
Our Heritage
Dear Friends For Methodists, June 17th is the day of commemoration when we recall the birth of our founder, John Wesley. He was born in the year 1703 in the village of Epworth in Lincolnshire in1703. The science of genetics was not known in those days, but one cannot help but think that something of John’s strength of character was inherited from his parents, Samuel and Susanna. Both of them sprang from genuine puritan stock. Susanna was of particular influence, being a woman