A service of morning worship in a contemporary style led by Mrs Vivien Sargeant visiting us from Clare Baptist Church. As the all age talk led into the sermon, both…
Our Covenant Service, adapted for all ages, where we rededicate ourselves to the work of God. Led by our Minister, Revd Peter Goodhall. The Holy Communion words are included as…
A service of evening worship in a traditional style led by Major David Squirrell visiting us from the Salvation Army.
An all age service of morning worship in a contemporary style, led by our minister Revd Peter Goodhall.
A short celebration service for Christmas morning, led by our minister, Revd Peter Goodhall.
An all age service of worship in a contemporary style, incorporating the making of Christingles. Led by our minister, Peter Goodhall.
A service of readings and carols following a set of slides called 'The Greatest Journey',from the Bible Society. The children and young people act out the various stages of the…
A service of morning worship in a contemporary style, led by our minister Revd Peter Goodhall.
A service of morning worship in a contemporary style, led by Sarah Glasswell, one of our Worship Leading and preaching Group. There is a monologue from 'Zechariah' followed by the…
A service of morning worship for all ages, including the donation of toys for distribution locally by social services. Led by Rev Peter Goodhall.
A service of evening worship in a traditional style, led by Wilf Stanbury visiting us from Clare Baptist Church.
Morning worship in a contemporary style, led by Jo Goodhall with our East Anglia District Chair, Rev Julian Pursehouse preaching and administering Holy Communion.
Morning worshipin a contemporary style, led by Mr Gavin Payne a Methodist Local Preacher visiting us from Elmswell.
A service of Remembrance on the centenary of the WW1 Armistice, led by our minister, Rev Peter Goodhall. The young people gave a tribute to the men lost in the…
Evening Worship in a traditional style, led by Wilf Stanbury visiting us from Clare Baptist Church.
All Age worship in a contemporary style, led by our minister Rev Peter Goodhall, with Charmaine Slade preaching. The service included the dedication of Hannah and Lydia Evans.
Morning Worship in a contemporary style, led by Major David Squirrell visiting us from the Salvation Army.
Evening Worship in a traditional style, led by our Minister Revd Peter Goodhall. This service included Holy Communion.
This service saw the commissioning of the first Methodist Pioneer - Charmaine Slade. Rev Barbara Garwood, Deputy Chair of the District was present. Photos are in the Gallery.
This morning's service was a special event, looking at how the church responds to Christians with mental health issues, with a view to future action. We had a guest speaker,…
A Harvest celebration service for all ages, led by our minister, Rev Peter Goodhall. Please take a look at the gallery for pictures of the gifts and the prayer sunflower.…
A service of evening worship in a traditional style, including Holy Communion, led by our Minister Rev Peter Goodhall.
Muritala is a Methodist Local Preacher in training and this is his first sermon with us. The recording begins with a conversation between Muritala and Rev Peter Goodhall about a…
A service of morning worship in a contemporary style, led by our minister Rev Peter Goodhall.
A service of evening worship in a traditional style led by Major David Squirrell, visiting us from the Salvation Army.
A service of Morning Worship in a contemporary style, including Holy Communion, led by our Minister, Revd Peter Goodhall. The sermon for this service took the form of three meditations…
Our Sunday Club Anniversary service, led by the members of Sunday Club and Jacqui Player, Sunday Club Leader. The recording is the complete service with the songs removed for copyright…
A service of morning worship in a contemporary style, led by our minister, Revd Peter Goodhall.
A service of evening worship in a traditional style, led by Sarah Glasswell (one of our worship leaders/local preachers in training) with our minister, Revd Peter Goodhall, preaching.
A service of morning worship in a contemporary style, led by Mrs Vivien Sargeant visiting us from Clare Baptist Church.
A servce of evening worship in a traditional style, including Holy Communion.
A service of morning worship in a contemporary style. The reading from John's gospel was presented in video form but was taken from the NIV Bible. Copyright restrictions do not…
A service of morning worship in a contemporary style, led by Mr Ian Levett, an Anglican Lay Reader.
A service of Evening Worship in a traditional style, led by Mr Wilf Stanbury, visiting us from Clare Baptist Church.
A service of evening worship in a traditional style, led by Major David Squirrell, visiting us from the Salvation Army.
A service of morning worship in a contemporary style, led by Mr Gavin Payne, visiting us from Elmswell. Gavin is an experienced Methodist Local Preacher.
