The Takapuna Methodist Church played an important part in the lives of Nancy's family. The church was originally in Huron St and she didn't remember very much about that- just a man with a big black beard, and wondering what was going on when the children were excluded from the church during communion (as they still were during our childhood.) Nancy was present at the laying of the foundation stone for the building on the corner of Lake Rd and Tennyson Ave in 1923 when she was 8 years old. Sundays meant church in the morning with the family, back home for Sunday roast dinner and out again in the afternoon for children's service. There were no games allowed on Sundays, the only entertainment was to look at illustrated Bible stories. Nancy remembers their father telling them to sit still and quietly for one minute and what a long time it seemed. When she was older she played the organ for the children's service.
Tom Arthur took the Young Men's Bible Class and would take them to their house in the Waitakere Ranges for social outings. He also opened his house and grounds to the Church for a fund rasing gala day on several occasions. Nancy and her cousing Hugh were in charge of giving rides on the boat swing, at a penny a ride.
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