Wesley joins with other churches to form Churches Together in Reading and Churches Together in Earley and East Reading (CTEER). There is an active ecumenical youth work in this area, and in particular Wesley has strong links with Park URC, and shares a youth worker with them.
Wesley also has links with Reading Christian Network, an ecumenical grouping of churches of all denominations within the Reading area. Leaders of the churches meet regularly to pray, and there are occasional joint celebrations. Churches also work together for co-ordinated outreach to the town. Major programmes in the past have included Thames Valley Alive in 1994 and Regenerate in 2008-09, and work continues in many ways, e.g. the Street Pastors programme, Churches in Reading Drop-In Centre (CIRDIC) and Christian Community Action (CCA). Other community initiatives will be encouraged under Regenerate II, to be launched in May 2011.
Lifelines is Wesley’s quarterly magazine in which we aim to present articles of interest both to church members and the wider public. Click here for copies of previous issues.
Fair trade
Wesley is a fair trade church. A Traidcraft stall is held once a month on a Sunday morning with a range of food and household items.
