Stratton Methodist

31/05/2026

Today’s Café Church for Trinity Sunday gave us a wonderful hands-on reminder of how faith and love can ripple outwards.

One of our activities was building a domino run, carefully placing each piece so that one falling domino would set the next in motion. Deacon Stephen Roe helped us reflect on how one small action can lead to another, creating a chain reaction.

As we thought about God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, united in love, we were reminded that God’s love can move through us too, touching our church, our relationships and our wider community.

21/05/2026

🔥 Join us for worship this Sunday! 🔥

This week at Stratton Methodist Church, we celebrate Pentecost — the coming of the Holy Spirit, the fire of God’s presence, and the call to live boldly in faith. We will also reflect on Wesley/Aldersgate Sunday, asking: What warms your heart?

📖 Scripture Reading
🔥 Acts 2:1–21 – The Holy Spirit comes at Pentecost, filling the disciples with power and declaring that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

🎵 Hymns & Worship Songs
🎶 Holy Spirit we welcome you
🎶 Thy Kingdom Come
🎶 O God of burning cleansing flame
🎶 Spirit of the living God
🎶 We seek your Kingdom
🎶 And can it be
🎶 We are not made for the Harbour

🙏 Worship will include:
Welcome and call to worship, prayers and the Lord’s Prayer, reflection, thoughts, prayers for others, videos including Skip a Beat and What Warms Your Heart, and a closing blessing.

💛 Message focus:
Come, Holy Spirit — set our hearts on fire and send us out in faith.

This is a Zoom Service for Pentecost – Sunday 24th May 2026.

All are welcome — we look forward to worshipping with you!

08/05/2026

Released on 1 May 2026, here are the UKsTop 20 worship songs, based on copyright reporting data from small to large UK churches across all denominations.

Holy Forever
Goodness Of God
In Christ Alone
How Great Is Our God
What A Beautiful Name
10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)
Great Are You Lord
Build My Life
I Speak Jesus
O Praise The Name (Anástasis)
Worthy Of It All
Living Hope
Here I Am To Worship
Praise
Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me
King Of Kings
Cornerstone
How Great Thou Art
This Is Amazing Grace
Gratitude

Which one is your favourite?

28/04/2026

24/04/2026

Tonight we begin celebrating 200 years of Methodists in Stratton! The hall is ready for our Beetle drive and Helen is putting the finishing touches to the history display. Beautiful flowers in the church thanks to Heather.
Come and join us!!

15/04/2026

Join us at Stratton Methodist Church for a special celebration on Sunday 26 April 2026 as we gather for a joint service with St Margaret’s. This joyful worship is part of our weekend celebration marking 200 years of Methodism in Stratton, Swindon - a time to give thanks for the past and look ahead with hope.

📖 Psalm 148 – All creation is called to lift their voices in praise to God.
📖 Ephesians 3:14–21 – Rooted and grounded in Christ’s love, filled with His fullness.
📖 1 Corinthians 12:12–26 – One body in Christ, united and strengthened together.

🎵 Worship Songs & Hymns
God is Here
10,000 Reasons
For All the Ways
Your Hand, O God, Has Guided
Love Divine

🎶 Music will be led by the Music Group, with Christopher Hill on the organ.

🙏 In our worship, we will share gathering words, a litany of praise, prayers of thanksgiving, prayers on church shapes, prayers of intercession, the Lord’s Prayer, and a special anniversary dedication litany.

Message: Celebrating 200 years of faithful witness — one body in Christ, shaped by grace and called forward in unity.

Service led by Deacon Stephen Roe.

All are warmly welcome — come and be part of this special celebration as we worship together!

13/04/2026

We are celebrating 200 years of Methodist worship and witness in Stratton St Margaret. You are warmly invited to join us as we give thanks for the past and look forward to the future.

Friday 24 April to Sunday 26 April 2026

Friday 7.00pm
Beetle Drive, fun for all the family. Refreshments served.
Saturday 10am to midday
Craft workshops for all ages. Come and try something new.
Saturday 4.00pm to 5.30pm
Cream Teas with organ music from Christopher Hill.
Saturday 6.30pm
Celebration Concert with the Good Afternoon Choir, The Big Sing Thing and more organ music.
Sunday 10.30am
Morning worship celebrating our heritage.

06/04/2026

Join us for worship this Sunday at Stratton Methodist Church — Sunday 12th April at 10.30am.

This week’s service is shaped around Act on Poverty, using Christian Aid Lent resources. Together, we will reflect on God’s justice, compassion, and our calling to love our neighbour in practical ways.

📖 Scripture readings
🌱 Mark 4:30–32 – The kingdom of God grows from small beginnings into something life-giving and full of hope.
⚖️ Amos 5:11–12, 16, 21–24 – God calls for justice to flow like a river and righteousness like a never-failing stream.
✨ Luke 4:14–21 – Jesus declares good news for the poor and freedom for the oppressed.
💐 Matthew 26:6–13 – A beautiful act of love and devotion is remembered in Jesus’ presence.
❤️ Luke 10:25–37 – The parable of the Good Samaritan asks us: Who is my neighbour?

🎵 Hymns and songs
Longing for Light
Hear the Call of the Kingdom
There Is an Everlasting Kindness
We Seek Your Kingdom
Have You Heard God’s Voice

Message focus: Who is my neighbour?
A service inviting us to respond to poverty, injustice, and God’s call to active love.

All are welcome — we look forward to worshipping with you.

05/04/2026

Join us - Easter Sunday at 10.30am in the Church as we celebrate Easter.

Easter Sunday reminds us that even in the darkest moments, hope is never lost. We celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the promise of new life. May your hearts be filled with peace, joy and renewed faith this Easter.

03/04/2026

On Good Friday, we gathered for a moving and reflective service, journeying through Seven Moments at the Cross.

We began with seven candles lit, each one representing a moment in the story. As we walked through the final hours of Jesus’ life, each candle was slowly extinguished — a powerful reminder of the deepening darkness of that day.

📖 The Seven Moments
– Behold the Man
– Gabbatha
– Golgotha
– Casting Lots
– Here is your Mother
– Finished
– Pierced

With each reading, reflection, and prayer, the light faded, until we sat together in stillness — holding the weight of the cross and the depth of Christ’s love.

A quiet, powerful space to pause, reflect, and remember.