OUR VISION
Our vision is to be a Christian focus at the heart of the neighbourhood
where all are welcome, find peace and celebrate the joy of knowing God.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to grow as a community by:
- encouraging one another through the
challenges  of life and faith, and
- expressing God’s love to the world
through outreach and care.

We are a caring church and offer prayers for the community and the sick.
Prayer requests should be sent to our ministers.
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A Short History .....
Local History For many centuries the area surrounding the historic village of Welwyn was made up of loose communities of cottages and houses for farm workers and others serving the local estates. Originally known as High Welwyn, today's village of Digswell developed from the opening, in 1850, of the main railway line from London to York.
The railway, which is now fully electrified and carries the East Coast route from London to Edinburgh, brought the building of a impressive viaduct over the Digswell Valley and the River Mimram together with the local station, Welwyn North, and the thriving village we know today. ~
The Church has its origins not far from its present site, just round the corner in fact, at 13 Station Road, Digswell. From the mid 1930s up to the end of the Second World War in 1945, two Baptists, Mr and Mrs Albert Dilley, opened up their home for a children's class and, later on, for a monthly service. These monthly services eventually moved to the public Hall in the village, following its evacuation by Italian prisoners of war. Methodist input began in 1947 with ministers and local preachers coming from Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City to take services. Worship at 6.00pm. was conducted alternately by Baptists and Methodists.
The Stevenage Circuit promoted the plan for a separate church hall. The site was donated by Mr T.J. Lock, Mrs Dilley's father, and the hall was built in 1954 on what was to become the new Warren Way estate. Local authority planning requirements led the Free Church Christians of Digswell to opt for Methodist identity. In 1964, after major fund-raising, the hexagonal church building, together with the adjoining ancillary rooms, was formally opened.
As the parish Church of St.John The Evangelist is located some distance from Digswell village discussions took place during the late 1980s over the sharing of the Methodist Church premises. These discussions led to a formal sharing agreement and in 1993 a combined Church Council, using a locally agreed constitution, was formed and Sunday worship became a fully shared experience which benefits from our commitment to balanced contributions from the Methodist and Anglican traditions, and from contrasting styles of worship.
In 2003 a formal Local Ecumenical Partnership was signed by representatives on the Church of England and the Methodist Church. Locally we seek to serve primarily the community of Digswell village and those who associate with the village church and benefit from its ministry. In practice this aim is extended to cover those who come from neighbouring communities like Tewin, Tewin Wood, Oaklands, Welwyn village and Digswell Park. We are neither a pure community church nor a gathered congregation, but something of a 'hybrid'.
In 2023 DVC reverted to overall Methodist Church management, together with a new ecumenical agreement with St John's Parish. This has proved to be a successful way of cooperation between the local churches, and we value the continued participation of the Parish in the life of DVC, and the opportunity to be part of Parish life.