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.
Category: Wesley Memorial
Events which take place at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford
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
Hot dogs, Hot chocolate and games
As the weather becomes colder, and the evenings darker, it is time for some warming and tasty food.
We ate hot dogs, and cake, and drank – amongst other options – hot chocolate with marshmallows.
Afterwards as well as our normal chatting some of us played the card game Sevens.
Zumba in the refurbished Hall.
This was the first time was had Zumba in the Hall at Wesley Memorial Church since it was refurbished, and we appreciated the extra space to move around.
Once again George Martini came to lead us – we look forward to his sessions.
Zumba can be very fast,
Sometimes it is a little slower.
But it is always fun !
Sports Training Night
Adam, from the English Federation of Disability Sport came to give us an evening of sports training, kindly sponsored by Sainsburys.
We started by writing down what we hoped to get out of the evening.
After that Adam talked a little about the different ways that Disability Sport can be organised
with a test, involving matching captions to descriptions to see if we had been paying attention. Then it was time to get more active !
We played a game where we moved around the hall, going through, or touching, as many rings as we could.
We did several variants of this – here is one.
We also played a game where we divided into two teams. One was trying to get all the bean bags to match the colours of the hoops they were in, and the other team was trying to make sure the colours did not match. Some of the hoops were on chairs to be reachable from a wheelchair.
We played some variations on games of hockey, where the room was divided into areas, and players from each team were assigned an area they played in.
Above is one of the games in action. Green sticks are playing towards one goal, and yellow sticks towards the other.
One useful thing we learnt was to think about flexible ways the space and rules can be used. Here is a diagram of an alternative way of dividing up a playing area, with channels down the sides with players in them.
By the end of the evening we were feeling “Happy and tired”
Normal Club with Hama Beads and Connect 4
We met again in the refurbished hall at Wesley Memorial Church, and as well as sitting and chatting, played Connect 4, and made things with Hama Beads. The new hatch to the kitchen behind the hall allowed the Hama Beads to be ironed on a stainless steel surface 
The hatch is visible behind the Hama Bead makers to the left, and the new podium area to the right.
First club night in the redeveloped Hall at Wesley Memorial
We were all very excited to have our first Club Night after the summer break in the revamped Hall. The overall effect is brighter, and everyone commented on how nice the new floor and paintwork looked.
We admired the new and refurbished rooms, and particularly the new kitchen, which has a large hatch connecting to the hall to allow tea and coffee made in the kitchen to be passed through easily.
Here is view looking out from the new kitchen into the Hall.
Here we can see the new hatch into the kitchen, with a podium space to the right.
We are very grateful to Wesley Memorial Church, and everyone who has contributed to the Open Doors project for the exciting possibilities.
As it was our first time together after the summer we heard about what people had been doing, and discussed what we would like to do in the Autumn programme.
Wesley Memorial Church Garden Party in aid of Phab
After some rather mixed weather over the past month the sun shone on the Wesley Memorial Church annual garden party, with proceeds donated to Oxford Phab.
Members of the church, and of Oxford Phab swum and played games, and ate delicious cakes and scones, and drank many cups of tea and coffee. A beautiful summer day, and we are very grateful to our hosts, and to those who baked cakes, and helped with serving.