Clifton Methodist Church

Hebden Royd Methodist Church: God inspired, Christ centred, Spirit filled

Our mission is to worship and serve God through our community to:

• Increase awareness of God's presence and to celebrate God's love;
• Be a good neighbour to people in need and to challenge injustice;
• Help people to grow and learn as Christians;
• Make more followers of Jesus Christ.

We offer you a warm welcome and invite you to share with us.

Our worship

We are open for worship on Sunday mornings at 10:30am. Fellowship continues with refreshments after the service. We have a variety of services styles: café worship in the hall, "pick and mix" services, services with the Ignite Assembly band, and themed services such as Fair Trade and the Environment, as well as traditional services. We are open to all new ideas and suggestions from congregation members and the younger people.

Some of our Church community continue to worship at home by following Worship at Home services the Vine.

Sunday Evening services at 6pm continue via Zoom and may be in the style of Taize, Celtic Evening Worship, reflection and discussion. Contact the Church if you would like to join in: email Hebden Royd Methodist Church (hebdenroydmethodists@gmail.com).

There is always a warm welcome for all who worship with us. We have a thriving Sunday Club for families and we invite all adults whatever age, race, gender or sexual orientation. We can offer weddings and funerals and are registered to perform same sex marriage.

Sunday Club

Our Sunday club for young people is growing. We have 6 families and up to 14 young people aged 4 – 14, although not everyone attends every week there is a real church family of all ages developing, much to our delight. The Sunday club meets in the hall and comes into the service for the last 5- 10 minutes to show and tell.

Monday Zoom Fellowship Group

This is a group open to all for friendly worship, discussion, bible study, prayer, chat and virtual refreshments. It is led by group members and held via Zoom.
Contact the Church if you would like to join in. Email Hebden Royd Methodist Church (hebdenroydmethodists@gmail.com)

Community Hub

After opening as a warm space during November to February we now open every Friday as a community Hub. We are open from 11.30 until approximately 3pm, initially for tea/coffee and fellowship before lunch provided by the Soup Dragon group. Soup Dragon provide lunch from food donated by local businesses on a "pay-as-you-can" basis.

We also link with local well being services and Calder food support. This may develop further into a young family get together facility in the mornings, so watch this space!

Here is the YouTube link to a video about Hebden Royd as a community hub, which has been created by Rev. Kathie Heathcoat: https://youtu.be/tFrDz3zK0Fo

Other activities

Friendship Café, Men's Meal, Wednesday coffee at the 'Oldgate', 3 Lent services at the 'White Swan' and any one-off ideas that take our fancy. We support the local Food Banks. We are a vibrant and friendly group

Eco-Church

We care about our environment and are proud to have achieved the Bronze Eco-Church award. We are now aiming for Silver

Hebden Royd Churches Together

We have a good relationship with other churches in Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. Together we support Christian Aid , plan Easter and Christmas celebrations and enjoy inter-denominational Lent Bible Study Groups.

Morning Glory Clinic, Nairobi

We continue to support The Morning Glory Clinic in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.

Location

We are situated in the centre of Hebden Bridge on Market Street, opposite the Co-Op supermarket. Buses from Halifax to Todmorden and local buses to Heptonstall stop right outside the Church.

Our Building

Our building is all on one level (unusual in Hebden Bridge!) and consists of the chapel worship space with upholstered chairs, a church hall with a stage, a small meeting room and a tranquillity room.
We have a small car park.
Our rooms are available for hire. For more information, please download this leaflet or contact us via room.4hirehrmc@gmail.com.

Our Church garden is host to a flock of geese and one stop on the annual Hebden Bridge Pumpkin Festival Trail.

History

The church building was opened in 1975 as an amalgamation of three Methodist societies in Hebden Bridge. It is the third chapel on the site which originally accommodated Salem, an offshoot of Heptonstall Methodist Church. The first church was built and opened in 1824, being replaced in 1885 by an imposing structure with accommodation for 1050.

Over the last few years, established Methodist churches in Old Town, Luddendenfoot & Midgley, Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd, have all joined together in the Hebden Bridge building, creating our new community of Hebden Royd Methodists.