About us

West Wickham Methodist Church (WWMC) was founded in the 1930s. We're a friendly, faith-filled congregation and we love to welcome new people to worship with us and join in the general life of our church. 

Our circuit superintendent minister, Rev Alex Terrett provides pastoral oversight and leadership and our local minister, Deacon Laura MacBean, is tasked with community engagement. Both ministers lead services regularly.

We're available for baptisms, naming ceremonies, weddings and funerals. Our church is home for a range of clubs and events that serve our local community including Scouts and Guides. It's also available for you to hire for meetings or regular events, depending on availabilty. We have an alcohol-free policy in line with UK Methodism.

We're a member of Churches Together in West Wickham and are part of Bromley Methodist Circuit in the London District of the Methodist Church in Britain.

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Causes we support

Thanks to the generosity of our congregation and community groups, we often support a number of charities each year, although we were unable to do much during Covid closures. These include:

• The Smiles Foundation        
• The Robes Project in Bermondsey and their Cold Weather Night Shelter (ongoing donations of clothes, bedding and food), and other work done by the Methodist Church in Bermondsey's  South London Mission
• Murewa Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (over the years we have raised funds to build their church)​
• Action for Children
• Christian Aid​
• The UK Methodist Church's Mission in Britain fund: We hold a collection in December most years
• Methodist Homes for the Aged
• All We Can: This is the Methodist Church's relief and development fund. We have an ongoing small change collection and usually collect at Harvest time as well
• The Nasio Trust
• St Christopher's Hospice
• Oxfam: We collect used stamps on behalf of 8th West Wickham Scouts
• Croydon Refugee Day Centre: We have been collecting winter clothing for the centre to share out as needed
  

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Flowers for Covid:
Over the summer of 2020 we invited local children and their families to make flowers from recycled material and 'plant' them in our garden in memory of those who had died of Covid. Thanks to all who took part and created a memorable display at a difficult time for all.

Murewa Methodist Church, Zimbabwe:
We helped fund its erection.

Community outreach

Our church also supports our wider local community including:

• hosting Hawes Down Primary School's Year 6 leavers' assembly
• hosting the 8th West Wickham Scouts and 6th West Wickham Guides 
  
• hiring out our rooms on a regular or occasional basis for meetings and clubs (subject to availability and in line with Methodist policies)

Our future

We've had to pause plans for a major redevelopment project to benefit both our congregation and the local community due to Covid-19. We will continue our meetings and planning for the future when the COVID-19 crisis has passed.