Middlesbrough Methodist Hub

Our church was founded in 1980 by a group of dedicated Christians who wanted to create a welcoming space for all people. Since then, we have grown into a vibrant community that serves our members and our city.

This simply means whatever our circumstances, our limitations, our hopes, our struggles – God gifts us a life and its worth truly living it. The gift of life is precious and valuable. This means that those of us who call ourselves people of faith in our loving of people, want to help and inspire others to live the life they are gifted. This is what “loving your neighbour” means.  

We think we do this best by being/doing three things.

1. The first is to live intentionally disciple-shaped lives, committing ourselves to talking with God, studying scripture, & walking alongside each other.  
2. The second is to offer physical, mental and spiritual hospitality to everyone we encounter, by loving our neighbour.  
3. The third is to remain authentic, always being our real selves difficult parts and all – no ‘candyfloss Christianity’ here! Its real, messy and it can be hard.  

We believe that everyone in the town centre of Middlesbrough is worthy of the opportunity to ‘live the life they are gifted’ and we are committed to finding ways of enabling that. We are trying to live the lives we are gifted and to help others do the same through Middlesbrough Methodist Hub..

Middlesbrough Methodist Hub (formally known as Linthorpe Road Methodist Church & Resource Centre) is the circuit’s physical form of presence and act of hospitality in the town centre of Middlesbrough. The building itself is home to a number of organisations and groups all of which serve the Middlesbrough and Teesside communities. There’s always room for more whether it’s a one of event or a regular space. 

 The Hub has a part time administrator Andrew who can be contacted below. 

Middlesbrough Methodist Hub administrator: Andrew Glazebrook 

email mbromethodisthub@gmail.com tel: 01642 225396

(Working days: Monday 9-12; Tuesday 9-12; Thursday 9-12; Friday 9-12)

There is a small but growing mission project based out of the Hub, this work is overseen by Revd Charity. There is a team of volunteers who are living intentionally disciple-shaped lives and holding each other accountable whilst exploring ways to offer hope-filled hospitality to the town centre community. There’s always room for more. Contact Revd Charity below if you feel like you might want a conversation about deepening your discipleship and offering some energy to the project. 

Alongside this Revd Charity also offers a form of chaplaincy to those who inhabit the town centre, whether that be shop workers, hospitality workers, shoppers, students, those with addiction & mental health problems, civic leaders & council workers, homeless friends. She’s available to ANYONE who is in the town centre and is happy to meet up and talk about any support that we can offer, especially if it involves a brew in one of the fabulous independent cafes that ‘Boro has to offer.

Dawn has been a church steward, circuit steward and district synod rep. Her faith journey began as a small child hearing the teacher say she was a bit strange always choosing bible stories to read! Her journey from curiosity to faith has been a long and winding one, joining a church in 1991 she will say that she has maintained the ‘bit strange’ label! For Dawn it has been a bumpy road at times but worth the journey. Dawn brings experience of faith both ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ the church, work with families and children and an ability to accept people where they are at. 

Lee was baptised in 2021, as someone on a journey as a F2M trans person, baptism was so important to him to declare his love for God as the person he believes he is called to be. Lee will tell you his journey has been far from straightforward lots of ups and downs and often feeling far from God but Lee is committing himself again to knowing more of God and sharing that God who loves him. Lee brings with him a humble honesty which rings true for most of us, life isn’t always easy but God offers us the chance of new beginnings every single day

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Andrew a lifelong Middlesbrough resident, is currently the administrator for Middlesbrough Methodist Hub and was received into membership at Trinity Methodist church recently. Although he found faith only a few years ago it has given him new friendships and a positive outlook. Andrew hopes that the town centre ministry will spread love and faith to those unaware of its presence. He brings with him numerous administrative and creative skills and is in an ideal position to form a bridge between the groups that meet in the building, the wider community, the mission of the Church and the story of God in Middlesbrough

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Revd Charity was brought up in the Methodist Church but came to faith consciously as a teenager, never quite ‘fitting in’ within the church she went on to establish new forms of church / Church plants in Bristol in the early 2000’s, was involved in FX, pioneering, emerging church and alt. worship.  Charity just wants to create a space where anyone and everyone can know they are welcome and can come to know the love that God has for them. Charity has worked for the Methodist church for over 20 years and has been a Methodist minister for 15 years. She’s still figuring out what it all means.

The core team are trying to live intentionally disciple-shaped lives and holding each other accountable whilst exploring ways to offer hope-filled hospitality to the town centre community. [If this is something you are interested in please contact Revd Charity to find out more.] 

Weekly Email

Every week Revd Charity will be sending out a short email with news, information about what’s on and most importantly prayer points. If you’d like to sign up to the weekly email contact Revd Charity (charity.hamilton@methodist.org.uk). 

If you’re on social media you can also see what’s on. Facebook search for: Linthorpe Road Methodist Resource Centre. Instagram – follow Revd Charity: @charitykmhamilton

From Easter Sunday 2025 we will begin to meet in the Hub’s café space every other week (initially) for a short form of evening prayer before wandering to a local pub for some ‘pub-theology’; pub theology is really just about sharing faith with friends and taking church into the local economy. We buy a drink, choose a topic and try and work out where God is in that topic over conversation, laughter and friendship. We are building a community of disciples who are confident asking questions. 

Anyone can join in, sit and listen or get stuck into the conversation.

Sunday’s 6pm Middlesbrough Methodist Hub Café Space then onto the pub. 

Revd Charity does an intentional town centre walk around a couple of times a week where she chats to people and tells anyone who will listen how fabulous, beautiful and loved they are. It keeps her grounded in the town centre and helps to remind people that they matter. If you want to join her on a ‘walk-around’ get in touch with her. 

The town centre mission team meet together each week to pray, share scripture, talk through what is happening that week in the town centre whilst drinking tea and eating the occasional biscuit. If you’d like to sit in on a team meeting contact Revd Charity. 

Jesus Rocks: Our team member Lee is taking the lead on this mini-mission-project. You may have seen on social media people painting pebbles and leaving them in random places for folk to pick up, re ‘hide’ or take home. On the back of the pebbles are the details of a Facebook group so that people can photograph the pebble and post it on the group’s page. Lee came up with the idea and name for Jesus Rocks, a version of the painted pebbles where we paint Christian ‘things’ on the pebbles. We plan to use a different theme/ scripture reading/ story/ prayer each week. If you want to paint a pebble you can do this at home and pass them on to us or hide them in the town centre yourself or you can come and paint a pebble with us sometime!