Pelsall Methodist Church

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Since 1970 there has been only one Methodist Church in the village. That was the year when the former Paradise and Central congregations, which had come together in 1967, took up residence in a new building on the site of the 19 th Century Methodist school. Today you would not know that the church wasn’t always a warm-hearted family with a welcome for old friends and new faces alike. The new church building was grafted very successfully on to the old school building, with the result that there is ample space for the many community activities which go on regularly, while the worship area itself is light and airy, unplastered facing-brick walls now beautifully adorned with colourful banners made, and displayed in rotation according to season and topicality, by members of the church. For the grand occasions there is a large crush hall with a partition which can be opened to accommodate extra visitors.The sense of family is reinforced by the variety of weekly activities which have been a regular part of the church’s life: Rainbows, Beavers, Cubs, Brownies, Scouts and Guides meet to engage the enthusiasm and energy of youngsters from 6 to 16-plus (plus a good many years in some cases!); Ladies’ Fellowship and Ladies’ Circle, clubs for retired gentlemen and Adults (where retired gentlemen are also admitted if they behave themselves!); a Toddlers’ group meets two mornings a week, and we have an Orchestra and a Music Society. The premises are also used from time to time by local...