A service of morning worship in a contemporary style, led by our minister, Revd Peter Goodhall. A dvd clip of Acts 12 was shown, but cannot beincluded here for copyright…
A service of evening worship in a traditional style, led by Wilf Stanbury visiting us from Clare Baptist Church.
Morning worship in a contemporary style, led by our minister Revd Peter Goodhall. There was a dvd of Acts chapter 10 but due to copyright restrictions it is not possible…
Morning worship with Holy Communion, ledby Revd Peter Goodhall.
All age worship led by our Minister Revd Peter Goodhall. There is a dialogue and then the reading is presented as a dramatisation for three voices.
This is the annual celebration of the work of Youth For Christ in our local schools and amongst our young people. Led by Sarah Glasswell, our YFC youth worker, the…
A contemporary service of morning worship concluding our series on Jonah, led by Mrs Vivien Sargeant visiting us from Clare Baptist Church.
Today was designated Ability Sunday and the service is led by members of our Lantern Group for adults with learning disabilities. The reading was in the form of a drama…
A service of evening worship in a traditional style including Holy Communion, led by our Minister, Revd Peter Goodhall.
A service of morning worship in a contemproary style, including Holy Communion. This month we are studying the story of Jonah. There is a recap of the beginning of the…
The first in the June series on the book of Jonah. All age worship involving the whole congregation, with videos and a dramatised reading, led by our Minister, Revd Peter…
Evening worship in a traditional style led by Wilf Stanbury, visiting us from Clare Baptist Church.
Mr Gavin Payne is a Methodist Local Preacher, a regular visitor from Elmswell.
A traditional service of worship for Pentecost Sunday evening, including Holy Communion. Preacher: Revd Peter Goodhall
Charmaine Slade is one of a group of people at Haverhill Methodist who are training in Local Preaching and/or Leading Worship. They are known as the WLP team and will…
A service of worship suitable for all ages, from the very young to the somewhat older! The young people stay in church for the whole service. We are visited today…
A service of worship in a traditional style, led by our Minister, Revd Peter Goodhall. This service included Holy Communion. At the beginning of the service there was a responsive…
A contemporary service of worship for Sunday morning led by Revd Ruth Ridge, visiting us from the Sudbury area.
Unfortunately the first 5 minutes of this sermon were not recorded, but the main ideas can still be heard, along with all of the second part.
A service of worship in a traditional style led by Major David Squirrell from Haverhill Salvation Army.
A contemporary morning service following on from the recent visit to Spring Harvest by a substantial group from the congregation, drawn together in concluding words by our minister Revd Peter…
A contemporary morning worship service led by Mr John Sargeant visiting us from Clare Baptist Church. Unfortunately the first minute or so of this sermon was not recorded. The recording…
An all-age celebration for Easter day. Rather than just the sermon, this is almost the whole service without the songs (copyright restrictions mean they can't be included).
A contemporary service of worship for Palm Sunday. During the opening songs the children formed a procession round the church, waving flags and branches of greenery, led by a donkey…
A traditional evening worship service led by Mr Bryan Ellicott, an experienced local preacher. This was Bryan's final service as he is retiring from preaching.
A celebration for Mothering Sunday, for all ages. The first two videos are announced, the last two were played as people were placing their paper hearts on the Lenten Cross.…
Our all age worship for this month has been put back to next week when it will be Mothering Sunday. This week our service is led by our minister, Revd…
A contemporary service of worship led by our minister Revd Peter Goodhall. The Tribute to Billy Graham video was in place of the aa-age talk. Peter askedwho in the congregation…
A service of contemporary worship led by Peter Barton. Peter is UK Area Co-ordinator for the charity Adopt-a-Child and will also update us on the work of the charity during…
A service of worship in a traditional style. Wilf Stanbury is a visiting preacher from Clare Baptist Church.
A service accessible to all ages, the young people stay in for the whole service. Pictures from the drama are included after the quiz on the attached Notes.
This is a service for all the churches in Haverhill to celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. There is a mixture of contemporary and traditional music, with other…
A contemporary service of morning worship led by Revd Debbie Borda, Superintendent of the Bury St Edmunds Circuit.
