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.
Conversations that matter – taking about your faith with others
There will be a series of four ‘Good Conversations’ workshops, which will explore how we can talk about God with others. Join us to learn to foster deeper, more meaningful conversations within our church community. The remaining workshop will take place on Wednesday 26th November at Carrvillle from 10am – 12 noon – the art of listening.
Advent Studies
Come and join us for this year’s Advent Study. We are following ‘The Women of the Nativity” by Paula Gooder – an Advent and Christmas journey looking at well-known and well-loved stories of the Bible from the perspective of the women who observed these world-changing events. The dates for the studies which are all on Wednesday afternoons (2pm) are:
- 19th November (Carrville)
- 26th November (Bowburn)
- 10th December (Pittington)
- 17th December (Carrville)
Thursday 20th November
11.15am (Bowburn) – Ms Soo Illingworth leads this service.
Sunday 23rd November
10.30am (Carrville) – Deacon Ruth Lakenby with Lieutenant Georgia Smith lead our service. We are supporting the Salvation Army Christmas Big Toy Appeal – if you’re like to support this appeal please bring unwrapped new toys for children aged 0-17.
2.30pm (Carrville) – Rev. Les Nevin and Mrs Norma Nevin lead our Forget Me Knot service.
Tuesday 25th November
9.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Paul Beetham leads our informal worship.
10.15am (Pittington) – Mrs Norma Nevin will lead this service.
Thursday 27th November
11.15am (Bowburn) – Deacon Jane Middleton leads this service.
Saturday 29th November
10.00-12.00 (Carrville) – Christmas Fair including raffle, tombola, cakes and other stalls and refreshments.
3.00pm (North Road Methodist Church) – Durham City Methodists present a Concert and Carol Singing. Instrumental music, stories and songs from Marion, Gareth, Suzie, Marj and many more! Donations will be in aid of St Cuthbert’s Hospice, the Durham City Methodists church project.
Sunday 30th November
10.30am (Carrville) – Rev. Joanne Thorns leads 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. In October, November and December we will be using a resource written by Paula Gooder entitled “Woman of the Nativity” which is described as an Advent and Christmas journey in nine stories looking at Christmas from the perspective of women we read about in the Bible.
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 on the 3rd Saturday in the month where we share in breakfast and explore different ways of praying.
- 10.00-11.30am – Monthly coffee morning on the 3rd Saturday in the month in the 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.
Contact our minister
If you need pastoral support, please contact our minister Fiona by phone 07955 374680 or email theotherrevweir@gmail.com.
Prayer and worship
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.
