Category: Event Photos

Cake for Beds at Friday Coffee Morning 20th Oct 2023.

A big thank you to all those who supported our ‘Cakes for Beds’ fundraiser to buy new beds and mattresses for The Methodist Hospital in Sierra Leone.

Half way through the morning. Many cakes being enjoyed with coffee/tea and those above were bought as people departed.

Hospital Beds and mattresses, which couldn’t be sourced in Sierra Leone, cost £250 each to be bought and shipped, We raised and sent off enough for almost 2 beds. (50 required).

A magnificent response from all who contributed. Thank you.

by Ray

Macmillan Coffee Morning 23rd September 2022

A big Thank you to all who supported our Friday Macmillan Coffee Morning and made it such a success. Thank you all for your great support once again.

We enjoyed coffee, cake and good fellowship as well as raising money for the Charity. All takings for the morning are to be donated to Macmillan. We again thank everyone who made the morning a success.

We are back to our normal Friday Morning Coffee 10.30 – 12 noon next Friday 30th September, we do hope that you can join us. Come by yourself or with a friend and stay as long as you wish. Just drop in or stay a while. We will be pleased to see you.

ALL ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT THE DRIVE.

by Ray

Our Jubilee Celebration Lunch Sunday 5th June 2022.

After our Sunday worship many of us transferred into the Church hall where we enjoyed fellowship and food together before a few of us ventured out to the wet front lawn for the planting of a tree (dedicated by Rev Alan Clark) in memory of our jubilee celebrations.

Jubilee celebrations. Enjoying Food and Fellowship.
The dedication of our jubilee tree
Rev Alan Clark preparing for the dedication of our Jubilee tree.
by Ray

Visit of St Annes College Children to The Drive 04/02/2020

We were pleased, on Tuesday this week, to welcome Class 2 at St. Anne’s College Junior School to The Drive.

In RE lessons they are exploring the features, similarities and differences in places of worship of different faiths. They have already visited a local Synagogue and Hindu Temple and their final visit is to a Mosque next week. 

ALL ARE ALWAYS VERY WELCOME AT THE DRIVE

by Ray

Action for Children Strawberry Tea Wednesday 17th July 2019

We enjoyed a very successful Circuit afternoon tea in the Hall at The Drive. Everyone enjoyed the afternoon and money was raised for this very important charity.

An Action for Children Event
Circuit Strawberry Tea at The Drive July 2019

Action for Children is the children’s charity of the Methodist Church. It was founded in 1869 by Methodist minister Revd. Thomas Bowman Stephenson in response to the poverty and danger faced by vulnerable and destitute children and young people living rough on the streets of London.

ALL ARE ALWAYS VERY WELCOME AT THE DRIVE

by Ray

Visit of Rev Dr Val Ogden 12th May 2019

We were very pleased to welcome Rev Val Ogden to lead our Morning Worship on World Church Sunday.

Revd Val Ogden was a  Mission Partner, in Fiji ( August 2014 –  August 2018) serving as a Director of Theological Education by Extension at the Pacific Theological College (PTC). Val  had previously served at the United Church of Zambia (where she was ordained) and her ministry has been exercised in broadcasting, in Methodist Circuits, in ecumenical appointments and in global mission education at Selly Oak and the Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham.

Val referred to these mementos from Fiji in her morning address.
We enjoyed our Pastoral Tea with Val in the Afternoon.
After which Val led us again In a short service of Worship in the Hall.

Val then had a long journey back to Boston where she is now stationed.

by Ray