Beckenham Methodist Church

The Youth Club is open to all those between the ages of eleven and eighteen. We meet at 7.00pm on Saturdays during term time.

For more details, click here to contact Jenny Nichols.

The Oakway Housegroup

meets on the second Tuesday of each month, at 8.00pm. The contact for this group is Valerie Wilson, on 020 8464 3768.

The Oakdale Housegroup

meets once a month on a Wednesday afternoon, at 2.30pm. Expect to find the date published in advance in the Indicator, the church weekly notices, and on the diary page of this site. The contact for this group is Joan Thompson, 020 8658 2815.

The Wesleyan Class originated as a means of paying debts in the Society in Bristol. Certain members of the society were delegated to collect one penny per week from each of twelve neighbours, until the debt was paid. The class leaders sometimes reported that "they found such and such an one did not live as he ought". Wesley called together the class leaders, and instructed them to interrogate and instruct the class members under their care.

This weekly contact developed into class meetings, where "Advice or reproof was given as need required, quarrels made up, misunderstandings removed; and after and hour or two spent in this labour of love, they concluded with prayer and thanksgiving." By this means, the standards of behaviour of members of the Society were maintained: those who transgressed were exhorted to mend their ways; unrepentant "disorderly walkers" were expelled from the Society.

While the possibility of interrogation and reproof cannot be set to one side, the weekly class at Beckenham Methodist Church is primarily a tool to help class members in their life of pilgrimage. Earlier this year we studied issues surrounding Life and Death: in September we looked at the problems arising from living with different and contradictory convictions. The current topic, starting on October 18th, is Islam. Always, however, whatever the subject matter, the emphasis is on the member's personal experience of God, and the development of their relationship with Him.

We begin at the appointed hour, with a hymn: 6.30pm each Wednesday in the New Room, at Bromley Road Church.

T.C.'s is the name of our Community Cafe at the Bromley Road Site. The money it raises goes to finance our mission projects.

The cafe is open every day from 11:00am until 3:00pm (2.00pm on Mondays) Mondays - Fridays.
You can come for morning coffee, a light lunch or afternoon tea and there will always be a welcome. Wherever possible we use Fair Trade products, and there is a wide range of these on display.

You are invited to take a short break from the day and spend time with God in prayer or quiet meditation in the church.

We welcome both ladies and gentlemen to our devotional meetings, at 2.00pm in the Wesley Lounge of Bromley Road Church.

Every Monday evening, from 8.15 to 10.00 we play badminton in the Bevington Hall.

Players of all standards (and of none!) and of either sex are welcome.
The fee is a mere £2 (£1 concessionary), and you are required to wear trainers or similar footwear to avoid marking the floor.

For more information contact David McLeod on 020 8325 5243

We meet from October to April, on alternate Tuesday evenings at 8.00pm.

For brief history of the Guild, and an introduction to its present-day form, please click on this link to the North-West Lancs Methodist District website.