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Welcome to

St John's
Methodist
Church

Settle, N Yorks BD24 9JG
See BD24 9JG - location in Google Maps

Last updated: 4 Jan 2012

Best wishes for the New Year!

Children's holiday club on 5th January 2012.
 

 

St John's Methodist Church Flag at St John's

Coffee mornings in spring - Tues

Rainforest Fund Project


Good Fri 6 Apr '07 4 June 2006Wildflower walk '06
Bouncy castle at Churches Together Pentecost Barbecue #gf
Good Fri Walk '06 life size crib scene
Display of crib scenes 26 Nov '05.


Remembrance Day

#german
Visit by German group 7 Aug 2005


Wild flower walk '05

Welcome

     to this site
     to our services on Sundays
     to future events
     Notice sheet for this week
     Our Calling
     Links
     Circuit Plan
     Coffee Mornings 
     Past Events and Pictures
     Church Hall Activities

New: Circuit website: www.settlemethodistcircuit.org.uk

We have a booklet:
WELCOME - introduction and guide to St John's church
Sixteen pages!
It is available in the church foyer. Or write to Dr J Wright 10 Town Head Ave Settle, BD24 9RQ

For more details about St John's Methodist Church, Settle, contact the minister,Rev Stephen Normanton, 4 Pen y Ghent View, Settle BD24 9JJ . Tel: 01729 822554 or the web editor, J. Allinson

Sunday Services:

Morning service 10.30 am (Includes Junior Church)
Evening Service:- the regular services on worship on a Sunday evening have ceased since 29 September. Once a quarter we have a "Cafe Service" at 4pm in the Church Hall


Coffee Mornings in the church

  • Every Tuesday morning

from 10am to 12 midday.

'Peak time' Shoppers Service: Tues 10.45-11am

House Fellowship: alternate Thursdays ish (look for notices or ask the stewards) 7.30pm

Thursday Group - Women's Fellowship - Own Homes - 1st Thursday of Month


Map --- St John's Church, Settle

Map --- St John's Church Hall BD24 9JH

Our church lies next to the Settle Carlise line railwayline. The Church Hall is on the opposite side of the road set back down drive. The Minister's House, just along from the church is 4, Pen-y-Ghent View BD24 9JJ , Settle

 
Methodist Church - National:


Sept 2010


Churches Together Holiday Club - August 2010

Environment Sunday Wild Flower Walk 6 June 2010

St John's Settle 20 Dec 2009
Good Friday Drama 2010 -

St John's Settle 20 Dec 2009

Getting to church in all weathers - 10 Jan 2010

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Settle Town Hall in the snow

 

The Hunger SiteClick here for an easy and free way
to help feed those in need at The Hunger Site!

The Rainforest Site
Click here for an easy and free way to help protect endangered habitat at The Rainforest Site!

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St John's Church Hall is used by a whole variety of groups in Settle include spinning, bridge, line dancing, ballet and tap dancing, Scottish country dancing, Brownies, wood-turning, Age Concern, bowling, Click here for the weekly times of these events
and for the rates for hiring a room!:

Scouts in church Hall

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Future events

Date and Time

See also Settle Methodist Circuit calendar for meetings in the Circuit (including Bentham and Ingleton)

Location
 

Event-

Events with a white background are specifically St John's Events but very much open to all.

 

Events with a cream background are Churches Together events, partially organised by St Johns

 

Events with a grey background are a committee meeting

 
24 Dec St John's Church 5.30pm   Songs and Stories around the Christmas Tree
25 Dec St John's Church 10.00 am Family Service – bring an un-opened gift to share the unwrapping experience with others
25 Dec Townhead Court, Settle (previously in Meth. Church Hall)

Community Christmas Day Lunch and Tea - Previously held at St John's Methodist Church Hall - this year at Townhead Court (£12 Adults £10 children) please book- even if only one day before!!-

You are welcome to come for just part of the day if you wish. Volunteer helpers and drivers welcome. See pics from last year
5 Jan 2012 John's Church Hall. Settle Children's Holiday Club 'Journeys' 10am-3pm, Bring a packed lunch. Held @ St Free for 5-11s.

