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Austerity has hardened the nation's heart
The Centre for Global Education confirms, with some apprehension,
that the debate on poverty has been redirected away from structural
and political causes to opprobrium towards the unemployed and
welfare dependents. The national sport of baiting and hating of the
poor has been damned in The Lies We Tell Ourselves (Jan 2013) and
The Blame Game Must Stop (March 2013), both commissioned by church
groups.
The Independent
21 May 2013
Young Methodists back
young Nicaraguans in 2014 Street Child World Cup
Street children in Nicaragua will have the chance to compete in
next year's Street Child World Cup in Brazil with the support of
the children and young people of the Methodist Church in Britain.
Young Methodists in Britain have pledged to back two Nicaraguan
teams - a girls' football team and a boys' football team - in
partnership with the Methodist Church in Nicaragua and the
Methodist Church in Brazil. They aim to raise £30,000 by taking
part in sponsorship events aimed at opening their eyes to the lives
of street children.
Ekkelsia
13 May 2013
Tours, talks and strawberry teas
A trio of Methodist-related events will take place in Epworth
later this month, with two of them at the town's Old Rectory
museum. The first is on May 17 when the Old Rectory - the childhood
home of John and Charles Wesley - will be hosting free guided tours
as part of the annual and national Open Museums at Night
event.
The Epworth Bells
10 May 2013
Loose banner fails to halt launderette party
The opening of Camelford's new community launderette on Friday was
a real knockout - literally. The Bishop of Truro, the Right
Reverend Tim Thornton and the Reverend Steve Wild, chairman of the
Cornwall Methodist District, cut the ribbon to open the much-needed
facility which has been funded by £53,000 from the East Cornwall
Local Action Group and grants from other organisations.
Cornish Guardian
08 May 2013
Roger O'Brien obituary
The kindness that he had always hidden under that gruff exterior
came shining through. His main concern was that his sons would be
properly provided for. On the Wednesday before he died, his main
topics of conversation were his boys and the way his mother's
Methodism had shaped his own political views and spiritual
intuitions.
The Guardian
07 May 2013
Methodist local preacher Sue Stamenkovic's accreditation
service
Sue Stamenkovic of South Normanton was received as a
fully-accredited Methodist local preacher at an accreditation
service on Saturday at St John's Methodist Church at
Sutton-in-Ashfield. The church was packed for the service, which
was conducted by John Whitehead, local preachers' secretary in the
Borders Mission Methodist Circuit. An address was given by the
circuit superintendent minister, the Rev Mike Redshaw, who
presented Sue with a Bible. Sue, who replied, received greetings
from ministers and local preachers in the circuit.
Derbyshire Times
07 May 2013
Penarth church conversion gets thumbs-up from
residents
The renovation of Albert Road Methodist Church has been completed
- and it's been given a big thumbs up by members of the local
community. Retaining the original stonework, slate, stained-glass
windows, and ceiling, the final touches were being put to the
remodel last week, after just seven months.
Penarth Times
02 May 2013
Church set to launch its latest food bank
Church set to launch its latest food
bankHUNGRY families will have somewhere to turn to when a new food
bank opens its doors tomorrow.
The Bolton News
29 April 2013
Mustard Seed Singers at St Peter's Methodist Church,
Canterbury
THE near capacity audience at the
Mustard Seed Singers' fundraising concert at Canterbury's St
Peter's Methodist Church on Thursday April 11 was confronted by a
sea of black and red as this singing group in collaboration with
Cantores Dominicae, a well established community singing group from
Lyminge, combined their collective talents to produce a musically
satisfying evening.
Canterbury Times
28 April 2013
Newly-published letters show founder of Methodism struggled to pay
for his wife's extravagant tastes
Newly-published letters from the founder of Methodism
Charles Wesley have revealed he struggled with his wife's
extravagance which was effectively subsidised by his church.
Daily Mail
26 April 2013
Letters
of "Hark the Herald" composer published
The private letters of the composer of
some of the world's most popular hymns have been published,
providing a rare glimpse into the birth of Methodism.
University of Manchester
25 April 2013
Fellowship rally at Methodist Church
Trusthorpe Methodist Church are hosting a Fellowship Rally on
Tuesday, April 23, 7.30pm, including a talk from Rev Peter Sulston.
Refreshments are available at the end. Everyone welcome.
Louth Leader
24 April 2013
New venue for dementia group
A support group for carers of people with dementia in Harborough
has been relocated and re-launched by the Alzheimer's Society. The
peer support group which previously met at the Congregational
Church now meets at the Methodist Church in Northampton Road every
first Friday of the month, from 10am to midday.
Harborough Mail
24 April 2013
HIV awareness event with gospel choir at Methodist Central Hall,
Coventry
Coventry charity Dumi International Aid is holding an HIV
awareness event featuring a gospel choir next month. It hopes to
attract more than 800 people to the Methodist Central Hall in
Warwick Lane, city centre on May 18 from 2pm.
Coventry Telegraph
23 April 2013
Can you identify this Methodist marriage?
This photo was supplied by our Whalley correspondent, Jean Miller.
Jean discovered it when she was sorting out the belongings of her
late mother, Mrs Peri Adele Chatburn. She believes the bridegroom
on the picture may have been a Methodist minister either in
Whalley, which her mother and father (Carey Chatburn) attended, or
at Clayton Street Methodist Church, Blackburn, where her parents
were married.
The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times
22 April 2013
Holt Methodist church celebrates 150 years
Holt Methodists will be enjoying a
landmark anniversary this month with a range of events at the
church to celebrate 150 years in the town.
The Norwich and Norfolk Christian Community Website
22 April 20013
Justicecampaigner Garth Hewitt will perform at Sketty Methodist
Church next week
Using songs, stories and pictures he will tell of his about his
work, spanning nearly four decades, amongst peoples such as the
Dalits, or untouchables, of India.
This.Is.South.Wales.co.uk
20 April 2013
Haworth and Stanbury news
The Baptist Church hold a prayer meeting at Thornfield, Station
Road at 10am. every Thursday, except the first in the month. Karate
class at the Methodist Church Hall from 6.30pm to 8pm. Call Mo
Ilyas on (01535) 600407. The Friendship Group is at the Methodist
Church Hall in West Lane at 10.30am. Scouts is at the Community
Centre, 7pm to 9pm. Call (01535) 644745. The Hall Green Coffee
morning and walk. The walkers set off from Hall Green Church at
10am every Thursday for a two-hour walk around Haworth. Information
from James on 07840 981761.
Telegraph and Argus
19 April 2013
BBC Philharmonic violinist joins Otley Chamber Orchestra for spring
concert
A distinguished local violinist will join Otley Chamber Orchestra
for their spring concert. Mark Ostyn will be the orchestra's
soloist when it performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor,
Op 64, at the Methodist Church's Wesley Hall on Sunday, April
28.
Ilkley Gazette
19 April 2013
President of the Methodist Conference visits Coventry Central
Hall!
Yesterday Coventry Central Hall was honoured to welcome Mark
Wakelin, President of the Methodist Conference, to be the key
speaker at an event organised by the College of Preachers.
Coventry Central Hall
19 April 2013
Wang returns home to join staff at Methodist Sugar Land
Hospital
Dr. Vincent Wang has joined the staff at Texas Spine and
Neurosurgery Center, located on the campus of Methodist Sugar Land
Hospital. He will also serve on the medical staff at Methodist
Sugar Land Hospital.
Sugar Land Sun
18 April 2013
Inner City Children's Program At 1st Centenary United
Methodist
The Inner City children and their parents will be guests for Prime
Time on Wednesday, at First-Centenary United Methodist Church, 410
McCallie Ave. The children will put on the presentation, which will
include a flag ceremony by the Boy Scout troop, a performance by
the dance and baton troupe and readings by the children about
volunteers who have made a difference in their lives. Dinner by
reservation is at 5:15 p.m. and the performance at 6:30 p.m.
Chattanoogan.com
18 April 2013
Special service for Margaret Thatcher's family at Grantham
Methodist church
Prayers were said for the family of Margaret Thatcher during a
Sunday service at ChristChurch in Grantham. The service at the
Methodist church was led by the Rev Jane Campbell, and special
mention was given to a lecturn which was dedicated by Baroness
Thatcher in 1970 during a visit to the church, in Finkin Street. It
was given in honour of her father Alfred Roberts, who had died
earlier that year. He had been a lay preacher.
GranthamJournal.co.uk
18 April 2013
Centenary Singers to perform at Windmill Methodist
Chapel
Windmill Methodist Chapel is hosting a concert by the Centenary
Singers, featuring songs from the shows, on Tuesday, April 23,
starting at 7pm. Admission is £2.50. Coffee and biscuits will be
available.
The Northern Echo
17 April 2013
Top jazz musician coming to town
Highly-acclaimed jazz musician Dave Newton is performing in
Harborough on Saturday. Mr Newton, ten times a winner of the
British Jazz Awards' Best Jazz Pianist award, will play the
Methodist Church in Northampton Road, from 7.30pm to 10pm.
Harborough Mail
16 April 2013
Methodist
church prioritises equality, inclusivity and truth about
poverty
The Methodist Council agreed further work on poverty, equality and
inclusivity when it met at Uplands House in High Wycombe on 13 - 15
April. Council members discussed a number of reports on the issues
of inclusion and diversity, and considered plans to improve the
ways the growing contributions of the diverse communities
represented within the Church are valued. The Belonging Together
project has involved engaging with a range of people and groups
within and connected to the Church.
Ekklesia
16 April 2013
Calderdale Big Band at Methodist function
A "Swing into Spring" fundraiser is being held for the Greetland
and Lindwell "Cross Hills" project. The Methodist churches at
Lindwell and Greetland will shut this year and a new church will be
built on the Rochdale Road site.
Halifax Courier
16 April 2013
Hasland: Methodist minister hosts courses at his
home
During the period of Lent a 'Lent Course' was held on Friday
mornings at the home of Rev Andrew Checkley, Minister of Hasland
Methodist Church. He led eight regular attendees through a course
by Paula Gooder, looking at five different spiritual essentials.
The group shared opinions and discussions on the weekly topics.
Derbyshire Times
16 April 2013
Padiham church's £500k renovation target in
sight
Generous church-goers are edging closer to reaching a mammoth
fund-raising target to repair a crumbling building. Members of
Padiham Road Methodist Church are 80 per cent of the way to
collecting the £500,000 needed to renovate their base in Brassey
Street, Burnley.
This.Is.Lancashire.co.uk
15 April 2013
Margaret Thatcher's Methodist roots at heart of
funeral
Margaret Thatcher's Methodist upbringing will play a key role at
her funeral this week with St Paul's Cathedral set to echo to the
rousing hymn Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.
The Telegraph
15 April 2013
Margaret Thatcher: her unswerving faith shaped by her
father
Thatcherism always owed more to Methodism than it ever did to
monetarism. This was the real source of Mrs Thatcher's "conviction
politics". Thatcherism centred on a charismatic leader who
cultivated a religious aura, was promoted like a religion, had
notable converts like a religion, was rejected like a religion, and
would cause a sharp divide within the nation like that of a
religious war from centuries past.
Sunday Telegraph
14 April 2013
Thatcher's Methodist roots at heart of funeral
The service, due to take place on Wednesday, is to be attended by
2,300 dignitaries and is expected to be the biggest since the death
of the Queen Mother in 2002. The choice of the Charles Wesley
composition, reflects the wishes of the former prime minister that
the faith passed down to her by her father, Alderman Alf Roberts,
should be marked at the service on Wednesday.
Wind Faith
13 March 2013
Village church gets £12,000
refurbishment
A church has been handed a £12,000 refurbishment grant. East
Boldon Methodist Church has been given the SITA Trust award in a
bid to boost its community activities. A total of £12,199 will be
spent on rewiring, damp proofing, re-plastering and decorating its
community hall.
Sunderland Echo
12 April 2013
Sir, I was a minister at Finkin Street Methodist Church in the
Grantham Circuit and a friend of Alfred Roberts, Margaret
Thatcher's father. Your readers may be interested in the eight
books Mrs Thatcher said she would take to a desert island in
response to a request from me for an article I was writing for my
church magazine in 1976:
The Times
11 April 2013
Methodist President visits Cromer foodbank
Rev. Dr Mark Wakelin, the President of the Methodist Conference,
pictured right, accompanied by Rev. Graham Thompson, Chair
of the Methodist District, pictured below, visited the
Cromer & District Foodbank HQ on Friday 19 October to meet
trustees and volunteers and see the foodbank in action.
Norwich and Norfolk Christian Network
12 April 2013
Methodist youth president visits Dover project
The youth president of the Methodist Church has spoken of the
importance of projects such as Cross-Links on Dover's Buckland
Estate, being active in areas where there is a need for
support.
Kent Online
11 April 2013
Methodist hymns for Margaret Thatcher
It is true that nonconformity predominantly influenced Liberal and
then Labour politics in late 19th- and early 20th-century Britain
but we should never underestimate its hold on Conservatives,
especially in the case of Methodism, whose founder was a loyal Tory
to his dying day.
Guardian
10 April 2013
Guest speaker gives talk at Methodist church
Visitors to Shildon Methodist Church can hear local speaker Dulcie
Lewis give a talk entitled Down the Hatch which is a humorous look
at food. The talk starts at 7pm on Friday, April 26. Entry is by
donation with the minimum requested £10 with a meal provided.
Details from 01388-773171.
The Northern Echo
10 April 2013
Margaret Thatcher the Methodist
Margaret Thatcher was forever the thrifty Methodist grocer's
daughter of Grantham. Her father was both lay preacher and
Conservative Party stalwart. They attended the Methodist church
several times every Sabbath and heeded many then Methodist
strictures against theater-going and dancing.
American Spectator
09 April 2013
Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies
The President of the Methodist Conference, the Reverend Dr Mark
Wakelin said: "Margaret Thatcher was a hugely significant, complex
and yet divisive figure in post-war British politics. She achieved
a major breakthrough as Britain's first woman Prime Minister, and
her time in office fundamentally changed the nature of British
society, especially the relationship between individuals and the
state.
Christian Today
09 April 2013
Farewell to North
Lambeth Methodist minister Rosemary Fletcher
The final sermon by the departing minister dwelt on the gospel
passage about St Thomas touching Christ's wounds which she said was
being read that morning in every Anglican, Methodist and Roman
Catholic Church.
London SE1
09 April 2013
Methodist Christian Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Dies
The President of the Methodist Conference, the Revd Dr Mark
Wakelin said: "Margaret Thatcher was a hugely significant, complex
and yet divisive figure in post-war British politics. She achieved
a major breakthrough as Britain's first woman Prime Minister, and
her time in office fundamentally changed the nature of British
society, especially the relationship between individuals and the
state.
Cross Map
08 April 2013
Church
says no to politics
The Methodist Church says it's not going to be involved in the
2014 elections in any way.
The church's General Secretary Reverend Tevita Nawadra says,
neither the head office nor any of their branches will have
anything to do with politics.
FBC News
08 April 2013
Methodist Christian Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Dies
The President of the Methodist Conference, the Revd Dr Mark
Wakelin said: "Margaret Thatcher was a hugely significant, complex
and yet divisive figure in post-war British politics. She achieved
a major breakthrough as Britain's first woman Prime Minister, and
her time in office fundamentally changed the nature of British
society, especially the relationship between individuals and the
state.
Cross Map
08 April 2013
Blaming the poor
Examples of shiftlessness can be produced, of course, but the
evidence assembled by the authors of The Lies We Tell Ourselves
suggests that these are rare - and far rarer than the electorate is
led to believe. The greatest problem among the poor is despair.
Those struggling to survive in a world where work is scarce and
uncertain deserve sympathy, not blame.
Church Times
05 April 2013
York Street Methodist Church in Broadstairs goes green with solar
panels
A Broadcstairs church is the first in Thanet to go green after
solar panels were installed. The panels at the York Street
Methodist Church, went live on Thursday, March 28, just four days
after fitters Blue Sky started work.
ThisIsKent.co.uk
05 April 2013
Family fun day wins funding
A SUMMER fun day is to be staged later this year after a church
group was awarded funding. Consett Churches Together, which
includes Consett Methodist Churches, the church of England and
Salvation Army, has been awarded almost £3,000 to stage the
event.
The Northern Echo
05 April 2013
Osborne criticised by church groups
Tensions between the Government and Churches have heightened this
week as changes to the welfare system begin to take effect. The
Chancellor, George Osborne, gave a speech on Tuesday in which he
defended changes that come into force this month. These include
introducing a cap on housing benefit; the so-called "bedroom tax"
on spare rooms; and limiting benefit increases to one per cent (
News, 15 March).
Church Times
05 April 2013
Dorchester band hopes to buy old methodist
church
Let us play - musicians are tuning up to buy up an old church hall
in Dorchester. The Durnovaria Silver Band hopes to raise £125,000
to buy the Fordington Methodist Church Hall and turn it into a
community arts centre. The venue would become a performance and
pratice space for the long-established group but would also be open
for community groups to use.
Dorset Echo
05 April 2013
In praise
of the Joint Public Issues Team on truth and lies about
poverty
When I received an embargoed press release a few weeks ago from
the Joint Public Issues Team (The Methodist Church, Baptist Church,
United Reformed Church) and the Church of Scotland about their new
"Truth and Lies about Poverty" campaign, my heart leaped.
Ekklesia
02 April 2013
Church groups challenge 'lies' about UK poverty
Yesterday, the government began implementing its latest austerity
measures - significant changes in public services and a reform of
the benefits system. The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the
Methodist Church, the United Reformed Church and the Church of
Scotland claim that politicians and the media have misrepresented
those who receive benefits as well as people experiencing poverty,
in order to justify the spending cuts.
Evangelical Alliance
02 April 2013
George Osborne mounts fierce defence of 'essential' cut in top
tax
The Chancellor was also fiercely critical of churches and
charities which have opposed the Government's welfare cuts,
describing them as simply "vested interests" reacting with
"depressingly predictable outrage" to necessary change.
