Bath (Weston) - Sept 2025

Here at Weston, we have had a very busy year so far: bookings for the hall and church are doing very well, and there are not many slots left available. We had a Spring Bank Holiday Car Boot and Tabletop sale plus a BBQ; there was a steady flow of people for most of the three hours and it’s a less stressful way of raising money for church funds, thanks to Br Chris Shorten. A ground clearing Saturday morning was arranged to remove the brambles that are taking over at the back of the church plus weeds in the car park area.

Rev Lorraine is now a Bingo caller once a month on a Wednesday afternoon, with a three-month trial period to see how popular it is, but the first one held in July went well. Rev Lorraine’s Lego group which is held in the school holidays starts in August, and she also adds a craft table for little hands to do their skills. Continuing with her other groups, an eight-week course to Discover the Bible, from introducing the Bible to Revelation, The Story Complete, has already started. Also, the monthly craft group is growing in numbers. On Saturday 26th July, we held our summer fair. The weather was ok, but the stalls were all inside, as showers were supposed to be on their way. Refreshments went well as always; the tombola was popular along with the plant stall. It was a good four hour’s hard work, and the volunteers did the church proud.

The next new item Rev Lorraine has introduced is Wild Church – explore God and creation in the wild. This was taken up on Sunday 27th July at 3pm and the Bath Coronation Avenue congregation joined us as well. It was held not far from the church in an orchard, so if you were able, you could walk or if not, the Boys Brigade bus was available for a lift. A spot was found to set up chairs and picnic blankets, and when everyone was settled, we closed our eyes and said what we could hear. Then we were let free for 30 mins to roam about and hug a tree or find something that takes your eye or just walk and look at God’s creations and thank him. A few were lucky enough to spot a Kingfisher down by the stream. We went back to our seating area, where a discussion took place about what we saw etc, then coffee, hot chocolate, tea and a selection of nibbles was passed around to indulge in to end our Wild Church. Can’t wait for the next one – I really enjoyed it and hopefully everyone else did too. August is now upon us and it’s a quiet month for the church, so we can rest and re-charge our batteries for the busy months ahead.

Sr Carole Young