Welcome to the Beacon Church and Christian Centre in Dover, Kent.
A warm welcome awaits you at any of our services and activities.
Our Sunday services are at 10.30am.
Our Minister is the Rev Catherine Wagstaff.
Rev Catherine came to us from the Teignbridge Methodist Circuit, trained for ministry after serving as a lay preacher in West Devon and worked as a primary school special educational needs co-ordinator. She was ordained at the Methodist Conference in Westminster in 2016.
For a message from Catherine, please see our news page
The Beacon is a local ecumenical partnership between the Methodist and United Reformed churches, and we extend a warm welcome to everyone who would like to come and join us at any of our services and other activities.
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Our services are led by a number of Ministers and lay preachers and range from traditional to contemporary worship.
We hope you will come and join us.
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Our Sunday services are at 10.30am and details of who will be leading our worship will be found on our News page. Creative Church for children and their families meets in Footprints @ The Beacon on the first Sunday of each month, at the same time as our church service.
During June, July and August we followed a series called A Methodist Way of Life, thinking about what it means for us as The Beacon - A Beacon Way of Life. There are 12 things we do individually and together to help us to worship God, serve others, be evangelistic, and learn and care together. We explored these together over those three months. To find out more about it click here
THE CHURCH IS VERY MUCH ALIVE !!
Throughout the coronavirus crisis we supported our members, friends and the wider community in a number of ways. We were particularly grateful to local supermarkets and a cruise line who donated their surplus food to be used by the Foodbank and in other ways.
Covid is still doing the rounds, though thankfully it is not as serious as it was and the restrictions have been relaxed.
Can YOU help to support Foodbank? Click here to see where the donation points are and what is most needed at the moment.
There is a daily devotion on the United Reformed Church website here and there is a daily prayer on the Methodist Church website here.
THE CHURCH / HALL is in Bartholomew Street, off Beaconsfield Road (CT16 2LH)
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FOOTPRINTS @ THE BEACON is in London Road, in the lay-by near the junction with Beaconsfield Road (CT17 0SS)
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As well as being used for a wide range of church activities, our premises are also well used by community groups. Full details can be found in the Activities section of this website.
We are delighted to support the Sunrise Café which operates at 168-172 Snargate Street, Dover, as part of the Dover Outreach Centre.
The Sunrise Cafe is a community cafe where there is kindness, friendship, sharing and true community spirit with meals being prepared, cooked and served by our experienced cooks and supported by wonderful volunteers.
Professionally run as a social enterprise for the benefit of the whole Dover community, the Sunrise Café offers affordable food in a warm environment where everyone matters, where everyone is valued and where everyone is included.
The current menu includes a full cooked breakfast from 8am until 11:30am, mid-morning coffee and cake, plus two-course lunch served until 1:45pm. They also hope to be able to offer after school meals for families one day a week.
The café operates a "pay what you can afford" model so that no one goes hungry and customers are asked to pay what they can afford. The goal is to provide tasty food for all, including those who are hungry and struggling to put meals on the table for themselves or their families in the Dover area. For the latest news, click here for their Facebook updates
We support the Dover Foodbank, Dover Money Course (part of Christians Against Poverty) and the Street Pastors
Cooking On A Budget courses and CAP Money Courses have been held at The Beacon and more are planned.
We especially support Action For Children, Methodist Homes and Christian Aid.
Our members also supported the Soup Kitchen for many years since it was set up more than 40 years ago. It has now closed and other organisations provide similar support..
We hope you enjoy reading our website, and that you will come and join us at our services and activities.
You can also find us on Facebook at Footprints at the Beacon
Or follow us on Twitter @BeaconDover
Click here for our privacy policy
We are part of the Canterbury and East Kent Methodist Circuit and the United Reformed Church Southern Synod.
Our Superintendent Methodist Minister is the Rev. Danny Wheadon,
and the Supernumerary Ministers are the Rev. Harvey Richardson and the Rev. John Lines MBE. The Chairman of the Methodist South East District is the Rev David Hinchliffe.
The Moderator of the Southern Synod of the United Reformed Church is the Rev. Bridget Banks, and the Rev. Bernard Fidder is the Leader of the URC East Kent Synod Area
The latest edition of the Methodist Connexion magazine includes articles on many topical issues, including the migrant crisis which especially affects us here in Dover. Download a copy of the magazine free here.
You may also be interested in our neighbouring churches, River Methodist Church and Trinity Church (Methodist/United Reformed) at Deal.
We are members of Christians Together in Dover and you can find details of their activities here. You can also find their Facebook page here
If you would like to hire our hall or one of our rooms, please email beaconchurchlettings@gmail.com or call 07884 213575