Independent
02 April 2013
George Osborne: Benefit critics talk 'ill-informed
rubbish'
The chancellor claimed in a speech to supermarket workers that
nine out of 10 working households would be better off. The
shake-up, including cuts to housing benefit for some social housing
tenants with a spare room and alterations to council tax, took
effect on Monday. Some churches, charities and campaign groups, as
well as the Labour Party, have criticised the changes as
unjust.
BBC
02 April 2013
Church concerned about impact of welfare reforms
The changes to the benefits system have been widely condemned,
including by a group of four churches. Paul Morrison, a public
issues policy adviser at the Methodist Church told ITV News: "Many
of the poorest will be worse off because of the benefits that have
changed".
ITV
02 April 2013
New web site tells church's history
A new Methodist family history website - the second in a trio of
online community archives - has been launched by Methodist Heritage
with the aim of encouraging people to share information related to
every aspect of Methodist history.
Halifax Courier
02 April 2013
Just one in eight on sickness benefit is truly too ill to work:
Almost a million drop benefits claim to avoid new
test
In a joint report, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the
Methodist church, the United Reformed church and the Church of
Scotland said that the 'systematic misrepresentation of the poorest
in society' was a matter of injustice. Economic Secretary Sajid
Javid last night wrote to Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls ahead of this
week's changes asking him to say whether Labour - which has opposed
every significant spending cut - would reverse them if
elected.
Daily Mail
01 April 2013
Plan for John Wesley statue to go on Devauden
green
A religious leader who helped start a branch of Christianity is to
be immortalised with a statue on a spot where he preached his first
sermon in Wales. Methodist founder John Wesley addressed up to 400
people on the Devauden village green in 1739 and 276 years later,
he will be back there in bronze resin form.
South Wales Argus
01 April 2013
We have to talk about why some people agree with benefit
cuts
There is still a huge problem with language, and the ubiquity of
the hopelessly loaded term "welfare". Last week the Unite union
launched a website called Our Welfare Works, and thus stumbled at
the start. Meanwhile, the entry of the church into the debate may
or may not mark a watershed point, as we begin to find out whether
Duncan Smith has overreached himself. Like the Anglicans,
Methodists and the rest, I will be praying he has. But don't count
on it.
Guardian
31 March 2013
Quiz night to be held at Methodist church
Quiz NightT: A quiz night is to be held at Shildon Methodist
Church on Friday (April 5). Entry includes pie and pea supper and
is by donation with at least £3.50 requested. Details from
01388-773171.
The Northern Echo
31 March 2013
Royal Manor Workshops art exhibition at Easton Methodist Church on
Portland
Local artists made an impression on visitors at a popular art
exhibition. Around 15 artists displayed their work at the Royal
Manor Workshops art exhibition at Easton Methodist Church on
Portland. The artwork was a mixture of landscapes, seascapes and
figure and animal paintings, organiser Vi Winter said. She added:
"We had a constant flow of people coming through the doors.
Dorset Echo
30 March 2013
Hucknall's Central Methodist Church celebrates 50
years
Celebrations have taken place at Hucknall's Central Methodist
Church to mark its 50th Anniversary and to recognise 200 years of
methodism in the town. Church stalwarts Graham Daft, Sarah Brennan,
Mike Allcock and Maureen Newton teamed up to co-ordinate the two
day golden jubilee event which was well supported and served as a
showcase to all the good work the Baker Street church has achieved
in five decades.
Dispatch
March 29 2013
Baildon Methodist Church coffee morning raises funds for Tools for
Self Reliance
Tools for gardening and DIY will be on sale at a coffee morning at
Baildon Methodist Church on Saturday, April 20, from 10am to
11.30am. Proceeds will go to the charity Tools for Self Reliance,
whose members refurbish old tools and sewing machines to send to
African countries to help people to further their skills and
improve their standard of living.
Telegraph and Argus
29 March 2013
Dish of the day: Zak's snacks hit the spot
It's the new kid on the block in Oadby but, despite competition,
Zak's Cafe is already making its mark on the town's eating scene.
This light, bright, spacious new food venue opened at the end of
February. It can seat 49 people with ease, is an enterprise by
Trinity Methodist Church, Oadby, and is an extension to the
church's existing community building.
Lecister Mercury
28 March 2013
Methodist Church begins six months of
celebrations
One of Market Rasen's most iconic buildings celebrates an
important landmark this year. For 150 years, Market Rasen Methodist
Church has been active in the community through worship and
service.
Market Rasen Mail
28 March 2013
Lees Methodist Church Craft and Chat Group helps needy to stay
warm
Keighley knitters and crocheters came up with a purler of an idea
to help people stay warm and well in the face of rising energy
bills and icy weather. Needles, hooks and yarn were deployed by
Lees Methodist Church Craft and Chat Group to support a charity
initiative. Members filled five bags full of knitted blankets,
scarves, neck warmers and mittens, all destined for people coping
with hardship.
Telegraph and Argus
25 March 2013
Quiz night at Brough Methodist Church
A quiz night will be held at Brough Methodist Church on Saturday,
April 13, at 7pm. Tickets are priced at £3 including refreshments.
All proceeds from the evening will go to the Brough Methodist
Church building fund. Futher details are available from Linda
Barber on 01482 666322
Borough People
22 March 2013
Sutton-on-Sea Methodist Church lightning damage repair work
starts
Work has begun to repair a church badly damaged by a lightning
strike on the Lincolnshire coast. Sutton-on-Sea's Methodist Church,
on Station Road, was hit by a bolt of lightning last summer.
BBC News Lincolnshire
18 March 2013
CODNOR; Tea and toast mornings at Methodist Church
hall
Tea and toast is still served every Tuesday morning between 10am
and 12 noon at Codnor Methodist Church Hall on Mill Lane. The cost
being £1.
Derbyshire Times
18 March 2013
Purple Coffee Morning at Barn Hill Methodist Church in
Stamford
A Purple Coffee Morning will be held at Barn Hill Methodist
Church, Stamford on Friday, March 22 at 10am and on the day itself
there will be a Purple Cake Sale at Stamford Hospital
cafeteria.
Rutland and Stamford Mercury
18 March 2013
BRAMPTON: Methodist Church's Wesley Guild members see holiday
photos
The Storrs Road Methodist Church Wesley Guild met on Monday
evening for the regular monthly meeting. Sister Mavis Plater took
the chair. Following the opening devotions Clive Dennis gave a
presentation of a variety of holiday photographs from many
different locations abroad and in the UK.
Derbyshire Times
18 March 2013
SWANWICK: Methodist church hosts Big Brew in aid of
Traidcraft
On Saturday, March 23, Swanwick Methodist Church on Derby Road, is
inviting local people to say cheers to fair trade farmers in
developing countries by joining them at their Traidcraft Big Brew
event.
Derbyshire Times
16 March 2013
Methodist Church launches internal review of historical abuse
cases
The Methodist Church is starting a comprehensive review of every
case of abuse it's dealt with over the past sixty years. The
painstaking examination of safeguarding issues is expected to take
up to 36 months.
Premier Radio
15 March 2013
Marco Cheng to play at Thurlby Methodist Church in aid of Bourne
mayor's charities
A piano concert by Marco Cheng in aid of the Bourne mayor's
charities will take place at Thurlby Methodist Church on Sunday at
3pm.
Rutland and Stamford Mercury
14 March 2013
Methodist
churches conduct safeguarding review to boost
safety
The Methodist Church is undertaking a comprehensive review of
every safeguarding matter it has dealt with over the past sixty
years in order to learn the lessons of the past. The independent
Past Cases Review will see letters sent to all Methodist church
leaders throughout Britain asking them to share the details of all
relevant cases, dating back to 1950.
Ekklesia
13 March 2013
Teacup auction at Methodist Church Saturday
The Whitehall United Methodist Church will host its teacup auction
this Saturday. The event will be held on Saturday, March 16, at the
church. Doors are set to open at 11 a.m. and drawings will be held
at 1 p.m.
Manchester Newspapers
13 March 2013
England v Italy: Vunipola brothers Mako and Billy want Mum
to see their Sunday best
It may not happen on Sunday against Italy with Tom Croft's
return meaning Billy will probably have to wait for his debut at No
8 and to join Mako, who should win his eighth cap at prop. Normally
on Sunday, the boys, along with their two sisters Tiffany and Ana,
would be listening to mum's sermon at the Avenue Methodist church
down the road from their home.
The Telegraph
11 March 2013
New look Methodist Church
The new look Brigham Church. Revamped seating inside the church-
pews have been replaced by chair.
ITV Border
27 February 2013
Jack Dromey Visits Erdington Methodist Church - "An Impressive and
Progressive Church at the Heart of the Local
Community"
Jack Dromey MP visited Erdington Methodist Church. The Church is
situated in Wesley Road and serves a congregation of several
hundred local people. Jack says: "It was good to visit Erdington
Methodist Church and to meet with the ever enthusiastic Rev.
Nichola Jones and the Church leadership. They are an impressive and
progressive Church at the heart of our local community, acting as
the hub of many local voluntary initiatives. It was also for me
moving to be there as the Church celebrated the life of Evelyn
Lonsdale, a long time worshipper, who recently died aged 103"
Jack Dromey MP website
26 February 2013
13 million people are living in poverty
Some 13 million people, including 3.6 million children, are living
in poverty in the UK, a report claims today. The Lies We Tell
Ourselves, published by several different church groups, says
evidence and statistics have been misused, misrepresented and
manipulated by politicians to create myths that blame and
stigmatise the most vulnerable in society.
The Independent
04 March 2013
How shaming the poor became our new bloodsport
How long would it take for "poor-shaming" to embed itself in the
national psyche as borderline normal? Or perhaps it has already
done so? The Methodists, the United Reformed Church, the Church of
Scotland and the Baptist Union have joined forces to publish a
study called The Lies We Tell Ourselves. It highlights myths
surrounding people and poverty, including Iain Duncan Smith's much
trumpeted "families out of work for three generations" line (which,
it turns out, has never been backed up by data).
The Guardian
03 March 2013
Government
'misrepresenting' the poor, say churches
The government is
deliberately misusing evidence and statistics to misrepresent the
plight of the poor, a report says. The Methodist and United
Reformed Churches, the Church of Scotland and the Baptist Union
jointly published the The Lies We Tell Ourselves study.
BBC News
1 March 2013
New look Methodist Church
The new look Brigham Church. Revamped seating inside the
church- pews have been replaced by chair.
ITV Border
27 February 2013
Jack Dromey Visits Erdington Methodist Church - "An Impressive and
Progressive Church at the Heart of the Local
Community"
Jack Dromey MP visited Erdington Methodist Church. The
Church is situated in Wesley Road and serves a congregation of
several hundred local people. Jack says: "It was good to visit
Erdington Methodist Church and to meet with the ever enthusiastic
Rev. Nichola Jones and the Church leadership. They are an
impressive and progressive Church at the heart of our local
community, acting as the hub of many local voluntary initiatives.
It was also for me moving to be there as the Church celebrated the
life of Evelyn Lonsdale, a long time worshipper, who recently died
aged 103"
Jack Dromey MP website
26 February 2013
Methodist church to re-open in west .Cumbria
A Methodist Church in Brigham, west Cumbria, is about to re-open
to the public- nine months after it closed for urgent repairs.
Members of the church community raised more than £120,000 through a
combination of grants, donations and events.
Border
22 February 2013
Men's Fellowship of Mountsorrel Methodist Church celebrating 50th
birthday
The Men's Fellowship of Mountsorrel Methodist Church will be
celebrating its 50th Anniversary this weekend. On Saturday,
February 23, there will be a three course dinner served at 6pm
followed, at 7.30pm, with a concert by the Loughborough Concert
Band with guest trombone soloist Sam Dye, who is a music scholar at
Chetham's School of Music, Manchester.
Loughborough Echo
20 February 2013
Barlborough: Special service to mark 100 years of Methodist
Chapel
This year sees the 100th anniversary of the construction of the
Methodist Chapel on New Road, Barlborough. A special service is to
be held at 11.00am on Sunday 24th February at the Chapel. The
service is to be led by Rev Vernon Marsh, Chair of the Sheffield
District of the Methodist Church.
Derbyshire Times
18 February 2013
Mullion Methodist Monday Club's charity fundraiser
Mullion Methodist Monday Club will be providing refreshments at
this weekend's farmers' market in the village, to fundraise for
charity. Club members will be selling "winter warmer" soup with
bacon and sausage sandwiches, using meat provided by one of the
market's producers, to raise funds for the Cornwall Air
Ambulance.
ThisIsTheWestCountry
15 February 2013
World Methodist Peace Award service to honour Asia-Pacific
peace advocate
Ms Balazo will be presented with the 2012 World Methodist Peace
award at a service in her honour at Sydney's Wesley Mission.
Previous award winners include former US President Jimmy Carter
(1985), Mikhail Gorbachev (1990) and Nelson Mandela (2000). The
award will be presented by Bishop Ivan Abrahams, General Secretary
of the World Methodist Council at a ceremony presided over by the
President of the Uniting Church's Assembly Rev. Professor Andrew
Dutney.
Christian Today
13 February 2013
Responses
to Pope Benedict's resignation hint at need for
change
The Methodist Church in Britain was among the first to respond
to the ailing Pontiff's unexpected resignation this morning (11
February 2013). The Rev Ken Howcroft, who represents World
Methodism in Rome, commented: "It is sad when a Christian leader
has to lay aside an office in this way. I was present when the Pope
presided at a service to mark the end of this year's Week of Prayer
for Christian Unity. His address was excellent and clear," Howcroft
continued, "but he has started to look more frail recently, and
there are great challenges urgently facing all our Churches. It
will be fascinating to be in Rome as a new Pope is found."
Ekklesia
11 February 2013
Methodist leaders praying for Pope and Catholics
Methodist Church leaders have offered their prayers for Pope
Benedict XVI after he announced his resignation today. The Reverend
Dr Mark Wakelin, President of the Methodist Conference, said: "We
were shocked to hear of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, which must
have been a difficult decision to make.
Christian Today
11 February 2013
Bourne Methodist Church to host series of lectures
A number of religious lectures will be held in the run up to
Easter. The talks on the subject of "glimpses of God" will be held
at 11am in Bourne Methodist Church on February 22 and March 1, 8,
15 and 22.
The Local
10 February 2013
'Taste and See' day at Broomhill Methodist Church
Don't forget that Broomhill Methodist Church is offering locals
the chance to "sample discipleship, evangelism and mission
resources over a day with coffee, lunch and afternoon tea"
today.
09 February 2013
Droitwich Methodist Church marks 75th
anniversary
A service has been held to mark the 75th anniversary of the
building of Droitwich Spa Methodist Church. Civic dignitaries
attended the event on Sunday, January 27 to celebrate the Worcester
Road site's construction in 1938.
Droitwich Spa Advertiser
1 February 2013
Fit for new purposes
Other denominations are also turning redundant churches to
new uses. Of the 900 Methodist chapels in Cornwall, only 250 are
still working churches; most of the rest are now homes. But since
2008 the Methodists have started to take their heritage more
seriously, says Jo Hibbard, the first Methodist heritage officer.
John Wesley's chapel in London is undergoing a £1.5m renovation;
the rectory he grew up in is being turned back from a guesthouse
into a tourist attraction.
The Economicst
26 January 2013
Methodist Church re-envisages mission
The Methodist Church has renewed its commitment to mission in
the UK and overseas. Its Council voted at a meeting in London this
week to continue the process of integrating the Methodist
Missionary Society into the Church. The process is being undertaken
to strengthen the Church's mission work in a changing world.
Christian Today
23 January 2013
Prescot and Whiston Methodist Church donated more than 60 presents
to Pan CHeshire Missing From Home Service, ran by Halton-based
Catch 22
A church has given more than 60 presents to a missing-from-home
service run by Halton-based organisation Catch 22. The gifts were
donated from Prescot and Whiston Methodist Church to children and
young people who had previously used the Pan Cheshire Missing From
Home Service.
Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News
11 January 2013
Songs of Praise service at St John's Methodist Church in
Allestree
Allestree Churches Together will be holding a special 'Songs of
Praise' service on January 20 as part of its celebration of the
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
ThisIsDerbyshire.co.uk
09 January 2012
Alnmouth Methodist Church will be converted into luxury
home
A former church in a pretty seaside village has been put up for
sale with planning permission to make it into a luxury family
home.
The Journal
09 January 2012
Couples can help celebrate Droitwich Methodist Church
anniversary
Couple who were married at Droitwich Methodist Church are being
asked to come forward to help mark its 75th anniversary.
The Droitwich Spa Advertiser
09 January 2012
Nativity scene at Southwick Methodist Church
Little Lights Children's Singing and Worship Group from Southwick
Methodist Church put on a Nativity play on Thursday, December 20,
featuring the new minister, the Rev Ian Suttie.
Shoreham Herald
3 January 2012
Methodist
church turns a new leaf
New leaders of Fiji's largest Christian denomination - the
Methodist Church - who take up their roles this year want to work
closely with the government.
The Fiji Times
02 January 2012
Knitted tree the way forward at West Huntspill Methodist
Church
A church group near Highbridge decided to create an unusual
festive decoration this year - by knitting a 7ft Christmas
tree.
The plushy marvel, made up of around 1,200 knitted squares and
over 100 stitched decorations, was crafted over nine months by
dedicated members of West Huntspill Methodist Church.
ThisIsTheWestCountry.co.uk
31 December 2012
Methodist Church to host chamber music group
Manchester's newest chamber music group, The Pleyel Ensemble,
which consists of experienced performers all of whom have some
affiliation with the city, is about to launch a series of Saturday
evening concerts at Alderley Edge Methodist Church.
AlderleyEdge.com
31 December 2012
Festival of Christmas trees at Bridgwater Methodist
Church
Hundreds of people packed into Bridgwater Methodist Church to see
36 Christmas trees displayed in a festival.The trees, a mix of real
and replica, were decorated by various organisations, businesses,
charities and churches from across Sedgemoor.
ThisIstheWestCountry.co.uk
26 December 2012
Exciting times at Cornerstone Methodist Church
THE £500,000 development at Cornerstone Methodist Church in
Davyhulme is progressing well, with the completion of the first
part of the works. A new, state-of-the-art gas central heating
system has been installed at the Hayeswater Road Church, which has
replaced a very old oil burning system.
