Aber MethSoc
Some History of MethSoc
1994: Kate Wright
1993: Sarah Rowlands
1992: Kevin Day
1991: Andrew Nash
1990: Paul Nicholson
1989: Sandra Marshall
1988: Stephen Wood
1987: Jonathon Williams
1986: Peter Phillips
1985: Neil Vyse
1984: Derek Backhouse
1983: Derek Backhouse
1982: Peter Hughes
1981: John Tomlinson
1980: Steve Spurgeon
1979: Ruth Gadsby
1978: Nigel Simpson
1977: Tony Careless
1976: Sue Bear
1975: Mervyn Lewis
1974: Alastair Bolt
1973: Jill Smith
1972: Gary Akehurst
1971: Alastair Bolt
1970: Peter Clayton
2017: Charlotte Hambly
2016: Daniel Long
2015: Elliot Crippen
2014: Calam Bruce
2013: Jacque Hall
2012: Nikki Wade
2011: Jon Evans
2010: Matt Collins
2009: Alex Firman
2008: Caroline Fletcher
2007: Sally O’Hare
2006: Sally O’Hare
2005: Alasdair Roxburgh
2004: Kaff Laws
2003: Vicky Kneale
2002: Chris Rowe
2001: Verity Hill
2000: Pete Bradburn
1999: Hannah Pilkington
1998: Jason Newman
1997: Jason Newman
1996: Catherine Keep
1995: Gordon Clow
1969/70: Jill Wallace
1968/69: Stafford Sherlock
1967/68: Adrian Lovett
1966/67: Christopher Watts
1965/66: Gordon Maslen
1964/65: David Galvert
1963/64: David Sparks
1962/63: Kenneth Mann
1961/62: Ian Rowse
1960/61: Colin Hooper
1959/60: Peter Jones
1958/59: Gordon Wood
1957/58: Vernon Moger
1956/57: Daniel Jonah
1955/56: Vernon Moger
1954/55: Vernon Moger
1953/54: Vernon Moger
1952/53: Alan Draycott
1951/52: John Ogden
1950/51: John Ogden
Aber MethSoc has been a society since 1950
A 60 year reunion was held in 2013 at St. Paul's Methodist Centre
Our current Church building was built in 1992, celebrating its Silver Jubilee in 2017
Aber MethSoc became affiliated with the Student Christian Movement (SCM) in ...
MethSoc started going to Tresaith as our annual retreat in the early 2000's
Previous retreat destinations have included Blaencaron YH in Tregaron and Llanymawddwy cottage.
Our current MethSoc Logo was designed by Joanna Patron Bell in 2004
The tradition of meeting yearly with Bangor MethSoc ran between 2009 and 2015
If you have any additional information or knowledge of the history of Aber MethSoc (or spot any mistakes in the below list of Presidents) we'd love to hear from you.
Wall of Fame:
Past Presidents of MethSoc
Aber MethSoc has a long and extensive history. We are lucky enoungh that many congregational members of St. Paul's Church are past MethSoc members and share past stories and history with us.
Many have also taken on the possition of Staff rep. (or Staff President) including Sylvia Lutkins, Tim Phillips (1999-2003) and our current Staff Representative Glyn Jenkins who has been in the role since 2003.
The number of MethSoc's in the Uk have decreased dramatically from over 17 in 1999 to only 5 as of 2015. Up until 2005 we had a national MethSoc gathering and even a national MethSoc magazine (called The Word - produced by the Methodist Student Link, MSL)
In 2016 the National MethSoc Gathering was held bringing together 3 of the remaining MethSocs (Aber, Birmingham and Oxford). This grew into the National Methodist Students' Gathering in 2017.
