Great Glen Methodist Church

Great Glen Methodist Church
Great Glen Methodist Church
Location	Oaks Road, Great Glen, Leicestershire
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Methodist
History
Founded	1827
Architecture
Style	Chapel
Clergy
Minister(s)	Revd David Willis

Great Glen Methodist Church, Leicestershire was built in 1827 and a church hall was later added to the east of the Church in 1879.

An aerial view of the church and its location can be found at Google Maps

The Minister is the Reverend David Willis

The Church now has the following activities in addition to its normal morning Sunday service starting at 10:30 am and evening Sunday service starting at 6:30pm:

- Sparklers, a Monday morning mother and toddlers group for youngsters under 4 starting at 9:30am (joint initiative with Anglican church)
- Confusion, an alternate Friday evening group for teenagers starting at 6:30pm
- Bible Fellowship - most Wednesdays at 7:30pm in local homes with fellowship, bible study and prayer
- Morning Prayers - each Saturday at 7:45 am in the Church vestry

Dissenters from the Anglican Church emerged in the 18th Century. In 1712 there were around 12 Presbyterians, 3 Anabaptists, and 3 Quakers reportedly living in Great Glen and nearby. Between 1714 and 1726 six different houses in Great Glen were licensed as meeting-houses for these dissenters.British History Online

Most of the leading artisan families in Great Glen were Methodist "dissenters" and prominent people in the Weslyan church congregation included William Edgley - Miller, Thomas Batchelor - Bricklayer, Daniel Allen - Blacksmith, Solomon Banks - Watchmaker, Joseph Smeeton - Framework Knitter, Thomas Smeeton - Carpenter, John Hawley - Grocer, John Haycock - Builder, Robert Holyoak - Tailor, Robert Scampton - Carpenter and William Scott - Tailor.

Kitty Packe who was wife of the Lord of the Manor was much concerned in the middle of the nineteenth century as to the strength of those dissenting from the established Anglican church saying "Now I can sympathise with anybody in Dislike to Dissent but I have no dislike of the poor dissenters. I would not willingly let a cottage or a farm to a dissenter, and even for an allotment I would give a preference to a Church (ie Anglican) person" Compared to another local village who have a number of agnostics and Independents she says "I have much reason to be thankful in Great Glen that we only have Wesleyans as dissenters among the poor".