At this month's United Methodist Women (UMW) unit meeting, Pastor Charles and Belinda showed the ladies present -- their Wesley teapot, which Pastor Charles bought for Belinda while they were in England, visiting the museum shop at Wesley Chapel in London. It is a reproduction of a teapot that Josiah Wedgwood fashioned for John Wesley.
In March of 1760, John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, preached at Burslem, England, to the pottery workers. While there, Wesley spoke with Josiah Wedgwood who was working in his home garden next to the factory. A year later, Wedgwood made a special teapot that would hold a gallon of tea! (Wesley drank copious amounts of tea to keep up his energy levels in his ministry labors.)
To read more about the Wesley Teapot blessings (one on each side of the teapot), click on this sentence.
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