Henry Wilson is a visiting preacher. He is the Co-ordinator of REACH Haverhill Community Support Centre & Food Bank. Video for talk can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3i1g75o2lgahb3y/Advent%20-%20Hope.mp4?dl=0 Video at the…
A contemporary worship service. The young people leave for their groups part way through. This service included an update on the work at iKhethelo Children's Village in South Africa, video…
A service accessible to all ages with contemporary worship. This was also our Toy Service, where the congregation donate new toys and other items to be distributed by Social Services…
A service of worship in the traditional style. Wilf Stanbury is a visiting preacher from Clare Baptist Church.
A contemporary morning worship service led by Mrs Vivien Sargeant visiting us from Clare Baptist Church.
A contemporary morning worship service led by one of our Methodist Local Preachers, Gavin Payne, visiting from Elmswell.
A contemporary service of remembrance with a short video for young people, then a longer one, after the young people leave for their groups and after the message, incorporating the…
A contemporary form of worship accessible to all ages, incorporating activities for the younger people. The sound file begins with an introduction to the theme, followed by the readings which…
Revd Michael Allen is a previous Superintendent of this circuit, now retired and visiting us to preach.
Capt Andrew Payne is a Church Army Captain attached to the parish church of St Mary the Virgin in Haverhill. His work involves many ecumenical and outreach activities.
We bring our harvest gifts which will be donated to the Haverhill Food Bank. This includes fresh fruit and vegetables alongside the usual tinned and packaged goods. We thank God…
The reading was adapted for 3 voices and is included in the recording. In the craft activity the young people made night light holders from brown paper bags which they…
Mr Wilf Stanbury is a visiting preacher from Clare Baptist Church. The sound quality is affected by the preacher moving away from the microphone.
Mr John Sargeant is a visiting preacher from Clare Baptist Church.
Rev Michael Allen is a former Superintendent Minister of this circuit, visiting us from Ipswich.
Sunday Club Anniversary service, led by the Sunday Club. Photographs of the things created over the summer which adorned the church can be found in the Media Gallery.
This is a morning worship service with Holy Communion, but incorporates the presentation of a long service certificate to Miss Thelma Mills, one of our most experienced Local Preachers -…
A contemporary service with Holy Communion. The sermon recording includes an introduction from the beginning of the service which explains the video, which should be viewed before listening to the…
This service is a Local Arrangement. Charmaine has completed the Mission Shaped Ministry course. She was a founder of, and helps run, our Lantern group - a church group for…
Contemporary worship led by Henry Wilson, coordinator of REACH Haverhill and a Methodist Local Preacher. Unfortunately only the second part of the talk was recorded, which is the mp3 file,…
This is an all age service with a lot of different elements. The 'reading' is an adaptation of the story of Jacob wrestling with God found in Genesis 32:22-31. It…
Rev Debbie Borda is the Superintendent Minister of the Bury St Edmunds Circuit and 'looked after' the Haverhill Circuit during our interregnum last year. This was a 'pulpit swap, with…
A contemporary service with Holy Communion. The first of the videos formed the basis for the all-age talk, with the attached prayer to follow. The second video was a lead-in…
The sermon takes the form of a quiz about the video and story with the message embedded in the comments along the way.
Mrs Pat Shanks describes the journey from two derelict cottages to the drop-in centre we have today. Please look at the pictures in the Notesto complement the description.
Rev Julian Pursehouse is the Chair of the Methodist East Anglian District. During this service we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Next Door Coffee Shop & Drop-in. The talk…
The first of four Sundays studying the book of James. There is a video illustrating part of the reading and referred to in the talk.
The readings app is currently not giving pop-ups, just gives an incorrect error message. If you click on the references you will get a choice of other sites to find…
The embedded video is advertising Methodist Church Bible Month. Apologies for the quality of the sound recording on the sermon, we are having a few issues with the sound system.
The video clip of Dorothy arriving in Oz was used in the All Age talk and referenced in the sermon. The Specsavers advert was shown just before the sermon. The…
Charmaine Slade is one of our congregation who has completed the Mission Shaped Ministry course. She is preaching under a local arrangement. Please watch the video before listening to the…
The service is in three parts with a reading followed by a talk for each part. The three events bring joy out of the sorrow of the crucifixion.
A celebration of the resurrection, after removing the symbols of Christ's betrayal and crucifixion and decorating the Lenten Cross with flowers (see Gallery). The children made an Easter garden and…
The gospel reading was a dramatisation of the raising of Lazarus. The entire sketch precedes the sermon in the attached mp3 file. Some pictures of the sketch are atttached as…
The gospel reading was an adaptation of the story of the raising of Lazarus, which can be found in John's gospel, chapter 11.
