Museum of Primitive Methodism
Museum of Primitive Methodism
Image: Staffordshire Moorlands (R. Perry)
Welcome from the Chair of Chester & Stoke-on-Trent District
Revd Helen Kirk
As the Chair of the Chester & Stoke-on-Trent Methodist District, I welcome you to our website, your starting place for information and resources for the Methodist Church in our area.
The District covers a wide geographical area from Chester and Runcorn in the north down to Market Drayton and Stoke-on-Trent in the south. To the west we touch on Wales and to the east, the Staffordshire Moorlands. Our people live, worship, and serve in cities, towns, villages and rural communities across Cheshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire.
The District is home to the Englesea Brook Primitive Methodist Chapel & Museum and The Book Centre as well as nurturing New Places for New People as we seek to find fresh ways of being church.
In all things we are seeking to fulfill our calling as Methodist people through worship, learning, caring, service to others and evangelism.
Revd Helen Kirk
Chair of Chester & Stoke-on-Trent District
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Watching and Waiting in Advent
A Quiet Day led by Rev. Helen Kirk between 10:00am and 3:30pm on
Saturday 5th December 2026 at The Oblate Retreat Centre,
Wistaston Hall, Crewe, CW2 8JS.
Lunch will be provided an the retreat cost will be £10 per person to be paid in advance please.
Please book with Rob via chester.stoke@btconnect.com stating any special dietary requirements or access needs.
Do you need digital advice?
Are you a Methodist Church or Ministry in need of digital advice?
This could be to with your online presence and social media; learning how to use presentation software to support acts of worship or bible studies. I could be about using technology to support acts of worship or stream them. It could be about training to use various digital tech or it may be that you want someone to bounce ideas off before you try a new project.
If you are part of the Methodist Church in the Chester & Stoke District and want to chat through any ideas that vaguely relate to the digital sphere of church life, then contact Robin at: digitalenabler@chestokemethodists.com