Welcome to The Beacon Church and Christian Centre website.

 

"The Beacon reflects Christ's light, shares God's love and serves the community."

 

The Beacon Church is a Methodist/United Reformed local ecumenical project which was formed in September 2003 when the congregations of three churches in Dover - the Methodist churches at London Road and Tower Hamlets and St Columba United Reformed Church - joined together.

 

We invite everyone to come and share in God's love.

 

Our Minister is the Rev Catherine Wagstaff.

 

Our Sunday services take place at 10.30 a.m.

 

 

THE CHURCH / HALL is in Bartholomew Street, off Beaconsfield Road (CT16 2LH)

 

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FOOTPRINTS @ THE BEACON is in London Road, in the lay-by near the junction with Beaconsfield Road (CT17 0SS)

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We are a Fairtrade Church, serving fairly-traded tea, coffee and sugar at our church meetings, services and activities, and encouraging others to do the same. Fairtrade is making a real difference to the lives of more than 7 million farmers, workers and their families in 59 developing countries. Click on the Fairtrade logo to find out more.

 

We converted two former shops on the London Road frontage of The Beacon into a new centre, called Footprints @ The Beacon, to serve the community. A craft group, coffee mornings, Holy Communion and prayer groups, cooking on a budget, money budgeting course and a youth coffee bar have all been held here along with a support group for people with Alzheimers and their carers, and facilities for homeless and lonely people. See the "Activities" section of this website for more information. 

 

For more than 50 years we were able to operate a minibus service to bring people to our services and weekday activities. Sadly, we no longer have enough drivers to provide this service and at the end of August 2024 we had to stop this facility. We are grateful to all the drivers who have helped us over the years, since the 1970s, and to all those who have supported our various minibus vehicles.

Please come back and visit our website again soon, and keep up to date with what is happening at The Beacon. Please click on the links in the menu at the top of the page.

 

We have a Facebook page: Footprints@TheBeacon

 

You can also follow us on Twitter: @beacondover