Minister's Message March 2025

As we step into the season of Lent, we are reminded that this is a time for reflection, renewal, and drawing closer to God. Many of us will have enjoyed pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, a tradition that marks the beginning of this journey. While the excitement of flipping pancakes and adding generous helpings of lemon and sugar is fun, it also carries with it the deeper reminder that Lent is a time of preparation—a time to pause, reassess, and realign our hearts with God’s love and purpose. Lent is often associated with ‘giving something up,’ but it is equally an opportunity to take something up—to embrace practices that nourish our faith, strengthen our community, and encourage us to live out God’s love in tangible ways. Whether it is through prayer, acts of kindness, or simply making space to listen more deeply, Lent invites us into a season of growth. On a personal note, I am delighted to share some wonderful news: I have successfully completed my Master’s degree in Music and will be graduating at the Barbican in London on 29th March. This journey of study and learning has been a rich and rewarding experience, and I am deeply grateful for all the support and encouragement I have received along the way. Speaking of celebrations, I am pleased to announce that the new kitchen in the manse is now complete! It has been quite a journey, with three weeks of makeshift solutions, often without heating, but we have come through it with plenty of good humour. I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the circuit and to everyone who helped us along the way. To mark this milestone, we will be hosting a Grand Kitchen Opening and Blessing on Sunday 16th March, from 2–5pm as a drop-in event. Everyone is welcome to come along, see the new kitchen, and share in a time of fellowship and thanksgiving. Finally, a special request for prayer as we look forward to our Church Weekend Away on 21st— 23rd March. Please pray for all those attending, that it will be a time of renewal, connection, and deepening faith. May it be a meaningful and uplifting experience for everyone involved. If you could spare any extra prayers for me during March it would be much appreciated. It’s a very full month with lots of exciting things happening and a lot of Connexional meetings taking place for me with TMCP and the Heritage committee. If I look a bit fraught and things don’t quite get done, I’m juggling a lot of commitments in March—thank you for your patience. As we walk through this season of Lent together, may we each find moments of stillness (especially for me!), insight, and grace. May it be a time where we draw closer to God and one another, and may we enter Easter with renewed hearts, ready to embrace the hope and joy that resurrection brings.
Rev Jenny

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Planning your Visit

A Warm Hello

A very warm welcome to Histon Methodist Church where all are welcome - all the time.
We’re delighted you’ve found us and we’re pleased to welcome you to worship. We are a progressive church committed to inclusivity and welcome all people from all backgrounds and experience.
We’re passionate about making everyone feel a home and an instant part of our family. We hope you will stay for tea and coffee after the service so we can get to know you. Do make yourselves known to a steward (the person who welcomes you at the beginning of the service) or the minister (identifiable by her dog collar!) and fill out our welcome form and we’d love to get to know you.
Whatever is going on in your personal life, stress or strain you’ve got, challenge or joy in your soul; this is the place to be right now. God has brought you to this place on this day and we’re so pleased you’ve found us.

Where and When
We meet at the Church (details here) for our Sunday Service starting at 11:00am. When you arrive, you should be greeted by someone on our Welcome Team who will offer you a Hymn Book and Service Book, although our services are displayed on a large screen at the front of the Church.
Accessibility: There is wheelchair access, and a sound loop for anyone who needs it. Please let one of the Welcome Team know on your arrival and they will help you. There are disabled toilets off the main foyer.

Our Service

The morning service begins at 11am with a warm welcome from one of our Stewards and consists of hymns, readings and an address by the presiding Minister.
Once a month, we include communion in our Service.
Occasionally, we join with our sister Church in Castle Street, Cambridge, either in Histon or Castle Street.
See the Church calendar for details.

Our services normally last an hour
Toilets through the doors at the front on your left, and round the corridor to the right. If you don’t want to walk through church, you can walk outside and enter the church again from the door by the car park.
All words are projected onto the screen in front and those who are able stand for hymns but it’s not compulsory. If there are responses, they are usually in bold.
We have a loop system, so turn your device to T. If you can’t hear what’s going on, do feel free to tap the person on the sound and tell them. Trust me, they’d rather know!
We don’t have a formal collection in the service, but if you would like to support our church financially, feel free to leave a donation at the end of the service in the basket near the entrance, or ask a steward (the person who stood up at the beginning and welcomed you to church) for the card machine.
Tea, coffee and biscuits are served after the service in the hall, through the door looking straight ahead on your left (follow the crowd!)
Our Sunday Children's Club go out around the second hymn and re-join us at the end to tell us what they’ve been up to.
We often sing the Lord’s Prayer, if you don’t know it, don’t worry, just allow the prayer to be sung around you.
Each Methodist Church has a minister, which is often shared with other churches. Histon is linked with Castle Street Methodist and we share our minister, Rev Jenny Pathmarajah. The Sundays she’s not here, the service is taken by a Local Preacher; someone who has a calling to preach and has trained to lead worship. She tries to attend both churches at some point on Sunday and often sneaks in at the end of the service if she’s not preaching. She’d love to meet you.
Holy Communion happens on average once a month which is where we share in non alcoholic wine and bread. All are welcome to receive and instructions are given on the day.
You are so welcome and we’re glad you’ve found us this morning ☺

What about my children?

Children stay with their parent or grown-up at the start of the service. During the second hymn, someone will announce that it’s time for the younger members to go to their activity group.

The children's activities include bible stories, music, craft and drama. They re-join the congregation near the end of the Service to describe what they have done at their group.

Getting Connected

Small Groups

While Sundays are a great way to meet new people, it is often in smaller gatherings that you can really get to know someone. Being part of one of our small groups allows you to make new friends, share together and support each other. We have a variety of groups that meet throughout the week, some afternoons and some evenings. Check out Small Groups and see if there’s one that you could join, or we can put you in touch with a small group leader who will be more than happy to invite you along to their group.

Wednesday Games afternoon

Craft group on Monday afternoons

Coffee morning on Wednesdays from 9.30am t0 noon

Saturday coffee mornings

Bible in a year 7.30pm

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May 22

Jun 19

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Aug 21

Sep 25

Oct 23

Nov 27

Dec 18

Serving and Volunteering

We are always looking for volunteers to :-
Help with the coffee shop on a Wednesday morning

Serve coffee after church on a Sunday

Join the flower rota

Join the reading rota

To be part of the welcome team on a Sunday morning on the door

If you feel called to serve God on our leadership team, think about becoming one of our stewards

Get in touch with us to plan your visit

If you would like to come and visit the church beforehand you are more than welcome! Get in touch and we can arrange a time that suits you.

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Comments / Questions or anything you would like to say?

Next, we will contact you by email to say hello and help arrange anything necessary for your visit.

Leader


Reverend Jenny Pathmarajah (Minister)
Leader Intro

We hope that you will feel at home at our church.

Best Wishes

(Handwritten Signature)