Christmas services around the Circuit

Despite near freezing temperatures and torrential rain, the local community turned out in their hundreds to help Lonsdale Road Methodist Church in Gloucester raise well over £1500 during their two hour annual Autumn Fayre.Wood-craft, cakes, baskets full of produce and gifts, mouthwatering bacon butties, books, toys and games, an auction of meat, and a host of competitions were just some...

Dear Sisters and Brothers,I must begin with a word of gratitude for the welcome and generous hospitality that Mary and I have received since we moved from the South-East District to the Gloucestershire Circuit. Many people were involved in preparing the manse so we could make it our home and there was a wonderful fridge full of food waiting for us. People have been patient and generous in...

At this time of year many people within the Methodist Church are standing on the threshold of a new phase of life and ministry. Presbyters and deacons across the country have been saying their farewells to churches and congregations as their present appointments come to an end. They then enter the brief "in-between" time, before they take up their new appointments in September, or begin...