Messenger
25 December 2012
Discover a 'vulnerable God', says Methodist
President
The President of the Methodist Church has invited people to
discover a "vulnerable God" in Jesus this Christmas.The Reverend Dr
Mark Wakelin, President of the Methodist Conference, said that the
point of Christmas was God communicating with humans "when words
are not adequate".
Christian Today
25 December 2012
Christmas Eve family service at Bourne Methodist
Church
Bourne Methodist Church will be holding a Crib Service
particularly for families at 4pm on Christmas Eve. The service will
be led by Rev Dr Daniel Mwailu to celebrate the birth of Jesus. All
are welcome.
The Bourne Local
23 December 2012
Ketton Methodist Church was buzzing for mince pie
event
An annual mince pie and coffee morning was held at Ketton
Methodist Church last Saturday. Chris Lemmon, one of the
organisers, said the event raised more than £300 for overseas
aid.
Rutland Times
18 December 2012
Carol service at the Bourne Methodist Church
The Bourne Methodist Church will be holding a carol service on
Sunday at 3.30pm. Among the guests who will be reading is the mayor
Helen Powell.
Rutland and Stamford Mercury
15 December 2012
Church
needs to be creative in a changing society, say
Methodists
The census figures on religion for England and Wales have been
described as "challenging but not discouraging," by the Methodist
General Secretary.
Ekklesia
12 December 2012
Methodist response to proposals on same-sex
marriage
Statement from the General Secretary of the Methodist Church, the
Revd Dr Martyn Atkins, in response to the Government's proposals on
same-sex marriage
Anglican Mainstream
12 December 2012
Same-sex marriage: Methodist Church response
Statement from the General Secretary of the Methodist Church,
the Revd Dr Martyn Atkins, in response to the Government's
proposals on same-sex marriage...
Thinking Anglicans
11 December 2012
Census figures are a challenge, not a problem say
Methodists
Today's census figures have been described as "challenging but
not discouraging," by the Methodist General Secretary who says that
the Church is there to serve others.
Xn
11 December 2012
Christmas tree festival at Earlsdon Methodist
Church
Earlsdon Methodist Church launches its 13th Christmas tree
festival this week. Every year, community groups decorate a tree to
promote their work, or just for the fun of it. Last year there was
a knitted tree and one decorated with recycled rubbish.
Coventry Telegraph
04 December 2012
Cradley Methodist church to host Christmas
festivities
A traditional Christmas fair is being held at Cradley's Overend
Methodist Mission on Saturday. The event at the Banners Lane
church, from 11am until 2pm, will feature stalls selling items
including crafts, nearly new, white elephant, cakes and groceries
plus hot and cold food.
Halesowen News
04 December 2012
Classical piano recital at Thurlby Methodist Church
A classical pianist recital is taking place on Sunday to raise
money for charity. The concert at Thurlby Methodist Church, in High
Street, will be given by 17-year-old student Marco Chueng. The
recital will begin at 2pm, raising money for the Bourne mayor's
charities and the chapel fund. No entry fee but donations welcome.
To book call Helen Powell on 01778 421042.
Rutland and Stamford Mercury
03 December 2012
Young
Methodists discuss sexuality and gender at
3Generate
Young people aired their views on conflict and peace, exam stress,
bullying, sexuality and gender orientation at the sell-out
3Generate event this month. More than 250 children and young people
met at Whitemoor Lakes in Lichfield for the annual gathering, which
drew delegates from as far away as Gibraltar, Cornwall, the Isle of
Man, Scotland and Wales. A report on the assembly will be presented
to the Methodist Conference next summer.
Ekklesia
03 December 2012
Musical entertainment at tree festival
Visitors to Tottington Methodist Church can enjoy a tree-mendous
start to the festive season. The church is staging its first-ever
Christmas tree festival tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday and is being
supported with musical entertainment.
Bury Times
03 December 2012
Cradley Methodist church to host Christmas festivities
A traditional Christmas fair is being held at Cradley's Overend
Methodist Mission on Saturday. The event at the Banners Lane
church, from 11am until 2pm, will feature stalls selling items
including crafts, nearly new, white elephant, cakes and groceries
plus hot and cold food.
Halesowen News
03 December 2012
Methodist
Charles Wesley cottage painting 'original'
A painting of evangelist Charles Wesley in a cottage in Cornwall
has been identified as an original painted by his daughter. The
painting at Wesley Cottage in Trewint, near Launceston, was
previously thought to be a copy.
BBC News Cornwall
02 December 2012
Methodists seek to beat rising energy costs
Methodist churches are being encouraged to take up a new scheme
that will help them save on their energy bills. The Church's
approved buying group 2buy2 are offering churches negotiated
tariffs on electricty, gas and oil from suppliers that they
manage.
Christian Today
01 December 2012
Methodist
scheme aims to save money and reduce energy
consumption
A new scheme will offer thousands of Methodist churches in Britain
the chance to save money, time and energy on their electricity, gas
and oil bills. The Methodist Church is recommending that all
Methodist properties buy their energy through 2buy2.
Ekklesia
01 December 2012
Beer mat campaign launched in Darwen as festival gets
underway
A Quirky beer mat campaign urging people not to drink and drive
will launch tomorrow as Darwen's first real ale and cider festival
gets under way. Methodist churches in Darwen have produced 1,000
beer mats containing a 'quick response' (QR) code which links to a
one-minute video and message.
Lancashire Telegraph
30 November 2012
11th annual festival of decorated Christmas Trees at Sleaford
Methodist Church
THE 11th annual festival of decorated Christmas Trees will take
place at Sleaford Methodist Church this weekend. The trees will be
on display from 10am to 4pm on Saturday and from 11am to 5pm on
Sunday.
ThisIsLincolnshire
30 November 2012
Bluestone Methodist BB to hold car boot sale
First Bluestone Methodist BB will be holding a Christmas car boot
sale, wash and indoor variety sale at their Bluestone Road premises
on Saturday. starting at 9am.
Lurgan Mail
29 November 2012
Methodist president visits Hale to open the Vine
On Sunday, the President of the Methodist Church in Great Britain
visited Hale for the dedication service of a new church and
community building. At the Vine, the new home of Hale Methodist
Church, the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin said that he would be telling
people around the country what has been done in Hale.
The Messenger
28 November 2012
Anglican Communion News Service - Digest
News
The Joint Implementation Commission (JIC) of the Anglican
Methodist Covenant has voiced its disappointment that the General
Synod has not found a way to move forward on the question of women
bishops. It added, however, that, although the vote in General
Synod on Tuesday failed to remove a major obstacle to growing into
that unity to which the Church of England and the Methodist Church
are committed in the Covenant between them, the basis of that
Covenant has not changed.
Anglican Communion News
26 November 2012
Methodist milestone marked at
memories
exhibition
A church celebrated its centenary with a series of events,
including an exhibition of the history of the building and
religious movements which inspired it.Two days of events took place
at Thurlby Methodist Church to celebrate the centenary of being in
its present building in High Street.
The Bourne Local
25 November 2012
Flower festival and craft fair at Seymour Street Methodist
Seymour Street Methodist Church will host its advent flower
festival and craft fair over the weekend off Friday, November
30-Sunday, December 2. The official opening of the festival by the
Mayor of Lisburn will take place on the Friday at 10.30am.
Ulster Star
25 November 2012
Cleobury Methodist Church hosts art festival
Cleobury Methodist Church is being transformed into an art
gallery for an arts and craft festival this weekend. A display of
local work will be on offer, as well as jewellery and gift
cards.
The Shuttle
23 November 2012
Upminster Methodist Church calls on businesses to sponsor trees in
annual Christmas Tree Festival
Havering charities will benefit when Upminster Methodist Church
holds its third annual Christmas Tree Festival from next week. The
festival will take place between Saturday, December 1 and Sunday,
December 9, and will see about 30 trees displayed in the Hall Lane
church. The trees will be decorated by businesses and community
groups to the theme of "2012: a special year".
22 November 2012
Romford Recorder
Do you have Primitive Methodist roots?
Historians are inviting people to dig up stories about Methodists
in their family tree and share them on a new heritage
website.
My Primitive Methodist Ancestors provides a space where people can
share information about every aspect of Primitive Methodism.
XN
20 November 2012
Philippa Hanna to play Chester-le-Street church
Christian singer Philippa Hanna, who recently supported soul
legend Lionel Ritchie on the UK leg of his European tour, will
perform at Chester-le-Street Methodist Church, North Burns, on
Saturday December 1 at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £7 for adults and £4
for under-18s (£1 extra on the door) and are available by calling
0191-389 0363.
The Northern Echo
19 November 2012
Christmas fair at Bridgwater Methodist Church
Bridgewater Methodist Church is will hold a Christmas fair at
the town hall on Saturday, December 1, from 10am to 2pm with
jewellery, crafts, books, cards, cakes, a tombola, a raffle and
refreshments.
Bridgewater Mercury
19 November 2012
The magnificence of 80 Huddersfield Methodists on stage together
for the first time
Eighty singers, musicians and actors have gathered together on
stage for the premier of a new musical. Huddersfield's Methodist
Circuit of churches performed the first of three Two Sisters and a
Funeral shows.
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner
19 November 2012
Lambeth
Anglicans and Methodists celebrate 40 years of cooperation
The Lambeth Mission & St Mary's building in Lambeth Road was
full on Sunday morning for a service marking the 40th anniversary
of Lambeth's Anglican-Methodist ecumenical partnership.
Lambeth Anglican
18 November 2012
Altrincham Foodbank set up by Anglican, Catholic and Methodist
communities
Churches and schools in Altrincham and Timperley have collected
a massive two and a half tonnes of food for a foodbank to help feed
people in need. Altrincham Foodbank has been set up by the
Anglican, Catholic and Methodist communities of Altrincham and it
opened on November 9.
Messenger
21 November 2012
Messy church on Tuesday
Etherley Methodist Church, on South Road, Etherley, near Bishop
Auckland, will hold a Messy Church session for children on Tuesday
(November 13) at 3.20pm. The theme is the Good Samaritan. There
will be food, crafts and stories. All are welcome.
The Northern Echo
21 November 2012
Britain in nutrition recession as food prices rise and
incomes shrink
Pitsmoor Methodist Church in Sheffield offers senior
citizens a weekly lunch service. This film follows the volunteers
who keep the service going, and tells the story of what it means to
the people who depend on it for their only hot meal.
The Guardian
18 November 2012
Gwent Police Choir, St Julian's Methodist
Church
Gwent is rich in tradition with male choirs, and Gwent
Police Choir, now in its 43rd year, remains true to that
tradition.
South Wales Argus
18 November 2012
Thought for the week - the Rev Andrew Johnson
ON Remembrance Sunday together with the Rev Deborah Hall from
Batley Central Methodist Church, I led Batley's annual Remembrance
Day service...
Batley & Birstall News
18 November 2012
Methodists encourage
people to dig out their radical history
Historians are inviting people to
dig up stories about radical, dissenting Methodists
in their family tree and share them on a new heritage
website.
Ekklesia
17 November 2012
Methodists in the family
People across the UK are being asked to look into their family
trees and see if there are any Methodists among their
ancestors. A new website - My Primitive Methodist Ancestors -
has been set up where people can share their stories and
pictures.
Christian Today
16 November 2012
Songs of Praise marks Prisons Week
in Norfolk
To mark the start of Prisons Week, BBC1's Songs of Praise will
come from Wayland Prison, Norfolk on Sunday November 18.
Network Norwich
16 November 2012
Services held in tribute to fallen heroesServices held in
tribute to fallen heroes
Service men and women who have lost their lives in
conflicts fought around the world were remembered in services and
acts of remembrance across the area last weekend.
This is Somerset
15 November 2012
Concerts mark 20th anniversary
RIPLEY-BASED Musical Dimension will be holding a pair of 20th
anniversary concerts in the town on Friday and Saturday, November
16-17. They will be held at Wood Street Methodist Church, at
7.30pm nightly, and will feature a selection of the choir's
favourite songs from the last 20 years.
Ripley & Heanor News
15 November 2012
Centenary at Thurlby Methodist Church
Thurlby Methodist Church is celebrating 100 years of being in
its present building in High Street.
Stamford Mercury
15 November 2012
Methodist Church announces two lunchtime
concerts
Alderley Edge Methodist Church will host two lunchtime concerts
during November. Their regular monthly recitals continue on
Wednesday 21st November with a performance by postgraduate students
from the Royal Northern College of Music: violinist, Michael Jones
and pianist, Andrew Dunlop
15 November 2012
Remembering the fallen of the town
SILENCE fell in Knutsford as civic dignitaries, church leaders
and the community honoured their fallen heroes.
Knutsford Guardian
14 November 2012
Beckenham MP Bob Stewart visits Talking Tots at Beckenham
Methodist Church
AN MP who is used to the floor of the House of Commons found
himself sitting on the floor during a visit in his
constituency. Bob Stewart was visiting Talking Tots, Beckenham
Methodist Church, Bromley Road, Beckenham, to show his support for
its nursery rhyme campaign.
News Shopper
15 November 2012
Nailsea Methodist Church annual craft Christmas
fair
More than 40 stalls opened for business at Nailsea Methodist
Church on Saturday for its annual Christmas craft fair. Bigger and
better than ever the festive event raised £2,400 most of which will
be given to charities.
Nailsea People
15 November 2012
Pewsey Country Market marks its 30th
birthday
Pewsey's Country Market celebrated its 30th birthday on Tuesday,
although the organising committee warned that if some new and
younger blood does not join it the future of the market looks
bleak.
This is Wiltshire
14 November 2012
Christmas gifts sale at Methodist Church
CUSTOMERS and vendors are invited to a Christmas gifts sale in
Sherwood. The event will take place on Saturday, December 1,
from 10.30am at Sherwood Methodist Church in Devon Drive.
This is Nottingham
12 November 2012
Give
something different this Christmas
The Methodist Church is helping to spread the Christmas cheer
this year with the latest edition of its A Gift of Christmas
booklet.
Christian Today
12 November 2012
Taunton and Somerset Music and Drama Festival starts
today!
THE 99th Taunton and Somerset Music and Drama Festival kicks off
today (November 12) with music classes at Queen's College and
speech and drama classes at the Temple Methodist Church,
Taunton.
This is The West Country
12 November 2012
Record Remembrance Day turn-outs in tribute to the
fallen
Bradford Lord Mayor Councillor Dale Smith attended a Remembrance
Day parade in Ilkley. The parade was led from the Brook Street
car park to the Memorial Gardens.
Wharfdale Observer
11 November 2012
Justin
Welby: reaction to new Archbishop
Dr Mark Wakelin, president of the Methodist Conference: "Bishop
Justin has demonstrated himself to be a man of spiritual depth and
wisdom. He has shown great passion and enthusiasm for working
together with other Churches and we look forward to working with
him in the context of the partnership between our two
Churches."
The Times
09 November 2012
Otley will remember all those who have died in conflict with an
11am service and a two-minute silence in the memorial garden on
Remembrance Sunday.
The first ceremony will be followed by a 2.15pm parade - led by
the local branch of the Royal British Legion and ex-servicemen -
through town to the Methodist Church.
Ilkley Gazette
08 November 2012
West Leeds: Meet a 21st century vicar with a timeless
mission
Reverend Charity Hamilton doesn't exactly present the traditional
image of a vicar. But the 33-year-old Methodist Minister is a ray
of light in this working class corner of west Leeds. Originally
from Whitehaven in Cumbria, Charity arrived in Leeds two years ago
and took over Lower Wortley Methodist Church, which was originally
built in 1884.
Yorkshire Evening Post
09 November 2012
Youth choir will perform in Morpeth
A youth choir will be performing in Morpeth next month. The
British Methodist Youth Choir will perform a concert at Morpeth
Methodist Church on Saturday, November 17, at 7.30pm.
New Post leader
09 November 2012
Epworth events will mark 350th Wesley Methodist milestone
Events to mark the 350th birthday of the father of the Wesleys
will be taking place in Epworth in December. Samuel Wesley, the
determined Rector of Epworth for nearly 40 years, had a huge
influence, particularly on his sons John and Charles Wesley as they
developed the Methodist movement.
East Hull and Riding
07 November 2012
Aged and orphans benefit from festival
Mayor of Broxtowe Councillor Margaret Handley opens a winter
fair and festival at Wollaton Road Methodist Church, Beeston, on
Saturday, December 1, at 10am.
ThisIsNottingham.co.uk
07 November 2012
British Methodist
youth president to visit Auschwitz
The Methodist Youth President, Hayley Moss, will visit a former
Nazi extermination camp on Wednesday 7 November 2012 after she was
selected to represent the British Youth Council on a one-day visit
to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Ekklesia
05 November 2012
Art group exhibition a success
Organisers of an art group's annual exhibition say the event was
a success, with more than 200 visitors coming through the
doors.Cockerton Art Group's exhibition, held at Cockerton Methodist
Church on Saturday (October 27), showcased the group's art work,
with the pieces up for sale.
The Northern Echo
05 November 2012
A tale of two cities revealed: The hidden deprivation in
Norwich
Norwich Foodbank has highlighted deprivation in the city. Foodbank
co-ordinator Grant Habershon and methodist minister Rev Sharon
Willimott at Mile Cross Methodist church on Aylsham Road.
Norwich Evening News
05 November 2012
Church
leader heads walks to 130 Lancashire churches
The leader of Lancashire's Methodists has successfully completed a
walk to each of the denomination's churches in the county. The
Reverend Stephen Poxon visited 130 Methodist churches, chapels,
schools and homes for the aged in the county.
BBC News Lancashire
05 November 2012
Fundraising milestone for church project
Volunteers at a Darlington church have reached a fundraising
milestone in their support for an African school project. Members
of Cockerton Methodist Church have now helped raise more than
£7,500 for the Grace project, in Ghana.
The Northern Echo
05 November 2012
Methodist Church launches fund for Haiti storm victims
Areas devastated by superstorm Sandy are facing a new crisis -
fuel shortages. Motorists are driving for miles, only to face long
queues, hours of waiting, and no guarantees they'll be able to fill
up.Taxi drivers in New York have started turning away business.
