This April we will gather in church on the following Sundays:

6.4 Sunday 
Service at 11am. Marjan Roayaii, Monica Wiik, Ellen Hoang. Sunday school and church coffee.

13.4 Sunday
Service at 11am. Mayvor Wärn-Rancken, Andreas Forsbäck. Sunday school and church coffee. Collection for MKU.

17.4 Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday meal and communion at 6.30 pm in the parish hall. Andreas Forsbäck.

18.4 Good Friday
We refer to the neighbouring parishes, Good Friday Passion Service in Kauniainen Church at 12 noon or Christ Church in Helsinki.

20.4 Easter Day
The co-operation with the Helsinki Methodist Church and the Helsinki Baptist Church continues. This year we will visit the Betel church service at 11 am, Skillnadsgatan 1, Helsinki. Afterwards coffee and fellowship.

27.4 Sunday
Service at 11 am. Andreas Forsbäck, Marjan Roayaii, church coffee.

You are welcome to join our community!

Welcome to the United Methodist Church in Kauniainen! Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life Do you want to know Him? Do you want to discover more of the Christian life? Welcome to grow with us in our congregation!

Our church building is called Bethlehem Church and is located on the corner of Kirkkotie and Yhtiöuntie. We are a medium-sized Finnish-Swedish free church congregation that meets every Sunday for worship and for various small groups during the week.

Contact us or come and visit us!

Services are usually held on Sundays at 11 am. Sunday school is held every second or third Sunday. Please check the schedule here or follow us on Facebook. Sunday school meets every second or third Sunday. Bible stories are introduced through games, crafts and singing. Sunday school is during the summer holidays from May to August.

Join a small group! Word - Spirit - Community. A prayer group at Bethlehem Church, Bolagsv. 33 or by Zoom usually on Mondays at 10-11 am. Write the office for the Zoom link: grankulla.metodistforsamling@gmail.com. Welcome to join!

Contact information: Address: Bolagsvägen 33, 02700 Kauniainen Would you like to receive the program brochure by email? Contact the office; grankulla.metodistforsamling@gmail.com

Pastor: Andreas Forsback, tel. 050 3095 245 Email: andreas.forsback(at)metodistkyrkan.fi There is an opportunity for counseling and prayer. You can talk to a priest and we can pray for you and your family. Conversations with the priest are always confidential. Make an appointment by phone or email.

Local pastor: Marjan Royaii, tel. 0451181149 Email: marjan.roayaii(at)metodistkyrkan.fi (Responsible for multicultural work)

Treasurer: Cata Ekman-Niemi-Kaija Tel. 045 137 8492 (Text messages are not available, please send an email instead) Email: grankulla.metodistforsamling(at)gmail.com.

Chairman of the Church Council: Monika Wiik, Tel. 040 568 7177 and Email mewiik@live.com

Deaconess: Johanna Cedergren, Tel. 050 591 6776

The United Methodist Church is a protestant church that welcomes everyone with open hearts, open minds and open doors. We are an international church with churches all over the world, including Ukraine . We believe that involvement in the world and local community is an important part of our Christian life and we welcome everyone to participate in our church activities.

Renting space at the church? Bethlehem Church has several spaces for small and large groups that we can rent during the day, evenings and weekends if available.

Parish hall: meetings 130 euros / more than 3 hours: 180 euros Birthdays and other parties: 180 euros

Renting the church hall + church hall
For baptisms 180 euros + 130 euros
For weddings 280 euros + 180 euros
For funerals 220 euros (church hall) + 130 euros (parish hall). You can rent either the church hall or the church hall and parish hall, if you have coffee there afterwards.

For more information, contact: Cata Ekman-Niemi-Kaija, tel. 040 580 3630 or grankulla.metodistforsamling(at)gmail.com. Note! Unfortunately, we do not accept reservations in July - mid-August. You can send us an email and we will respond after the holidays.

History

The consecration of the Bethlehem Church was celebrated on June 10, 1917. The building was financed by a collection. The architect was Atte Willberg and the builder was Emil Lindstedt.

On the same plot of land is a children's home, founded in 1912 by Karl Hurtig, a Methodist pastor from Helsinki. Together with the station building, the youth center (former local school) and Kauniala, the church is one of the oldest public buildings in the city.