Minister in Charge	Rev Margaret Kennedy
Telephone No	as Circuit Plan
Service Times	11.00am & 6.00pm
Weekly Meetings	To Come

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North Thoresby Methodist Church

North Thoresby is a village with a population of approx. 1100 standing off the A16, 8 miles from both Louth and Grimsby. There are 72 children attending the purpose-built Primary school; there are also approx. 70 of teen age and 30 under fives. There is a large core of elderly residents but there are also many young/middle aged families. There are 2 general shops which include a sub post office, a hardware shop, a hairdresser and 2 thriving public houses.

There is an Anglican Church (St. Helen's), and the Methodist Church. There is a Village Hall used by a number of organisations including a Women's Institute, and the Methodist Church has a converted school named the Wesley Centre attached to the chapel. A Mothers and Toddlers Group, Brownies, Rainbows and other organisations meet in the Wesley Centre which is also used for most Methodist meetings. Services are held in the chapel mornings and evenings on a Sunday.

The chapel was built in 1846, modernised internally in 1946 after the other Methodist chapei in the village was destroyed in the 2nd World War. Sanction was given in 1976 for the chapel to be used as a multipurpose buiiding. The new school was built in the village in 1985 and the Methodist school buildings, which were built between 1849 and 1855, became the Wesley Centre, the lease with Lincoinshire Education Authority having been terminated. The chapel was re-roofed in 1983 and the Wesley Centre in 1991. New windows were installed in the chape] building in 1995. At the rear of the chapel there is a small car park, and a ramp for people with disabilities.

There is upholstered seating in the chapel which is now set out in a semicircular form and 120 people can be seated. The floor is carpeted with industrial quality carpet tiles. There is a pipe organ in the chapel which was built in 1922, rebuilt in 1980 and is valued for insurance purposes at £12,000. There is also a piano. The chapel building is considered to be in very good condition. Following several fairly recent deaths there are now 38 members.

Financially the Methodist Church is reasonably sound. Sunday collections cover the assessment and the chapel and Wesley Centre costs are covered by rents from organisations using the Wesley Centre and from covenanted giving. There is a small amount of capital invested.

North Thoresby is 5 or 6 miles from Cleethorpes and is linked through the Minister with the two large Methodist Churches there. Public transport is not good and because of the age of the majority of the members at North Thoresby and a fairly small number of drivers among the members there is a strong loyalty to events within the North Thoresby chapel but only a small number of the members attend services outside North Thoresby although, in proportion to the number of members, the attendance does compare favourably with other churches in the Circuit.

The Methodist Church is active although there are few Methodist organisations. There is no Sunday School but there is a Ladies Circle group composed of Methodists, Anglicans and unaffiliated ladies, which has 40 members and meets fortnightly. There is a Small Church Community group which meets fortnigbtly for discussion and prayer and has up to 14 attendees. There is a well attended Coffee Morning in the Wesley Centre every Tuesday morning where people froni all over the village meet for friendship and to give money for charity. There is a Carpet Bowls group which meets weekly.

Joint services are held with the Anglican Church on a monthly basis. The co-operation and relationships between the two persuasions is good. Both work together in the village, especially at Christmas and for charitable collections.

The Minister would have the opportunity to work with a group of committed people who are willing to accept reasonable change to further Christ's work in the village and within themselves. Currently, although the services are well attended for the size of the membership, there is a desire to draw others into the Methodist community to continue to have a thriving Methodist presence in the village. The members need leadership in this desire.Our ideal minister would be a good visitor with fresh ideas who would lead but, even more importantly, support us in our efforts.