South Bedfordshire
Methodist Circuit

Faith at the heart of community

We are a Methodist Circuit consisting of eighteen churches in and around Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Luton and the surrounding villages; serving South Bedfordshire with compassion and faith-based values.

Our mission and values

The calling of the South Bedfordshire Methodist Circuit is to respond to the Gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.

We will use the circuit’s resources to:

- Increase awareness of God’s presence and celebrate God’s love
- Help people to grow and learn as Christians through mutual support and care
- Be a good neighbour to people in need and challenge injustice
- Make more followers of Christ

In all the above we will seek to work ecumenically wherever possible and

use resources with due care for people and planet

The South Bedfordshire Circuit is a registered charity No. 1134222

Talking Point

Spiritual Growth is one of our Circuit priorities, and we would love to see more people talking about faith. It can be difficult but it's by sharing our thoughts and questions, joys and doubts with others that we grow.

To help us get better at this, each week we will be posing a question, a 'talking point', for you to reflect on and hopefully you will be able to share your thoughts and ideas with someone else. This might be someone at home or church or, if you feel brave, someone who isn't from a faith background.

This week has seen Remembrance Sunday, and tomorrow Remembrance Day will be observed – at the eleventh hour of the eleventh month when the guns of the First World War finally fell silent.

Jesus told his disciples that the greatest act of love is to lay down one’s life for one’s friends and this is something that military personnel have done and continue to do – for their friends on the battlefield and for loved ones at home.

The memories we recall this Remembrance Sunday should spur us forward in the search for true harmony and peace throughout the world. Our Lord commanded the apostles to “Do this in memory of me” and this week especially we pray for the graces of the great sacrifice of Calvary to engulf the whole world that we may live in the harmony for which Christ prayed.

So, our question this week is: -

How can we show our love for our friends and be agents of peace and harmony this week?