Upper Thames Circuit of Methodist Churches

Welcome to the Web site of The Upper Thames Methodist Circuit. We do hope that you will find the site of interest. Our Churches are located in the beautiful Wiltshire, Gloustershire and Oxfordshire countryside. We are a Bible-based and Christ-centered group of Churches which include a number of Churches which are made up of people from a variety of denominational backgrounds. In total sixteen Churches are part of our Circuit. You are most welcome to join us in worship in any one of them.

The Mission statement of the Upper Thames Methodist Circuit is 'To grow in the love of God, to preach the gospel of Christ, and, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to reach out to others'. We want to know Christ and to make him known. To this end many of our Churches run Alpha courses and are active in evangelism in a variety of ways.

We take seriously 'Our Calling' which can be summarised as Worship, Evangelism, Service, Learning and Caring and seek to apply these in each local situation.

We aim to support one another and enable mission and ministry in a variety of ways in each local area whilst also remembering that we are part of the world wide Church of Jesus Christ. Youth work is important and full time Youth and Families Workers are employed in several parts of the Circuit.

Great Western Federation

The Upper Thames Circuit is part of the Great Western Federation - Three Circuits co-operating for Mission, Upper Thames with Chippenham circuit and Swindon and Marlborough circuit.

Circuit Plan, quarter March 2012 to May 2012.

To see the circuit plan for the quarter March 2012 to May 2012, then you can download the plan here (pdf file)

If you require further information please do not hesitate to contact us.

Our Superintendent Minister is Rev John Wiltshire, who can be contacted on 01793 763359 or revjohnw@btinternet.com

'For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life' - John's Gospel Ch. 3 v.16