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Past & Present

Maps

Info in Church

All Age & Ladies Group Diary

Wider Picture

Circuit

Site Policy

Worship & Events

Mission Statement

Chat Rooms

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Young People

SUPPORTING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

THE WIDER PICTURE

On 1st Sept. 2008, JOANNE SHERWOOD took over the ministry of AMPTHILL METHODIST CHURCH with Cardington, Haynes, Willington and Wilstead. While we said goodbye to Roager and Liz Greene with heavy hearts we look forward to getting to know Rev. Joanne. Rev Gaynor Hall, continues at Flitwick and Clophill living in Barton. Rev. Rachel Larkinson has settled well into the Cranfield section. Thanks go to Rev. Peter Byass for ‘standing in’ at Ampthill renewing a childhood connection which we pray will now continue.

Nevertheless the Dragon was temporarily upstaged by the Bear when the teddy’s local creator received the NCH ‘Founder’s award’in 2006

The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery is the fortunate successor to NCH in the Teddy Stakes. He has been named by their Development Fund as ‘NAT’!

When the latest batch is complete - there will be an amazing 300 NAT’s being cherished out there and 500 loved and well-worn, ‘retro-(NCH) Nats! Retro, sadly, for two reasons as NCH becomes AFC(Action for children)

Ampthill Methodist Church welcomes the use of its premises by local groups including local school assemblies, the Indoor Bowls Club, the Child Minder’s Association, National Childbirth Trust, Redborne Adult Education Art Class, a Pilates group, the Ampthill Orchestra and the Ampthill Singers, Parent and Child Chat-in and a Badminton Club.

NCHAMPTHILL AND FLITWICK
SUPPORT GROUP

This group works locally to raise funds for this leading UK Family and Child Care Organisation, the National Childrens’ Home. At our events you might well have seen one of our jointed Teddies. This is not NCH’s official ‘mascot’ which is a green Dragon. You may have seen him in a full size version collecting outside your local TESCO or WAITROSE. He also comes as a soft toy.

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN ENGLAND