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Nayland Road, Mile End, Colchester, Essex CO4 5BY |
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History
We
are part of the Colchester ‘Circuit’ which has 14 churches and the
‘Circuit’ is in the Bedfordshire, Essex and Hertfordshire District.
Our Minister, Rev John
Allison, has charge over two other churches (Wimpole Road and Mersea)
besides ours, and, being the Superintendent Minister, John also has
overall responsibility for the running of the Circuit. It is the normal
practice for Methodist ministers to move Circuits about every five years.
We
work closely with our local churches and some years ago formed a Covenant
with St Michael’s Anglican Church and St Joseph’s Roman Catholic
Church.
As
Mile End has developed we have tried to move with the times, but, whatever
the time, we hope there is always a friendly welcome at Mile End Methodist
Church!
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The
founder of Methodism, John Wesley, made many visits to Colchester, usually
on horseback, between 1758 and 1790. Methodists were active in the area
from that time but it was not until 1895 that our present church was
built. Since then it has undergone several refurbishments, the last being
in 1989.