A warm welcome to our church
St Mark's Methodist - a friendly, caring, accessible church in the heart of the St Mark's district of Cheltenham.
Part of the Gloucestershire Methodist Circuit and the U.K. Methodist church.
"The calling of St Mark's Methodist church is to respond to the Good News of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission"
St. Mark's is now listed in the Welcome Directory
Our Minister
Rev. Rachel Leather
Tel: 01242 262657
If you would like to email our Minister in complete confidence, please click on the blue button -
Address: Gloucester Road, Cheltenham,
GL51 8PX
Tel Minister: 01242 262657 or email via blue button
1881: a small group of people began to worship under the lamp in the centre of the roundabout by the railway station.
1891: They raised enough to build the small church, which is still standing on Gloucester Road, closer to the shops and railway station.
2006: after a massive fund raising effort by the congregation, the interior of the church was completely redesigned to accommodate all aspects of modern worship.
2012: saw the refurbishment of the church rooms & modernisation of the kitchen to serve the modern mission of today
1911: having outgrown the original building, further fund-raising resulted in the current building. Following a devasting fire in 1944, the church family rallied and after 5 years of restoration work, reopened St Mark's in 1949.
SEPT 13TH - 1030 ALL AGE WORSHIP
REV. RACHEL LEATHER (BOTH SERVICES)
SEPT 13TH - 3PM CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY, FOLLOWED BY CIRCUIT SERVICE AT 6PM
SEPT 20TH - LOCAL ARRANGEMENT SERVICE
SEPT 27TH - 1030 HARVEST WITH LUNCH, REV. STAN BROWN
Roots - our new monthly alternative worship service. See Our Services page and video below.
IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO POST LINKS TO OUR STREAMED SERVICES ONLINE - THIS IS DUE TO COPYRIGHT CONSTRAINTS FOR THE MUSIC WE USE DURING THE SERVICE.
HOWEVER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE A LINK TO THIS WEEK'S SERVICE OR TO A FUNERAL HELD AT ST.MARK'S, CLICK ON THE BLUE BUTTON BELOW.
For any general enquiries, please use the above Stewards blue button email link and we will do our best to assist.
If you would like an electronic copy of the Messenger, please use the Church magazine button.
If you would like a link to a live-streamed service, including funerals please use the Service link button.
To contact any of the groups who use our premises, follow the Hallusers link, under Useful Links.
Every Tuesday morning, St Mark's opens it's doors and our church becomes an informal cafe to meet over coffee and cake. We aim to make it a warm, safe and relaxing space to share the joys and troubles of life - all are welcome!
ECO-CHURCH - A SILVER LINING
St Mark's has built on our Silver award achievements by adding solar panels, insulation and battery storage and thus managing to reduce energy costs by 40-50%. We continue to try and consider our environmental impact in all aspects of church life.
If you would like to know more about Eco-church, please follow this link. St Mark's are also members of GREEN CHRISTIAN and VISION 21.
Accessibility at St. Mark's Methodist - we have no front steps, double doors which both open wide, a lift to the main hall and other rooms at the back plus a disability toilet. We hope that this gives a little extra help to anyone who is in need...
Our current church & community events/fundraisers.....
September 12th sees some of our church members take part in the annual Ride and Stride event in aid of the Historic Churches Trust..
Later in the month, we celebrate Harvest with donations during the service and our South African themed lunch going to All We Can and Fairtrade..
Easyfunding launched at St. Mark's - for more details, click on this link or follow the QR code on Our Contacts & Links page ...
