Godalming United Church
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Godalming United Church is a non-conformist church formed in 1977 of a union of the local Methodist and URC
churches. It is located between the fire station
and the River Wey
in Godalming
.
United Reformed Church
The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:...
churches. It is located between the fire station
Fire station
A fire station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus , personal protective equipment, fire hose, fire extinguishers, and other fire extinguishing equipment...
and the River Wey
River Wey
The River Wey in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex is a tributary of the River Thames with two separate branches which join at Tilford. The source of the north branch is at Alton, Hampshire and of the south branch at both Blackdown south of Haslemere, and also close to Gibbet Hill, near Hindhead...
in Godalming
Godalming
Godalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France...
.
Ministers
The post of minister has alternated between a Methodist and a URC ordained minister:- 1977 - 1981, John Walker (Methodist)
- 1981 - 1986, Howard Starr (URC)
- 1986 - 1991, Bernard Arnold (Methodist)
- 1991 - 1992, Susan Daldorff (URC)
- 1992 - 1993, vacant
- 1993 - 2004, Trevor Allen (Methodist)
- 2004 - Paul Dean (URC)