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From our Minister |
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Audley Methodist Church |
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Rev’d Jenny MacGregor BA Hons (Contextual Theology Manchester – trained in Bangor University and Hartley Victoria College Manchester) Her three children and grandson live in North Wales Jenny was born in Budleigh Salterton, Devon where her mum, her siblings and their families still reside. Jenny came to the Wolstanton and Audley Circuit in September 2005 and was ordained in 2007. She is the Minister of Audley, Halmer End and Bradwell Methodist churches which are now in the 11/22 North Staffs Circuit, and are all part of the Chester & Stoke District. |
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Audley Methodist Church was built in 1990 and the church hall was built in 1958. The Church also has a cemetery across the road which is maintained in a wonderful setting and contains a memorial to the Diglake Pit disaster of 1885. The congregation of two churches in the village of Audley (Peoples and Audley Central) came together to worship in 2003. The church fronts the B500 in an area of residential development between Bignall End and Audley Village and has close links with the adjacent Ravensmead Primary School and the local Anglican congregation. Rev’d Jenny is also a School Governor at the local Thomas Boughey High School in Halmer End.
Audley Methodists are people with a passion for sharing their faith in a communal way. Their worship is welcoming and provides a special place for all ages to come together to celebrate the Love that God offers to us all including Junior church provision. During the summer months the closing hymn is sung outside in open witness to God’s continued faithfulness to everyone.
Fun and fellowship continue throughout the week with Coffee mornings, prayer breakfasts, bible study, craft club, bowls and badminton clubs, parent & toddlers, youth clubs, monthly lunches for those who live alone and monthly Saturday get togethers where we enjoy sales of work together with wonderful meals. The local community support and look forward to these times together. The hall is also used by outside groups, which include Sewing Club, Keep Fit, and it is the practice hall for the local Audley Male Voice Choir.
Methodism celebrates God’s inclusive love, where salvation is for all and John Wesley is accredited to have spoken about the Four Alls of Methodism – All need to be saved, all may be saved, all may know themselves saved and all may be saved to the uttermost. Audley Methodists uphold this belief and seek to share God’s inclusive and unconditional love with all those who they meet inside and outside of their church buildings. They apply their faith by discovering through Scripture; Reasoning with their minds and hearts; bringing the wisdom of Tradition and Experience into their reflections of how to learn and care for one another.
For details of our services please see the Our Services - Worship at Audley section.
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