Events
Davenport Road Methodist Church, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6EJ
Davenport Road’s Anniversary Celebrations
In May we celebrated our Church’s 61st birthday on this site. We were delighted to
welcome Rev Lorraine Mellor to both of our services and her sermons can be heard on
our website.
The following week we welcomed Mpendulu from the Amos Trust in Umthombo, South
Africa, as a visitor to our congregation. Umthombo Street Children is a pioneering, South
African organisation – based in Durban – which provides a unique fusion of high-intensity
sports, art, drama and music activities alongside psychosocial support, to empower
children with alternatives to street life. They operate Safespace – a dedicated centre for
street children – where they can find the safety, food, help and hope they desperately
need. Through the activities provided at the centre, the staff – many former street
children themselves – befriend and engage with the children, address traumas, begin to
rebuild their self worth and work towards helping them leave street life.