Methodist’s Moving Parish’s Help
28 September 2009
The congregation of Oldfield Park Methodist Church in Bath met for morning worship and the celebration of Holy Communion. Nothing unusual about that - the service was similar to many occasions that congregations, over the 117 years since Oldfield Park has been open, have enjoyed. The difference being that this Communion Service was held at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Southdown.
After 117 years of worshipping on the corner of The Triangle in Bath, the society has taken the step of selling up and moving to the nearby Southdown Methodist Centre. Revenue from the sale will fund the long overdue refurbishment of the Southdown building which houses the Southdown Whiteway Church and Community Partnership (SWCCP), a Methodist Circuit project meeting the needs of the community. Four years in the planning, the Oldfield Park congregation knew that at some point they would have to face the dilemma of being homeless, needing to move out of their current home before the new one is ready. Father Richard Barton our Parish Priest of Our Lady and St Alphege of which St Joseph’s is Southdown is part has offered the use of St Joseph’s to the local Methodist community.
The congregation of Oldfield Park Methodist Church in Bath met for morning worship and the celebration of Holy Communion. Nothing unusual about that - the service was similar to many occasions that congregations, over the 117 years since Oldfield Park has been open, have enjoyed. The difference being that this Communion Service was held at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Southdown.
After 117 years of worshipping on the corner of The Triangle in Bath, the society has taken the step of selling up and moving to the nearby Southdown Methodist Centre. Revenue from the sale will fund the long overdue refurbishment of the Southdown building which houses the Southdown Whiteway Church and Community Partnership (SWCCP), a Methodist Circuit project meeting the needs of the community. Four years in the planning, the Oldfield Park congregation knew that at some point they would have to face the dilemma of being homeless, needing to move out of their current home before the new one is ready. Father Richard Barton our Parish Priest of Our Lady and St Alphege of which St Joseph’s is Southdown is part has offered the use of St Joseph’s to the local Methodist community.
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