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RE Society
About
the Centre
The Bedfordshire Centre
for RE resources is now based at:
St Mark's Church
and Community Centre
Calder Rise
Bedford
MK41 7UY
Telephone: 01234 342613
The centre is open
between the hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm, Monday - Friday.
Resources must be collected during these times.
There is a bookshop attached to the St
Albans Resource Centre where you may purchase, rather than
borrow, items.
Click here for further details.
Click here for a map of where to find us.
 In
the early 1970s, when Putnoe and Brickhill were expanding
rapidly, the Church of England and the Methodist Church were
in talks about closer union, and there was much
encouragement and co-operation for establishing a joint
church. Methodists operating a Sunday School in Scott School
and Anglicans worshipping in Brickhill School were drawn
together, and North Brickhill and Putnoe became an ‘area of
ecumenical experiment’ with two Church Centres at Putnoe
Heights Church and Park Wood School, Brickhill. There was a
full time Church of England Priest- in-Charge and a
Methodist Minister.
Those early days had an atmosphere of
excitement and challenge and further progress was made when
the church moved into a dual purpose hall on the Calder Rise
site in 1977. The hall was used on Sundays for worship and
junior church and on weekdays for many different communal
activities. The altar, chairs, tables and lectern were
designed so that they could fit through a standard doorway
into a side room, out of the way when necessary. The rest of
the land was well used - members of the congregation
cultivated allotments where the present church stands.
The decision in the 1980s to build the
present church was a big step in faith. It was very much
needed to enable our service to the community to expand and
to cater for a larger congregation. Like the first hall it
was a warehouse building, with luxuries like comfortable
chairs and stained glass. We thought that meant an end to
moving furniture every week after the service to make room
for events during the week, but the development of community
work in the Centre means the church is used again during the
week. We are moving furniture again!
The last fifteen years
have seen continuous growth, such as stronger partnership
and planning with Putnoe Heights Church, the
inter-availability of the ministers, more outreach into the
community, refurbishment of our property and grounds to make
them more effective and more voluntary organisations using
the Centre.
We are delighted to act
as hosts for the Bedfordshire RE Resources Centre, which is
based in the chapel. We hope that a visit to the centre will
also enable you to pop into the church to experience the
work we do within the community.
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