This is Mothering Sunday. The first part of the service involves the children giving flowers to the mothers and other ladies in the congregation. Gavin Payne is an experienced Methodist…
The picture referred to in the sermon can be seen by clicking 'Notes'. (In order to see the picture and listen to the sermon together, right click the 'Notes' and…
This first Sunday in Lent is also an all age service. The children stay in and the material is accessible to all. There is a sketch, a bible story and…
Peter is our new Minister and this is his first time preaching to us. He has been in Ministry for 17 years and comes to us from Braintree, Essex.
A service to welcome our new Minister, Rev Peter Goodhall, and his family. The service was led by Rev Debbie Borda, superintendent of Bury St Edmunds circuit who has been…
Henry Wilson is the leader of REACH Haverhill and is visiting us from River of Life Community Church, Haverhill. There is a video above about volunteering opportunities at REACH, and…
A service accessible to all ages with a focus on including the younger elements of the congregation. Led by our Worship Team.
Rev Michael Allen is a former Superintendent Minister of this circuit, now retired.
This is our annual Covenant service where members renew their committment to God and the faith. The Covenant prayers are included (labelled 'bulletin' due to the vagaries of the system)…
Gavin Payne is a Methodist Local Preacher visiting us from Elmswell.
Rev J Bloomfield is a visiting preacher from the Bury St Edmunds Circuit. The sound quality on this recording is not always good and there are some small gaps in…
An all age service led by our worship team, with activities to support the theme.
This service includes our Nativity and Holy Communion. It is led by our titular superintendent, Rev Debbie Borda. A video of the nativity can be found here.
Mr Gavin Payne is a Local Preacher visiting from Elmswell. A short presentation was given by Abigail Britten's sister Liz, a doctor who spends time at iKhethelo orphanage in South…
This was our annual Toy Service where the congregation bring new toys to be distributed by Social Services to less fortunate children around the town. The toys were received by…
John Sargeant is a visiting preacher from Clare Baptist Church.
Bryan Ellicott is an experienced preacher from our circuit.
Gavin Payne is a Methodist Local Preacher visiting us from Elmswell.
Rev Mike Wilson is a retired Superintendent Minister visiting us from the Cambridge circuit.
Rev. Colin Smith is a visiting preacher from the Cambridge Circuit.
Rev Michael Allen is a former superintendent minister of this circuit visiting us from the Ipswich area. This service included Holy Communion.
Miss Thelma Mills is an experienced Methodist Local Preacher from our church.
Mr Gavin Payne is a Methodist Local Preacher visiting us from Elmswell.
Mr Wilf Stanbury is a visiting preacher from Clare Baptist Church.
Mr John Sargeant is a visiting preacher from Clare Baptist Church.
A Harvest Festival service compiled and led by members of the congregation who make up our Worship Team. The video reading can be found here.
Preacher: Rev. Colin Smith, a visitor from the Cambridge Circuit.
Wilf Stanbury is a visiting Local Preacher.
Mr Gavin Payne is a Methodist Local Preacher visiting us from Elmswell.
Vivien Sargeant is a visiting preacher from Clare Baptist Church.
This is our Sunday Club Anniversary service, an annual celebration of the work done with and by the children in our church and their leaders. Some pictures of their creations…
Rev Debbie Borda is Superintendent Minister of the Bury St Edmunds Circuit and is our Titular Superintendent whilst we are without a minister.
Gavin Payne is a Local Preacher visiting us from Elmswell.
Miss Thelma Mills is one of our very experienced Local Preachers.
Sarah Glasswell is one of our members who has completed the Mission Shaped Ministry course.
Preacher: Rev Ruth Ridge Ruth is a visiting preacher from the Bury St Edmunds circuit.
Mr Brian Ellicott is a very experienced preacher from our congregation.
Preacher: Mr Ian Levett Ian is a Reader in the Anglican tradition. The video above was part of the all age talk before the children left for their classes.
Preacher: Rev Nigel Bishop This is Nigel's last service at Haverhill. He has been with us for 11 years and is moving on, following God's leading. The service has the…
Rev Tim Yau is an Emerging Church Pioneer Minister with the Eastern Region United Reformed Church. He led our church weekend away last year and has preached at Haverhill on…
Miss Thelma Mills is one of our experienced Local Preachers. As part of the worship, Miss Mills read the attached meditation ‘Too Large a Task’.
