Privacy Policy

At Histon Methodist Church we collect different types of information about our users for the following main reasons:

To provide a useful resource in the form of an online directory of users.
To provide an interactive website where email is used to communicate with the users.
To provide a security mechanism whereby we can restrict content to certain groups of users.
To enable the purchase and delivery of goods through our online shop.
To help us to improve the service we offer.

Our principles

We are absolutely committed to protecting your privacy. Our policy can be summarised in one sentence: we will not share your information with others without your consent.

We have established the following two principles:

We will respect your email privacy. You will only receive email from Histon Methodist Church in relation to areas you have expressly signed up for.
We will not share any individual user details (including your email address) to any third party without your consent.

What information do we collect?

We collect information on our users through registration.

The minimum information we need to register a user is your first and last name and a password. We also ask for some further, voluntary information so we can provide a richer, more useful address book.

We collect information on our customers when you make a purchase through our shop.

We will collect your name, postal and email addresses, payment information and information about your order. Payment information is then transmitted and processed securely and is NOT held on our servers.

Who will have access to your information?

You have control over who is able to access specific items of information. By default your personal information will be visible to other authenticated users of the site. You can change these settings from your personal profile page. Your information will be used to build the online address book and show your birthday in the Histon Methodist Church calendar.

What else you should know about privacy

Remember to close your browser when you have finished your user session. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a device with someone else or are using a device in a public place like a library or internet cafe. You as an individual are responsible for the security of, and access to, your own device.

Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information over the internet that this information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information in publicly accessible online forums, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your usernames and passwords and any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are using the internet.

Our pages may contain links to other websites, and you should be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices on other websites.

We use Stripe for payment, analytics, and other business services. Stripe collects identifying information about the devices that connect to its services. Stripe uses this information to operate and improve the services it provides to us, including for fraud detection. You can learn more about Stripe and read its privacy policy at https://stripe.com/privacy.

Any Questions?

Hello and welcome to our church. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
Click here to see more.

Visitors click here.

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

Mar 27

Apr 24

May 22

Jun 19

Jul 24

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.

Name:

Telephone:

Email Address:
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)