Tooting Methodist Church
Helping You Grow Your FaithSunday Mornings 11:00 am
39 Longmead Road, Tooting,
London SW17 8PN
Tel: 020 8672 5544
INTRODUCTION
The church has members who come from different parts of the world. Services are at 11am each Sunday with the Junior Church meeting simultaneously in the upper rooms and Holy Communion is usually celebrated on the 1st Sunday of each month.
Several Fellowships, including Men’s, Women’s and Ghanaian and 2 Bible study groups, meet regularly and there are a few committees/teams that ensure the smooth running of the church. The choir, which has always been an integral part of the church rehearses twice weekly guided by the Choirmaster and Organist.
Tooting Methodist Church’s many rooms and spaces are available to be hired for events (e.g. weddings, funerals, baptisms) and regular meetings (e.g. yoga and dance groups, recovery and wellbeing meetings). View our room hire rates and terms and conditions of room hire (below). Visit our events and venue hire page to read more about the ceremonies available.
HALLS, ROOMS and SPACES
Worship Area
Size and capacity: Large, up to 280 people seated.
Features and facilities: Stage area. Organ piano. Projector + screen. AV system. Access to toilets.
Main Atrium
Size and capacity: Medium, up to 100 people seated.
Features and facilities: Stage area. Piano. Pinboard. Chalkboard. Access to toilets.
Activity Room
Size and capacity: Medium, up to 40 people seated.
Features and facilities: Kitchenette with coffee and tea making facilities. Chairs and tables available. Piano. Pinboard. Access to toilets.
Classroom
Size and capacity: Medium, up to 40 people seated.
Features and facilities: Chairs and tables available. Piano. Pinboard. Access to toilets.
HISTORY
Wesley is reported to have preached at many places up and down the country, including “on the green” in Mitcham, but there is no record that he ever came to Tooting. The first record of a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in the Tooting area was the opening of Emmanuel Hall in 1885.
Years later, one Sunday in 1909, Joseph Rank (the flour miller and Methodist philanthropist) took an afternoon walk from his home at, the upper end of Church Lane to Emmanuel Church and passing the “Broadway” saw many men standing around with apparently nothing better to do than listen to street corner speakers advocating “Socialism” and “non-Christian” concepts. Joseph Rank felt strongly that there should be something constructive for the people of Tooting to do on their Sundays. He sought the support of friends and contacts within Methodism, and no doubt contacted prominent members of the community about this; the result was the building of The Central Hall.
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