Meanwhile, the Methodist Church is providing funds to the Carribean
after Sandy killed more than 70 people there.
Premier Radio
05 November 2012
Methodist
invites leaders
THE Methodist Church in Fiji has invited political leaders in
the formation of the constitution, to align themselves to the plan
of God, in whose hands the future of the world lies.
The Fiji Times
04 November 2012
Final events mark bicentenary of Crabbs Cross Methodist
Church
THE final events to mark the bicentenary of Crabbs Cross
Methodist Church have been called a huge success.The events, a
special concert with the Arrow Vale Singers and an anniversary
morning service followed by lunch, took place on October 21 and
22.
Redditch Advertiser
03 November 2012
Methodist Church
in Britain makes grant to victims of Hurricane Sandy
The Methodist Church in Britain has agreed a grant of £18,000 in
aid to support communities struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane
Sandy.
Ekkelsia
03 November
Singers serve up a tasty treat
And so said the minister at Par Methodist Church on October 13
at the end of a truly Cornish evening in a chapel packed to the
rafters.It was a concert - an entertainment - given by the 12 good
men and true from Redruth, The Trelawney Singers. Songs to make you
laugh, to think, to uplift.
Cornish Guardian
02 November 2012
Methodists to use
Advent gifts to support vulnerable communities
On Advent Sunday (2 December) Methodists around Britain will
celebrate and raise money for the work of a fund which gives grants
to support work across the country's communities, not least among
the most vulnerable in society.
Ekklesia
02 November 2012
Methodists assist Haiti and Cuba after Sandy
The Methodist Church has sent £18,000 in aid to support
communities recovering from Hurricane Sandy. Grants will go to help
communities in Cuba and Haiti, where Sandy left a trail of
destruction last week.
Christian Today
02 November 2012
Methodists focus on mission's work
AS A fishing port, Porthleven had always had a special affinity
with the sea. So it was appropriate that the town's Methodist
chapel celebrated Harvest of the Sea at the weekend, which this
year looked at the work of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea
Fishermen.
01 November 2012
ThisIsCornwall.co.uk
Cadoxton Methodist Church celebrates 150 years of service
Once upon a time Cadoxton was a small village community quite
separate from Barry. With the industrial revolution and the
worldwide demand for Welsh coal the village grew providing homes
for workers on the booming Barry Docks until if became part of the
town. The Methodist community of Cadoxton decided that they needed
their own neighbourhood church and in 1862 Cadoxton Methodist
Church was opened and on Sunday (October 28) the church celebrates
its 150th anniversary.
Barry and District News
31 October 2012
'Inconsistent' Europe imports 15 times more goods from West Bank
than from Palestinians
A report published today by a coalition of 22 non-governmental
organisations, including Christian Aid and the Methodist Church,
criticises the "inconsistency at the heart of EU policy".It calls
for EU member states to issue strict guidelines on labelling
products that are grown or made in the settlements, rather than in
Israel.
Telegraph
30 October 2012
Yarm Methodist Church donates to Emergency Relief Fund
A big "thank you" to Yarm Methodist Church who kindly donated
their retiring collection to the Teesside Emergency Relief Fund
which is one of the funds administered by the Foundation.
30 October 2012
Falmouth Methodist Church to host charity 'Cards for Good
Causes'
Charity Christmas cards will go on sale in Falmouth from this
Monday. Cards For Good Causes sets up at Falmouth Methodist Church
on The Moor each year, selling festive greeting cards in support of
a range of different charities.
The Packet
25 October 2012
Funding paves way for new village hall
The Methodist chapel, which was built in 1866, closed in 2004
after a covenant was agreed between the Methodist Church and
Anglicans in the village to share services, buildings and mission.
Mr Exelby said the scheme, which is one of the first projects in
Yorkshire to be awarded funding from the fund's Reaching
Communities Buildings scheme, would also bolster proposals for the
development of a community orchard and allotment, to provide
produce for use in the community café or for sale locally.
The Northern Echo
24 October 2012
Criminals give something back to Taunton community
Criminals who want to make amends have helped spruce up the
outside of Rowbarton Methodist Church. They repaired and painted
the railing outside as part of the Community Payback Scheme. Church
treasurer Chris Downing said: "The team did a superb job and the
restored railings really do enhance our church building and the
surrounding area. We thank all those involved."
ThisIsTheWestCountry.co.uk
23 October 2012
Children's music groups at Broomhill
Music groups for children as young as four are now being held at
The Beacon, formerly known as Broomhill Methodist Church in
Broomhill. Budding musicians from the ages of four through to 10
can take part in the classes, covering musical skills and offering
the chance to try out various muscial instruments.
Postcode Gazette
23 October 2012
Veterans join cadets for rededication of war
memorial
Veteran soldiers joined Army and Air Cadets for the rededication
of a war memorial in Lostock Hall.A parade attended by the Deputy
Mayor of South Ribble Coun Dorothy Gardner was held on Sunday to
mark the relocation of the monument, from Lostock Hall Methodist
Church to Brownedge Road.
Lancashire Evening Post
23 October 2012
Help older people get out more, say south west
residents
Loneliness is one of the biggest issues facing older people in
the south west of Sheffield, according to residents who attended a
special meeting on Thursday evening. Support for older people was
the topic of debate chosen by locals for the Meet the Cabinet event
at the South West Community Assembly meeting in Banner Cross
Methodist Church.
Postcode Gazette
23 October 2012
Roast beef dinner served up in Witton Park
Luncheon Club: Witton Park Methodist Chapel is serving a roast
beef dinner and dessert from noon to 2pm on Wednesday (October 24).
The meal costs £4.
The Northern Echo
22 October 2012
URC and Methodist Church look to increase joint
working
Representatives of the United Reformed and Methodist Churches
have met to discuss the possibility of working more closely
together. The second joint meeting of the URC's Mission Council and
the Methodist Council was held in Sutton Coldfield this week.
Christian Today
20 October 2012
Papua New Guinea mission
A church has invited the public to hear about a mission to
tribal lands in Papua New Guinea. Crownhill Methodist Church, in
Crownhill Road, is to host an informal meeting and presentation by
Alison and David Tute next Saturday.
ThisIsPlymouth.co.uk
20 October 2012
URC and Methodist Church explore greater joint
working
Representatives of two of the nation's largest free Churches
have met to discuss the opportunities and challenges of working
more closely together. The groups met in Sutton Coldfield, 17-19
October, for the second joint meeting of the United Reformed
Church's Mission Council and the Methodist Council.
The United Reformed Church
19 October 2012
Acclaimed composer set to
run fundraising choral workshop in Cheltenham
Nationally acclaimed composer and conductor Bob Chilcott is set
to stage a choral day in Cheltenham for singers of all ages to
boost funds for the Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts.
15 October 2012
This is Gloucestershire
Christian students join week of
protests against drones
On Friday, 23 students training as ministers in the Church of
England and the Methodist Church gathered at the UAV Engines, Lynn
Lane,Shenstone plant, in order to witness against the manufacture
and use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) and their military
applications.
15 October 2012
Independent Catholic News
Churches join forces to share work
of clergy and services
A groundbreaking partnership between the Church of England and
the Methodist Church has been established. The agreement
between the Ripon and Leeds Anglican Diocese, which covers a large
chunk of North Yorkshire, and the Leeds Methodist District, will
mean greater sharing of clergy and joint services with both
churches working together to support their ministry and
mission.
15 October 2012
Northern Echo
Norwich churches speak out against EDL
march
Leaders of all the main Christian denominations in Norwich have
spoken out against a march by the English Defence League in Norwich
organized because a city church has been barred by Norwich City
Council for anti-Islam material.
15 October 2012
Network Norwich
Methodist sell-out for 2012 youth and
children's assembly
Tickets have sold-out for the annual Methodist Children and
Youth Assembly, 3-Generate, weeks before the event, say the
organisers.
15 October 2012
Ekklesia
Learn to sing Brahms Requiem from
scratch
Reading Bach Choir are hosting a 'Brahms Requiem from
Scratch' day workshop at Caversham Heights Methodist
Church
12 October 2012
Get Reading
Will new centre ease multifaith worship?
Last week the West Briton reported on "the proposed first
multifaith facility for Cornwall" which seems to have gained the
backing of the Bishop of Truro and the chairman of the Methodist
District in Cornwall and has been dubbed 'Woodhenge'.
ThisIsCornwall.co.uk
11 October 2012
Talk on bus for
elderly
Chief executive of Bath Age UK Janet Dabbs will be the guest
speaker at the annual meeting of the Midsomer Norton and Radstock
Community Service Vehicle Trust, which takes place on Thursday,
October 18, at Paulton Methodist Church at 7.30pm.
11 October 2012
This is Somerset
Temperance and
modern Methodism's bid to save lives
An exhibition at Manchester's People's History Museum marks 180
years of the Temperance movement in north west England, a tradition
linked to charitable movements today including in Preston, where
Methodist and other church communities help people whose lives are
blighted by alcohol.
09 October 2012
BBC Religion and Ethics
Church marks diamond jubilee
Central Methodist Church in Pontefract is marking its 60th
anniversary on Sunday with a visit from the head of the Methodist
church in Britain.
Express Pontefract and Castleford
09 October 2012
Items needed for exhibition to mark Thurlby Methodist Church's
centenary
Thurlby Methodist Church is appealing to members of its
congregation past and present to get in touch with memorabilia and
photos for an exhibition, on November 17 from 10am to 5pm, to mark
its centenary.
Rutland and Stamford Mercury
09 October 2012
Ground-breaking partnership between churches to take place in North
Yorkshire
A ground-breaking partnership between the Church of England and
the Methodist Church will be inaugurated in the region this
Saturday.
The Northern Echo
08 October 2012
Unique church agreement signed
A groundbreaking partnership between two religious denominations
has been inaugurated in North Yorkshire.The agreement between the
Ripon and Leeds Anglican Diocese, which covers a large part of the
region, and the Leeds Methodist District will mean more sharing of
clergy and services and both churches working together to support
their "ministry and mission".
The Press
08 October 2012
Churches
put government's green credentials on trial
Four major British faith groups have warned that the
Government's draft Energy Bill would set the UK up for failure on
carbon targets. The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist
Church, the Quakers in Britain and the United Reformed Church have
warned that, in its current form, the Bill undermines the
Government's commitment to meet the UK's carbon targets.
Ekklesia
08 October 2012
UK churches oppose US drone strikes
Churches in the UK have hit out at the US Government's use of
missiles to target individuals believed to be involved in
terrorism. The Methodist Church, the United Reformed Church and the
Baptist Union of Great Britain are concerned by the humanitarian
and legal implications of the CIA-operated drone campaign, which
has killed thousands in Pakistan.
Christian Today
08 October 2012
Britain's forgotten Methodist Halls
At one time, Methodist Central Halls thrived across Britain, but
since their heydey in the early twentieth century, only a handful
remain in the hands of the Methodist Church.
Christian Today
04 October 2012
New Methodist minister welcomed
The Rev Stephen Robinson has been appointed as the new Methodist
minister at Midsomer Norton. His role also includes being minister
at Farrington Gurney.
Somerset Guardian
04 October 2012
Yorkshire
churches enter groundbreaking partnership
A new and groundbreaking regional partnership in Yorkshire between
the Church of England and Methodist Church will be inaugurated on
Saturday 6 October.
Ekklesia
04 October 2012
Forgotten
Methodist Halls 'thrived in every city'
A University of Manchester historian has discovered how the
Methodist Church built some of Britain's most important and
successful community buildings in the early twentieth century - now
mostly forgotten.
The University of Manchester
03 October 2012
Dewsbury's new methodist minister gets a warm welcome
Dewsbury has welcomed a new methodist minister after saying
farewell to the Rev Peter Bates. The Rev Judith Satchell took over
responsibility of Westborough, Longcauseway and Thornhill Methodist
churches at the beginning of this month. But Mrs Satchell hasn't
moved too far, having spent the past 10 years as minister for three
churches in Halifax.
Dewsbury Reporter
1 October 2012
Jackie inducted into new Methodist circuit
Methodists held a unique double last month as it inaugurated a
new Circuit and welcomed a new minister to the area.Sandhurst &
Yateley Methodist Church was packed as more than 120 people came
together to launch the Berkshire Surrey Borders Circuit and induct
the Revd Jackie Case as its superintendent minister.
XN
28 September 2012
Tenor and base voices required in Westbury
Westbury Choral Society is seeking new singers, particularly tenor
and bass voices, in the run-up to Christmas. Experience is not
required. Rehearsals are on Wednesdays, from 7.30-9.30pm at the
Methodist Church. For details, call Luke Pickett on 01225
345408
This Is Wiltshire
28 September 2012
Haverhill Methodist Church to hold free
course
Haverhill Methodist Church will hold a series of informal meetings
for people to come along and discuss the basics of
Christianity.'The Alpha Course' will consist of a series of
meetings on Wednesdays, starting next week (September 26).
Haverhill Echo
22 September 2012
Health, heptathlon and happiness at Glengormley
Methodist
Glengormley Methodist Church is holding a health fair between
10am and 1pm on Saturday, September 22. The theme of the event in
the Ballyclare Road Church will be 'health, heptathlon and
happiness' which will aim to build on the success of the London
2012 Games.
Newtonabbey Times
20 September 2012
UK churches urge govt to prioritise Arms Trade
Treaty
Leaders of the United Reformed Church, the Methodist Conference
and the Baptist Union of Great Britain welcomed the UK Government's
support for the treaty and asked the Foreign Secretary to continue
to make adoption of the treaty a priority.
Christian Today India
20 September 2012
Bus makes a stop to call for fairer taxation
Members met the chairman of the methodist district, the Reverend
Steve Wild, at Truro Methodist Church and Falmouth mayor Geoffrey
Evans on Events Square, Falmouth.
This Is Cornwall
20 Septmber 2012
Diamond duo Derek and Jean, from Tyldesley, celebrate 60 years of
married life
Diamond duo Derek and Jean Lawrence are today celebrating 60 years
of married life.In all those years 81 year-old ex-miner Derek and
Jean, 80, haven't strayed far from the place where they tied the
knot.
Their Charleston Court home is 50 yards from the site of Tyldesley
Methodist Church where they married on September 20, 1952.
The Bolton News
20 Septmber 2012
Members of Loughton Methodist Church gather for opening of new
£700,000 LifeWorks creative arts centre
Churchgoers gathered at the weekend to mark the opening of a
£700,000 creative arts centre. Loughton Methodist Church's new
LifeWorks building was formally opened on Saturday (September
15).
Epping Forest Guardian
18 September 2012
Horley
grandmother spends spare time helping Zambia's street
children
About £30,000 in total is needed to fund the building and
furnishing of both dormitories. To help with the fund raising,
Horley Methodist Church is holding a Jazz Songs of Praise on 23
September with donations going towards the cost of equipping the
new dormitory with bunk beds and mattresses.
BBC News Surrey
18 September 2012
Civic leaders attend launch of book about Juanita Maxwell
Phillips
A book about the life of a trailblazing former Mayor of Honiton
received an enthusiastic welcome when it was launched in the town
last week.Viva Juanita!, written by Dr Julia Neville, charts the
rise of suffragette Juanita Maxwell Phillips, who stood for office
as soon as women were given the vote and went on to serve as
Honiton's civic leader a record 11 times as well as becoming
Devon's first female county councillor.The book was launched at a
coffee morning, hosted by Honiton Senior Voice in the Methodist
Church on Wednesday, before Dr Neville attended a book signing
event at Honiton Library.
Midweek Herald 24
17 September 2012
Francis's personal commitment forged in
childhood
AS A lad, Francis Gray and his school chums would cheekily pop
into the blacksmith's shop at West Pinchbeck to fan the flames in
the forge.They invariably got into trouble with the blacksmith for
doing it, but Francis says they loved to see flickering flames
emerge from the heap of ashes.Little did Francis know that the
smithy, known as Alleluia Blacksmith because he was also a local
preacher in the Primitive Methodist Church, would in return fan
some flames that have lasted Francis a life-time.
Spalding Guardian
17 September 2012
Methodists launch major survey and consultation on
evangelism
The Methodist Church has launched a national consultation on
evangelism, asking Methodists across Britain what the term means to
them and what they find challenging about it.
Inspire Magazine
14 September 2012
Jimmy
Armfield opens new sports field in Oswaldtwistle
The new facilities will benefit local schools.Janice Lewer,
headteacher of Hippings Methodist Primary School, said: "This is a
very exciting time and we are pleased this area is being developed
as it will be a valuable resource for the whole community."
BBC Lancashire
14 September 2012
Heritage extravaganza
Attractions on the Heritage Day include the Acorn Morris Dancers,
Harvest Festival produce at Cowick Church, Sam's Safaris, a hawking
flying display, Snaith Toy Museum, street organ, and a family
treasure trail.Three buildings will be the main focus of the event
- Cowick Church, Snaith Priory Church and Snaith Methodist
Church.
Selby Times
14 September 2012
Methodist founder is honoured with service
Gwenapp Pit marked the 250th anniversary of its first visit from
the founder of Methodism with a service attended by hundreds of
people.The congregation sang Father Of Everlasting Grace at 5pm
last Wednesday, the exact time that John Wesley spoke to a crowd of
1,000 on September 5, 1762.
ThisIscornwall.co.uk
13 September 2012
Trinity Methodist Church on Main Street, Runcorn, marks
revamped kitchen launch
Trinity Methodist Church on Main Street is holding a buffet
lunch with Halton's mayor to declare its renovated premises
open. A £25,000 grant funded a state-of-the-art kitchen, a
meeting room and revamped a storage area. Funds came from Halton
Borough Council, Plus Dane housing association and the Runcorn
Methodist Circuit. The total cost of the work was £28,409.
Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News
13 September 2012
Trinity Methodist Church on Main Street, Runcorn, marks revamped
kitchen launch
Brough Methodist Church is holding a craft fair on Saturday,
October 6, between 10am and 4pm. Taking place at the Methodist
Church on Welton Road, there will be over 30 stalls including
jewellery, kitchen ware, cards, knitwear, wood carving, paintings
and much much more.
