Where to start
Starting your journey and exploring faith at SMC
We are so pleased you’re thinking about visiting SMC. Whether you’re exploring your faith and who Jesus is, or have moved to Doncaster and are looking for a church to join, we’d love to welcome you.
Explore who Jesus is at Alpha
To explore the big questions of faith and meaning, you’d be welcome to come along to our Alpha Course. It’s an opportunity to delve into those big questions of life and the Christian faith, in an open, friendly and informal environment. The course has around 10 sessions, and involves great food, a short talk or film, and time to chat it over with others.
To find out when our next Alpha Course is, pop along to the Connect area on a Sunday, email us, or have a look on our events calendar.
You can find out more about the course by visiting the Alpha website.
Here’s a taster of what Alpha is…
Connect Lunch
We’d love to welcome you to a Connect Lunch. This is a great opportunity to meet others who are new to the church or seeking to deepen relationships. With delicious food, a chance to hear a bit of our story and why we are here, it’s a lovely way to connect into the life of the SMC family.
Just head over to the Connect area on a Sunday, email us, or check out the events calendar.
Sundays
A great way to get to know us, and what we are about is to come along on a Sunday. Come as you. You are so welcome. The ‘Sundays’ page has more about what we do.
Joining SMC
All are welcome at SMC, whether you’d like to pop along on a Sunday, or become a member of the church. If you would like to become a member, the Methodist Church has a membership system which dates right back to when it first started.
The Methodist Church offers you the chance to show another step of commitment by being ‘confirmed’ and ‘received into membership’. This means that there is a service in which you make promises – these are the same promises that are made when someone is baptised. A prayer for the work of the Holy Spirit in that person’s life is also said in both services. If you have already been confirmed in another denomination, you can be received as a Methodist member by a simple act of welcome.
Becoming a ‘member’ is a way of saying that you belong to and support your local Methodist Church and that you want to do this.
You can read more about membership on the Methodist Church website, or contact our Minister.
The membership ticket lists commitments that members of the Methodist Church undertake:
As a member of the Methodist Church I am called to:
- worship within the local church, including regular sharing in Holy Communion, and through personal prayer
- learning and caring, through Bible study and meeting for fellowship, so that I may grow in faith and support others in their discipleship
- service, by being a good neighbour in the community, challenging injustice and using my resources to support the Church in its mission in the world
- evangelism, through working out my faith in daily life and sharing Christ with others.