"A warm welcome awaits you at what is one of the oldest
Methodist Churches in the world, which has been in continuous
use, having been founded in 1764.
John Wesley made 20 visits to this hill-top industrial village
near Halifax between 1747 and 1786, but the Methodist society
originated in the evangelical activities of William Darney.
The society met in a cottage at Northgate End until an octagonal
chapel was built in 1764 (extended in 1802). By 1818 there
were no fewer than 1,002 children enrolled in the Sunday School.
Membership, which reached 446 in 1821, had fallen by 1939 to
50; but the church, in the Upper Calder Circuit, survives as
one of the oldest surviving Methodist chapels in continuous
use.
During the day the church is normally unlocked - come and
have a look!
Our Sunday sevices commence at 10.45am, the first part of
which is shared with the children who then leave us for their
own worship.
We sometimes have joint services with the village's Anglicans
which may be in St. Thomas' or at our church so it would be
wise to check with someone (see below) for a beginning regarding
location and time.
"Ladies Evening." The Ladies Evening usually meets
on the second Monday or Wednesday of the month (again it is
best to check first).
For further details please contact the minister or church
officers." |
