Friday 24th December                  4.30 pm Christmas Eve Christingle Service

Saturday 25th December            10.30am Family worship for Christmas Day (please bring a present to show to the congregation.)

Sunday 24th Boxing Day            10:30 United service.

10.30am           Preacher                      Mr Jim Wells

                        Duty Steward    Richard Tarver & Paula Hamstead               

                        Door Stewards          John Hamstead & Hywel Johnson                     

                        Organist                      Sandra Tarver

Lots of cakes to go with cups of tea

The sun shone, the birds sang… No, actually it poured with rain, but despite that a good afternoon was had by everyone who attended Gresford Methodist Church’s Christmas Fayre on Saturday November 21st.  Gresford has a proud history of excellent Fayres, and this one was no exception.  There were usual stalls, from cakes to craft and from raffle to refreshments. 

The man himself paid us a visit, and though he’d obviously had to leave his reindeer at a discreet distance he listened carefully whilst the children made their wishes known.   Tony’s skill with wood and Libby’s pyrography meant that ‘Santa please stop here’ signs were available for purchase just in case he turns out to be a little absent minded on Christmas Eve. 

Santa signs

The children were also occupied with the Wii game which had been set up and which allowed them to test their skill at a virtual Winter Olympic Games - gold, silver and bronze (chocolate) awards were duly presented.  The underlying purpose of the afternoon was to raise much needed funds, and this was just as successful.  The Church would like to thank everyone who made it possible for the Treasurer to bank £1555.34.

The fancy hat was optional, but the children weren't the only ones to enjoy the Wii games

After the morning service the congregation then had Sunday lunch together. We started with soup with choice of 5 different flavours. We then ate a sausage casserole and finished with mouth-watering desserts! The proceeds again went to our harvest charity.

Elizabeth

On Saturday 5th September at Gresford Methodist Church, Pearl Evans and Elizabeth Roberts treated us all to a delight of music ad dance by the young people of the church, all in aid of Cancer and Leukaemia research.

The Audience

The audience were silent as they hung onto every note or step of the performer, and what performances they were- to name just one would be an injustice.

It was all held together in a casual but professional manner by Alex as the MC.

The star of the show had to be Pearl herself, who had worked with all the performers to produce such a show of talent, but also stole the show as she stood to sing Amazing Grace in duet with Elizabeth.

The total raised on the day was £1100, a great achievement as I am sure you will agree.

The young performers

Unfortunately, for various reasons, Pearl and Elizabeth say this was the last concert they will give together in this way. I do hope it is not the last we see of the talent our young (and not so young) people at Gresford Methodist Church have.

Methodist Plan Sept, Oct, November

Getting ready to collect

On Friday 31st July and Saturday 1st August members of this church and others from across the circuit helped raise money for action for children. We held a store collection at Sainsbury’s in Wrexham and raised £675.78. Action for Children is the children’s charity of the Methodist church and celebrates its 140th birthday this year.