Community

Our mission statement ‘Following Jesus, serving the community’ shows our commitment to Sherwood and the world in which we live.

We look for ways to get to know our neighbours better and to serve the needs of the local area.

This includes getting involved in activities in the local community such as Sherwood Art Week, Sharing Sherwood and our monthly Messy Church.

Green Living

Our Church Garden has a small landscaped area that is accessible to the public and suitable for wheelchair users.
It is designed to be wildlife friendly, has natural and seasonal plantings, a paved labyrinth, mosaics and seating. It is a calm place in a busy environment and is part of the Quiet Garden Movement. The garden is accessed via our entrance on Mansfield Road.

We have Green Flag status, RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood Awards and an Eco Church Silver award. We have PV solar panels on our church roof, installed over 10 years ago.

Giving

As a church we donate regularly to a number of UK and overseas projects. Each year at our church council we elect a charity to support as a church for a year, these have included The Nottingham Winter Shelter and Maggie’s Centre.

Foodbank

We support a local food bank by volunteering and taking donations of food and toiletries.

There is a donation point at Sherwood Methodist every Wednesday between 10am and 12pm.

Trade Justice

We are a fair trade church and support trade justice by using Fair-trade tea and coffee at all our church events. We are passionate about trade, social and environmental justice.

After the 10.30am service a wide variety of Traidcraft products are available for purchase, including teas and coffees, chocolates, biscuits, cereals, dried fruit and we can obtain all lines from the Traidcraft catalogue to order.

Our catering supplies for church services and events come from another fair trade supplier, Indigo Valley.

Nottingham Citizens

Sherwood Methodist Church, as part of NNE Circuit, is a member of Nottingham Citizens, a coalition of institutions from civil society such as churches and other faith groups, universities, schools, trade unions and charities.
The 2020/21 priorities to address are mental health, racism and poverty.
Nottingham Citizens is part of Citizens UK.