Our next day out was a trip to both Bristol and Bath. Bristol was one of the first centers of Methodism in England. It was a city that made a majority of its income from the slave trade and yet Wesley preached in the pulpit here against slavery. The Methodists also taught people here, did job training and also helped people with medicine and their health.
Some of us took a brief walking tour in Bristol to an Anglican church and its cemetery where Charles Wesley's children were buried.
And the townhouse on the left belonged to Charles Wesley. It's usually a museum you can tour but there was a burst pipe and it was under renovation.
Then it was back to the New Room for a tour of the museum.
We had a lunch break and I went nearby at a roadside stall selling schwarma.
Back to the New Room where Dr. Chilcote and David Worthington talked about the theology and practice of the Wesleys. Then we had a communion service to conclude our time together.
On our way to London, we stopped in Bath. No real connection to the Wesleys here but the famous Roman baths. We got a little sightseeing time before getting back on the bus.
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