Willington Open Door Methodist Church

06/08/2026

Come and join us this Sunday 9th August

03/07/2026

There are still tickets available for this Sundays concert. Come join us in celebrating the church's 10th anniversary.

26/06/2026

Our men’s group meets on the first Thursday of each month. Last month we enjoyed a visit to Locomotion at Shildon. Why not join us on Thursday 2nd July, here at church?

25/06/2026

Hope is a powerful word.
Hope - something you have expectation of.
- something you have confidence in.
A belief that something is obtainable, that we centre on.

When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. (Psalm 94:19 NLT)

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. ( Romans 15:13 NLT)

When faced with doubt or discouragement, put your hope in God. He will meet your every need.

18/06/2026

Christ works through you

Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good.
Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, You are his body.
Christ has body now on earth but yours.
Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Saint, 1515 - 1582

11/06/2026

Reminder that breakfast church is on this Sunday, 14th June, all are welcome. Hope to see you there.

06/06/2026

‘Closing our ears to the voices of those most vulnerable to climate change would be nothing less than giving up our claim to be disciples of Christ. – Hope in God’s Future’

For World Environment Day, our Net Zero engagement officer Jack shares his reflections on climate action and faith 💬

"For the Methodist Church, our commitment to net zero is not just driven by our belief that we need to restore good relations with the rest of God’s creation. With climate change posing a disproportionate risk to the world’s most vulnerable communities, it is also part of our enduring mission to seek and do justice.

This World Environment Day, we call to mind that although the injustice of a warming world is global in scope, the work we can do to limit this warming starts in our own lives, our own churches, and our own communities.”

04/06/2026

Sometimes words can fail us but God never does.
"Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.
Isaiah 40 verses 28 - 29 NLT

29/05/2026

Yesterday life events challenged me, but what to do? Then these words from a hymn rang in my head “Take it to the Lord in prayer”. Those words are repeated in “What a Friend we have in Jesus” written by Joseph M Scriven in 1855.
Link to full lyrics… https://library.timelesstruths.org/music/What_a_Friend_We_Have_in_Jesus/
Jesus is a true friend indeed and one that understood the power of prayer. So, if your troubled, feel challenged, feel thankful or just need be heard then take it to the Lord in prayer.

Lyrics: Joseph M. Scriven

23/05/2026

Today's prayer is from the Methodist Website https://www.methodist.org.uk/faith/prayer-for-the-day/
Come joins us in worship, Sunday 24th May at 10.30