SEE CTISAD Website for the CHRISTMAS SERVICES DURING DECEMBER for all of the churches abound Settle

and (18-25 JAN) FOR THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY SERVICES in January

 

 Regular events

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Every Tue 10am - 12 noon Coffee pot in church
Second Wed of month 9.30am - 12.00 noon Church Cleaning Fellowship
Thursday 7.30pm E100 bible study/discussion except when there is another event on a Thursday evening.
First Thursday of Month 8pm Thursday Group - Ladies fellowship - Own Homes
Friday 2.30pm E100 bible study/discussion except when there is another event on a Friday morning
Third Friday of month 7pm Greenfoot Residential Home Hymn singing
Approximately 6 times a year   Churches Together in Settle and District

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PAST EVENTS during this century - 2000 to present
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flower display at St John'sYorkshire Fog2011 A visitor admires the wild- flower display in the Church Foyer... including grasses such as Yorkshire Fog (right) and flowers such as .. I'll give you a clue- first letter R, second letter C

Genesis ch 1 v 11:- And God said "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit. ..and God saw that it was good. Interesting fact: 3/4of humankinds food energy and protein comes from grasses - maize, wheat ,barley,rye, sorghum.. and from animals which eat the grasses. 2/3 our energy comes from just three:- wheat, rice and maize - Above:-Yorkshire Fog

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High Tea at Settle 2011

Left:- A visiting group from Saltaire enjoy the Salad high tea provided by St John's on 22 June- the money rasied was for the church and the Rainforest Fund.

. Genesis ch 1 v 11:- And God said "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit. ..and God saw that it was good.

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Easter 2009 - Settle's Answer to Oberammergaudisciples feet Easter Breakfast Breakfast 2009
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Thanks to all who supported the Coffee Morning on Tue 7 April 2009 for the Rainforest Fund on Tuesday. £172 was raised.

Far left : a dog's eye view.
Left: Two ladies buying greetings card Right:Cameroon forest Kingfisher.

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Pictures from late 2008


No this is not the church in charismatic mode.. It is Langcliffe Singers who use our church hall (Stretching) - being filmed for Songs of Praise on 23 November 2008....

 Christmas 2008

Christmas Day 2008 - Christmas lunch
in the Primary Room of the Church Hall

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Easter Settle 2008


Good Friday March 21 2008

and in the snow, Easter Sunday

More pictures

and videos

 Easter Settle 2008
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Christmas 2007

Right: Nativity scene from the Church Display at the beginning of December 2007.

Left: "Ethical Twelve Days of Christmas" at Soup-a-Carol in the church Hall Dec 2007.

 nativity scene with animals
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4 June 2006clover and daisy5 June 2006 Wildflower Walk on Environment Sunday
4 June 2006
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Good Friday Walk on Fri 14 April 2006 (larger pictures) and description at Churches Together in Settle website click here 
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Christmas Crib Exhibition December 2005. Over 200 people came through the door. £246.11 was raised for the earthquake appeal and £95 for St John's. Thanks to the two Anne's for all their work and to all who lent crib scenes.
 
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"2 Oct 2005: Read about the GLOBAL WARMING - WHAT WE CAN DO -Mini-Conference Organised by "Local Action for Justice and Peace" at Bentham Methodist Church on 22 Oct, and the trip back via the Quaker Organic Greenhouses at Growing with Grace
 



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2005's Remembrance Day Service was held at Holy Ascension. then we walked to the Cenotaph. Afterwards we were served tea in St John's Church Hall.

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German group-On August 7th 2005 we were joined by a group from Germany (Some of whom are shown here). They were staying at Stainforth Youth Hostel.

