Welcome to Bognor Regis’ Methodist community
We are a welcoming worshipping community formerly meeting at Bognor Regis Methodist Church (BRMC). The final service took place in the church building on 26 October 2025.
There is an informal Bognor Regis friends of Felpham Methodist Church to continue some of the social activities. Felpham Methodist Church, Westergate Church Methodist, the wider Methodist circuit, and church members of Bognor Churches Together are welcoming any BRMC previous members to join them for worship if they would like to for any services in the future. More details below.
You can contact the local Minister for any particular pastoral assistance.
Media enquiries to mediaoffice@methodistchurch.org.uk
Update
The below extract has been taken from the letter shared with the church community from the Revd Tongayi Matamba:
“It is with great regret that, after much effort to keep Bognor Regis Methodist Church open, the Church Council meeting on 22 September 2025 made the difficult decision to cease worship in the 100 year old building off Waterloo Square. The final service in this building will take place on 26 October 2025 at 10:30am. Like many churches and charities, we have an increasing number of gaps in volunteer roles and we face huge challenges in meeting both day to day running costs and the substantial repair and maintenance bills of a building of this age.
We give thanks for in terms of witness, fellowship, outreach, and friendships. This includes all that we have done together for the centenary. Thank you for all you have given to this community.”
A full letter to members and attendees of the church has been sent out by Revd Tongayi Matamba. Please contact your pastoral link or email the church if you have not been able to receive a copy. Discussions on ongoing fellowship opportunities continue for the worshipping community.
Fellowship groups and Well-Come Point
The church has hosted a number of fellowship and study groups, as well as having an active outreach and support to the local community. The fellowship and study groups will continue under the oversight of Felpham Methodist Church. There are also a number of opportunities to join groups at Felpham and Westergate Methodist Churches too.
The Well-Come Point Methodist initiative on Fridays (excluding bank holidays and between Christmas and New Year) has relocated to the church building at St Wilfrid’s Church, Bognor Church.
An informal tea and cake group for previous members and attendees of BRMC has been set up once a month to help maintain fellowship. If you do not have the details and want to join, please contact bognorregismethodistchurch@gmail.com, and your details will be forwarded to the organisers.
If you are looking for a nearby Methodist Church, Felpham Methodist Church is the nearest.
There is ongoing involvement with Bognor Churches Together from previous members. If you want to find out more about the events and activities the group puts together, please visit its website.
This website
You can read about some of the recent activities and special services which have taken place in the church before it closed in the Latest news section of this website. This website will close later in 2026, and is being used for archive, to help connect people from the church, and signposting to alternatives services until then.
Updates to the What’s On listings
100 years of worship at Waterloo Square
You can read about all the centenary celebrations that took place in 2025! We would like to capture as many anecdotes of the church in its time in the building at Waterloo Square, and previously in the town.
Sharing witness, community building, and hope
Together with other churches in the area and the local community, celebrations included six days dedicated to the live reading of the Bible.
Ride and Stride
100 laps for 100 years of service. More photos.
Other centenary events
Just some of the centenary events that have taken place this year!
Other fundraising in the centenary year
Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard for table-top jumble sales over the years. They are part of the outreach to the community, our ongoing commitment to eco-church and supporting the environment, and a fundraising opportunity for the role and work of the church.
Event photos from the most recent table-top sale.
Well-Come Point and Warm Spaces
All are welcome at Well-Come!
Bognor Methodist Church’s Well-Come Point is open from 10am and 2pm on Fridays in the Church Hall. Thanks to Warm Spaces for contributing to the extended hours from 12pm to 2pm during more recent years.
Come and join us for a cuppa, a chat, board games, table tennis fun, jigsaws, arts and craft, and more. Soup and a roll will be available at lunch times. Donations welcome.
Note the final Well-Come Point session in the church hall, off Waterloo Square, will be on Friday 17 October 2025. Details of a potential new location will be shared soon.
Find out more about Well-Come Point.
A new dawn
Holy God,
Creator of the hills and valleys,
Mountains and oceans,
Maker of all that is,
Give strength in weariness,
Confidence in uncertainty,
Wisdom in the unexpected,
Peace in the busyness.
God I give this,
and every day to you.
Amen
© 2018, Dan Balsdon
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