The Methodist Church The Square

  • The Methodist Church
  • The Square
  • Dunstable
  • Beds
  • LU6 3SN


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Welcome

The Square is a place of worship and prayer where a warm welcome awaits you, whoever you are.🌈

For details of our Sunday services and other aspects of the church's life click on the tabs above.

We also have five rooms that are used by a variety of community groups during the week, and are are available for your event too. To enquire about hiring for weddings, funerals, meetings, parties or other events, please click Your Event in the menu above.

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Café Worship

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Meet other people, have a coffee and a cake. Read the Sunday papers. If you have not been to The Square before this is a gentle way to try us out. See the Worship page.


Youth Groups

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Activities for younger people at The Square.
Read about Sunday Club, Inters Youth Club, Brownies, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts here.


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 Our Vision

 The Square Methodist Church, Dunstable is an inclusive, dynamic, flourishing Christian community seeking to radiate God's love for all, through our worship, prayer and service, to both the local community and the wider world.






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House Groups

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A number of house groups meet regularly in  an informal setting to explore what it means to be a Christian


Drama Circle
Next Production

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Our next production will be Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit on 16/17/18 October, 2025

See our page.

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Sunday Services

The most recent service, on 12 October, was a traditional service in church, led by Richard Armiger.

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Our next services will be on 19 October:

At 10:15 in the Church Hall, Café Worship, led by Richard Armiger,
not available online.

At 10:30 in the Church, a traditional service, including Holy Communion, led by Claudia Lupi

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HEADLINES

Please click here to submit your own news item

President's visit to the Circuit

Received 17 October

You may be interested to read reports of the recent visit by the President of the Methodist Church in Britain to our Circuit. The links and  pictures are available on the Circuit website welcome page. Also on the National Methodist website.

The Gaza/Lebanon Justice Appeal

Received 16 Oct

The Methodist Church in Britain is relaunching and expanding its Gaza appeal to support emergency work being carried out there, and in Lebanon. The Gaza/Lebanon Justice Appeal will be supported by All We Can and the United Reformed Church and will benefit partners working in the area. We hope that by working together we will be able to have a greater impact on the work we do alongside our partners.
Learn more here

Job Opportunity

Received 16 Oct

Carpenders Park & South Oxhey Methodist Church are excited to invite applications for the role of Mission Hub Administrator.
Learn more here
Closing date: 11 November

3Generate 2025

Updated 13 October

On the weekend of 3 October, 31 young people from our Methodist Circuit, including 17 from The Square, set off for the N.E.C. in Birmingham for 3Generate 2025. You can see the full report and pictures here.

Shambles Concert

Received 12 October

Shambles logoThe Shambles Fundraising Concert for Action for Children, held on Saturday 11th October, raised the wonderful sum of £1100!

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Grateful thanks to everyone at the Church who helped and attended the concert - your support and generosity is very much appreciated.

It was a wonderful evening of entertainment.

Festival of Carols

Received 2 October

Our Festival of Carols will be taking place on 11-13 December. Take a look at this announcement, to see how you can get involved.

Organ Fund

Received 17 July. Updated 30 September

Our organ is a fine instrument, but it has been giving us a bit of trouble recently, and it needs extensive repairs, costing up to £6,000. Please see this request for help. If you wish to contribute, you can now do so via our JustGiving page.

Would you like to help in Scout Group logoScouting?

Received 26 September

Scouting is run entirely by volunteers and our ability to provide new and exciting opportunities to develop Skills for Life for young people in Dunstable depends on having enough volunteers

If you know anyone who would like to help please contact our Group Lead Volunteer.

Dunstable in Bloom Winners

Received 24 September

Congratulations to our gardening team! Click the image to see our certificates.

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Living Room needs help

Received 19 September

The Living Room urgently needs new volunteers to help on a Friday morning. This can be once a month, and would involve serving hot drinks & rolls, chatting with guests and tidying the room afterwards. If you are able to join our team or would like to know more please contact me on Wendy.armiger@ntlworld.com
Thankyou

Armchair Exercise Group

Received 11 September

It is with a heavy heart that I have to report that the exercise group will be ending on September 30th.

Unfortunately my health is not great and I feel unable to continue with the responsibility  of running the group.

If anyone in the church feels able to take it on either weekly or fortnightly please speak to me on 01582 662592

Many Thanks,
Brenda Price

Superintendent's Message

Received 1 September

The superintendent minister for South Beds Circuit, Rev Patrick Kandeh, has issued this message for the new Connexional year.

Patrick Kandeh

Received 20 June

Patrick Kandeh, our present Superintendent Minister, will be leaving his post in August 2026. See this document for more details.



Privacy Policy

By viewing our website your IP address, browser details, times of visits, etc. may be logged and used for statistical purposes, network security and fraud prevention. This helps us to monitor how effectively the site is working. Be assured that we never profile normal visitors to the site or invasively monitor them. The statistical data will be used by ourselves and may also be used by our website provider to help provide the service. The legal basis for processing this information is Legitimate Interest.

The Square Methodist Church, Dunstable cares about your privacy and your trust is important to us. Our Privacy Notice explains how Local Churches, Circuits and Districts within the Methodist Church in Great Britain collect, use and protect your personal information. It also provides information about your rights and who to contact if you have any questions about how we use your information. You may read our Privacy Notice online or download a PDF version. A copy is also displayed on the noticeboard in the room known as the “Parlour”. Rev. Claudia Lupi will try to deal with any questions as a local point of contact.

You can also see our Safeguarding Policy. 


The Methodist Church The Square is part of The Methodist Church in Britain