As a Worshipping
Christian community we aim to reflect the sort of Love that
we believe lies at the heart of God’s creation. We
endeavour to offer help and support people both on happy
occasions such as Weddings and Baptisms and during times
of sadness such as funerals, divorce or illness. A warm
welcome awaits all visitors to our premises. Please do contact
our Minister or one of the contact people for further information.
Wesleyan Methodism
came to Roade around 1837 at the time the railway track was
being laid through the village. Some of the construction workers
were Methodists from the Bletchley area. They at first worshipped
in the Baptist chapel but in due course came to look for a
meeting place of their own. The Railway contractor built a
room for this group of Methodists at the end of Yew Tree Terrace.
This became the first real home of Methodism in the village.
It still stands today as 35 High Street. At the same sort
of time, an enthusiastic Methodist, Mr William Gardiner –
from Whittlebury began employment with Sir William Wake at
Courtenhall.
The group were soon to move
to a Barn Close and subsequently to the Old Malting House
on the Ashton Road. It was on this site, now demolished
that the Church grew and a Sunday school was formed. Then
35 years after first arriving in the village Methodism found
its way to its present site on the Hartwell Road where a
newly constructed chapel was opened on the 16th September
1875.
Growth of Methodist continued
and a second new chapel was built, leaving the older building
as a hall. It is this building opened on 20th May 1908 that
has remained in use ever since.
In 1994 the whole complex
was renovated and a new kitchen, toilets, disabled facilities
built. On the outside the building appears very much the
same as when built, but inside has been transformed into
a modern suite of premises to serve the village well into
the 21st century.
Contact people for room bookings:
Contact: |
Barbara Evans or Svd
Humphrey |
Telephone: |
(01604) 858308 or (01604)
862726 |
E-mail:
