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The Gateshead and Jarrow Methodist Circuit is part of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District of the Methodist Church in Britain. The Circuit comprises sixteen churches in the Gateshead, Washington and Jarrow areas. These are just a few of the 6,000 Methodist Churches in Britain, which together are a community of about 330,000 Christian people. There are about one million people connected with the Methodist Church in Britain and over seventy million worldwide.

The circuit churches are wide-ranging in age, worship and building style; from the virtually brand new, to the Victorian and even older. Yet in all, the same God, made known in Jesus, is worshipped, and all would offer you a warm welcome, should you come to worship, or for weddings, baptisms and funerals. All have a number of midweek and social meetings to which you would be very welcome. The circuit is changing. From September, it will be divided into three sections, each having two ministers to look after them. The Western section comprises the churches of Wesley, St Marks, Windy Nook, Sheriff Hill, Wrekenton and Kibblesworth. The Southern section, the churches in Washington - Oxclose, St Andrews and The Glebe, as well as Springwell church, and the Eastern section - St Luke's in Hebburn and Park in Jarrow, as well as Monkton, The Leam, Bill Quay and Felling. Churches are experimenting with new ways of worshipping and new ways of being church, and one such expression is 'Mind the Gap', which meets in our Sheriff Hill church. If you don't find traditional Methodist worship is right for you, perhaps 'Mind the Gap' is?

The Methodist Church started as a group of friends in the Church of England, who under the leadership of John Wesley became a movement and then a separate Christian community. The original group at Oxford took their religion seriously. They met regularly and 'methodically' for prayer, Bible study and Holy Communion. They believed that religious faith had to be a personal experience of the heart which made a difference to the way they lived their lives both personally and in the community and wider world. This led them to enthusiastic worship and active involvement in social reform. Those two emphases will be evident in the historical records of the churches and are still at the heart of the life and work of the Methodist Church today.

The Church exists to:
Increase awareness of God's presence and celebrate God's love
Help people to grow and learn as Christians
Be a good neighbour to people in need and challenge injustice
Make more followers of Jesus Christ.