Who Are We?
The Scroll Church is a Methodist and United Reformed Church (URC) Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP), formed on 8th October, 2017.
We spent two years getting to know each other and currently worship together in the old North Watford Methodist Church building on the corner of The Harebreaks and St Albans Road…aka ‘the church with the blue cross’. The longer term plan is to build a brand new church on the former St Thomas’ Road URC site in Langley Road, Watford with a state-of-the-art building from which we can serve the surrounding community.
Our minister is Rev. Donna Fowler-Marchant, who lives in Watford.
General enquiries can be made and then forwarded via our contact form.
Ecumenical Vision Statement
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, North Watford Methodist Church and St Thomas’ United Reformed Church, covenant together to serve better God’s mission in our neighbourhood and beyond by praying together and for each other, sharing worship, sharing resources and ministry, and making and nurturing Christian disciples, as far as the disciplines of our Churches allow.
Vision Statement
Serving God, serving community, serving each other, every day.
Mission Statement
We believe that we have been called to serve God’s mission in our neighbourhood and beyond through:
• Worship
• Discipleship
• Service and Caring
• Action
Worship – we will seek to offer worship that is pleasing to God and open to all. It will draw on the depth and breadth of our traditions, be relevant to our world and be actively inclusive of all God’s people. We will aspire to worship God every day through our lives, our prayers and our actions.
Discipleship – we will seek to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to our community, and share in the Church’s mission to God’s world. We will study the Bible together and equip people to interpret it for themselves. We will actively encourage each other in faith and prayer. We will make our work with young people a priority.
Service and Caring – we will seek to care for our community and one another in God’s name. Our building will be used for ourselves and for others. We will exercise pastoral care over one another, having special regard for the sick, the sorrowing and the dying.
Action – we will seek to be God’s instrument in our community and in His world. We will challenge injustice, and speak out for fairness and equality. We will support the work of those seeking to further God’s kingdom in this country and overseas, through our giving, campaigning and prayer.
This statement is to be reviewed at least every three years.
Agreed by the first Congregational meeting on Saturday 23rd September 2017 and endorsed on Sunday 8th October 2017 by:
Rev. Dr. Andrew Prasad, Moderator, United Reformed Church, Thames North Synod (now retired with Rev. George Watt in post)
Rev. David Chapman, Chair, Bedfordshire, Essex & Hertfordshire District of the Methodist Church
Photos on this page by kind permission of Andrew Wood.
