Bar Chapel Methodist Church

Bar Chapel, built near the old Toll Bar on Skipton Road in Harrogate, has been serving the area since 1863. Their welcome reads: "There's always room for you".

Mission and Objectives
Bar Chapel aims to be a "compassionate, caring community for Christ's sake". Through worship, fellowship, ministry and mission, Bar strives to:
* Offer a diversity of God-centred, meaningful worship in order that the truths of God's word may be learned and experienced;
* Develop closer relationships with God and the with others by meeting together in prayer, Bible study and various forms of fellowship;
* Pray and serve in the power of the Holy Spirit in order that needs may be met and faith may grow, and
* Promote among those in our community the love, salvation and unity of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Disabled Facilities include new toilets and an induction loop in the school room.

Fellowship Groups meet at various times - advised through the weekly notice sheet at Sunday services.

Walking Group goes for a walk of 6 - 8 miles on the second Saturday of each month. All welcome; meet at the car park at Bar to leave at 9:30am.

Forthcoming Bar Events:
United services: noted in the Bilton Area Group pages of the Churches Together website and on the CT Events pages.
4 September 2005 sees the welcome of Rev Dr Roberta Topham as minister for Bar and Pannal Methodist churches.

Chapel History
Bar Chapel began about 1863 when the seeds were first sown at meetings of local people in a cottage in the village of Bilton. Under the ministry of Rev Thomas Vasey attendances grew. From the humble beginnings the first chapel was built at a cost of £286 14s 4d, and opened on 19 September 1865.
A further upturn in the strength of the Methodist society at Bar made it necessary once more to provide larger premises. On 8 May 1889 the stone-laying ceremony took place for the present building and this was opened just five months later on 5 September.
Various additions have been made since then, principally to the ancillary rooms. It was through the efforts of the choir that the present organ was obtained in 1924. Over the years the chapel has prospered - one of the most important areas being in the Sunday School and Youth work.

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Last updated January 11, 2007 by Webmaster

This webpage is provided by Churches Together in Harrogate. Loving God and Neighbour - together

Contacts on e-mail:Rev Dr Roberta Topham tel: 870977
(Senior Steward)

Main Services
Sundays: 10:30am and 6:30pm
First Sunday: 9am Communion and 9:45am family breakfast
Sunday lunch is occasionally served
Parking: the small church car park is found to the rear of the chapel, accessed via Robert's Crescent and Bar Place (Map).

Midweek
Monday, 7:30pm: Business meetings and committees
Tuesday, 12:30pm: Fortnightly lunch club
Tuesday, 7:30pm: Wesley Guild
Wednesday, 12:30pm: Fortnightly Lunch Club
Thursday, 2:30pm: Ladies Network
Thursday, 7:30pm: Choir practice
Friday, 7:30pm: Youth Club

Regular Circuit Specials
Circuit blessing and healing service at Bar: first Wednesday, 7:30pm
Second Saturday, 7:30pm Praise at Wesley Map

Methodist Circuit website
Includes all Methodist chapels in the circuit, a download-able pdf copy of the Circuit Plan, and links across the Methodist church in Yorkshire and the UK