deacon Ruth Lackenby leads our service.
Tuesday 10th February
9.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Caroline Dick leads our informal service.
10.15am (Pittington) – Rev. Les Nevin will lead this service.
Thursday 12th February
11.15am (Bowburn) – Mr Bill Offler will lead this service.
Sunday 15th February
10.30am (Carrville) – Mr Bill Offler leads our service.
Our Lent Bible studies will be exploring ‘Conversations with Jesus – Five Bible Studies for Lent by John Birch. The dates and locations are as follows:
- Wednesday 18th February (2pm) at Carrville – Study 1: The conversations begin
- Wednesday 25th February (2pm) at Bowburn – Study 2: Conversations in the shadows
- Wednesday 4th March (2pm) at Carrville – Study 3: Conversations at the margin
- Wednesday 11th March (2pm) at Bowburn – Study 4: With words and silence
- Wednesday 25th March (2pm) at Carrville – Study 5: Words from the cross
Tuesday 17th February
9.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Paul Beetham leads our informal service.
10.15am (Pittington) – Ms Soo Illingworth will lead this service.
Thursday 19th February
11.15am (Bowburn) – Rev. Les Nevin will lead this service.
Sunday 22nd February
10.30am (Carrville) – Members of the congregation will lead our 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
- 9.00-10.00am – 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.
- 10.00-11.30am – 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.
