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Rev Ian’s Christmas Message 2020

Dear friends across our Circuit … and beyond, ‘How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift is given. So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heaven’ – name that Christmas carol?! (*see below) Sing it to yourselves! Sing in your houses! Let your neighbours hear you! Christmas is on! Different? Yes! Cancelled? Not…

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Buddy Bags Delivered!

Families living in emergency accommodation in Lancaster, Blackpool, Preston, Wigan, Nelson and Burnley have benefited from the amazing generosity of so many people who responded to our Christmas appeal to help The Buddy Bag Foundation. We made and delivered 160 gifts of love in rucksacks for children in crisis situations who may have had to…

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End in sight on site!

Hub Development moves step closer to opening in 2021 As we prepare to come out of Lockdown2 and brace ourselves for a dark winter we look forward to a vaccine and an end to restrictions in the new year. More hope and good news too, as we’re delighted to share the latest photos of the…

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Trinity’s Climate Emergency Champion

Trinity Methodist Church has committed to becoming an Eco Church. That means that when our doors open again, as well as being a safe and accessible environment that welcomes everyone, we want all our activities to recycle, reuse and reduce waste as much as possible in order to help support our beautiful environment.  We even…

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Buddy Bags Appeal

Over 180 volunteers have been mobilised across the Ribble Valley to help us with our Christmas challenge for The Buddy Bag Foundation. These bags of love will be going straight to a local emergency care facility to support a child in a family needing to leave their home for safety, protection and specialist support. We have…

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Harvest Appeal

Our harvest appeal is for the Ribble Valley Foodbank and the work they do at a time of growing need and challenge – at the harvest service we will pray for their work, and donations will be blessed – these can be dropped off at Trinity in the front foyer from 10.30-12 noon or 6-7pm…

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Singspirational

On Sunday, 23 August, join us for a very special service … as five people share their hymns and songs of faith that have helped them through lockdown … and the reasons why they have meant so much to them.  Rev Ian Humphreys leads the service alongside Howel Jones, Emma Woodhouse, Peter Lumsden, Christine Beggs…

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Hymn writer, Beverley’s a Hit!

Congratulations to Beverley Jones for getting two hymns accepted, recognised and published on the Singing the Faith plus website of the Methodist Church. This is great stuff! As a circuit we are so pleased for the gift of these hymns that are are understandable, singable and that express deep things of faith. The availability via…