Brough People
12 September 2012
Methodist Church looks to boost evangelism
The Methodist Church has launched a national consultation on
evangelism. Methodists across Britain will be asked what evangelism
means to them and what they find challenging about it.
Christian Today
11 September 2012
Artist 'sees the light' for exhibition
Cononley artist Shelagh Powell is hoping people will see the
light when she stages a solo exhibition as part of Saltaire
Festival.Lancashire-born Shelagh will display 34 paintings at
Saltaire Methodist Church, on Saltaire Road, over the next two
weekends.
Keighley News
12 September 2012
What's On - Your Guide to Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham and
Doncaster
Glee Club, fun singing & dancing, Wisewood Methodist Church,
6.15pm, £3, all ages welcome.
The Star
12 September 2012
750 years since king put town on the map
Also to be held tomorrow is a display of banners at Wigton
Methodist Church and a vintage tractor parade, while there will be
a jazz band playing in the town.
News and Star
12 September 2012
MS sufferer's 200-lap challenge inspires her to raise more
cash
One courageous lady yesterday finished a gruelling 10km walk -
which she began more than nine months ago.Multiple sclerosis
sufferer Heather Thompson completed the last of 200 laps of
Northland Methodist Church, in Darlington, to achieve the distance,
timed perfectly to coincide with the final day of London's
Paralympic Games.
Darlington and Stockton Times
10 September 2012
Library borrows church
A church has launched a book borrowing service - a year after
council cutbacks led to its town library being axed.Burslem's Swan
Bank Methodist Church will offer 2,500 books, with volunteers ready
to run the service.
ThisIsStafforshire.co.uk
10 September 2012
Minister's life of good work cut short by tragedy at
sea
I was moved to hear the sad story of the Rev George William
Clutterbuck - an energetic Methodist minister and family man who
was drowned at sea in 1899 - courtesy of Margaret Stacey, of
Uppingham Local History Studies Group.
ThisIsleicestershire
07 September 2012
Busy weekend for Methodist president
The President of the Methodist Conference will visit Nottingham
this weekend. The Rev Dr Mark Wakelin, a graduate of Nottingham
University, will attend the autumn meeting of district Methodists
tomorrow. On Sunday, he will preach at Hucknall Church in the
morning.
ThisIsNottingham
07 September 2012
Pit filled with voices 250 years after Wesley
debut
Under a cloudless blue sky and seated on grass and stone tiers,
several hundred Methodists gathered at Cornwall's famous Gwennap
Pit yesterday evening for a service to mark the 250th anniversary
of the first visit by their movement's founder.
ThisIsCornwall.co.uk
06 September 2012
Jersey
church to get better disabled access
A Jersey planning department decision refusing to allow disabled
access to a chapel in St Martin has been overturned. The Planning
Applications Panel involves seven members of the States who
reconsider requests.The panel said a door, ramp and handrail for
disabled access to the Methodist Chapel at St Martin should be
allowed.
BBC NEws Jersey
06 September 2012
Tax justice bus rolling into Teddington
A campaign bus is due to roll into the borough to highlight how
tax dodgers are destroying the lives of poor people in the UK and
abroad.Christian Aid and Church Action on Poverty will ride their
Tax Justice Bus to Teddington Methodist Church on Friday, September
14.
Richmond Guardian
06 September 2012
Fiji Methodists back Christian state
The new President of Fiji's Methodist Church says the church backs
the idea of Fiji being an officially Christian state.
Australia News Networks
05 September 2012
New venue for film society
Darley Dale Film Society is moving to a new venue and is now based
at the Methodist Hall, Dale Road, Darley Dale. The first film to be
screened there, at 7.45 p.m. on Thursday, September 13, will be The
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
Bakewell Today
05 September 2012
Quaffer & Scoffer
Moseying through Wath I spotted a sign outside Trinity Methodist
Church, for the Lite Bite Cafe. I found the entrance tucked away
behind the church in the Trinity Hall on Chapel Street with just an
A-board to show where.
Doncaster Free Press
05 September 2012
District: From Crowland to Weston Hills
The New Name Group of Sibsey is leading the harvest service at the
Gosberton Risegate Methodist Church on Sunday, September 9 at
2.30pm, followed by tea. The harvest continues on Monday, September
10 at 7pm with an auction and supper. Proceeds for chapel
funds.
The Spalding Guardian
05 September 2012
'Nervous' job for first Paralympic gold medalist
Britain's first Paralympic gold medal hero has today spoken of her
joy after she was chosen to light the cauldron at this week's
opening ceremony. Margaret Maughan, 84, from Much Hoole, won two
gold medals at the inaugural Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960 in
archery and in the 50 metres backstroke.
She then went on to compete in a further four Paralympic Games. On
Wednesday night, Margaret, a former member of Much Hoole Methodist
Church, had the honour or lighting the cauldron at the Paralympic
games opening ceremony.
Lancashire Evening Post
05 September 2012
Memorable occasion for York Methodists
The launch of the York Circuit was a memorable occasion for
Methodists in the York area. The service in the Central Methodist
Church, in St Saviourgate, York, also included the commissioning of
the new superintendent and new members of staff and was attended by
a congregation of 350.
The Press
04 September 2012
Darwen church encourages people to get in touch with God - via
Twitter
Elderly churchgoers have been given a crash course in social media
as part of a drive to bring back past worshippers.New Methodist
Church, Blackburn Road, Darwen, has launched a Twitter account
aimed at encouraging people who used to attend to give it another
try.
Lancashire Telegraph
03 September 2012
Lincoln pupils smash Guinness World Record for singing and
signing
Hundreds of school pupils from Lincoln have helped to smash the
Guinness World Record for the most people singing a song while
performing it in sign language. National charity SignHealth
organises the sign2sing record-breaker every year and in February,
114,277 pupils and teachers from across the country took part. This
included 225 from schools in Lincoln, which included Bracebridge
Infant School and Nursery and Brant Broughton Church of England and
Methodist Primary School.
This Is Lincolnshire
01 September 2012
Nantwich crossrail showcased to
shoppers
A SHORT track of narrow-gauge steam railway offered a taster of
what a new park and ride scheme might look like in Nantwich. A
railway was temporarily setup outside St Mary's Church in the town,
offering free rides to members of the public.
Crew, Nantwich & Sandbach Guardian
29 August 2012
Neighbourhood mews
Clifford Methodist Church service: on Sunday, September 2 at
10.30am. Open house Coffee Morning in the Methodist school room on
Tuesday September 4, from 10-11.30am. All welcome.
Whetherby News
29 August 2012
Nantwich crossrail showcased to shoppers
A short track of narrow-gauge steam railway offered a taster of
what a new park and ride scheme might look like in Nantwich.A
railway was temporarily setup outside St Mary's Church in the town,
offering free rides to members of the public.
Crewe, Nantwich and Sandback Guardian
29 August 2012
Arts and crafts raise money for Shoreham church
charities
The 43rd Shoreham Methodist Church arts and crafts festival ran
for six days last week, and organisers say, although the proceeds
have not yet been fully totted up, they are on track to at least
match last year's £700.
Shoreham Herald
28 August 2012
Church
warns flock
THE Methodist Church has issued a warning to its members to come
clean tomorrow when their annual general conference
begins. The church is aware that some members will bring their
own agenda to the table and this could jeopardise their permit for
the conference.
Fiji Times
28 August 2012
Major change for York Methodist churches
A major reorganisation of the Methodist Church in York is on the
way, involving the merging of its north and south circuits. The new
York Methodist Circuit will have a total membership of more than
1,800 people, worshipping at 37 churches and centres across the
city and surrounding countryside.
The Press
27 August 2012
Methodists to
stick to agenda
THE Methodist of Fiji and Rotuma's annual conference is set to
begin in Suva on Wednesday. And the church is optimistic that
members would formalise the framework of their submission to the
Constitution Commission, which will be made towards the end of the
three-day meet.
The Fiji Times
27 August 2012
Tax bus is coming
Evesham will welcome the Tax Justice Bus next Wednesday. The bus,
which is on a 53-day tour, highlights how global tax-dodging is
hurting the poor. Speakers from Zambia and the UK will be on the
bus to talk with visitors. Rev David Haslam, founder of the
Methodist Tax Justice Network, will welcome Christian Aid and
Church Action on Poverty's red double-decker as it stops on the
High Street from 1.30pm to 2.30pm.
Worcester News
26 August 2012
The Tax Justice Bus is coming
EVESHAM will welcome the Tax Justice Bus next Wednesday. The
bus, which is on a 53-day tour, highlights how global tax-dodging
is hurting the poor.
Worcester News
26 August 2012
Baby sensory classes at Broomhill Methodist Church
Baby Sensory classes are being held at Broomhill Methodist
Church on Mondays. The activities are aimed at building up babies'
'sensory experiences' to help with developing physical, social,
emotional and language skills, as well as co-ordination, awareness
of the world, a love of music and concentration.
Postcode Gazette
23 August 2012
Church meet is to go ahead
The Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma has finally been issued
the permit to hold its annual conference, the Bose Ko Viti, this
year. This was confirmed to the Fiji Sun yesterday by church
assistant general secretary, Reverend Tevita Nawadra.
Fiji Sun
22 August 2012
Street pastors take their watch to the beaches to help young
people
In their matching blue tops, the group walking along Whitstable
seafront certainly stands out. And it is meant to. The picturesque
Kent seaside resort is hardly a hotbed of social problems, but as
the latest town to launch a branch of "street pastors" it is part
of a growing phenomenon.
The Guardian
21 August 2012
Best of British on display at flower festival
THE Methodist Chapel at Delabole was a blaze of colour for its
flower festival when more than 35 organisations and individuals
donated flowers and gave their time and talents in order to create
imaginative arrangements.
This Is Cornwall.co.uk
17 August 2012
250th anniversary of Wesley first preaching at Gwennap
Pit
THE 250th anniversary of Methodist founder John Wesley first
preaching at Gwennap Pit, the famous amphitheatre near Redruth, is
being celebrated in style. Wesley first preached at the pit on
September 5, 1762, as 'The wind was so high at five that I could
not stand in the usual place at Gwennap'.
Cornish Guardian
16 August 2012
Methodists
establish leaders' forum for community engagement
Methodist Church leaders are being invited to attend the first
meeting of a forum that aims to work with people at engaging in
their local communities.
Ekklesia
16 August 2012
Off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of
Barnes
Children in Barnes are putting on a performance of the Wizard of
Oz at the Methodist church hall.
Richmond Twickenham Times
16 August 2012
Fiji Government lifts ban on Methodists meeting
The Methodist Church in Fiji will finally hold its annual
congregation after a four-year ban was lifted by the country's
interim government.
Australia Network News
14 August 2012
Shoreham Methodist Church arts and crafts festival
The 43rd Shoreham Methodist Church festival will be open from
10am on Saturday August 11.With about 250 paintings and a dozen
craft stalls, plus work from young members, the festival will fill
the church, in Brunswick Road, Shoreham
Shoreham Herald
08 August 2012
Sutton-on-Sea
Methodist Church repairs to take a year
The minister of a
Lincolnshire church badly damaged when it was hit by lightning has
said it will be at least a year before it is fully repaired. A bolt
hit Sutton-on-Sea's Methodist Church in June setting its roof on
fire and causing water and smoke damage inside the building.
BBC Lincolnshire
08 August 2012
Sheffield's
Cecil is a real glass act on his 100th birthday!
In 100 years Cecil Higgins has moved less than half a mile.But
while the Gleadless pensioner rang in his 100th birthday on Friday
just minutes' walk away from his childhood home, he was celebrating
a century of life that has been anything but unchanging. Cecil has
served as a stained-glass window designer, artilleryman, book
illustrator, Methodist preacher and draughtsman - and even pieced
back together from memory the damaged windows of Sheffield
Cathedral after the Second World War.
The Star
08 August 2012
Summer's day music programme at Methodist church
Greenfield Methodist Church is holding a programme of music for
a summer's day on August 21 (3pm). Celebrated organist Rev Michael
Maine, who was the organist at All Saints Church in Hove for 30
years, will be giving a recital.
Eastbourne Herald
08 August 2012
Outcry over 'child-friendly' Facebook gambling
app
The first Facebook app to allow players to gamble with real money
has provoked an outcry from Christian groups, who charge that its
cartoon branding breaches rules designed to protect children.
"Gambling is age-restricted for a reason: children are excluded
because they are vulnerable," said Toby Scott, director of
communications for the Methodist Church.
The Telegraph
07 August 2012
New 'controversial' Facebook gambling app launched
Some Christian groups argue the game breaks rules designed to
protect youngsters because of the cartoons featured and have urged
the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to do something.
'Gambling is age-restricted for a reason: children are excluded
because they are vulnerable,' said Toby Scott, communications
director for the Methodist Church.
Metro
07 August 2012
Facebook launches first real-cash gambling app in 'well-regulated'
UK market
Despite seeming to tick all the regulatory boxes necessary, not
everyone is the UK is happy about the launch of a Facebook gambling
game. "This appears to be a blatant breach of the ASA's Gambling
Advertising rules, which clearly state that marketing 'should not
be likely to be of particular appeal to children or young persons,
especially by reflecting or being associated with youth culture',"
Toby Scott, director of communications for the Methodist Church,
told the Telegraph. "It's hard to see how age restrictions on games
on social networks can be reliably enforced".
Wired.co.uk
07 August 2012
Facebook real-money gambling game launched
Developed by gambling gaming company Gamesys, the Friendzy App
comprises of a series of 90 Ball Bingo and Slots games which
punters the chance to gamble real money. The Telegraph reported
Toby Scott, director of communications for the Methodist Church
saying, "Gambling is age-restricted for a reason: children are
excluded because they are vulnerable."
T3 The Gadget Website
07 August 2012
Free spaces at luncheon club in Rodbourne,
Swindon
A luncheon club, run by Age UK, meet every Wednesday at
Rodbourne Methodist Church, in Rodbourne Road, from noon.
Activities, including bingo, follow lunch. It is £3 for lunch or
£3.50 for lunch and the activities. Call Susan Verity on 01793
687018.
Swindon Advertiser
07 August 2012
Polperro Methodist Church has
allowed BT to install a broadband street cabinet on its
property. BT has rolled out fibre optic broadband to the
Cornish village of Polperro with help from the local Methodist
church.
Cable
06 August 2012
Haddenham congregation simply potty for recycling
competition
Haddenham Methodist Church is competing in a UK wide recycling
fund-raising competition to see who can save the most yogurt pots
from going to landfill.
Ely Standard
04 August 2012
Milestone for the Methodists
For thousands of years now, churches have been at the centre of
local communities, providing friendship and good neighbourly
support.So I was interested to hear from Mr Graham Webb, of Blaby,
that Blaby Methodist Church has recently celebrated its 50th
anniversary.
This Is Leicestershire
25 July 2012
North Walsham Methodist Church youngsters sleep rough to help fund
street children's World Cup in Brazil 2014
A dozen hardy youngsters aged 10-16 camped in cardboard under
the stars outside North Walsham Methodist Church on Saturday in a
sponsored event to raise money for a street children's World Cup
tournament in 2014, to be held alongside the real World Cup, in
Brazil.
EDP 24
22 July 2012
A Knutsford minister is leaving the town after 14 years to
spread his church's message across the country. The Rev Paul
Wilson, of Knutsford Methodist Church in Princess Street, is taking
up a position with Methodist Evangelicals Together in St
Helens.
Knutsford Guardian
21 July 2012
Knutsford Methodist minister to depart to embark on Evangelical
challenge
A KNUTSFORD minister is leaving the town after 14 years to
spread his church's message across the country. The Rev Paul
Wilson, of Knutsford Methodist Church in Princess Street, is taking
up a position with Methodist Evangelicals Together in St
Helens.
The Knutsford Guardian
21 July 2012
Helston's longest running Methodist Minister Reverend Andrew
Hill is leaving for East Cornwall. After making the move from
Tiverton, Devon to Helston in 1999, Rev Hill has been in charge of
the Methodist church in Helston for the last 13 years.
The Packet
19 July 2012
Bouncy fun for
charity
Murton Methodist Church Hall hosts a
summer fair next month to raise funds for the church. The
event, which includes a bouncy castle, takes place on August 4 from
2pm.
South Wales Evening Post
19 July 2012
On patrol: the seaside God
squad
Helen Letley doesn't look like a
Methodist minister. Dressed in jeans, a navy blue anorak and
matching cap, the mother-of-four could be just another windswept
daytripper on Whitstable strand in Kent.
The Daily Telegraph
19 July 2012
Street Pastors head to the
seaside
Street Pastors are taking to the beach
for the first time this summer to lend their assistance to night
time revellers enjoying the sand and sea.
Christian Today
16 July 2012
Whitstable beaches to be patrolled by
pastors
The seaside equivalent of a street
pastors' scheme is being launched in a Kent seaside town.
BBC News
14 July 2012
Bourne Methodist Church 200 year celebration this
weekend
Bourne Methodist Church is celebrating 200 years since a church
was first built on its present site. The church in Coggles Causeway
will be decorated and open from 10am to 4.00pm on Saturday,
refreshments will be served all day, finishing with a barbecue at
4.30pm.
Rutland and Stamford Mercury
18 July 2012
Methodist minister bids farewell to enjoy his
retirement
A Methodist minister has bid farewell to his congregations in
North East Lincolnshire after five years on the local circuit. The
Reverend Michael Townsend gave his last service at St Andrew's
Methodist Church in Cleethorpes on Sunday.
ThisIsGrimsby.co.uk
17 July 2012
Methodist minister moves on after eight
years
Methodist minister Malcolm Hickox is leaving Salisbury after
eight years. His final service will be at the Salisbury Methodist
Church at 10.30am on Sunday, July 29, with farewell services to be
held around the Methodist circuit, which covers chapels from
Amesbury to Fordingbridge on Sunday.
Salisbury Journal
17 July 2012
Churches compete in Olympic inspired football
tournament
Churches came together to compete in an Olympic inspired
five-a-side football tournament last weekend. Spurred on by the
excitement of the Games, St John's Methodist Church organised the
first ever Potters Bar inter-church football competition at Elm
Court Youth and Community Centre on Saturday, July 14.
