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 seventeen 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.

As a Circuit we meet together annually for an Open Air Camp meeting where several hundred gather to worship and hear God's Word.

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 a full time Youth Worker is employed in one part of the Circuit.

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

Our Superintendent Minister is Revd. John Wiltshire who can be contacted at JohnWiltshire10@tiscali.co.uk

Circuit Plan

To view see this quarter's circuit plan (September 2008 to November 2008), then you can download the plan here (pdf format)

Circuit Bible Teaching Day, Saturday 27th September.

Paul and Carmel Ashby will be leading a Circuit Bible Study Day at Highworth Methodist Church on Saturday 27th September from 10.00am to 4.00pm. The theme is 'What a Great God'- a vision of God's blessing through His word.
Please bring a packed lunch, tea and coffee will be provided.

This will be followed by Sunday Services with the themes 'Confident Faith' (morning) and 'The Glory of God' (evening).

'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