Regular Weekly Events
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Sundays |
10:30am |
Morning Service including Sunday
School |
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6:30pm |
Evening Service |
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Mondays |
7:00am |
Churches Together in Windsor
invite you to join with others at the church for half an hour of silent prayer |
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8:00pm |
Prayer Fellowship at church
for one hour |
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Wednesdays |
7:45pm |
Wesley Guild |
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Thursdays |
9:30am - 11:15am |
Mothers and Toddlers group |
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Saturdays |
10:30am - 12:00am |
Coffee morning |
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1st Monday of month |
7:45pm |
Ladies Club |
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2nd Monday of month |
10:30am |
Men's group meets in different
homes. The host for the month offers tea or coffee, chooses the subject and briefly introduces it. |
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Monday every fortnight |
2:30pm |
Bible Study Group |
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Tuesday every fortnight |
7:30pm |
Bible Study Group |
Wesley Guild
The Methodist Guild is the best-attended mid-week meeting of Windsor
Methodist Church. Each Wednesday between October and Easter, starting at 7.45 pm, about forty or more people
regularly meet as the Guild. So what attracts such a healthy membership?
In a nut-shell it is the hard work of the joint secretaries and the three main committees of
the Guild. Together they create a real sense of fellowship within the Guild and encourage a deep sense of caring for each
other.
The Devotional Committee continues
this fellowship and caring by its programme and tries to understand the ways of God in the individual, the world and the Church.
The Christian Service Committee concentrates on speakers who represent Christian Service of local and overseas concerns. The
Cultural Committee promotes the wider field of subjects of general interest which are currently in fashion for today.
Other key activities for the Guild include a Holy
Week Meditation, a Retreat Day and a Christmas Miscellany.
The Guild programme is an attractive and enriching one and not to be missed. So do think about joining us.
The Guild has been in existence at Windsor Methodist Church for over a hundred years (so we must be doing something right)
so by joining us you will keep a worthy tradition alive and in good heart.
Part of our Guild motto is “Everyone is welcome” – this includes you!
Programme for October 2010 to March 2011 - TBA
Ladies’ Club
The Windsor Methodist
Church Ladies’ Club was started some 54 years ago, when a young Minister’s wife had a vision for young ladies’
to meet together just once a month for fellowship and fun, but also have a spiritual mission. The wheels began to turn,
and two members of the Church compiled a letter of invitation to every household on our membership list. The outcome
was received with enthusiasm and so the “Ladies’ Club” came into being. The numbers grew; various
outside voluntary opportunities were taken up including providing refreshments for the local hospital patients at King Edward
VII hospital and becoming involved in the talking newspaper for the blind. A variety of speakers, and other activities
such as keep fit, was also introduced. Our social activities were shared with Eton Wick Church and what fun we had,
and it continues to this day.
It is still an open meeting to the people who come onto our premises. However
our average age has gone up considerably! For example in 2008 we had two interesting outings; one to Waltham Place,
a local organic garden, and another to Highgrove, the home of Prince Charles, where a conducted tour of the gardens was enjoyed.
Programme
for October 2009 - September 2010
| Date | Speaker | Subject / Event |
| October
5th |
| A.G.M. –
Chaired by Reverend Ken Blake |
| November 2nd | Edward Dixon | Women on the
Home Front |
| November 21st | Anniversary Dinner | The Oxford Blue,
Old Windsor. 7 o’clock for 7.30. |
| November
22nd | Mrs. Nicola Shaw | Anniversary Service |
| December
7th | | Christmas Party |
| January 4th | Geoff Roberts | An Introduction to New Zealand - History/ Early People |
| February 1st | David Hunt | Beside the Thames – Thames Barrier to Reading |
| March 1st | Sally Botwright | Hearing Dogs
for Deaf People |
| April 12th | Susan Lacey | Diversify”
– Poetry Readings |
| May 10th | | Visit to Stanley Spencer
Gallery, Cookham – 7 o’clock |
| June 7th | at Sheena Cater’s | Coffee and Cake evening – 7.30 |
| July 5th | | Members’
Evening – A Favourite Book |
| September 6th | Diane Hayes | A Garden Round
the Year (Slide Show) |
Men’s Group
The
Windsor Methodist Church Men’s Group
- although the Church has had a regular Ladies’
Club, until Rev. David Smith instigated one, there has not been a Men’s Group in recent times. Those who first constituted it would have wished it comprehensively to include those in employment. The limited number for whom it would have been practical in an evening or weekend
has confined it to those in various stages of retirement. So it meets on the
second Monday morning of each month in different members’ homes. The host
provides light refreshment and initiates an informal discussion on a subject of his choice.
It has
proved to be a very stimulating gathering so that its members’ enthusiasm has ensured regular attendance of around ten
members of diverse work and life experience. It has been an especial benefit
that David Smith has almost invariably been present.
It has
been said that when men get together the conversation revolves around politics, religion and sex and so it has proved to be. Such issues have been related to the role of faith in connection with them. Conflict in the Holy Land, the Economic Crisis, Genetic Manipulation, Faith Schools, and some incorporation
of Sharia Law into English Common Law have been among the political issues discussed.
The future of the Church, Patterns of Worship, Ecumenism and Inter-faith, and the inter-relation of ethics and religion
have been religious matters under consideration. With some of our children and
grandchildren in relationships outside marriage, we have grappled with the nature of marriage in a world of readily available
contraceptives and both partners in full-time employment.
Although
there is often widespread agreement, we do not seek to reach unanimous conclusions.
We have all felt, however, that we have broadened and deepened our understanding of such issues and been enriched in
our thinking by the different views exchanged. The meetings have enhanced our
ability to follow the great commandments – “to love God with all our minds” and “our neighbours as
ourselves”.
Do come and have a cup of coffee and a chat on a Saturday morning from 10.30 till 12.00 at the Windsor Methodist
Church. We are all very friendly and would love to meet you.
Bible Study & Lent Groups
The Windsor Methodist Church holds
a Bible Study on a Monday afternoon and repeated on a Tuesday evening. If you would like to join please ask our Minister who
will give you the timings etc.
Book Club
The Windsor Methodist Church book club has been running for just over two years, meeting every three months. There are
about ten regular members, probably the limit for this type of group, as each member hosts the meetings in turn. Between us
we have chosen a wide variety of books including:
- The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins.
- Saturday, Ian McEwan.
- The Magic Toyshop, Angela Carter.
- The Chrysalids, John Wyndham.
Everyone seems to enjoy the meetings, which are easy to arrange. If you enjoy reading and discussion, why not set up
another group?
Flower Arranging
The Windsor
Methodist Church is fortunate to have a group of six flower arrangers who take it in turns to arrange the altar flowers for
our weekly services. Members of the congregation sign up on the rota to donate money for the flowers each week, often
to commemorate family birthdays or anniversaries.
For particular festivals such as Easter, Harvest
or Christmas the church is filled with flowers; just a few weeks ago the entrance porch, foyer, staircase and Church were
decorated with 21 floral arrangements. Wedding, christening and occasionally funeral flowers are also arranged by request.
We are always looking for other flower arrangers to join our happy band.
