BORDERS

METHODIST CHURCH BRAMPTON                                                                                                 in the

    NORTH CUMBRIA METHODIST                              CIRCUIT

Welcome to the web site of Borders Methodist Church, in Brampton.

 We are a community based church located in the centre of the market town.

Our aim is to show God’s love for all - in our church life, our worship and witness.

We are also part of the wider Cumbria Methodist Circuit that covers the whole county. The new Cumbria Circuit was formed in September 2025.

We work closely with the other churches in our town and local area through Churches Together in Brampton,  and our local Three Rivers Mission Community. The Green Door Centre (opposite the church) is an ecumenical youth project working across all areas in Brampton.

We are a family friendly church, dementia aware and with disabled access throughout.

 If you are new to the area, on holiday, wanting to return to church or with questions why not join us?  

Minister: Rev. Tokunbo Asogbon              Tel: 016977 2452

      tokunbo.asogbon@methodist.org

Everyone is welcome to any of our services in our part of the North Cumbria Circuit (as  below). Please contact our Minister or a Steward for a chat and further details.

Sunday Services-

Brampton

10.30am. Sunday Service

   Traditional and contemporary worship, for all ages, including a Crèche and Junior Church.

   Junior Church. Bible stories and activities for children and young people.

Wednesdays  

10.30am. Wednesday Morning Reflective Service

Gilsland

10.30am.  Sunday Service (1st. & 3rd. Sundays)

Longtown (in the Community Centre)

9.30am. Sunday Service  (Joint Service with Church of Scotland).

Wetheral

10.45am. Sunday Service.

Walton

11.00am. Sunday Service (1st Sunday of the month joint service with Church of England)

 *Times shown may vary for special Services, see Church Notice board for more details.

Cumbria Agricultural Chaplain link-

www.cumbriamethodistdistrict.org.uk/agriculturalchaplaincy.htm

and:

www.cumbriamethodistdistrict.org.uk/godforall.htm

Link to God for All:

www.godforall.org.uk

Link to the North Cumbria web site:

https://www.northcumbriamethodists.org.uk

The Brampton Methodist Church is also on Facebook at Brampton Methodist Church

Church Notices for December 2025

Church email address:

bramptonmethodists@gmail.com

“Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said. “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins”.                                            Matthew 1. 18 - 21

Dates for your diary

Tuesday 17th.  7.00pm. Carol Singing at Port Carlisle

  Tuesdays.  Wellspring Ladies House Group    10.00 - 11.00 Every Tuesday during term time. Please see Events page for more details.

We give thanks, this Advent season, that you move among us, inspiring us to greater depths so that we are eager to say again,

 ‘Come, Lord Jesus, Come’.

We look forward to Christmas, the giving and sharing, the trimmings and trifles, but most of all to welcoming you, Lord Jesus, the one who shows us a better way to live.

We give thanks for the witnesses to you who have gone before us and we are grateful to stand in that lineage and to pass on faith to those who come after us.  With praise and thanksgiving in our hearts we journey this Advent in eager expectation of your coming among us.

Come, Lord Jesus, show us the way.     Amen  

A link to Bible readings and thoughts.    www.friendshipfiles.com/head-and-heart

If you have any excess fruit suitable for jam making, please leave in the kitchen for Linda or leave a note and  place it in the freezer.

We thank you, Lord, for seeking us when we lose our way.

We praise you for restoring us when we feel ashamed and worthless.

Your love lets us know that we are enough.

We raise our praises to the One who embraces and enfolds us in welcome, who reminds us of our worth

and restores us to a proper sense of ourselves, who we are and how we should live.     Amen

Remember, Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults is everyone’s responsibility! Our Safeguarding Officer is Margaret Drury

Thank you to all who give to the Church in any way, and particularly to those who have set up Standing Orders for their regular giving. If you are a UK taxpayer and would like us to claim Gift Aid this is the best way to make your contribution,  please talk to Linda about doing this. Remember Gift Aid gives us an additional 25% on every donation.

Don’t forget the Brampton Community Larder every Friday 9.30 - 11.30am. Coffee morning. Open to all   

The Christmas party on the 7th. Dec. is for Junior Church and the Monday tots group

Dec 7th.

Party for junior church and tots group