Beginning a Church at the Margins Taster
A 60-minute online conversation
Join us for a conversation to discover how you can listen, connect, and see a new Christian community at the economic margins can emerge.
For: People within Britain who want to build new Christian communities amongst people struggling financially.
When (click below to book):
Led by: Eunice Attwood, Church at the Margins Officer and Church at the Margins Pioneers
Church at the Margins practitioners
We’re delighted to invite you to an online session to share good practice, key insights and facilitate learning among Church at the Margins practitioners. Join one or all of these 90-minute sessions:
Church at the Margins Practitioners, Wed 7 Jan 2026 at 13:00
Church at the Margins Practitioners, Wed 22 Apr 2026 at 13:00
Church at the Margins Practitioners, Wed 15 Jul 2026 at 13:00
Beginning a Church at the Margins introductory weekends at Cliff College (occasionally online)
Across Britain poverty is deepening and widening. That’s why the Methodist Church is prioritising creating new Christian communities amongst and led by people who are struggling financially.
Come and join this weekend to learn from Church at the Margins pioneers how to listen and start new forms of Christian community amongst and led by people experiencing poverty.
For: People who want to listen and gather with people in low-income communities and facing financial hardship.
When:
Winter course (online): Wednesday 25 February 2026, 9.30 -1pm book your place.
Spring course: 6pm on Friday 6 March until lunch at 1pm on 8 March 2026 book your place.
There is no charge for attending, food and accommodation is included.
Led by: Eunice Attwood, Church at the Margins officer and Deacon Liesl Warren, Johnson, Church at the Margins Pioneer for West Durham.
Beginning a Church at the Margins resource
Who is it for? Small groups of people (3-12) who want to begin a new Christian community amongst people experiencing poverty.
How to run the course:
- There are six sessions of around 90-120 minutes. This could be done in one sitting with a break, or you might like to take longer and split the sessions over a longer period of time. Ideally, the small group will be facilitated by someone who takes responsibility for setting the times, dates and venue for meeting.
- We recommend running the course fortnightly to give space for the practical activity between each of the sessions.
- This resource contains all the key messages to enable a group to journey together.
- Some video links are included in the sessions, optional if technology is not easily available.
You can access the workbook via the link above or individual chapters here:
Session 1 Introducing the resource
Session 2 Vision and Values
Session 3 Creating connections
Session 4 Nurturing communities
Session 5 Sharing the gospel
Session 6 Seeing transformation
Next Steps