Hele Lane Methodist Church

Welcome to our Church website. We are a Methodist Church in the Mid Devon village of Black Dog. Please use these links to navigate throughout the page.

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Our Sunday Services :

Sundays 11am

Morning service with our worship group providing the music for our worship 

                                  (Junior Church)

  6.30pm Evening service

We have a number of musicians that make up our music group of drums, guitars, piano, organ, flutes, clarinet and brass!

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Junior Church is available each Sunday morning 11am—12pm, unless stated.

All our teachers, assistants and youth leaders have current CRB checks, which are regularly updated.

We welcome visiting children and our groups cater for different age ranges:

Bubbles (Crèche) 0 to 4 years
Splash 4 to 7 years
X-Stream 7 to 11 years
The Grid 11 years plus

Family services at 11am on 25th July and 8th August

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Contacts

Minister Rev Jonathan Budd (01363 877281)
Stewards Mr Bev Robins (01769 580664)
  Mrs Sylvia Grant (01363 877400)
  Mrs Shirley Puddicombe (01884 860762)
  Mr Roger Rottenbury (01884 861302)
  Mr Phil Parker (01884 243903)
  Mr Stuart Dallyn (01363 84746)

If you have any items for our notices, please contact Julie Dallyn (01837 83314) by Thursday each week.

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Photo Gallery:

Hele Lane Church - Black Dog

Inside Hele Lane Church

"Messy Church - May 2010"

"Messy Church - May 2010"

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Activities

Every 1st Sunday after the 11am service - Tea and biscuits

Served in the church and provides a good time of fellowship for all.

Every Sunday evening at 6pm - Prayer meeting

We meet in the Sunday School before the evening service.

Every 2nd Sunday evening at 8pm - Radiation

Radiation is informal bible study/social issues discussion for young people of secondary school age, led by our ’Twenties and Thirties’.  If you would like to come along, please ring Claire Davey on 01363 82832 and she will let you know the venue.

Every 3rd Sunday evening at 8pm - Twenties and Thirties

Group discussion for the 20-40 age range on various themes, sometimes using DVD’s as well. We take in turns to host and lead the evening and dates/venues can vary, so if you’d like to know more, contact Daniel & Kirsty Bonning on 01363 877787.

Every Monday evening at 8pm - Reflection

Reflection is a music group comprising of about 25 people of all ages, who worship at our church and we meet on a Monday night for our practices (& chatter!). We enjoy sharing our faith through music, singing and drama with other churches in the Devon area. Contact Sylvia Grant on 01363 877400 for more information/bookings.

Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday evenings 7.30pm - 9.00pm - Discovery

This is our home bible study group and all are welcome.  Our studies vary between certain books and areas of the bible to the current social issues of here and now and we use leaders’ handbooks and DVD’s. We usually finish with refreshments and snacks!  Ring Linda Govier on 01884 860179 for details of our current study and venues.

Every 2nd Tuesday evening 7.30pm - Prayer meeting

We meet for a time of prayer for anything that people feel they want to pray for.  All welcome.

Every other Thursday evening 7.15pm - 8.45pm - Rock Solid Youth Club

Available for children aged 7 and over, our youth club is run by CRB- checked leaders and is held either in the village hall or in the church. A programme of events is given out each term and there is a 50p entrance fee. There is also a tuck shop available. Please ring Andy Cooper on 01884 860698 for any details.

Every other Friday morning 11am - 12pm - Cuppa Chat  

Cuppa Chat is a friendly ‘drop-in’ morning for people to have a ‘cuppa’, a bit of cake and a chance to socialize with other people in the area. It runs on the same days as the library van comes to the village. We also have toys for the little ones and a Traidcraft stall, selling a range of fair-trade items, such as food and gifts. Just ‘pop in’!

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Future Events:

Cuppa Chat Picnic - Friday 23rd July
After Cuppa Chat that day, we are hoping to go for a picnic at Eggesford
Woods.  Bring your packed picnic and chairs/rugs and join us!


Junior Church Outing - Saturday 4th September
We are hoping to have a good day of fun with the children at Woodlands
and Dartmouth.  Details nearer the time.


Date

Time

Event

 

Thursday 3rd June

7.15pm - 8.45pm

Rock Solid Youth Club

Black Dog Inn field (if wet, in village hall)

Friday 11th

June 

11.00am -
12.00pm

Cuppa Chat

See above

Thursday 17th June

7.15pm - 8.45pm

Rock Solid Youth Club

Black Dog Inn field  (if wet, in Hele Lane Chapel)

Friday 25th

June 

11.00am -
12.00pm

Cuppa Chat

See above

Thursday 1st

July

7.15pm - 8.45pm

Rock Solid Youth Club

Black Dog Inn field (if wet, in village hall)

Friday 9th

July 

11.00am -
12.00pm

Cuppa Chat

See above

Thursday 15th July

7.15pm - 8.45pm

Rock Solid Youth Club

Black Dog Inn field  (if wet, in Hele Lane Chapel)

Friday 23rd

July   

11.00am - 12.00pm

Cuppa Chat Picnic

See above for details

Sunday 25th

July

11.00am Family Service

 

Friday 6th

August

11.00am -
12.00pm

Cuppa Chat

See above

Sunday 8th

August

11.00am Family Service

 

Friday 20th

August 

11.00am -
12.00pm

Cuppa Chat

See above

Friday 3rd

September 

11.00am -
12.00pm

Cuppa Chat

See above

Saturday 4th September

Time to be confirmed

Junior Church Outing

To Woodlands/Dartmouth - see above

Friday 17th

September 

11.00am -
12.00pm

Cuppa Chat

See above

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