Syston Methodist Church News

The Methodist Church in Syston has recently opened a Warm Space. If you are feeling the cold, feeling isolated or just want some company for a couple of hours, come to the Meeting Place at the Hub on the corner of High St and Upper Church Street for a hot drink and biscuits. We are open each Thursday 9.30am to11.30am until Easter.
The church has a busy calendar of events and the Christmas period was no exception with the usual services including a well-attended carol service, Christingle, Christmas Eve holy communion and Christmas morning service. It was heart-warming to see so many faces, old and new.
Two major fundraising events also took place in December: our annual Christmas Fayre with the usual array of stalls. The cake stall and tombola being ever popular. Despite less people attending than hoped for, we still managed to raise just under £1,000.
The second event was the Christmas Door Wreath Festival where we had 20 wreaths entered from local businesses and individuals. Some were inspired creations such as the lunch club wreath using a frying pan as its base and hung by the handle. It was decorated with vegetables, herbs and small kitchen utensils amongst the greenery. Or the Christmas jumpers; miniature hand-knitted jumpers fixed to a heart shaped wreath. Some were comical such as the one from the hairdressers, complete with inflated gloves to represent reindeer antlers, others had a serious Christian message. All were greatly admired and helped to decorate the inside of the church and raise over £400. A huge thank you to everyone that participated in or visited either event.
Sunday worship takes place each Sunday at 10.30am and there is a holy communion service the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 10.00am. Don’t forget our regular coffee morning each Saturday 10.00am to12.00noon at the Meeting Place. We look forward to welcoming visitors at any time.