Part of the Vale of Stour Circuit
Overend Methodist Mission
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God.
All Are Welcome in this place
Wherever you’ve come from, however old or young you are, if you’ve been to church before or you haven’t, if you’re full of joy and energy or you need a shoulder to cry on. You’ll find a loving community at Overend.
The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission through four key areas:
Worship
Service
Learning and Caring
Making New Disciples
Join us at 11am on Sunday Mornings!
The church is accessed through the carpark on Banners Lane (For SatNav use B63 2SD).
Learn more about Sunday morning worship here
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Overend Methodist Mission
Overend Methodist Mission is an all-inclusive, outward-looking church that takes seriously issues of social responsibility. Our congregation, made up of children, young people and adults of all ages places worship at the heart of all its activities.
Today our morning service was led by Rev. Peter Bradley and included a celebration of Holy Communion. We also had the joy of marking Enid’s ‘special’ birthday, complete with lots of lovely cake! 🎂 Finally, a big shout out to Amirali and David for their great support with the tech team today.
Our children and young people took a very thoughtful approach to celebrating Harvest last Sunday. We used a packet of 12 chocolate bars to help us think about how God’s gifts of food could be shared more fairly in the world. ![]()
We began by thinking about how sharing often happens in the world today: Emma was in charge, so she took 6 chocolate bars for herself, gave 4 to Paul – her ‘deputy’, and that left 1each for the children. We thought that wasn’t fair, and that God would want Emma to be a fairer sharer.![]()
So, we started again. Everyone took it in turns to choose a chocolate bar. We all got 3 bars each. This seemed much fairer. ![]()
But then we thought we should not keep them all for ourselves, but share them with our families. But one of the children came from a family of four….and Emma and Angus only needed one each….so it was agreed by everyone that a Crunchie should be handed over! This made for perfect sharing. ![]()
Then David said, "Should we say a prayer to God to say thank you for the chocolate bars?". We all agreed that we should. So, David said this prayer: "Dear God, thank you for giving us these chocolate bars, for us to enjoy eating. Amen".
News sheet for the 5th October. For further details of circuit events, please see the notice boards, in the foyer.
To complete our Harvest Festival weekend, our Sunday service this morning was led by Christine Perry. We lifted our voices with gusto as we sang the much-loved traditional harvest hymns. ![]()
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The Sunday School children continued their celebrations with colouring activities and thoughtful discussions about the importance of sharing. ![]()
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A warm thank you goes to Sheila and Joyce for providing the beautiful display of flowers that brightened our church and added to the festive spirit. ![]()
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We were also blessed to receive generous food donations, which will go to support the Black Country Food Bank.
A few snaps from our bring & share Harvest Supper last night. A fabulous time was had by all, thank you to everyone who came & to those who organised it.
Church Life
Read a welcome message from our Stewards and Lay Pastor.
Meet the members and see some of what we get up to throughout the year.
Learn more about the history of our church.
Have a look through our resources including sermons and videos.
Work with Children and Families
Information about Sunday School and activities throughout the year.
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The Vale of Stour Circuit
Overend is part of a busy circuit with churches across Cradley, Brierley Hill, Stourbridge and Kinver. Learn more on the circuit website.
Methodist Church: A prayer for the day
