Category: Long Street Methodist Church

The Harvest service this morning was led by Mrs Pamela Sewart, a long time serving member of the Church and Local Preacher. The service was based on articles from All We Can, the Methodist charity, with Pamela including such ‘old time’ favourites as, ‘We plough the fields and scatter’ and ‘All things bright and beautiful’. Produce donated will be taken to the Lighthouse Project and a further collection next week will be sent to All We Can for their relief work. We thank Pamela for leading the worship today.

The Church was open this morning to start the Harvest Celebration.  Beverages, biscuits and cake, were served from 10.30am followed by a potato pie /cheese pie lunch (no charge) for all who entered. The chancel steps were decorated, others sat and chatted, while some stood and talked or helped with the craftwork. Thank you to all the helpers.

 

The Harvest Service took place today, led by our minister, the Rev. Sharon Read. The Church supported two charities with their gifts, dried and canned food for the Food Bank in Middleton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second cause was for money donations to the Methodist charity, All We Can. All We Can support a group of Tonga people who live in the Binga district in the Zambezi valley and were forcibly displaced by the creation of Lake Kariba by the colonial government. With the  support of All We Can, a group of ladies have been helped to deveope weaving skills and access markets to sell their baskets. As a result children are able to go to school, and goats can be bought for additional family income.

 

 

The Sunday service (June 5) starts at the usual time of 11.00am. To celebrate the Queen’s 70 year reign, at the end of the service there will be a shared lunch. Everyone is welcome whether you bring a shared item or not.

It’s Spring and it is time to tidy up the garden. Not only are the weeds and grass  growing, but the broken brick seems to multiply as well. In the 1970’s the ‘flower beds’ were covered with crushed brick, this was to make for easy maintanence. Twenty years on and the lawns and flower beds were reinstated. The brick was covered with several inches of soil, this would make for good drainage! However, the action of the weather and frosts bring a yearly crop of crushed brick back to the surface.

David from Conservation Services North West, is in charge of the chimney repointiong and was smiling yesterday morning from the top platform of the scaffold. Blue sky and sun is a bonus of late and the weather is going to be settled for the next few days.

 

Laurie of RescueStationCIC had  a 7.00am  drone flight from the garden on Tuesday 23rd June. Conditions were ideal, the air was still and the sky was blue.  The ground crew were briefed and had their instructions to inform passers by that they were within a 50 meter radius of the flight. The filming was on behalf of the Heritage Trust North West, a closely associated Trust who provide services for the GMBPT.

The filming of Long Street Methodist Church and the Edgar Wood Rooms will feature on the HTNW web site together with other heritage property in the HTNW’s portfolio.