Fellowship
- Lunch Stop
- Women's Fellowship
- Arts and Crafts Workshop
- Thursday Club
- MethSoc
- Walking Group
- Church Pantomime
Lunch Stop
Lunch Stop came into being as a result of a Stewardship Renewal in 1996. The lunches are open to anyone and are served on Wednesdays between 12 noon and 1.00 pm.
The 2010 sessions are as follows :- 27th January - 17th March
28th April – 23rd June
29th September – 24th November
A team of volunteers serve a two course lunch with tea & coffee for £3, and are glad to welcome old & new diners and to share our fellowship and excellent facilities.
Elvet Women’s Fellowship
Our membership consists of approximately 20 members; and we welcome women who belong to other Churches or faiths, or to none.
Our Women’s Fellowship meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month.
We meet at 2.00p.m. and commence with our business matters, then our devotions. This is followed by a talk lasting 20/30minutes.
We aim to vary our programme of talks. However a regular fixture is a talk about the Church’s annual fund raising for a nominated charity.
New members are always welcomed and we keep in touch regularly with all our members who cannot attend because of illness and other commitments, assuring them of our prayers and best wishes.
Christ, the Good Shepherd
by Bob Raymond
Arts and Craft Workshop
The Art and Craft workshop meets on Thursday mornings during school term time from 10 am till 12 noon, in the upper room at the back of the church in Old Elvet.
It is a self-help group in two parts:-
1. Following handicrafts, such as quilting, embroidery, patchwork, knitting, etc.
2. following drawing, painting and related topics – working mostly in watercolour, pastel or acrylic
The group supports the annual church Christmas Fair and occasionally has Art Exhibitions which contribute to the charity project being run at the time.
Just over half the attendees are members of the church. We have an approximate attendance of 20 -25 people – mostly retired! but all ages are welcome.
Enquiries contact Bob Raymond
Thursday Club
There are approximately 20 members in the Thursday Club, all women. We meet once a fortnight on a Thursday evening in the Upper Room of the church hall. The evening begins at 7.45 pm with opening hymn, devotions and any announcements.
We have a varied programme, beginning in September and ending with the AGM in May. We aim to cover a variety of topics from looking at different cultures and techniques, e.g. “Origami, The Japanese Art of Paper Folding” to local interests, “Our Northern Heritage” as well as religious, musical and other informative talks.
All our meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend and new members are always welcome.
MethSoc
MethSoc is the oldest student Christian society in Durham and welcomes members of all Christian denominations. We are a close knit and friendly group of Christians who support one another in our spiritual journeys, coming to know God more closely through prayer, meditation, Bible study and discussion held throughout the week. We are also involved in community service projects and regularly hold charity events.
Come along on Sunday evenings to hear one of our diverse weekly speakers discussing issues from homelessness to the Trinity or drop in at one of our mid week groups.
Further details of all our events, how to contact us and where to find us are available on our website: www.dur.ac.uk/methodist.society
Walking Group
Join our friendly group for energetic (or not so energetic) walks.
We walk in and around the counties of Durham, North Yorkshire and Northumberland every two months or so.
Recent outings have included visits to Swaledale, Corbridge and Weardale.
Our friends from St. Oswald's regularly join us.
For information contact either John Gibson on 3843169 or Fred Wilson (our Ecumenical contact) on 3863505.
Church Panto
The Elvet panto group (or Carry on Elvet as it is called) meets from September to the performance dates in December, [3rd, 4th & 5th Dec]. This year we are doing Robin Hood, by our resident script writer Walton Straus and produced and directed by Christine Higham.
The group is made of some the youngest members of the church from Junior Church right through to our more mature members, creating a good mix of people all joining together with one common goal that is to have a good time and to raise money for the church project.
We have found that this group has built bridges between the generations, created a positive atmosphere and brought people together who may not have really got to know each other.
We would encourage any budding thespian, or backstage worker to come along and join us. If interested, contact Stuart Lawson