Английская Википедия:Churchill Methodist Church

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox church Churchill Methodist Church, in the village of Churchill, North Somerset, is a Grade II listed Methodist church on the Somerset Mendip Methodist Circuit. Designed by Foster & Wood, Bristol, of Perpendicular Gothic style, the church opened on 2Шаблон:NbspMay 1881. The schoolroom and coach house, of Elizabethan architecture, were erected before the new church, and opened on 1Шаблон:NbspJune 1879 (Whitsun). Sidney Hill, a wealthy local businessman and benefactor, erected the church and schoolroom as a memorial to his wife.

The Reverend Meg Slingo is the incumbent minister for Churchill. The Anglican and Methodist churches work together in many areas, particularly activities that involve children and initiatives in the parish schools. The schoolroom is now used as a hall and is run by a charity. The hall has a newly refitted kitchen and smaller rooms making it useful for community activities.

History

Methodists in Churchill would meet at a private home (society meetings),Шаблон:R until the autumn of 1835, when the first chapel was opened.Шаблон:RШаблон:Efn William Baker was a trustee of the chapel by the time the Churchill tithe map had been constructed in 1843.Шаблон:R This chapel was demolished in 1880 so that Sidney Hill could erect a new Wesleyan church on adjacent land gifted by William Bobbett.Шаблон:RШаблон:Efn Sidney Hill had married his wife, Mary Ann Bobbett, at the old chapel on 15Шаблон:NbspJune 1864,Шаблон:R and erected the new church as a memorial to her after her early death on Шаблон:Death date and age.Шаблон:RШаблон:Efn The new church was designed by Foster and Wood of Bristol in Perpendicular Gothic style, and erected by William Veals, master builder of Bristol, at a cost of £3,300 (Шаблон:Inflation).Шаблон:R Hill would engage the same firm of architects in 1897 to design the nearby clock tower.Шаблон:RШаблон:Efn The church opened on Шаблон:Start date and age with a dedication and sacramental service commencing at 2:00Шаблон:Nbsppm.Шаблон:R

The schoolroom and coach house, of Elizabethan architecture, were erected before the new church, and opened on Whitsun, Шаблон:Start date and age.Шаблон:R These buildings cost £1,300 (Шаблон:Inflation) to build and the schoolroom was later linked to the new church by a cloister.Шаблон:R Hill also vested in trustees money to provide an income for the maintenance of the chapel and schoolroom.Шаблон:RШаблон:Efn In 1898, Sidney Hill funded the addition of a porch that was designed by Foster and Wood and built by Henry Rose of Churchill.Шаблон:R

In 1906, Sidney Hill gifted land at the back of the church for a burial ground extension. The ground was consecrated in June of that year.Шаблон:RШаблон:Efn The church closed in August 1924 so that the organ could be refurbished and four stops added. The opportunity was also taken to provide better accommodation for the choir. Services were held in the schoolroom until the church was reopened on 27Шаблон:NbspNovember 1924 with a service held in the afternoon.Шаблон:R On 1Шаблон:NbspSeptember 1933, the Methodist circuits of Draycott, Cheddar, Congresbury and Palmer's Green, were united to form one circuit, under the name of the Cheddar Valley Methodist Circuit.Шаблон:R

Design and features

Church

Photograph of the porch with a view of the right side door and stained glass windows

Porch linking the church with the schoolroom

The church consists of a chancel, nave chancel, and two transepts, with a gallery at one end facing the pulpit.Шаблон:Efn There is a staircase turret with pyramidal cap to the north east for access to the gallery.Шаблон:R An organ is installed in the eastern transept. It cased with freestone, and has an arched pitch pine ceiling, divided into panels by moulded ribs, bearing on attached stone shafts. At the extreme end of the chancel, immediately above the communion table, there is memorial window by Clayton and Bell, representing Dorcas amidst the people that she helped, in her illness, in her death, and resurrection.Шаблон:R Immediately beneath the memorial window, and extending the whole length of communion platform, there is brass plate with the following inscription:Шаблон:R

In April 1894, Sidney Hill gifted four stained glass windows to the church. The windows were made by Joseph Bell and Sons, of College Green, Bristol, and represent:Шаблон:RШаблон:Efn Шаблон:Multiple image

• The presentation of our Lord in the temple
• Christ healing the sick
• His last charge to His Apostles
• Lord blessing little children

The first three subjects are installed in windows on one side of the building, and Lord blessing little children is installed in the transept. Each subject is arranged to occupy three panels formed by canopy work and casements.Шаблон:Efn Lord blessing little children follows the same arrangement but angels are displayed in the stone work of the tracery. Each of the windows has a scriptural text at the foot of the lights.