Pastor Thomas Acker organises holidays for Germans between 20 and 35. Last year was Provence, this year is Stainforth. They have been on day trips to the Lake District, York, Ripon and Fountains Abbey. Wednesday is the Settle Carlisle Line.They sang for us in the service. - in German and English. Although the participants were initially all from the Free Evangelical Church in Germany , there are now people from several different denominations so the event is becoming very ecumenical.

www.oberursel.feg.de
back to top Environment sundayWorld Environment Day and Environment Sunday 2005 World Environment Day and Environment Sunday fell on the same day this year - June 5. To celebrate this, on 6 June some members of St John's Church went on an environment walk. - Here seen above Winskill, with Ingleborough in the background
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Tom Lord tells us about his farm at his visitor centre		 Globeflower in nearby "Poppy Wood" Environment Sunday
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Outside St John's Good Friday 2002Proceeding from St John's (in the background) on the Good Friday pilgrimage 2002Good Friday Churches Together pilgrimage. (This is 2002 but other years are similar - except it snowed on Easter Sunday 2008 )

Good Friday Churches Together in Settle Pilgrimage 2002 stops to hear some teaching outside St John's

..and proceed under the Settle Carlisle Line (with the church in the background) via the square ..
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St John's Methodist Church
Settle Flag Festival took place during during May and June in 2001. Over flags were made and are displayed throughout the town. They made a colourful site. (Even though it was Foot and Mouth Year)

Left - See the banner we made at St John's.

Parish church banners 2001Below: the banners at the Parish Church
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gamesaPictures to the right and left: taken at the Great Games Gala held on March 9th 2001 (in aid of Methodist Homes)
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Synod at St John's West Yorkshire Synod met at St John's Church on 6th May 2000. This was for representatives from the whole of West Yorkshire. Ron Fenner, Thomas Fawcett, Joan Corbett, Carol Blacow, Peter MacCabe, Liz Whitfield and the ministers attended on behalf of us in the Settle and Bentham Circuit. There about 200 people came from 19 circuits. We are pleased that Settle Anglican church agreed to make tea for some of the delegates to spread the load from the Church Hall.

 


Links you may like

Churches Together in Settle and District - Details of other churches in and around Settle

West Yorkshire Methodist District includes details of projects such as Touchstone and Beamsley www.theinterface.org.uk - a Methodist website that explores contemporary issues (news, film, ongoing debate) from a faith based perspective - based at Methodist Church House in London.

Cornerstone Bookshop, Skipton (on Newmarket Street, east of Woolworth's) Christian books, gifts, cards, music, Traidcraft goods. Open: 9.00 to 17.00 Mon - Sat (10.00 to 15.00 Tue) Drinks: Available anytime Home-made Refreshments: 10.30 to 16.30 Open for Prayers: on Tuesdays 8.30 to 9.30

Methodist Churches in the Skipton and Grassington Circuit (to the south east of Settle)

Malham - A harvest festival made of three "farm walks"

Pictures of Settle Good Friday Pilgrimage - From River to Rock

Pictures of Easter Morning Service on Castleberg

The Methodist Church in Britain The official website. Find links to other Methodist churches in the UK

The Methodist Recorder - The world's leading Methodist newspaper

Church and Conservation - Christian Ecology Link (CEL) The Site for Christians concerned about care of the environment, species extinctions, pollution, GMOs, etc.

Christian Ecology Link Methodist Resources Page Conservation and Church Craven Speakers Club, Skipton . Have fun learning to improve your speaking skills, gain confidence, and thus be more useful to you work/organisation/school etc

St John's Church Hall List of Weekly Activities of Groups that use the Hall

Green events    cs   Hymns   md  Climate Change

Above:- St John' Church (right) and church hall (left) as ween form Castleberg flag pole.

More pictures of Settle in the snow.

Our Calling

To increase awareness of God's presence and to celebrate God's love.
To help people to learn and grow as Christians, through mutual support and care.
To be a good neighbour to people in need and to challenge injustice.
To make more followers of Jesus Christ.

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I look to the hills. - View above spire of St John's

church hall wall display

Above: display on Church Hall wall in 2010- click for larger version

 

Young lamb on the hill above Settle


 

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