Short Heath
| Address | Wesley Road, WV12 5QT (Click for Google map) | ||
| Minister | Rev. John Williams | ||
| Contact Details | 01902 603530 or use our Contact Form | ||
| Services | Sundays – 10.15am and 6.15pm | ||
| Activities | There are several regular mid-week groups. We have three groups for women. The Ladies Group meet fortnightly on Wednesdays at 8pm and have a variety of speakers. The Womens Fellowship meet at 2.30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Their meetings are mainly devotional, (the Tuesday group have a communion Service at 1.30pm on alternate Tuesdays). Speakers can be ministers or local preachers but also from other denominations or charities. On Wednesday s at 10.00am a devotional group meeting is held in the lounge. On Fridays there is a Junior Club. Originally for 6-12 year olds, we now have 13 & 14 year olds. On the second Friday of each month we hold a Friday Worship to which we invite parents and also members of the Sunday congregation. On Mondays at 7.30pm the Short Heath Singers meet. This is an independent choir led by Margaret Myatt from Short Heath. The members come from many churches including a number from Short Heath. Last, but certainly not least. we have our Junior Church on Sundays. | ||
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Methodism entered Short Heath by way of Bentley Colliery. A Walsall man named Wilkes who was employed at the colliery came to live in the village and began a Methodist witness by opening his cottage for Methodist services. The earliest record we have dates from 1826 – a Sunday School treasurers book reports that the ‘Sabbath Sermons’ collections amounted to £8 1s 0d. A church had been built in Coltham Road with the help of Jimmy George, an agent for the Earl of Lichfield. In 1833 another chapel with a gallery was built in Coltham Road in order to accommodate a growing congregation. Then, in 1881, a third church was built, the present one on the corner of Coltham Road and Wesley Road. The 1833 church was used as a Sunday School until 1958 when the present one was built. It is entitled ‘Wesley Hall. and we have CD recordings of both the stone-laying service and the opening service, both led by Rev. Brian O’Gorman, the then Chairman of the District. There is an Anglican church, Holy Trinity, near to us. We have shared worship with them for quite a while including a Holy Communion service on Thursday mornings. About 6 years ago we signed a covenant recognising our shared activities. Please join us on Sundays or weekdays – or both. On January 1st 2011 Lane Head Methodist Church joined with Short Heath after the closure of the church at Lane Head. | ||
| Forthcoming Events | SOUP & PUDDING:- May 17th from 12n00n – 2.00pm profits to Christian Aid.
STRAWBERRY FAYRE:- June 9th 2.30pm – 4.00pm tickets £2 (this includes strawberry tea)
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