Encouragement from Wesley Fellowship

Wesley Fellowship is a student-run organization that works together to come up with, plan, and carry out events designed to gather the Wesley community together in fellowship. This community includes both on-campus and off-campus students, commuter students, and faculty and staff. Previous events that Wesley Fellowship has organized include game nights for prospective students, apple picking, a group outing to Zoolights, a scavenger hunt for a gift card, and a short, weekly prayer service. We also partner with other student organizations in order to put on events like cookouts, snack events, and stress relief events.


Currently, Wesley Fellowship is planning a Welcome Back Game Night on January 25th. Our first meeting will be held on January 31st at 12:15 pm in the refectory - please feel free to join us! We are always looking for new ideas for events, help planning, or even just help to spread the word about events. Wesley Fellowship plans to continue the Weekly Prayer Service which is held on Wednesdays at 12:05 pm in Oxnam Chapel. The Prayer service will start back up on January 30th.

We hope to see you at some of our events, or even at a meeting! Everyone is welcome. Potential Spring events could include a bake-off, a trivia night, a Jeopardy event, or a craft night - none of these events are decided on or planned yet. For the most up to date information on events and Wesley Fellowship happenings, like the Wesley Fellowship Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/wtsfellowship/. Any questions or comments can be directed to myself, Angela Lovegrove, or you can email Wesley Fellowship at wesleyfellowshipwts@gmail.com.

Upcoming Events: 
  • Welcome Back Game Night - January 25th
  • Wednesday Prayer Service Start - January 30th
  • First Wesley Fellowship Meeting - January 31st
Angela Lovegrove is a seminarian at Wesley and president of Wesley Fellowship. 

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