A Methodist conference has injected more than £800,000 into
Plymouth's economy, according to conference chiefs. Almost 2,000
delegates attended the Plymouth Pavilions event. Conference
Plymouth has estimated this pumped £815,110 into the city's
economy.
ThisIsDevon.co.uk
14 July 2012
Wesley Mission expect thousands to join celebration of Methodist
bicentenary
Wesley Mission is celebrating 200
years of the Methodist faith in Australia with two major public
events in Sydney on Sunday, 15 July, 2012.
Christian Today
13 July 2012
Former Christian Aid director to be Methodist
Vice-President
The Methodist Church has elected the Rev Ruth Gee as President
Designate and Dr Daleep Mukarji as Vice-President Designate for the
2013 to 2014 session.
Christian Today
07 July 2012
A Sutton woman is leaving her post as a minister in the Airedale Methodist Circuit to
do mission work on a small island off the southeast coast of
Africa.
Craben Herlad and Pioneer
07 July 2012
British Methodists Oppose Drone Use in Targetting
Terrorists
The Methodist Church in Britain has challenged the use of drones
in targetting suspected terrorists. In a debate at its annual
Conference in Plymouth, the Church called upon the British
Government to urge the US to discontinue the practice
The Christian Post
06 July 2012
Quinton Methodists celebrate Harry's 100th
milestone
Quinton Methodist Church turned out in force to celebrate one of
the congregation's 100th birthday. Harry Williams is a direct
descendant of William Williams who wrote the famous hymn Guide Me
Oh Thy Great Jehova.
Halesowen News
06 July 2012
Methodist Church opposes use of drones
The Methodist Church has challenged the use of drones in
targetting suspected terrorists. In a debate at its annual
Conference in Plymouth, the Church called upon the Government to
urge the US to discontinue the practice.
Christian Today
05 July 2012
Methodist Church launches interactive web map
The Methodist Church has launched a new web map of its churches
across Britain. In addition to details about churches,
fellowships and groups, users will be able to find out more about
the surrounding areas with the addition of statistical information
on religious affiliation, population density and ethnicity.
Christian Today
22 June 2012
Methodist
Church response to government consultation on equal civil
marriage
The Methodist Church, in line with scripture and traditional
teaching, believes that, "Marriage is a gift of God and that it is
God's intention that a marriage should be a lifelong union in body,
mind and spirit of one man and one woman".
Thinking Anglicans
19 June 2012
Queen's birthday honours list 2012: Commonwealth
CBE: The Reverend Oscar Holman Millar, For serve the Methodist
Church, education and the commty.
Guardian
16 June 2012
Neighbourhood watch meeting at Trinity Methodist Church Hall,
Stamford
Residents will have the chance to raise concerns they have about
their area at a neighbourhood watch meeting in
Stamford. People are being invited to attend the meeting which
will take place at Trinity Methodist Church in Barn Hill, Stamford
on Wednesday, June 20, at 7pm.
Rutland and Stamford Mercury
12 June 2012
The Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma has been granted
permission by the government to hold its annual
conference. The Fijian Church has been refused permission to
meet in the last four years.
Christian Today
11 June 2012
Methodist and Church of England leaders have joined forces to
ensure that everyone has access to religious bereavement
care. The new Church Funerals service will ensure that a
minister is available to offer pastoral support following the death
of a loved one.
Times and Citizen
11 June 2012
Reigate Methodist Church to host Gilbert and Sullivan
musical
East Surrey musical theatre group Utopians Unlimited return to
the stage this weekend with a production from the pens of Gilbert
and Sullivan. For the group, founded in 1980 and which stages
two Gilbert and Sullivan shows each year in churches in the
Reigate, Redhill and Croydon areas to help raise church funds, will
be presenting the master theatre duo's sixth collaboration,
Patience. The show will be going on in Reigate Methodist
Church, High Street, Reigate, this Saturday (June 16) at
7.30pm.
Redgate, Reiley, Horley Life
11 June 2012
Tribute concert to Burton accordion legend
Pauline 
The life of an accordion player from Burton who overcame cancer
will be celebrated with a fund-raising concert at a town
church.
Burton Mail
07 June 2012
A Diamond Jubilee beacon will be lit Croydon Council's offices
tonight (Monday) as part of the borough's weekend of
celebrations. The beacon will be lit at Taberner House on Park
Lane between 10pm and 10.30pm, with Croydon among the hundreds of
towns and cities across the UK taking part.
ThisIsCroydon.co.uk
04 June 2012
Diamond Jubilee: Staffordshire beacon lit after
parties
Hixon, near Stafford, also held a celebration featuring
collectable cars manufactured during the Queen's reign. Cross
Heath Methodist Church in Newcastle also combined the celebrations
with raising money for the church.
BBC Staffordshire
04 June 2012
Jubilee book signing at Westhouses Methodist
Church
Westhouses Methodist Church Book Signing for Queen. Evie and
Annie Middleton.
Derbyshire Times
03 June 2012
Christmas plans underway
We may have been having some warm weather lately, but plans are
already well under way for Christmas in Rossington. The 2012
Christmas Fair will take place on Friday, December 14 across the
Rossington Marketplace and Methodist Church with activities taking
place throughout the afternoon and into the evening.
The Epworth Bells
03 June 2012
Video: Diamond Jubilee: Steven Hall at Sandylands Methodist
Church
Zany Britain's Got Talent finalist Steven Hall dazzled
crowds with his special Diamond Jubilee dance outside a Kendal
church. The quirky performer was the headliner act at
Sandylands Methodist Church's celebrations.
The Westmorland Gazette
03 June 2012
Diamond Jubilee: What's on and where
Noon-5pm - Street party and children's party at
Easton Gardens and Easton Methodist Church Hall,
Portland.
Dorset Echo
02 June 2012
A prayer by right royal assent
June 14, 7pm at the Marjon Chaplaincy Centre, THE ART OF
PREACHING. A Public Lecture on the subject The Art of Preaching
will be given by Rev Paul Smith, Superintendent Minister at
Methodist Central Hall, Plymouth.
ThisIsPlymouth.co.uk
02 June 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 7.30pm - Bramhope Methodist Film Club screening
of Bertie and Elizabeth, Methodist Church Hall.
01 June 2012
Ikley Gazette
Bourne Methodist Church lunch club celebrates 25th anniversary
A lunch club celebrated its 25th birthday with a party.The
Bourne Methodist Church lunch club was set up by a small group of
volunteers in 1987, and yesterday celebrated 25 years since its
formation.
Rutland and Stamford Mercury
21 May 2012
Blowing up a storm 
Award-winning Brunel Brass Band are in concert this weekend. The
brass band have qualified for four national finals in five years
and tomorrow they will be performing at the Bath Road Methodist
Church in Old Town, Swindon, from 7.30pm.
ThisIsWiltshire.co.uk
18 May 2012
Capital City Marathon: UK man travels 6,459 miles to run in
Sunday's 26.2-mile race
Of the nearly 2,100 runners registered for the Sunday's Capital
City series -- marathon, half-marathon and 5.2-miler -- Malcolm
Brookes will be the runner who traveled the most miles to Olympia
to run in Sunday's 31st annual event. Brookes, a 71-year-old
retired Methodist minister, is traveling from his home in Hereford,
United Kingdom, a total distance of 6,459 miles, to run in his
first Capital City Marathon.
The Olympian
17 May 2012
What's On (May 18-20): Richard Digance, Howard Marks,
Museums at Night and more
The Orpheus Male Voice choir presents The Gibside Singers, who
will sing with soul on Saturday at St Andrew's Methodist Church, in
Cleethorpes.
ThisIsScunthorpe.co.uk
17 May 2012
'Secret to long life is being happy and lots of friends'
Reading the Grimsby Telegraph, watching TV and having
plenty of friends are this 90-year-old's recipe for a long and
happy life. Marjorie made many of her friends through attending
North Killingholme and Ulceby Methodist Churches and working in a
Christian literature shop in Grimsby.
Grimsby Telegraph
17 May 2012
Films play vital role in dementia therapy
Films from the collections housed at the Yorkshire Film
Archive are at the forefront of a pioneering project to unlock
memories for people with dementia and other age-related memory
disorders. Working with experts from Age UK, the Alzheimer's
Society and Methodist Homes for the Aged, the Yorkshire Film
Archive has created Memory Bank, a series of themed DVDs and online
films, plus a wealth of information and activities for use in
reminiscence therapy and life story work.
Telegraph and Argus
17 May 2012
£500 is raised for outreach trust
A cheque for £500 has been presented to Carey Skelton, of the
Genesis Trust, by Joan Pierce on behalf of those who attend the
Open Doors Club at South Road Methodist Church, Timsbury. The club
meets on Wednesday mornings to give villagers the chance to meet in
a relaxed atmosphere, play games, chat, borrow books, and make new
friends.
ThisIsSomerset.co.uk
17 May 2012
From donkey rides to maypoles: Archive films help to revive
memories in dementia patients
Old films are being used to help people with dementia
recover some of their forgotten past.
Footage housed at the Yorkshire Film Archive (YFA) have been
carefully selected for the "Memory Bank" initiative in
collaboration with experts from Age UK, the Alzheimer's Society and
Methodist Homes for the Aged.
Daily Mail online
17 May 2012
Clenchwarton: Ready for Jubilee! 
Clenchwarton Methodist Entertainment Group are back
treading the boards with their latest show, being staged especially
to mark the Diamond Jubilee. Performances will take place on
Thursday, May 17, Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19 at 7.30pm at
the Methodist Chapel Schoolroom, Clenchwarton.
Lynn News
16 May 2012
Church embraces solar energy 
A Cornish church has become one of the first in the UK to light
the way for renewable energy after having solar panels fitted its
roof to help reduce the electricity bills.
Business Cornwall Magazine
15 May 2012
Wales Methodist Chapel Jubilee celebrations 
Wales Methodist Theatre Company together with Worksop Choristers
and local schools will celebrate the Queen's Jubilee in style with
songs from the past 60 years including songs from the war and
Commonwealth.
Wanstead and Woodford Guardian
15 May 2012
Can you help celebrate 100 years of church?
There is a special landmark around the corner for everyone
connected with Neath Methodist Church and now an appeal has been
launched so it can be properly marked. Planning to celebrate the
centenary of the Stockham's Corner place of worship on September 3,
2014, begins now.
ThisIsSouthWales.co.uk
14 may 2012
New author launches sci-fi novel 
A local 93-year-old retired scientist is proving age
is nothing but a number after penning his first major piece of
fiction. Harold Barker, of Westbourne Park, launches a new sci-fi
novel Seeking Home tomorrow at Westborough Methodist Church main
lecture hall at 12.30pm.
Scarborough Evening News
14 May 2012
Tenbury Methodist Church to serve up family film nights
A trip to the flicks can now involve a visit to
Tenbury Methodist Church. It's the latest venue for films in the
town. Newly licensed to show DVDs to the public the church is
taking the opportunity to offer its facilities to the
community.
Ludlow and Tenbury Wales Advertiser
12 May 2012
Workers take action over pension erosion
Workers in the NHS, including a small number from the
Great Western Hospital, and the Ministry of Defence and government
departments - members of Unite, the UK's largest union - will be
joining other union members in nationwide protests which will
feature a lunchtime rally at London's Methodist Central Hall
addressed by Unite's general secretary, Len McCluskey.
Swindon Advertiser
10 May 2012
Community fund hands out £1.5m in west Cumbria
A group which gives out cash for community projects has
celebrated handing out £1.5 million in west Cumbria. A celebration
event was held to mark the Nuclear Management Partners' (NMP)
Community Fund milestone. A host of organisations met at Cleator
Moor Methodist Church.
News and Star
09 May 2012
Methodists and Morrisons support Cromer Foodbank
The new Cromer and District Foodbank has received a boost after
local Methodists offered a storage facility, and the local
Morrisons supermarket gave permission for an in-store
collection.
Netowrk North Norfolk
09 May 2012
Wiltshire unions back London pension protests
Workers from the NHS, Ministry of Defence and government
departments will be attending a lunchtime rally at London's
Methodist Central Hall where Len McCluskey, the general secretary
of Unite, the UK's largest union will be addressing the
protestors.
ThisIsWiltshire.co.uk
09 May 2012
Methodist church's new look 
It'S been at least 20 years in the making, but the redesigning
of Birstall Methodist Church is now half way to completion. Phase
one of a project to move the church into one half of its building
in Chapel Lane has finished. It boasts a new worship room, kitchen,
vestry, toilets and meeting room.
Batley and Birstall News
09 May 2012
Around the churches
Christians have found The Holy Bible to be that truth,
that light, that revelation of a creator God who seeks relationship
with each and every one of us - His Created. A prayer room is being
set up at the front of Methodist Central Hall from 17th-26th May to
pray and seek Him, His Light and His Truth. Do join us there.
ThisIsPlymouth.co.uk
08 May 2012
Phantom
of the Opera's Philip Griffiths returns for Abermule chapel
celebration 
A star of West End musicals is swapping the stage for a village
chapel to help celebrate its 150th anniversary. Philip Griffiths,
originally from Caersws, Powys, will perform at Abermule
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, where he has close family ties.
BBC News Mid Wales
07 May 2012
Methodist church celebrates centenary
A Methodist church is celebrating its 100th birthday with an
exhibition. Darley Hillside Methodist Church will hold its
centenary celebration next Saturday and Sunday.
Matlock Mercury
04 May 2012
Marching for St George 
The parade was followed with a service held at Talbot Lane
Methodist Church, where the scouts renewed their promises and were
transported back in time, to hear from the founder of the movement
Robert Baden Powell.
Trader and Guardian
03 May 2012
Bicentary celebrations at Crabbs Cross Methodist Church
continue
The bicentenary celebrations at Crabbs Cross Methodist
Church started April 21 with a concert given by Arrow Vale Singers
under their new musical director David Wynne.
Redditch Advertiser
03 May 2012
Festival's sounds of furies and lightning
Dynamic Danish ensemble MidtVest will perform at St
Gregory's Centre for Music on Sunday at 8pm. The Rhodri Davies
Ensemble will be at St Peter's Methodist Church on Tuesday,
collaborating with the Sounds New Poets from the University of
Kent.
ThisIsKent.co.uk
03 May 2012
Floral displays show the 'best of British'
Redruth Methodist Church was filled with colourful floral
displays at the annual flower festival. The theme was Best of
British, which incorporated the Olympics, the Paralympics and the
Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
ThisIsCornwall.co.uk
03 May 2012
Church celebrates bicentennial
Frome's Wesley Methodist Church will say it with flowers
when it celebrates its 200th year. To mark the bicentennial the
congregation is organising an anniversary festival next weekend on
May 11, 12 and 13.
ThisIsSomerset.co.uk
03 May 2012
Why trees sweat and plants talk to insects
Gardening expert Doug Stewart will be giving a talk at
Cottingham Methodist Church on Thursday, May 24. The Seafarers UK
fundraising evening will begin at 7.30pm. Mr Stewart's talk, Why
Plants Talk To Insects And Why Pumpkins Can't Fly, is being
advertised as a sideways look at the science of gardening.
ThisIsHullandEastRiding.co.uk
02 May 2012
City-wide food bank to open in Stoke-on-Trent
A new food bank that helps those struggling to feed their
families is to open in Stoke-on-Trent on Thursday. It will be
backed by the Trussell Trust, which runs a network of food banks
across the UK and based at Wesley Hall Methodist Church in Noblett
Road.
BBC News Stoke and Staffordshire
02 May 2012
Our hidden poor: The desperate families begging for food handouts
to keep alive 
Most of the people handing over their vouchers at the
Birmingham Central Food Bank at Ladywood Methodist Church aren't
homeless or destitute, but hard-working individuals who have hit
tough times.
The Mirror
30 April 2012
Bike safety day set at Methodist church
An event to raise awareness about bike safety was being
held in Sherwood today. Sherwood Bike Day will begin at 12.30pm and
end at 3.30pm. The community event will be held at Sherwood
Methodist Church in Devon Drive.
ThisIsNottingham.co.uk
28 April 2012
30 Street Pastors ready for patrols 
The launch of a Street Pastor initiative has been a huge success
with nearly 30 members signing up on the night and public
endorsement from local dignitaries.
The idea of introducing street pastors in Ivybridge has been
quickly turned into a launch, which took place last Friday evening
at the town's methodist church, which is one of four churches in
the town backing the scheme.
Ivybridge Gazette
27 April 2012
St George's Day fun for Parkinson's group
England flags and hats were in abundance as people came together
throughout the borough to celebrate St George's Day. Parkinson's UK
Harrow branch, which holds weekly exercise classes aimed at
improving the mobility and quality of life for people with the
condition, held a special class on Monday with a truly British
flavour. Some 20 people took part at Wealdstone Methodist Church
hall in Locket Road, joining in with traditional English songs such
as Land of Hope and Glory and the Lambeth Walk.
Harrow Observer
27 April 2012
Chance to have your say in shaping town's future
Radstock residents will get their chance to help shape
the future agenda of the town. The town council has prepared a
document, known as a draft strategy, which sets out the town
council's vision, aims and priorities over the next three years and
councillors want to hear from residents at the annual town meeting
on Wednesday, May 9 at 7pm at Radstock Methodist Church Hall.
ThisIsSomerset.co.uk
27 April 2012
Kelsall Methodist Church unveils newly-refurbished £220,000 worship
area
A service of thanksgiving marked the completion of the
£220,000 scheme to regenerate Kelsall Methodist Church and provide
facilities for community use.
Chester Chronicle
26 April 2012
Hundreds visit new Epsom scout hall 
After 20 years of fundraising, the new £680,000 building
for the 7th Epsom (Methodist) Scouts, located behind Epsom
Methodist Church in Ashley Road, was formally opened by Tim Kidd,
scout chief commissioner for England.
YourLocalGuardian.co.uk
25 April 2012
Louth town parade a success despite the rain
Groups involved in the parade included the Combined Cadet Force,
the British Legion, Beavers and Brownies and the Market Rasen RPC
band. It ended at the Methodist Church, in Nichol Hill, where a
service was held.
