Bohemia Village Voice

Park Road Church - how the extension looked on June 6.

Yes, at last the new extension being built at Park Road Methodist Church is about to be officially opened. This coming Saturday, the 15th of July, sees a special ‘Service of Dedication’ taking place. Charles Levett, who liaises between church members and the builders, explained that the extension will act as an ‘outreach’ meeting room where members of the public can just drop in for a chat. Although it’s not a café, a servery is being built in the corner. The opening is timed to co-incide with the church’s Flower Festival which takes place this weekend, and also with the leaving of the church’s minister, Elizabeth Cresswell, who retires at the end of the month. A new minister will not take over until September and one or more ‘circuit ministers’ cover for the intervening period. Charles added that the extension won’t actually be completed until the following Friday, the 21st of July. Members of the public are invited to the Service of Dedication which starts at 10am and goes on till about 10:45. The Flower Festival begins on Friday and lasts over the weekend.