Henry Wilson is an accredited Methodist Local Preacher visiting us from River of Life Community Church. He is the founder and leader of REACH Community Projects which co-ordinates foodbank, furniture…
This service was put together at short notice by church members when our minister, Rev Nigel Bishop, was signed off sick by his doctor. It is based around a theme…
John Sargeant is a visiting preacher from Clare Baptist Church.
A shorter service than usual, where the children stay in church throughout. The whole service is accessible and relevant to all ages. This service is led entirely by members of…
Preacher: Rev Nigel Bishop This service included a short piece by Kay about a prophecy she was given, which is available alongside the sermon.
Gavin is one of our Local Preachers visiting us from Elmswell.
A more traditional form of worship. Preacher: Rev Nigel Bishop
All Age worship. The talk is in two parts, an introductory section with puzzle pictures and the main theme. A picture of the 'cross with a hole' which is mentioned…
Preacher: Brian Ellicott is one of our experienced Local Preachers. This sermon looks at the changes in the travellers on the Emmaus Road and how that affects us.
A short celebration service for Easter Day. The scripture is read from the Children's Bible by James, one of our young people. The recording is attached, along with the short…
Palm Sunday Service This weekend we have a team of 4 young people visiting from YWAM. The attached files include an introduction to YWAM and the team, a testimony from…
The preacher is Miss T Mills, one of our experienced Local Preachers.
Mr Gavin Payne is one of our visiting Local Preachers, based in Elmswell.
Mothering Sunday service.
The file 02-28am prayer is the prayer following the sermon.
A sermon in two parts.
Mrs Sargent is a visiting preacher from Clare.
Brian Ellicott is a very experienced Local Preacher in this circuit.
All Age worship: the children stay in the service throughout and the message is delivered so as to be accessible to all. The attached videos are (i) the call to…
Mr John Sargent is a visiting preacher from Clare.
Gavin Payne is one of our Local Preachers and visits us a couple of times each quarter. He used to live in Haverhill but is now based in Elmswell.
Miss T Mills is one of our Local Preachers with many years of experience.
This is our annual Covenant service where we renew our committment to God and His sovereignty over our lives. The audio recording is in two parts as the file is…
This service was given over to preparation for next week's Covenant Service. There is no formal sermon, but Nigel explains what the various activities are and begins them with a…
Gavin Payne is one of our Methodist Local Preachers.
Christmas morning celebration service.
This was our Christingle service where Christingles are handed out to the congregation. A Christingle is a symbol of the gospel, comprising an orange to represent the whole world, a…
Miss Thelma Mills is one of our local preachers with many years of experience.
This is our annual Toy Service where members of the congregation donate new, unwrapped toys for distribution by Social Services to local children suffering hardship.
Captain Andrew Payne is a Church Army Captain attached to St Mary's Anglican Church in Haverhill (the Parish Church). His brief is mission in all its forms and he has…
Rev Tim Yau is a Pioneer Minister with the United Reformed Church, based in Ipswich. He led our Church Weekend Away in the Spring and preached here on Trinity Sunday.…
Remembrance Sunday.
Gavin Payne is a Methodist Local Preacher who visits from the other side of Bury St Edmunds. Unfortunately the first minute or so of the sermon introduction was not recorded.
Brian Ellicott is an experienced Local Preacher of this circuit.
Hannah Bernard is the Haverhill & District Youth for Christ worker. She goes into local schools and works with the young people there, spreading the good news of the gospel…
Rev Julian Pursehouse is the Chair of the East Anglian District of the Methodist Church. Powerpoint used during the talk is attached.
Mrs Vivien Sargent is a visiting preacher from Clare Baptist Church. This sermon is in two parts (am1 & am2) due to the size of the files, the pdf file…
Miss Thelma Mills is one of our Local Preachers.
Sunday Club Anniversary Service. The children acted out part of the Jonah story with a large cardboard fish at 'centre stage'. Certificates were presented to all the children attending Sunday…
Visiting speaker: Dr David Donovan from New Foundations, a pioneering christian mission using innovative training to deliver grass roots, evidenced-based medicine to marginalised communities in the volatile Niger Delta. The…
This all-age talk is in two parts due to the size of the files. Look here for how you can help.