Welcome

The churches of Southwell welcome you to this website, which we hope will introduce you to the seven churches of the Christian community here, and to the many activities and projects undertaken by church members.

Southwell has been a centre of Christian witness and worship for over 1,000 years. The present churches include the ancient Minster Cathedral, the Georgian Baptist, the modern Roman Catholic, and Riverside Church, which meets in the Minster school; the Methodist Church and Holy Trinity are Victorian buildings that have been extensively adapted to facilitate worship and community use, and Living Waters Fellowship Southwell, who own no building but meet in various homes throughout Southwell and the neighbouring villages.

 Churches Together in Southwell Forum

 The CTS Forum – a Saturday breakfast meeting – is held bi monthly. Lay representatives of the churches, representatives of various ecumenical groups, and ministers, are invited, and anyone else who is interested is welcome. 

Churches Together in Southwell History 

Churches Together in Southwell (CTiS) was originally formed in the 1990’s, but was under the threat of being disbanded in 2001. Patrick Sills and another person , got together to make some recommendations on how CTiS could move forward using the constitution of  Churches Together in Britain to formulate a plan. A “Working Agreement” was created and a membership committee was formed, made up of  the minister and two lay people from each Southwell member church. This ran successfully for around 10 years, with Marjorie Hustwayte. chairing the meetings, with a lot of support from church members. We then moved to the current format – regular breakfast forums involving church members who chose to come. Several other chairs have been in place over recent years, including :Elizabeth Ingram (now left Southwell),  Father Brian and Helen Nice (Methodist Minister) and most recently Frank (McKenzie) and Marian (Welham).