“Seven Nights in Advent”, ZOOM Prayer and Reflection, 15 th to 21 st December 2024, 8.30pm

DALE STREET, LEAMINGTON SPA
24 th December, Midnight Service, 11.15pm
25 th December, Christmas Morning, 10.30am

KENILWORTH
8 th December, Blue Christmas, 5.30pm
22 nd December, Scratch Nativity, 10.00am
24 th December, Midnight Communion, 11.15pm
25 th December, Christmas Day Service, 10.00am

RADFORD ROAD
25 th December, Christmas Day Service, 10.00am

STRATFORD
24 th December, Christingle Service, 3pm
25 th December, Family Service, 10.30am

WARWICK
14 th December, Christingle, 3.30pm
24 th December, Christmas Eve Communion, 11.30pm
25 th December, Christmas Day Service, 10.00am

WELFORD UPON AVON
27 th December, Carol Service, 12 noon

Throughout Advent and Christmas 2024 the Methodist Church is calling us all to ‘Hush the Noise.’ This is a phrase taken from the carol It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.

Advent is the start of the Church’s liturgical calendar, and point us towards the great feast of Christmas But first we need to prepare ourselves.

Words for the second Sunday of Advent (December 8th)

Preparations underway, shifting focus each new day,
Amidst the darkness looking for the light,
For the truth among the mess.
O hush the noise,
Let’s hear the angels sing.

Looking for the messengers who bring the light,
Isaiah – prophet and ancient poet
And John who came to point the way.
O hush the noise,
Let’s hear the angels sing.

Angels, messengers of today,
Truth tellers for this present age,
Those who now show us the way.
O hush the noise,
Let’s hear the angels sing.

The anniversary of John Wesley's transformative experience in a meeting room in Aldersgate Street, London is on May 24th. In 1738. in his journal, John recorded that, during a reading from Martin Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans, he felt that his heart was "strangely warmed." His brother, Charles Wesley-hymn writer, had had a similar experience a few days prior to John. This is regarded as a key moment in the beginnings of the 18th century Methodist revival.

Find out more about the history of Methodism.