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Humberston
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Minister in Charge
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Rev Margaret Kennedy
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Service Times |
10.30a.m & 6.00p.m.
10.30a.m. 2nd Sunday in month All age worship
Tea/coffee served after this service.
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Weekly Meetings
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Monday
1.30p.m. Craft Class at 12 St. Matthew's Road
5.45p.m. Girls Brigade
8.15p.m. Scottish Dancing £1 per session |
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Tuesday
10.15 a.m. – 11.15 a.m. Coffee Morning
Followed by Prayer Fellowship (optional)
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1st & 3rd
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Break in August
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Thursdays
Ladies Fellowship
2.30 p.m. For tea and biscuits
3.00 p.m. Devotional meeting
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2nd & 4th
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Thursdays
2.00p.m. Exercise to Christian Music
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1st Friday in Month
Break in August |
Friday
7.30 p.m. Ladies Circle
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Social Function
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Sat 29th March
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7 pm Stew & Dumpling Supper £4 Sing Along
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Sat 26th April
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7 pm Pie & Mash Supper £4
Beetle Drive
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Sat 31st May
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7 pm Buffet Supper £4
Grocery Bingo
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Sat 28th June
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3 pm to 5 pm Strawberry Tea £3.50
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Sat.26th July
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5 pm Ham Salad Summer Tea £4
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Sat 30th Aug
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6 pm Grand B-B-Q £4
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Sun 21st Sep
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12 noon Harvest Meal 3 courses £5
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Sat 11th Oct
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7 pm Anniversary Meal 3 courses £5
Guest speaker
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Sat 25th Oct
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7 pm Surprise Supper £4 Entertainment
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Sat 22nd Nov
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7 pm Cottage Pie Supper £4
Musical Quiz
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Sat 6th Dec
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7 pm Christmas Party £3.50 Adult £1 child
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Special Event WEDDING DRESS & CHRISTENING EXHIBITION
This is planned for the Sat 31st May. So Ladies if you have a wedding dress, in the loft or a christening gown keep the date in mind. If anyone has a dressmakers dummy or a number of dummies they could lend us for the day we would be extremely pleased. If you can help please ring Wendy Crookes 01472 230183.
A WARM WELCOM AWAITS YOU
Refreshments after morning service
Early History of Methodism in Humberston
It is a known fact that Methodism began in Humberston long before the erection of the present chapel, and the value and effective witness of the present cause has its roots in a past which takes us to the end of the eighteenth century.
It is disappointing to find no reference by Wesley to visiting the village, but the fact that once he journeyed from Grimsby to Tetney makes it highly probable that he passed through Humberston. The first hint of a society of Methodists in the village was in 1790, for in that year some five men informed the Bishop of Lincoln that they intended to use the house of one Joseph Richardson as a place of worship, and the first sermon preached in that humble conventicler was in June 1791. The preacher was George Laming of Tetney.
The few who formed the first society attached themselves to the Methodists at Tetney or Cleethorpes, but in 1795 Gabriel Benton had come to reside in the village and became the first Class Leader of the Humberston Society. In 1797 William Tomlinson, a farmer, Class Leader and Local Preacher, came to the village from Yorkshire and fitted up one of his farm buildings as a preaching place. A period of persecution followed and for a number of years the society struggled to continue. After a time, and with the increase of members, the services were held in the larger house of Benjamin Richardson in Church Lane. By 1817 there were 67 members. Thomas Tomlinson, son of William, had before this succeeded his father at Manor Farm, but left the village in 1883, and the society was left without a room for worship.
His departure gave rise to the effort to erect a chapel. Assisted by the generosity of Lord Carrington, Lord of the manor, who gave a site, the Methodists opened a chapel in what is now called Wendover Lane, on July 25th,1835. James Henwood of Hull and the Rev James Methley were the openers. It cost the sum of £137 and in 1896 an additional room was added
Much of the story of this chapel is lost to the present generation. It served the Methodists for close on three-quarters of a century, and is cherished for its witness in the years before 1907.
After 1907
A period of about ten months elapsed between the decision to build a new chapel and its actual opening. It began with the realisation that the old chapel was in need of overall repair, beside the fact that it was hidden in a corner of the village, and more important still, it was too small for the increasing work.
An informal Trustees’ meeting was held at Duncombe Street Chapel, Grimsby, on January 28th , 1907 and two items of business were (1) the acknowledgment of the offer of Lord Carrington to the piece of land ‘facing Tetney Lane end to be transferred to the Trustees as from January 1st, 1907, also for the old chapel and school to be transferred to him from that day, but the use of the buildings to be had until September 30th for the nominal sum of 1/- for the period and (2) that Messrs. Gelder & Kitchen, architects, of Hull, be asked to prepare sketch plans for a chapel to seat 180, school to accommodate 50 or 60 scholars, and small preachers vestry. Provisional cost £800.
The Stone laying ceremony took place on June 20th 1907, and a brass tablet inside the vestibule gives the names of those who laid stones, and commemorates the event.
The date of opening was October 10th 1907. The chapel was opened by Miss Marjory Wilson, later known as Lady Nunburnholme.
This information was taken from the booklet Humberston Methodist Church 1907 -1957 by Rev. W. Leary
A booklet is being published by Fred Leary telling of the years after 1957
Humberston Wesleyan Chapel Foundation Stone Ceremony 1906
Humberston Opening of New Wesleyan Chapel 1907
A warm welcome awaits you
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