A thanksgiving service at Wollaton Road Methodist Church, Beeston on Sunday, May 19, 2019, signals an end to 166 years of faithful service on this site.
Since Victorian times, generations of people have worshipped here, witnessed the growth of Beeston from a village to a town, lived through the trauma of two world wars and experienced enormous social change.
This document, compiled by David Lowe with the assistance of long-serving members, charts the history of a much-loved church and tells how successive congregations continually sought to share their Christian faith by extending a welcoming hand of friendship to the community.
Thankfully the sale of the site is not the end of the story. In 2014, Wollaton Road became part of Beeston Methodist Church, bringing together the people, commitment, energies and resources of four Methodist churches in the area – Chilwell Road, Clarke’s Lane, Inham Nook and Queen’s Road.
The new church started worshipping together from Easter Sunday, 2016 and looks forward to serving God and being at the heart of the community for many years to come.