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this website was last updated on Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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coming Events:

We are performing the Roger Jones' musical 'Rock' at our evening service @ 6pm on Sunday 4th March. Do try and come and hear us - all are welcome. This is a church service so no tickets required or cost involved.

our Latest News:

On Tuesday 17th January Messy Church held its monthly meeting - to see a report and photos of the afternoon click here

a few people from Overend Mission sang carols at Barnett Hill garden centre on Christmas Eve - we did this from 9.00am to 12 midday as a thank you for their donation of a Christmas tree for the church - more photos here

Our young people's Carol Service was held on the morning of Sunday 11th December. See more photos here

For those wishing to make their own unique wreaths, we held a Christmas Wreath making morning on Saturday 3rd December. To see more photos of the event, click here

We held our annual Christmas Fayre on Saturday 26th November here at Overend Mission. To see photos of the event, click here

A Magic Show was held here for our younger children on Saturday 12th November - to see more photographs here here

We held a Fireworks Party on Friday 4th November - to see the photographs here

On Sunday 30th October members of our Sunday School handed over a cheque for £1000 to Oakfield House. To see full details and photographs click here

We held another of our interactive Café Sundae services on 2nd October - see the photos here

We held our Harvest Festival celebrations over the weekend of 24th & 25th September. On the Saturday we held our Harvest Supper followed on the Sunday 25th with our Harvest services at 10.45am and 6.00pm. To see photos of these events click here

some of our younger members went to a Karting event on Saturday 17th September following which they returned to church for food and a film. To see their photos click here

other News:

Annual Report for 2011: the church's annual reports from all the groups & organisations @ Overend can be seen here

Click on the image left to see a range of videos of events here at Overend published to YouTube

Fairtrade: we are pleased to have been recognised as a Fairtrade Church. When we serve tea and coffee after services & special events we ensure we purchase Fairtrade products. We will be selling Fairtrade products after our services; we have a wide range of goods ranging from pasta and coffee to chocolate. (To learn more about Fairtrade, go to their website here.)

online Sermons:
Read some of the recent sermons given at Overend

"Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Romans 8:39

Welcome ...

Overend Methodist Mission is an all-inclusive, outward-looking church that takes seriously issues of social responsibility. Our congregation, made up of children, young people and adults of all ages places worship at the heart of all its activities. You find us at Banners Street, Cradley, HALESOWEN, West Midlands, B63 2SL - our Sunday services are at 10.45am & 6.00pm

To see a personal welcome from our Minister, Rev David Alford, click here.

If you would like to talk to someone, have any questions, or would like to request more information about a particular part of our work then please email us

On this site you can:

Find details of our activities and services

Learn a little about our history

Share something of our faith

and we hope one day you will feel able to participate alongside us in our worship. Meanwhile, come and see our website ...

See us on video: we have various video clips of life here at Overend Mission on YouTube . Have a quick peep by clicking on this link here

daily prayer & meditation:
Pray Without Ceasing This link here will take you to the Methodist Church of Great Britain's website, where you can see their daily prayer & meditation. To get back to this website you will need to click on the 'back button' when you have finished.

daily bible study:
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our weekly activities:
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click the 'play' button to see a montage of photos of events here @ Overend Mission

the latest Press Releases issued by the Methodist Church GB:
(NOTE: this feature is an automatic update of news items/press releases issued by the Methodist Church GB - shown below - and will change on an ad-hoc basis, which may be daily or weekly; click on each press release to read the item. Because this will take you to their website, you will then need to click on the 'back button' to return to our website.)