The Wesley Hall Sunday Service details for March, April and May 2012 – including Easter services – have now been added to the online calendar, along with the regular and special events.
If there’s something you expect to see, but don’t, or if there’s anything you’d like to find out more about, do post a comment and we’ll get back to you.
Wesley Hall regularly raises money for Action for Children, both through events (such as tomorrow’s Mardi Gras Evening) and through members of the congregation having collection boxes at home.
During Lent, there is a special fundraising campaign on the theme of Counting Your Blessings.
A sheet of facts and ‘blessings’, highlighting how much we all take for granted, is available, numbering from 1-40 – one kind of blessing for each day of Lent. It has a suggested donation for each day (for instance, ’20p if you’ve had a hot meal today’). You can download last years blessings here (we will link to the 2012 version as soon as it’s available – but aside from the date at the top, these will work just as well this year!).
If you decide to take part in this, please complete the sheet, including Gift Aid details if appropriate, and pass the money and sheet to Diane as soon as possible after Easter.
Theatre Club will resume on Monday 5 March, at 7.30pm, with big, ambitious (and frankly slightly bonkers) ideas for their next production 
. We look forward to seeing you there, whatever your age or talent!
In the meantime, have a read of outgoing Producer Margaret’s short summary of Theatre Club so far – 1992-2012, to be found in the History of Wesley Hall section of the site: 20 years of Theatre Club.
Come and join us for this traditional party time before Lent!
There will be a quiz, games and dancing… non-alcoholic cocktails and a 3-course meal included in the ticket price. And the wonderful Comets Steel Band providing the music.
Date: Saturday 18 February 2012
Time: 7.00pm
Tickets: £8 (adults) £5 (children) available from Chris – all proceeds in aid of Action for Children and church funds.
The Wesley Hall Sunday Service details for January and February 2012 have now been added to the online calendar, along with the regular and special events.
If there’s something you expect to see, but don’t, or if there’s anything you’d like to find out more about, do post a comment and we’ll get back to you.
To you, from the people of Wesley Hall Methodist Church:
“An opportunity for families & friends to be together, sharing the true meaning of Christmas. Merry Christmas to all!”
From Chris, the Senior Steward.“Wishing a happy and peaceful Christmas to everyone”
With love from all the children and adults in Junior Church xx“Theatre Club would like to wish Wesley Hall members and friends and all our lovely audiences ‘A Very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year’ (“Oh no you wouldn’t!”) Oh yes we would!”
“May the joy and peace of Christmas be with you all through the year. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas”
From the 19th London Boys’ Brigade Company“The Girls’ Brigade Officers & Staff would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!”
“I would like to wish you all a happy and blessed Christmas. May you know God’s peace at this special time of year, and for the coming year. God Bless”
Pam
Well, here we are at the end of the first year of the new garden. And what a first year it has been. From last October when we first dug the new garden out & placed the first roses, shrubs & bulbs in, the garden has gone from strength to strength.
The first spring bulbs came up in March/April when we were greeted by a lovely display of daffodils & other spring bulbs. The roses have also done well with all of them flowering at least two or three times each. They will all be cut back before Christmas to enable them to get new growth for next year.
By the time we had our Spring Fair I had removed all of the spring bulbs & put in the summer bulbs as well as some summer bedding plants – which I had brought from the Spring Fair. By the end of summer the gladioli that I got for a pound in Poundland came up & flowered. However I was having to go up the road to get large garden canes to hold them up.
Then in Autumn it was time to get out the summer plants & replant the spring bulbs for next year. These include some snowdrops & tulips as reported last month.
Of course, none of this would have been possible without the support of the people of this wonderful Church; from the people that helped create the garden, the people that gave donations, plants & roses and the people that helped out domestically with jobs around the garden. So many thanks to all. If you haven’t got involved in the garden yet & would like to, with either money or domestically, please see me at any time.
One of my highlights of the year was when Jenny Impey came to take our Church Anniversary service & gave lots of praise on how wonderful the garden looked. Next year I will be working to improve the forecourt of the church. I have lots of ideas on how to make this look better than does at the moment. I also have some plans to have a 50p stretch to help maintain the garden over the coming years.
I hope all the readers have wonderful Christmas & a prosperous New Year & many thanks for your continued support.
[Steven]