ThisIsGrimsby.co.uk
24 April 2012
Cromer and District Foodbank set to launch - thanks to help from
Methodist church 
and
Morrisons
Cromer and District Foodbank was launched unofficially at a
meeting last month, and within days Cromer Methodist Church offered
use of one of its halls to store and package the food.
Norwich Evening News
24 April 2012
£10,000 sent to help Methodist Church in storm-hit
Fiji
A "solidarity" grant of £10,000 has been sent to the
Methodist Church in Fiji to support its response in the aftermath
of a tropical storm.
Christian Today
24 April 2012
Methodists
make solidarity grant to flood and storm-hit Fiji
The Methodist Church in Britain has made a solidarity
grant of £10,000 to the Church in Fiji, which has been helping
communities affected by flooding after a tropical storm hit the
islands.
Ekklesia
23 April 2012
Touchstone Methodist Centre set to move into former Bradford pub
They might have teetotal roots, but members of a Bradford
Methodist community plan to open a new headquarters in a disused
pub.
Telegraph and Argus
23 April 2012
Methodist Church marks its centenary
Like the 100-year-old governing ANC the Methodist Church
of Southern Africa celebrated its centenary during the 56th annual
Young Men's Guild Convention at the Ngoako Ramathlodi sports
complex in Seshego township outside Polokwane in Limpopo at the
weekend.
Sowetan
23 April 2012
Are you prepared to do a 'Full Monty'?
Open workshop auditions for the production begin on
Tuesday April 24 at Hightown Methodist Church from 7.30pm - 10pm
and will continue on Sunday April 29.
Luton Today
23 April 2012
Enter a MADD world 
An amateur dramatics group are putting on a nostalgic,
one off concert which will bring British wartime spirit back to
Driffield and raise money for charity. Methodist Amateur Dramatics
Driffield (MADD) will be performing the unique 'Bluebirds over
Driffield' this Saturday (April 21).
Driffield Times and Post
23 April 2012
Lots on at Wroot Methodist Chapel
At the heart of the village of Wroot is its Methodist
Chapel which first opened in 1870. Services are led by
Superintendent Minister, the Reverend David Leese, and take place
every Sunday at 9.30am, except on the fourth Sunday in the month
when a combined service is held with the congregation at St Pancras
Anglican Church at 9am.
Doncaster Free Press
23 April 2012
Methodist Church looks to improve budget control and fund
accounting with Access Dimensions & FocalPoint
The Methodist Church has invested in a new financial and
expenses solution from mid-market and not-for-profit specialists
Access, following an extensive software selection process. The
charity organisation went to market as the existing Sun Accounts
system was no longer serving its needs.
Access
19 April 2012
Bureau takes advice services on the road
An advice service for people looking for help with their
finances, housing or employment issues is extending its mobile
service. The Citizens' Advice Bureau is planning to offer support
to more people by taking its van to more locations throughout Bath
and North East Somerset. The van will be in Writhlington, outside
the Methodist Church on Manor Road, the first Monday of each month
between 10am and 1pm. On the third Monday of each month it will be
in Peasedown St John, outside the Methodist Church on the High
Street, from 11am to 2pm.
Somerset Guardian
19 April 2012
Under-earners anonymous 
What sort of person identifies themselves as an
'under-earner', in desperate need of an emotional and
time-consuming recovery process?
Well, quite a few people do, as it turns out. All the 30 seats in
the utilitarian meeting room in the basement of a Methodist church
are taken.
Daily Mail Online
19 April 2012
Liskeard pianist gives something back
Tickets have been selling well for a concert to be given by
Jonathan Delbridge and fellow local musicians on Saturday in aid of
Macmillan Cancer Support at Liskeard Methodist Church.
Cornish Guardian
19 April 2012
Methodist Church Prepares for London Olympic Outreach 
The Methodist Church is encouraging people to get involved in the
Olympic and Paralympic celebrations as the 100-day countdown to the
London Games begins Wednesday.
The Christian Post
18 April 2012
Methodists look forward to Olympics engagement
The Methodist Church is encouraging people to get
involved in the Olympic and Paralympic celebrations as the 100-day
countdown to the Games begins today.
Christian Today
18 April 2012
Methodists launch 100-day countdown to 2012 Games
The Methodist Church is encouraging people to take part
in the Olympic and Paralympic celebrations as the 100-day countdown
to the start of the Games begins today.
Inspire Magazine
17 April 2012
Methodist
Church marks 100 day Olympic Games countdown
The Methodist Church in Britain is encouraging people to
take part in the Olympic and Paralympic celebrations as the 100 day
countdown to the start of the Games begins today.
Ekklesia
17 April 2011
Mayor of Oakham Coun Joyce Lucas pays tribute to community at civic
service
People gathered to sing hymns at the Town Mayor's civic service
and reception last Thursday. Mayor of Oakham Coun Joyce Lucas held
her service at Oakham Methodist Church in Northgate and Oakham
Castle.
Rutland Times
17 April 2012
Reading choir pays Titanic tribute
Audience members at Wesley Methodist Church were treated to a
moving rendition of the Titanic band's reputed final tune, Nearer
Thy God to Thee, on Friday, March 23.
Get Reading
17 April 2012
Methodists on a mission to celebrate anniversary
Bridging the generation gap: Cockermouth's Lorton Street Methodist
Church celebrates its 80th anniversary this month.
Times and Star
16 April 2012
Choir is singing out for a new generation
On May, 15 1959, a meeting was held in the school-room of Station
Road Methodist Church, Shiney Row.
Sunderland Echo
16 April 2012
East Norfolk churches in Easter show of unity
The East Norfolk village of Acle demonstrated ecumenism at its
best when a cross-section of about 50 members of the Roman
Catholic, Methodist and Church of England community celebrated dawn
on Easter Sunday outside the 12th century Church of St Mary's
Fishley.
East Norfolk Network
16 April 2012
Support on diabetes day
The event is set to take place at Westborough Methodist Church
on Saturday, and has been organised by the Diabetes UK Scarborough
Volunteer Group.
Scarborough Evening News
16 April 2012
School celebrates refurb work
Major refurbishment work on buildings at Wainfleet Magdalen Church
of England/Methodist School was officially unveiled recently.
Skegness Standard
16 April 2012
Donkey teaches pupils Easter meaning 
A donkey from Rand Farm Park arrived at Bardney Church of
England and Methodist Primary School to join in with the Easter
celebrations last week.
Horncastle News
16 April 2012
Curtain Call Previews
Mistaken identity, two murders, a medium who really can
reach the other side and the ghost of a long deceased thespian are
amongst the attractions awaiting visitors to The Crippled
Harlequin, a guest house in the Peak District, when they arrive to
spend their Christmas holiday in the country. Who will murder who
and what are their true motives? Join Dalian Players at Woolston
Methodist Church, Southampton, from Thursday to Saturday. Tickets:
023 8043 8596.
Southern Daily Echo
13 April 2012
'Titanic'
murder mystery at Penketh Methodist Church
Step aboard the Titanic for an afternoon of espionage and
intrigue at Penketh Methodist Church, Chapel Road.
ThisIsCheshire
12 April 2012
Music at Methodist church
Cottingham: The Music Recital Club's next concert takes
place on Saturday, April 21, at Cottingham Methodist Church in
Hallgate.
ThisIsHullandEastRiding.co.uk
12 April 2012
Methodist
Church helps with relief effort 
Hundreds of Methodist Church members of the Nabua
division flocked to the divisional headquarters in Nabua yesterday
to give whatever they can as part of their contributions to flood
affected families in the Western Division.
The Fiji Times
11 April 2012
Congregation ready to celebrate Cumbrian methodist church's
anniversary
Worshippers young and old will turn out at Cockermouth's
Lorton Street Methodist Church on April 22 to celebrate its 80th
anniversary.
News and Star
10 April 2012
Care homes charity granted permission for solar panels
A care homes charity has been granted permission to fit
solar panels to retirement flats under construction in Ben
Rhydding. Bradford Council planning officers acting under delegated
powers have approved plans by Methodist Homes to install
photo-voltaic panels on the south-facing side of the roof at
Emmandjay Court in Valley Drive.
Telegraph and Argus
09 April 2012
Wainfleet school unveils £2.3m remodelling and
refurbishment
Pupils at a Wainfleet school are now enjoying the benefits of a
£2.3 million development project. Major remodelling and
refurbishment works have taken place at Wainfleet Magdalen Church
of England/Methodist School and were officially unveiled on
Friday.
ThisIsLincolnshire.co.uk
07 April 2012
When house-hunting is left up to divine intervention
John Wesley was a Church of England clergyman responsible
for organising the largest branch of Methodism in England known as
Wesleyan Methodism.
Henley Standard
05 April 2012
God's wool be done - North Cowton knitters recreate the Last
Supper
Women at a methodist chapel, inspired by recent incidents of
guerrilla knitting, have picked up their needles to issue a timely
reminder of Easter's religious message.
The Northern Echo
05 April 2012
Churches celebrate Easter services
In Midsomer Norton, Methodists, Baptists and
Salvationists are joining together for their main morning service
on Easter Sunday.
ThisIsSomerset
05 April 2012
Bakers in Ellesmere Port raise money for Alder Hey Children's
Hospital
Last Thursday three young people collected more than £42
for the hospital's IMAGINE appeal by baking and selling cakes
outside the newly reconfigured Trinity Methodist Church in the
centre of Ellesmere Port.
Ellesmere Port
04 April 2012
Wesley's medical wisdom revealed in touring heritage
exhibition
As one of the founding fathers of Methodism, John Wesley
is well-known throughout the world as a Christian evangelist. But
his experiments into producing cures for the sick are not often
talked about - until now.
Inspire
04 April 2012
Arts for Easter's sake at North Wales coastal resort
An Easter story arts exhibition opens tonight (Friday,
March 30) and runs until Sunday April 8, thanks to an enterprising
crew of local Methodists in Colwyn Bay, writes Karen Carter.
Inspire
04 April 2012
Buckshaw school children to appear in film
Trinity Church of England Methodist Primary School,
Chorley, has been selected to produce the television film, which
will see pupils having an active role in presenting news from their
school and the Buckshaw Village area.
Lancashire Telegraph
04 April 2012
Award for young Methodist recognises creativity and leadership 
Sam Taylor (right) has won the British Youth Council Make
a Difference Award for making a real difference through his role as
the Church's Youth President.
Inspire Magazine
04 April 2012
Churches to offer a big welcome this September
Baptist, Methodist and Elim Pentecostal churches will be extending
a big welcome to friends and neighbours this September.
Christian Today
02 April 2012
Tax on landfill helps refurbishment of St Giles Methodist Church
Hall
The members of St Giles Methodist Church and local
community groups are benefiting from recent work carried out to
install a new heating system in the Church Hall and refurbish the
toilet facilities.
ThisIsLincolnshire.co.uk
01 April 2012
North East hospital chaplain to make Olympic history 
From hospital chaplain to Olympic runner, Methodist chaplain
David Shaw is set to make history. The dad-of-two has been chosen
from hundreds of thousands of people to be one of the first to
cross the finish line at London's new Olympic Stadium.
JournalLive.co.uk
30 March 2012
British
Youth Council praises work of Methodist Youth President
The Youth President of the Methodist Church in Great
Britain has won an award for his effective representation of young
people within Methodist structures.
Ekklesia
30 March 2012
Methodist Youth President wins British Youth Council Award
The British Youth Council has given its Make a Difference
Award to the Methodist Church's Youth President.
Christian Today
30 March 2012
Dedication of groups to village is rewarded with a park party
grant
A variety of groups across the area received grants last
week thanks to a popular summer festival in Peasedown St John.
Peasedown Youth Albion FC, Bath Stroke Group and Peasedown
Methodist Church have all received cheques after applying for
funding from Peasedown's Party in the Park Fund, which was set up
in 2009 to help community groups that serve the area.
Somerset Guardian
29 March 2012
Gibraltar Street Pastors on the move
Street Pastors have been very successful in the UK and have
contributed to a significant decline in night crime figures in the
areas in which they operate, says the Methodist Church.
Isolas
27 March 2012
Mourners pay tribute to former Middlesbrough football scout Jack
Watson - legend of North-East sport
John Martin Watson, of Shildon, County Durham, known by
most as Jack, was passionate about local sport and was a respected
football scout for five decades. About 300 family and friends -
many from the worlds of football and cricket - packed Neville
Parade Methodist Church, in Newton Aycliffe, to celebrate his
life.
The Northern Echo
24 March 2012
Methodists
give 'cautious welcome' to government's alcohol plan
The Methodist Church have "cautiously welcomed" reports
that the government plans to enforce a minimum unit price on
alcohol sales in England and Wales. But they warn that a long delay
on implementation could cost lives.
Ekklesia
23 March 2012
Recital season finishes in style
The last of this season's Fylde Arts Mid Day recitals at Poulton
Methodist Church tomorrow features popular concert pianist John
Shirley.
The Gazette
26 March 2012
Government must not delay in implementing minimum price on
alcohol
The Methodist Church was one of several major
denominations in the UK to write to the Prime Minister last month
asking for the introduction of minimum pricing on alcohol.
Christian Today
23 March 2012
Sidmouth: Memory awareness event a success
The "Memory Matters" event, held at Sidmouth Methodist
Church Hall, was organised by the Sidmouth Locality Health and
Social Care Team with the backing of Sidmouth Cottage Hospital.
View Online
23 March 2012
Congregation donates chapel banner to Methodism museum
The banner which was used to proclaim the Sunday School
anniversary procession was used at least up until the 1930s. Since
that date it has been kept behind the organ. The congregation
realised that the banner needed professional care and appropriate
storage, and the museum of Primitive Methodism were happy to accept
the banner because of its generally good condition, and strong bold
design, featuring a different picture on the two sides.
Thorne and District Gazette
20 March 2012
Luke's cash drive
The Kingsclere Primary School pupil is already nearly
halfway towards hitting his target after making an impressive
£2,100 through the 24-hour Scalextric endurance event. Luke, from
Kingsclere, was sponsored to stay up all night in the Methodist
Church, in Kingsclere, where he charged people £2.50 to race one of
six cars around a track for half-an-hour.
Gazette
18 March 2012
'Moral leadership through ethical banking model'
The UK could show global moral leadership with a new
banking model built on trust, figures in the Methodist, Muslim and
Church of England communities have claimed.
FT Adviser
16 March 2012
Nick Clegg backs specialist free school for Norwich
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg addresses the British
Chambers of Commerce annual conference, at Methodist Central Hall,
London.
Norwich Evening News
16 March 2012
A magical month for the arts
Sacconi String Quartet playing Haydn, Bartok and
Schubert. St Peter's Methodist Church, St Peter's Street,
Canterbury. 7.30pm. Tickets £12 (£6 students, under-16s free). Call
Jenny Devenish on 01227 456359 or Canterbury Bookings on 01227
378188.
Canterbury Times
15 March 2012
Clergy in danger at the front
The trials and tribulations of army chaplains during the First
World War provided an unusual topic for members of the North Lancs
branch of the Western Front Association. The talk at the Lancaster
City Museum was given by the Reverend John Bolton OBE who was a
Methodist chaplain for 25 years.
North West Evening Mail
13 March 2012
Visit to homeless drop-in centre
BRISTOL'S Lord Mayor visited a homeless drop-in centre for
breakfast and talked to the people who use it.
Around 30 people attend Bristol Methodist Centre in Midland
Road, St Philip's, for breakfast, while up to 60 people eat lunch
there.
Bristol Evening post
14 March 2012
Concert club's season to end with performance
Droitwich Concert Club's latest season will end on
Saturday, March 24 with a performance from a top string quartet.
The event will be held at 7.30pm at Droitwich Methodist Church,
Worcester Road, and will bring an end to the club's 39th
season.
Bromsgrove Advertiser
12 March 2012
Sidmouth: Memory matters
The Sidmouth Locality Health and Care Team, with the
support of Sidmouth Hospital, are organising an exhibition and
coffee morning at the Methodist Church Hall, High Street, Sidmouth,
to promote local organisations that provide support to carers and
to give help and information to anyone concerned about memory
loss.
View Online
09 March 2012
Double treat for music fans 
Tomorrow's Grundy Fylde Arts Mid Day Recital at Springfield
Methodist Church, the last of the current series, will be given by
The Quattromani Piano Duo - Nicholas Oliver and Joan
Greenburgh.
The Blackpool Gazette
09 March 2012
Festival week
While the heart of the music festival continues to be
held in the light and airy space of Truro Methodist Church, each
year it grows larger, and this year additional classes are being
held in Truro City Hall (above the Tourist Information Centre on
Boscawen Street) and in the Roman Catholic Church in St Austell
Street.
ThisIsCornwall.co.uk
08 March 2012
Brass band lines up charity date
ONE of Britain's most famous brass bands are to perform a charity
concert in Barnsley. Grimethorpe Colliery Band are playing in aid
of the Mayor of Barnsley Charity at Emmanuel Methodist Church, on
Monday, April 16.
The Star
01 March 2012
Archaeology proves popular
Eminent archaeologists from across the country gathered
in Wath on Saturday to deliver a series of talks and presentations.
Academics told visitors of numerous projects taking place up and
down the UK during the Dearne Valley Arhchaeology Day at Wath
Trinity Methodist Church.
Thorne and District Gazette
09 March 2012
Years battling 'demon drink'
The earliest references found for the UCV were Hebden
Bridge and Heptonstall Temperance Society 1842 and the Cross Lane
Methodist Band of Hope 1859. Band of Hope started in Leeds in
1847.
Hebden Bridge Times
09 March 2012
First class facility delivered to village
A Village is celebrating after being able to secure the
return of its post office, five years after it closed. The doors
were opened on Friday at Tansley Methodist Church and marked the
end of a long campaign to restore the facility.
Matlock Mecury
07 March 2012
New centre gives former homeless a helping hand
A drop-in centre providing support for homeless men as they adjust
to living back in society has been opened in Londonderry. The
Methodist Mission has operated a hostel for homeless men in Derry
since 1933 and the new drop-in centre in the basement of the
Carlisle Road Methodist Church will complement the work of its
mission in Crawford Square.
