**UPDATE JANUARY 2021**
Following the recent announcement of a third national lockdown, Wesley Methodist Church will remain closed until further notice (with the exception of Leigh Wesley Pre-school). This decision has been made with a heavy heart, but we look forward with hope to a time when we can join together in worship in the church building again. In the meantime, our online services will continue – please see the details below, including the start of Zoom services alongside those on YouTube. Although the building is closed, the church is still active and we continue to support our community in any way that we can – please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any support.
**UPDATE 8TH AUGUST 2020**
Face coverings are now mandatory in places of worship. Please wear a face covering when in the church building. If you do not have one, there will be some available. If you are exempt, please just let one of the stewards know.
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We are initiating a number of ways to continue to support each other and the wider community during the coronavirus pandemic; ways to stay together whilst apart.
- Joining together in Worship
We will be taking part in worship together but apart, by all watching Sunday Worship on BBC1 on a Sunday morning. The times change weekly so please keep an eye out!
Online services:
YouTube:
Pastor Steve is producing online services available on YouTube for everyone to take part in. Links for these are below.
An archive of all the services from April 2020 onwards can be found on Pastor Steve’s YouTube channel here.
This week’s service from Pastor Steve for Sunday 17th January goes live on YouTube from 11am on Sunday 17th January. Just click here.
Zoom:
From Sunday 10th January, we will also be introducing Zoom services. Occasionally, these will be joint with our friends at Highlands Methodist Church. A link for each week will be added to this page.
These services will start at 11am.
The link for the Zoom service on Sunday 17th January is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86398944786?pwd=RXJ2L1pMdUdmbHBNbGkyR29pYXlmQT09
There are also a number of online worship services available from various denominations – please see a list of some here.
The Southend & Leigh circuit newsletter includes details of all the services, resources and activities that are available across the circuit whilst the church buildings are closed. The newsletter can be accessed via the circuit website here.
The Methodist Church also has a Dial-A-Prayer service available; FREE phone lines for prayers and news from the Methodist Church. Content is updated weekly on Thursday afternoon.
Listen to a prayer: 0808 281 2514
Listen to news: 0808 281 2478
Memory Worship:
“In God we Trust” Is the official motto of the United States of America and it is also the theme of our January Memory Worship service.
God doesn’t just jump right in and enter our lives, he waits to be asked, He waits for us to believe and place our trust in Him.
Many thanks once again to Alleyn Court for permission to share the talents of your young people with our congregation.
If you have been forwarded this link for the first time and have connections to the Care Home sector; please do not hesitate to share it with your residents.
You can watch Wesley Memory Worship here now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upWyWpOH414
Whether we are on calm or stormy waters, God’s love for each one of us is beyond measure and He longs for us to talk to him, to pray and to spend time with him. Jesus is waiting patiently to hear from you today.
For full details of the services taking place at the church and how to book a place, please see our Christmas at Wesley page. **UPDATE DEC 2020** Following Southend’s move to Tier 4 restrictions, with a heavy heart we have had to cancel the Christmas services planned at the church. Our online services will be going ahead as planned.
Online services will be available from Pastor Steve on his YouTube channel – just click here.
The following services will be available:
Carol Service – Sunday 20th December from 5pm
Christingle – Thursday 24th December from 4pm
Christmas Eve – Thursday 24th December from 11.30pm
- Telephone Befriending
One of our church members is a volunteer telephone befriender with Age Concern. If you would like to use this service, please get in touch directly with Age Concern:
- Southend Foodbank
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, we had a Southend Foodbank collection basket at the church. Whilst this part of the church building is not open, we are able to accept any donations when we are open for services or during Private Prayer (Wednesdays 11am-1pm). If you are unable to attend the church but would still like to help, monetary donations of any size would be very gratefully received. Bank details and the address to send cheques to can be found on the Southend Foodbank website.
Thank you so much for all you are able to give.