Once again Robin had gone to a great deal of trouble to prepare a quiz for us.
We divided into four teams and tackled the various parts of the quiz.
The team I was in were particularly fortunate, as we had “The Queen of the Wordsearch” in it. Despite our advantage in this section all teams were equally triumphant, and everyone shared the prize – a tub of chocolates.
Category: Wesley Memorial
Events which take place at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford
Wheelchair Dancing – and Pancakes !
When we went to the Crafts Day at Hounslow Phab we brought back a quantity of surplus lemons, as well as all the items we made that day. These went well with the pancakes we cooked in the new John Wesley room kitchen at Wesley Memorial Church. We also had a sugar, bananas, squirty cream and a selection of chocolate and other sauces.
To work off all these calories we went through to the Hall for a spot of Wheelchair Dancing, arranged though the Wheelchair Dance Sports Association, sponsored by National Phab, and provided by West Oxfordshire Wheelchair Dance.
Once we had warmed up we really got into it !
As you can see in this video !
Amazing Love
Some Oxford Phab members performed in the Musical “Amazing Love“, while others came to watch. All those who took part, and hopefully those who watched, found it inspiring and uplifting.
It was written by Jack Godfrey, a member of Wesley Memorial Church, and who came to Phab from time to time – and tells the story of John and Charles Wesley. This might not sound like the most promising material for a musical, but the Wesleys had an exciting life and Amazing Love features a fire and a storm at sea, both accompanied by appropriate special effects, as well as scenes at Oxford University and the Colony of Georgia. We also learnt the less widely know “Tale of Jeremiah‘s Wife”.
Here we see, in the background, Oxford Phab members Penny, John, Sarah, Mary and Karen. Note the simple, but effective 18th century costumes.
In the background are Mary, Sarah, Karen and John from Oxford Phab looking on as John Wesley talks to Sophie Hopkey.
Here John (on the upper level), Mary and Sarah are joining in the finale.
Up in the gallery Simon was running a Followspot to illuminate principle characters, and helped with the setting up and taking down of the lighting rig.
This video was shot during the setting up of part of the Fire! scene. The production version of the scene used more fire effect lighting systems and a smoke machine.
Rehearsing for the musical and thinking about some related issues led to the article Amazing Love, Demographics and Mass migrations on my blog.
Normal Club with Boccia
As well as a little celebrating …
we played Boccia in the Hall.
This is the first time we used our new Boccia ramp (a piece of guttering).
Moonrakers concert
We were lucky to have the chance, once again, to see The Moonrakers back at Wesley Memorial, in another concert with proceeds going to the Open Doors Project.
Here are some of the Phab members, watching Moonrakers setting up.
Normal club -and hockey in the Hall
Our club night was enlivened by a new mini pool table, kindly donated by Tanya.
As well as our usual cups of tea, we played Hockey in the Hall.
We did not play the official Floorball rules, but members came in and picked up a stick and joined in !
Warning, the video above was taken whilst playing – do not watch if you get seasick !
This is how it looked as a spectator a little later.
We had a great time, and enjoyed making use of the space.
Normal Club – back in the John Wesley Room
We are back in the John Wesley Room for the first normal Club of 2017.
The John Wesley Room, and kitchen have been refurbished since we last used them, and we enjoyed the new look.
The larger hatch was well used for cups of tea.
and the new stainless steel kitchen looks very smart
as well as – to the delight of those who have used the kitchen for a long time – retaining the traditional clothes airer, to be seen at the top left of the picture.
The chilly weather is a good time to look back on things we have done in the past, in this case our holiday to Eurodisney in 2005.
We are also looking forward the the Moonrakers concert next week.
Christmas Party with Disco
We had our Christmas Party and Disco in the newly refurbished Hall at Wesley Memorial Church.
We also had some surprise visitors, and a birthday bonus !
We did some serious discoing
After this Phab do not meet again until the the Pantomime on January 6th.
Another event to look forward to in January will be the Moonrakers concert on January 27th – tell your friends and family, who can book tickets via Oxford Playhouse.
Christmas Bingo
We played Bingo – redistributing the chocolates we bring as prizes – as well as drinking hot berry cordial and eating warmed mince pies – lovely on a chilly night.
Annual General Meeting 2016
We held our our Annual General Meeting at Wesley Memorial. We had reports from the Chair and Treasurer, and elected the committee for next year.
The Roy Lewis award, which is presented annually for the organisers of the event the members considered the most enjoyable in the last year, was awarded to Danny and his Mum.
We also discussed forthcoming events