Porch

The porch was built in Perpendicular Gothic style, with Rowberrow stone and Doulting freestone dressings. The side doors are made of teak, the roof of pitch pine, with encaustic floor tiles. The stained glass windows were made by James Bell and Son, College Green, Bristol, and represent:Шаблон:RШаблон:Efn

• The Four Evangelists
• The Minor Prophets

On each sole of the church entrance is a pedestal brought from Bethlehem and Jerusalem, the gift of William Sidney Adams, of South Africa, that held lamps when the porch was first opened.Шаблон:Efn A large number of Wesleyans from all parts of the Circuit attended the opening ceremony on 26 October 1898.Шаблон:R

Photograph of the gable end of the schoolroom (dated 1879) and porteШаблон:Hyphencochère to car park

Gable end of schoolroom (dated 1879) and porteШаблон:Hyphencochère to car park

Schoolroom

From January 1902, further stained glass windows were installed in the schoolroom. The first window to be installed was Suffer little children to come unto me, displayed in three windows, and with the text displayed at the foot of the middle window. The windows were funded by Sidney Hill and designed by James Paxton Brown Young of Horfield, Bristol.Шаблон:R Young was a former employee of Joseph Bell and Sons, and at that time, was the figure glass painting artist for the stained glass in the chapel.Шаблон:RШаблон:Efn Young formulated designs for a number of other windows in the school:Шаблон:R

• Christ blessing the children and Sermon on the Mount (three leaded lights each)
• Nativity, Adoration of the Magi, Subservient to His parents,Шаблон:Efn and Christ with the Doctors in the Temple (two leaded lights each)
• Christ entering Jerusalem and Feeding of the Five Thousand (three windows each)
• Woman of Samaria, On the way to Emmaus, Good Shepherd, and Light of the World, are displayed in a single window

Ministers

The Reverend Meg Slingo is the incumbent minister covering Churchill. She was a former minister of Salem Methodist Church, Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire,Шаблон:R before being inducted to the Somerset Mendip Methodist circuit on the 30Шаблон:NbspAugust 2019 in a ceremony at Wells Methodist church.Шаблон:R

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Appointed	MinisterШаблон:R	Circuit	Notes	Шаблон:Tooltip
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Banwell		Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Banwell		Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Banwell		Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar and Banwell		Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar and Banwell		Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar and Banwell		Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar and Banwell	Formerly of Sheffield.	Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar and Banwell	He was a missionary to China, a serviceman in World War I, and a garrison chaplain during World War II. He was also a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a writer.Шаблон:Efn	Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar and Banwell		Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar and Banwell		Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar and Banwell		Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar and Banwell	South African missionary.	Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar Valley	Smith served for four years in the war winning a Military Cross. His previous circuit was the Devon and Dorset Mission.	Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar Valley	From Otley, Yorkshire. He left to take up an appointment as the second minister on the Bridlington Quay circuit.	Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar Valley	He was a minister at Street Methodist Church.	Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar Valley	Former minister at Rowe Methodist Church, St Breward.	Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar Valley	Moved to Cornwall.	Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar Valley	Former minister at Wolverhampton.	Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar Valley		Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar Valley	Former minister on the Bristol circuit.	Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar Valley	He was a free church adviser to Westward Television and made several appearances on their "Faith for Life" programmes.	Шаблон:R
Шаблон:Dts	Шаблон:Sort	Cheddar Valley		Шаблон:R

Further reading

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External links

• Шаблон:Official website of the Churchill Methodist Church.
• History of the Methodist Church.
• The heritage of the Methodist Church in the United Kingdom.
• Шаблон:Official website of the Somerset and Mendip Methodist circuit.