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Welcome to the page for Ledbury Methodist Church. We are a friendly welcoming Church on Bye Street in Ledbury.

06/09/2026

All are welcome to worship at our church during September. We look forward to seeing you.
Ledbury Methodist Church can be found in Bye Street, Ledbury HR8 2AA, on the access road to Bye Street Car Park.
If you are not able to join us in person, the morning service every Sunday is live streamed here or from our sister church in Hereford and can be watched using this link from 10:30am:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo21bHRALHEg-S9rB8rOo-Q/live

If you’d like to know more about Jesus, the Methodist Church, or the Christian faith, please visit our website to find out more and maybe get in touch: www.herefordshiremethodists.org.uk/
Donations for the work of our churches and circuit can be made via:-
https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/13984 #!/DonationDetails
Our CCLI Licenses are:- 1127709, 317352, 531736
Our Streaming Licenses are:- 136239, 146195, 175568

03/09/2026

Join us for our next free film afternoon, this coming Monday at 2pm.

02/08/2026

All are welcome to worship at our church during August. We look forward to seeing you.
Ledbury Methodist Church can be found in Bye Street, Ledbury HR8 2AA, on the access road to Bye Street Car Park.
If you are not able to join us in person, the morning service every Sunday is live streamed here or from our sister church in Hereford and can be watched using this link from 10:30am:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo21bHRALHEg-S9rB8rOo-Q/live

If you’d like to know more about Jesus, the Methodist Church, or the Christian faith, please visit our website to find out more and maybe get in touch: www.herefordshiremethodists.org.uk/
Donations for the work of our churches and circuit can be made via:-
https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/13984 #!/DonationDetails
Our CCLI Licenses are:- 1127709, 317352, 531736
Our Streaming Licenses are:- 136239, 146195, 175568

22/07/2026

An elderly but still confident member of our church was out shopping early on Monday 13th July in Ledbury Town.

As she started to return home she encountered difficulties finding dropped kerbs to use, with her scooter/buggy.

She eventually used the Worcester Road but found " bollards" on the pavement, preventing her using the path easily.

She sadly ended up on the Worcester Road itself. Very quickly a young male appeared, having stopped his car.

He held up the traffic and helped her back onto her buggy and she travelled on home.

Unbeknown to her to start with,this young man , followed , at a distance and eventually, they went back to her home together, to her door into the house and into the safe hands of her husband.

She would like to say Thank you to Sam,whom she described as her Guardian "Angel", who was so kind, thoughtful and helpful.

If this is you or you know Sam, please tell him, she is extremely grateful for his kindness and help and she wishes him well.

04/07/2026

Sarah
To mark the Ledbury Poetry Festival this week, we asked members of the Ledbury Methodist Church community to tell us about their favourite poem.
Sarah writes:-
A poem that means a lot to me is T.S. Eliot's A Song for Simeon. I first came across this a very long time ago when I was studying A Level English Literature. It's based on the New Testament story in Luke, chapter 2, of the old man Simeon who has been waiting for the arrival of the Messiah and finally gets to meet the baby Jesus. So much is conveyed in so few words, which are interwoven with brief quotations from the Bible. I find the poem deeply moving in its foreshadowing of the sorrows, pain and ultimate triumph of Easter, and Simeon's musings on his own long life and his readiness for the end. "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace ... for mine eyes have seen thy salvation"

If you’d like to know more about Jesus, the Methodist Church, or the Christian faith, please visit our website to find out more and maybe get in touch: www.herefordshiremethodists.org.uk/

02/07/2026

To mark the Ledbury Poetry Festival this week, we asked members of the Ledbury Methodist Church community to tell us about their favourite poem.
Martyn writes:- This is a poem I wrote some years ago at Christmas time. Clement Clarke Moore's famous poem was one we read to our children every Christmas Eve before bed time. I think our son now does the same for his daughter. I guess God led me to write this retelling of the birth of Jesus in a way that might help people reflect upon Jesus' birth in a new and accessible way. I hope you see something in it that makes you think.

What is your favourite poem and why?

If you’d like to know more about Jesus, the Methodist Church, or the Christian faith, please visit our website to find out more and maybe get in touch: www.herefordshiremethodists.org.uk/

01/07/2026

Join us this Saturday, 4th July, from 9 to 10.30am for our Women's Breakfast & Fellowship. This months we will continue looking at women from the bible. This month it is Lois and Eunice who will be our discussion topic.
No need to book, but if you do have any special dietary requirements, please get in touch.

30/06/2026

To mark the Ledbury Poetry Festival this week, we asked members of the Ledbury Methodist Church community to tell us about their favourite poem.
Rachel writes:-
This extract from God's Garden by Dorothy Frances Gurney was embroidered and hanging, framed on my kitchen wall when I was growing up. It seemed the perfect excuse for not having to go to church on Sunday!
As an adult, and an artist, I've thought about this poem and about my relationship between God and nature and created this series of paintings. They have meaning for me, but I wonder what they mean for other people?

If you’d like to know more about Jesus, the Methodist Church, or the Christian faith, please visit our website to find out more and maybe get in touch: www.herefordshiremethodists.org.uk/

29/06/2026

Our next free film afternoon is next Monday, 6th July, at 2pm. Hopefully it won't be too hot next week.

After this, our next film afternoon will be on the 7th September.

28/06/2026

Ledbury Methodist Church's Minister has been reflecting on the Poetry Festival this week. He writes:-
I’ve been reading George Herbert’s poem The Collar today — a raw and deeply honest reflection from a 17th Century priest wrestling with faith, frustration, duty and freedom. It feels surprisingly modern in its honesty about spiritual exhaustion and the desire simply to escape.
The poem begins with anger and rebellion — “No more, I will abroad” — as Herbert rails against the burdens he feels have been placed upon him. He speaks of feeling trapped, worn down, and unable to see the fruit of all he has given. The rhythm of the poem itself becomes restless and chaotic, mirroring the turmoil within him.
One line especially stays with me: Herbert speaks of the “rope of sands.” It’s such a striking image — a rope made of sand should not be able to hold anyone, and yet somehow it does. Herbert seems to recognise that many of the things that bind us are fragile but powerful: fear, exhaustion, guilt, anxiety, disappointment, unrealistic expectations, even our own thoughts about ourselves and our ministry. They are not chains of iron, yet they can still leave us feeling trapped.
And yet after all the noise, anger and struggle, the poem ends with God simply calling, “Child”, and Herbert replying, “My Lord.” No condemnation, no argument — just relationship, grace and recognition.
The struggles of a 17th Century priest remind us in ministry now that we are not alone in our spiritual struggles, but God is still with us to love us, to fill us with hope, releasing us from our own “rope of sands” to be his child once more.

What is your favourite poem and why?

If you’d like to know more about Jesus, the Methodist Church, or the Christian faith, please visit our website to find out more and maybe get in touch: www.herefordshiremethodists.org.uk/

Address

4A Bye Street
Ledbury
HR82AA

Telephone

+441531634242

Website

http://www.herefordshiremethodists.org.uk/ledbury

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