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this website was last updated on Thursday, 20 November 2008

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The Stand' at the NEC': our Sunday School attended a Christian event called ‘The Stand’ at the NEC, Birmingham on Saturday 8 November. The Stand is an event presented by an organisation called Hope for Justice who exists to inspire a new generation of Christians. The event included groups such as; Delirious, thebandwithnoname, YFiday and many more. There were also guest speakers; Joseph D’Souza (President of the Dalit Freedom Network), Steve Chalke (Chair of’ Stop The Traffik’ & ‘UN Special Advisor on Human Trafficking’), to name but two. To see our photos click here

Christmas Fayre: this is being held on Saturday 22nd November @ 1100. More details can be found on our Newsletter here

our Sunday School prize giving: to see photos of this event held on 12th October, which included the reception of 3 new members into the church fellowship, click here

New church Circuit formed: the reorganisation of Circuits within the Methodist church GB took place on 1st Sept 08. To see photos of the final service of the Stour Valley circuit on 31/8/08 and photos of the inaugural service of the new Vale of Stour circuit the following day on 1/9/08 click here

Annual Report for 2008:
Read here the reports of all the groups & organisations for our Annual Church Meeting on 15th April

Fairtrade: we are pleased to have been recognised as a Fairtrade Church. When we serve tea and coffee after services & special events we ensure we purchase Fairtrade products.We will be selling Fairtrade products after our services; we have a wide range of goods ranging from pasta and coffee to chocolate. (To learn more about Fairtrade, go to their website here.)

online Sermons:
Read some of the recent sermons given at Overend

"Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and God's love is perfected in us."

1 John 4.11-12

Welcome . . .

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. You find us at Banners Street, Cradley, HALESOWEN, West Midlands, B63 2SL. (To see a personal welcome from our Minister, Rev David Alford, click here.)

If you would like to talk to someone, have any questions, or would like to request more information about a particular part of our work then please email us.

On this site you can:

Find details of our activities and services
Learn a little about our history
Share something of our faith
and we hope one day you will feel able to participate alongside us in our worship. Meanwhile, come and see . . . . . !

See us on video: we have uploaded to YouTube 10 video clips of life here at Overend Mission. Have a quick peep by clicking on this link here

daily prayer & meditation:
Pray Without Ceasing This link here will take you to the Methodist Church of Great Britain's website, where you can see their daily prayer & meditation. To get back to this website you will need to click on the 'back button' when you have finished.

daily bible study:
This link here will take you to the Methodist Church of Great Britain's 'daily bible study' - To get back to this website you will need to click on the 'back button' when you have finished.

our weekly activities:
This will show you our regular weekly activities. For more details on a particular group or organisation click this link

Latest News from the Methodist Church GB:
(NOTE: this feature is an automatic update of news items issued by the Methodist Church GB - shown below - and will change on an ad-hoc basis, which may be daily or weekly; click on each press release to read the item. Because this will take you to their website, you will then need to click on the 'back button' to return to our website.)