About us

About Us

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Our Vision & Values

We are a church centred on the teachings of Jesus. Our values are firmly built on biblical teaching and preaching the gospel to our community and beyond.

To encourage and enable people from all walks of life to encounter the love of Jesus

Building a church family that welcomes everyone regardless of background, age, or culture.

Our Leaders

Strong and faithful leaders, who will guide our church forward with kindness and care towards their congregation. Offering advice and experience to new Christians, whilst giving support to all who need practical and theological ways to encounter God .

Overseeing the day to day running of the church whilst also reaching out to the wider community to develop links between churches and organisations in the surrounding area.

Our History

Plans for the coming year

Our Services

Pastoral Care

Our Vision & Values

UGMC seeks to help all who connect with us to become fully devoted followers of Jesus. We do this overtly, but with gentleness and sensitivity recognising that all are free to make their own choices. We seek to treat all who we interact with equally, fairly and with respect. In our dealings with all, we seek to be honest, transparent and reliable.

In the words of Jesus (Luke 6:31) “treat others as you would have them treat you”.

Our History

Our history has been tracked back to 1832!

The above picture is from the 1910 Mount Zion Sunday School Anniversary

More recently, Mount Zion Methodist Church was built on what is now the Car Park of Upper Gornal Methodist Church. In 1971 Kent Street Methodist Church, whose building had been condemned (knocked down), merged with Mount Zion Methodist Church. So, Kent Street’s congregation moved approximately 50 yards further up the road to worship at Mount Zion Methodist. However, the land where Kent Street Methodist Church used to be located, has never been built upon because it was a grave yard. After the merger, the then minister Eddie Smith launched the programme to build Upper Gornal Methodist Church. The building was opened in 1978. Since then there have been additions to the building, and we have had 8 ministers.

You can continue reading more about the history of the church here

Our Services

Every Sunday at 10.45am

We are a friendly church who love Jesus and each other. We use a mix of contemporary and traditional worship styles led by competent musicians. Our service length is 75-80 minutes. You will be very welcome to join us!

Sundays at 10.45am for worship, preaching, fellowship and communion. Children go to their own activities during the service. To find out more about the children’s work click here

Joint Sunday Evening Services at 6pm with the other churches in our circuit are called "Together". Details will be posted on our Facebook Page and on the Calendar accessed from the tab on this website.

Meet the Team

Our Leaders

Rev Ben Haslam

(UGMC Minister)

Email Ben

Jonathan Jones

(Miscellaneous)

Trevor Amphlett

(Finance)

Paul Raybould

(Worship)

Wider Church Team

(Bookings)
Email The Church Team

Our plans for the coming year

During the coming year, we will work to:

Run events to enable people to explore Christianity
Train people in worship and serving
Care for people spiritually and practically
Enhance our worship thorugh new styles and equipment
Constantly look to improve

Pastoral Care

Love your neighbour as yourself. Mark 12:31

Sometimes you just need to talk an issue through. Sometimes you need someone to give you a practical hand with something. Whatever it is, we have people that can help!

We can often match you to one of our Pastoral team that is the same sex and about the same age as you. They will listen, offer prayer and advice if you want, or just be there if you prefer.

Initially, please make contact with one of the leaders here.

We can signpost you to appropriate agencies, or introduce you to qualified counsellors as necessary, and where possible, confidentiality is the expected norm.