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Webteam: 16/05/2018

'Simple Pleasures'The Church of the Nativity is hosting a Flower Festival and Arts and Crafts Exhibition on Saturday 9th June (10 am — 4 pm) and Sunday 9th June (12 noon — 5 pm). .We all need a hobby to relax and de-stress in this busy and demanding world; so Nativity has chosen to...

Raise a Roof!

Webteam: 22/03/2018

Raise a Roof is a Circuit wide early evening of delicious food, music and fellowship as we come together to raise funds for a small church roof for Avoca Methodist Church, Inciza Circuit, Zimbabwe. 14 April, 2018, 4-7pm, at South Wigston Methodist Church, Blaby Road, South Wigston, LE18 4PB. ...

One Sound Concert - Christchurch 7th April

Webteam: 25/02/2018

OneSound is one of the UK's leading Christian youth ensembles. Born out of the MAYC Orchestra & Singers, OneSound provides opportunities for talented young Christians from across the UK to come together, perform, and lead worship to a high standard. Christchurch last hosted OneSound back in...

Happenings at The Church at the Cross, Great Glen

Rev Gordon Webb: 04/01/2018

Christmas services in the refurbished chapel were very special. For some reason, the changes seem to have improved the acoustics so that the singing at the well-attended Carol Service on the evening of 17 December conducted by our minister, Rev Fran Rhys, was truly uplifting, especially with the...

Sing Christmas at South Wigston

Webteam: 21/12/2017

On Monday 18th December people from South Wigston Methodist Church, St Thomas C of E and the URC joined with members of South Wigston Working Men's Club to join in with Radio Leicester's Sing Christmas. We provided the publicity, the song sheets & the mince pies. This is the second time we...

Stir-Up Sunday at South Wigston

Webteam: 06/12/2017

South Wigston Methodist Church made Christmas puddings on Sunday morning on 26 November, in a service which celebrated Stir-up Sunday, the last Sunday before Advent. The name 'stir-up Sunday', was taken because a traditional collect (prayer) for that Sunday (dating from 1549!) calls on God...

South Wigston 50th Anniversary Celebrations

Webteam: 25/10/2017

In 1967 the Primitive (Countesthorpe Road) and Wesleyan (Blaby Road) churches in South Wigston decided to come together. Their first united service was held on 15th October 1967. The Countesthorpe Road church was sold and the money put towards remodelling the Wesleyan Church now known as Blaby Road...

Great Glen Rededication

Webteam: 10/10/2017

The great day (or rather 2 days = 1 weekend) has come and gone. We seem to have been waiting for it for so long and it feels as though it was over in a flash. But what an inspiration and a delight it was.Saturday 23 September saw the Rededication Service conducted by our minister, Rev Fran Rhys...

Great Glen alterations

Webteam: 20/07/2017

The alterations to the 1827 chapel at Great Glen are coming on apace. At present, it is difficult to see what the final result will be for dust and rubble, but already the interior is looking brighter and less cramped, the new and safer staircase to the gallery is in place and the external ramp for...

Circuit Barbecue

Webteam: 05/07/2017

An Open Circuit Meeting for both the Leicester Trinity and Leicester North Circuits took place on Wednesday 21st June. In addition to welcoming members of both Circuit Meetings the occasion was open to everyone. There was no formal business, no agenda and no minutes! The evening started with...

Bishop Street Organ Restoration

Webteam: 04/07/2017

As part of the church's 200th anniversary celebration, a decision was made to restore the historic organ which needed urgent attention. The organ itself was installed in 1858 but has been enlarged on a number of occasions, the most notable being by Hill Norman and Beard in 1936. The central...

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