Belfast Telegraph
06 March 2012
Methodist exhibition at Epworth
The rise of the Methodist movement will be the subject of
an exhibition starting at Epworth's Old Rectory on Wednesday, March
14.
Thorne and District Gazette
05 March 2012
London
2012: Churches urged to get involved with the Olympics
Churches in Lancashire have been urged to get involved in
"once in a lifetime opportunities" offered by the 2012 Olympics.
They have been asked to be at the forefront of the voluntary help
that will be required when the Olympic torch travels through
Lancashire in June. Ish Lennox, from the Methodist church, said
people would be travelling the length and breadth of the UK.
BBC News Lancashire
02 March 2012
Celebration for diamond pair
A 60-YEAR romance - put down to 'counting your blessings'
- started at a Sunday evening church service. Plymouth Methodist
Central Hall was where Henry and Joan Horrell first met.
ThisIsPlymouth.co.uk
02 March 2012
Story
Shorts
The next Ashton area Police and Communities Together (PACT)
meeting takes place on Monday at Ashton Methodist Church hall,
Wellington Road, Ashton, Preston. The meeting gets underway at
6.30pm and all residents are invited to attend.
Lep.cp.uk
02 March 2012
Irish troubadour Frank returns
Celebrate St Patrick's Day - albeit a day early - in the company
of an international Irish country music star. Frank McCaffrey makes
a welcome return to Market Rasen Methodist Church on Friday, March
16.
Market Rasen Mail
02 March 2012
Annual charity concert returns
The annual concert by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band for the
Mayor's Charity will take place on Monday, April 16, at Emmanuel
Methodist Church in Barnsley.
South Yorkshire Times
01 March 2012
Display focuses on global church
An exhibition charting the rise of the Methodist Church
into a world-wide organisation opens at its north Lincolnshire
birthplace next month.
Yorkshire Post
01 March 2012
Charity welcomes a band of Archbishops
Cross Links is an ecumenical Christian charity which runs
community programmes including a day centre, a cafe, parent and
toddler groups, youth and after school clubs, summer holiday
programmes, and a weekly Messy Church for families at St Nicholas
Church. The scheme is funded through the Canterbury diocese, the
Methodist church and the United Reform church.
ThisIsKent.co.uk
01 March 2012
Short Cross Methodist Church holding community drop-in
sessions
Short Cross Methodist Church is holding drop-in sessions every
week for elderly and unemployed people.
Halesowen News
28 February 2012
Special church services to mark Women's World Day of Prayer
The 2012 Women's World Day of Prayer on Friday, March 2,
is being marked in Newtownabbey with special services at
Glengormley Methodist and Ballyhenry Presbyterian.
Newtownabbey Times
07 March 2012
Women's World Day of Prayer marked in Ilminster
In and around Ilminster three colourful events will be planned to
offer choice and convenience on March 2 at 10.30am at St Peter's
Church, Horton; at 2pm in the Minster Rooms, Ilminster, hosted by
the Methodist Church; and from 6.30pm for 7pm start at Monks Yard
at Horton Cross.
ThisIsWestCountry.co.uk
26 February 2012
Choir concert raises £500 for Minehead clock tower appeal 
A rousing concert by the Minehead Male Voice Choir
has raised more than £500 for the town's Jubilee clock tower
appeal. More than 100 people attended the event at Minehead
Methodist Church in The Avenue, with the programme consisting of a
repertoire from all four corners of the UK.
ThisIsTheWestCountry.co.uk
25 February 2012
Touch of Class with Daniel Keen
Tomorrow night the Audley Male Voice Choir will be
performing at Wolstanton Methodist Church. They will be joined by
tenor Philip Cartwright and outstanding pianist and accordionist
Stefan Andrusyschun. For further information and tickets call 01782
720568.
ThisIsStaffordshire.co.uk
24 February 2012
Craft fair in Burniston
A craft fair in Burniston tomorrow will raise
funds for the British Heart Foundation's Red for Heart campaign. It
will be at the village's Methodist church, whose craft group will
sell Easter eggs, cakes, jewellery, cards, etc.
Scarborough Evening News
24 February 2012
Church leader's nostalgic trip
Two national leaders from the Methodist Church are to spend a week
in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire. The Rev Leo Osborn, president of
the Methodist Conference, and vice president Ruth Pickles will
visit from March 3 to 11 - the longest trip in the UK since their
year of office started last July.
The Star
24 February 2012
Village News: Burgh le Marsh
Daffodil Coffee Morning - Burgh Methodist Church is
hosting its annual daffodil coffee morning on Tuesday, February 28
from 10am to noon. There will be various stalls and a raffle -
gifts for these will be gratefully received.
Skegness Standard
24 February 2012
Sing along with choir
There's an opportunity to sing along with the East
Cornwall Bach Choir (ECBC) on Saturday next week. The choir will be
at Liskeard Methodist Church spending the whole day rehearsing some
favourite choruses, and some less familiar and less-often-performed
parts of Handel's Messiah.
ThisIsPlymouth.co.uk
24 February 2012
Cornish
Methodist chapel attendance grows 
A number of Methodist chapels in Cornwall say they are
bucking trend when it comes to church attendance. Nationally, the
number of people going to church regularly has dropped
significantly since the 1980s.
BBC Cornwall
21 February 2012
Setting scenes for church anniversary 
Volunteers have been hard at work preparing for a pageant
to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Westborough Methodist Church.
The special events are due to be held over the second weekend in
March and Maggie Bridge, the pageant's producer, said work was
progressing well.
Scarborough Evening News
21 February 2012
Methodist Church guild boosts CAMPAIGN 2012 
Valentine's Day saw members of the Sidmouth Methodist
Church Wesley Guild show their love for for the Herald's CAMPAIGN
2010 - with an evening of romantic music. The event last Tuesday
saw a donation of around £60 made to Sidmouth Primary School's
minibus appeal.
Sidmouth Herald
20 February 2012
UK 'better
off without Trident' say churches
Churches are urging the Government not to shackle the UK
to a £55 billion spending commitment on Trident over the next 15
years. They argue that dispensing with nuclear missiles would be
beneficial to UK security and our economy. The Methodist Church,
the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the United Reformed Church
have launched a campaign - "Better off Without Trident" - which
calls on the Government not to spend £26 billion of tax payers'
money on replacing the country's nuclear submarines.
Ekklesia
17 February 2012
Winchelsea Village Voice
Tomorrow morning (18th February) there will be a gathering at
the Methodist Chapel to welcome the Rev. Peggy Heim who will be
talking on 'Women Preachers in early Methodism'. Both men and women
are, of course, welcome to attend and coffee will be served from 10
am for a 10.30 am start.
Rye and Battle Observer
17 February 2012
Methodist Church backs minimum alcohol pricing
The Methodist Church says it's not in favour of the government's
plans to introduce 'drunk tanks'. Public drunkenness and alcohol
abuse costs the health service 2 point 7 billion pounds a year -
the govenment says it wants to introduce a series of measures to
curb the issue.
Premier Radio
15 February 2012
Churches say UK would be better off without Trident
The Methodist Church, the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the
United Reformed Church are calling upon the Government to ditch its
Trident nuclear weapons.
Christian Today
15 February 2012
British
Christians say no to nukes
Baptists and other Christian leaders in the United Kingdom are
urging the government to scrap plans to replace its fleet of
nuclear-armed submarines.The Baptist Union of Great Britain joined
the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church in a briefing
for the "Better off without Trident" campaign outlining costs of
the proposed replacement of Britain's nuclear-weapons system over
the next 15 years.
Associated Baptist Press
15 February 2012
Axing Trident would benefit UK public services, say Churches
Churches are urging the Government not to shackle the UK
to a £55 billion spending commitment on Trident over the next 15
years. They argue that dispensing with nuclear missiles would be
beneficial to UK security and our economy. The Methodist Church,
the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the United Reformed Church
have launched a campaign - "Better off Without Trident" - which
calls on the Government not to spend £26 billion of tax payers'
money on replacing the country's nuclear submarines.
Inspire Magazine
15 February 2012
Churches: UK would be "better off without Trident"
CND welcomes the 'Better off without Trident' campaign
launched by an alliance of Churches today, urging the government to
scrap Britain's nuclear weapons system. The Methodist Church, the
Baptist Union of Great Britain and the United Reformed Church have
produced a briefing on the economic costs of Trident which slams
the projected £55bn expenditure on running and replacing Trident
over the next 15 years. The briefing can be viewed here: Better Off
Without Trident.
CND website
15 February 2012
Cottingham Methodist Church Music Festival 'huge success'
Judges have called the Cottingham Methodist Church Music
Festival a huge success. The event saw hundreds of people of all
ages competing in classes ranging from string and harp performances
to solo choral singing.
ThisIsHullandEastRiding.co.uk
15 February 2012
Museum's a slice of English history
Recently my husband and I visited England on a trip of 33
pilgrims from our Methodist Church to visit John and Charles Wesley
sites.
ThisIsStaffordshire
13 February 2012
Stitchers sew up first anniversary 
A group founded to knit and stitch hats, scarves and quilts
for good causes has celebrated its first birthday. The Lutterworth
Knit and Stitch group meets on every first Thursday of the month
between 2 and 4pm at Lutterworth Methodist Church.
Harborough Mail
13 February 2012
Demolition for Goole church 
Trinity Methodist Church is set to be bulldozed and
rebuilt after leaders decided it's just too costly to run. The
church, at the junction of Boothferry Road and Clifton Gardens, has
been without heating for the past two years, and last year a
depserate plea was issued for help with fund-raising.
Goowle - Howden Courier
13 February 2012
Who's Maud May, and who planted her tree?
Methodists are mystified by the appearance of a memorial
tree that has been planted in their chapel grounds. The tree is
accompanied by a plaque bearing the name of Maud May - but no one
in the congregation at Carnon Downs Methodist Church knows her.
ThisIsCornwall
09 February 2012
Alcoholic drinks to get weaker, says minister
A coalition of churches is now adding to these calls, after a
study showing six in ten people feel excessive drinking is
blighting their communities.
The Church of England, the Methodist Church and the Baptist Union
of Great Britain, have all written to the Prime Minister urging him
to consider strong measures to tackle "current levels of ill health
and public disorder".
Daily Telegraph
07 February 2012
Get Messy with Sprowston Methodist Church
On Saturday 11 February, Sprowston Methodist Church
invites families to join them for a completely different kind of
Saturday teatime as they launch 'Messy Church'.
Network Norwich
09 February 2012
Guide dogs volunteer appeal
The Scarborough branch of Guide Dogs are holding an
information morning at Westborough Methodist Church, Westborough,
on Friday February 24 at 9.30am.
The Scarborough Evening News
09 February 2012
Push for weaker alcoholic drinks as UK tackles binge
drinking
Doctors' groups, including the Royal College of Physicians and
the British Medical Association, support the toughest option of
minimum pricing per unit, as do a coalition of churches. The Church
of England, the Methodist Church and the Baptist Union of Great
Britain have all written to Mr Cameron urging him to consider
strong measures to tackle "current levels of ill-health and public
disorder".
Irish IE.
08 February 2012
Alcoholic drinks to get weaker, says minister
A coalition of churches is now adding to these calls,
after a study showing six in ten people feel excessive drinking is
blighting their communities.
The Church of England, the Methodist Church and the Baptist Union
of Great Britain, have all written to the Prime Minister urging him
to consider strong measures to tackle "current levels of ill health
and public disorder".
Daily Telegraph
07 February 2012
Arrows will swoop along for supper
Open for Coffee - The Methodist Church is open to welcome
visitors and serve cups of tea and coffee to guests on Friday,
February 10, and all are welcome to call in between 10am and
11.30am to have a chat with friends and neighbours while enjoying a
cuppa.
Market Rasen Mail
06 February 2012
Gomersal Methodist Church marks its reopening
Members of Gomersal Methodist Church, known as 'Pork Pie
chapel' due to its circular shape, will hold their first service
tomorrow following the completion of the 14 month-long project.
Telegraph and Argus
04 February 2012
Share memories of Crabbs Cross Methodist Church
Crabbs Cross Methodist Church will mark its 200 year
anniversary on May 20. Beginning in April, church organisers have
planned a series of services and events including concerts by local
choirs, a flower festival, barbeque, barn dance and exhibition of
memorabilia.
Redditch Advertiser
03 February 2012
Name and shame church vandals
Wimblington residents are being asked to name and shame vandals
who have caused damage in a church memorial garden. Users of the
community-created garden behind the Methodist Church on Norfolk
Street were distressed to see that someone had broken a stone seat
and bent a metal archway out of shape.
Fenland Citizen
03 February 2012
Church
investors join fight over excessive bonuses
Stephen Beer, senior fund manager and UK strategist for the
Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church, said: "We want pay
to be linked to performance, and we don't want it to be excessive.
As Christian investors, we also focus on the low-paid, which is why
we encourage UK companies to pay the Living Wage."
Church Times
03 February 2012
Burscough Methodist Church hosts pantomime
Sinbad
Worshippers at the Methodist Church in Burscough were given a
magic carpet when they arrived last Sunday - which was all part of
the annual Pantomime Service.
Ormskirk and Skelmersdale
02 February 2012
Children invited to have fun getting messy at church event
Children across Abbots Langley are invited to try a new
form of worship - Messy Church. Organised by volunteers from St
Lawrence parish church and Abbots Langley Methodist church, the aim
of the event is to entice children, parents and carers to have fun,
be creative and enjoy a meal together.
Watford Obersver
1 February 2012
Serving up dinner for heart appeal 
Heart patient Amelia Scholey, right , who is organising
'The Big Roast' lunch at Westborough Methodist Church on Sunday
Febuary 6th, as part of the British Heart Foundation's annual Red
for Heart campaign. Pictured with Amelia is Anne Dargue, left, from
the coffee lounge at the church, and Sharon Oakley, from the
British Heart Foundation. 120313 Picture by Andrew Higgins
17/01/12
Scarborough Evening News
31 January 2012
Art festival in Brighouse will mark the Jubilee
It will take place at a number of venues across Brighouse
including The Central Methodist Church, The Smith Art Gallery and
Library, The Salvation Army Citadel, St Martin's Church and the
Civic Hall.
Halifax Courier
31 January 2012
Historic organ sounds last note
An historic organ has sounded its last notes in a
church which has been its home for more than a century. Hurworth
Methodist Chapel is selling its chamber organ to make way for an
electronic keyboard because the church rarely uses it.
Darlington and Stockton Times
30 January 2012
Acle churches model Christian unity
The walk was led by Church of England Rector Rev Martin
Greenland, Methodist Minister Rev Steve Cullis and Roman Catholic
Deacon Rev Peter Glanville. Members of the local churches joined
together to recite prayers outside the village branch of Barclays
bank, the fire station, primary school, recreation centre, health
centre and Herondale Care Home.
The Norwich and Norfolk Christian Community Website
25 January 2012
Wise Albert condenses life into a pocket guide 
This one time newspaper short-story writer has also just had
published a delightful compendium of thoughts, musings and advice
picked up during ten decades on planet Earth. "Why have I done it?"
ponders the great grandfather, of Endcliffe. "That's a good
question."I feel I have a lot to share with people. I was a
Methodist minister for 37 years, and that meant writing a sermon
once a week. I learned a lot doing that which I want to pass
on."
The Star
24 January 2012
Just imagine if the Iron Lady had got the big call wrong
I sense that the share price of Margaret Thatcher
anecdotes is peaking, so I'm offloading some stock. Ten years ago,
the great woman came to lunch with a group of Telegraph writers.
Determined not to ask a sententious question about public policy, I
instead blurted out: 'Is there anything worth watching on
television at the moment, Lady Thatcher?' She fixed her fierce blue
eyes on me, trying to remember who I was. (On a previous occasion,
I had managed to thump her on the elbow while making an expansive
point, and she has been wary in my presence ever since.) Then she
softened. 'We enjoy the Sunday evening programmes, dear, especially
those stirring Methodist hymns. But we find that even they are
becoming a little wishy-washy these days'.
The Telegraph
24 January 2012
Religious
leaders ask government not to penalise children
Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders have issued a joint
call for the government's household welfare benefit cap to exclude
child benefit. Many will also be joining the wider rebellion
against the cap wholesale, and the major Free Churches (Methodists,
United Reformed and Baptists) are among those who have focused on
the cuts aimed at disabled and sick people in the coalition's
Welfare Reform Bill (WRB), which concludes its Report Stage in the
House of Lords this week.
Ekklesia
23 January 2012
Influential religious leaders praise churches and their
congregations in Chester and Cheshire
Leaders of denominations, including the Roman Catholic Bishop of
Shrewsbury, the Rt Rev Mark Davies and the congregation were
greeted by United Reformed Church Moderator, the Rev Howard Sharp.
Others taking part in the service included Dr Forster, readers from
the Roman Catholic, Baptist and Methodist churches and the Rev
Peter Barber, chairman of the Chester and Stoke Methodist
District.
Chester Chronicle
23 january 2012
Councillor's budget makes for happy Christmas for some
About 80 people who might otherwise have spent Christmas
day alone were able to have a joint feast, thanks in part to a
financial contribution from South Holland District councillor Gary
Taylor. The ward member for Spalding Castle gave £400 from his
designated budget available to hand out to worthwhile community
projects to Broad Street Methodist Church's Christmas Day meal.
Spalding Guardian
23 January 2012
New nominees for our Person to be Proud of
The chairman of Portadown Philatelic Society JOHN PROCTOR has
served the community for many years. A stalwart of 1st Portadown
(Thomas Street Methodist) Boys' Brigade, he went on to be an
officer in the company, and organised many of its activities. He
still serves Methodism faithfully, through the church at Mahon.
Portadown Times
23 January
Special
service marks Preston Guild 2012
Highlights include a religious drama filmed in the city
called Preston Passion, to be broadcast on BBC One on Good Friday,
and the Methodist Collection of Modern Art.
BBC News
22 January 2012
Demand for handouts doubles in Bicester
Record numbers of families are seeking help from the
Bicester Foodbank. In the past three years the number of people
visiting the organisation, based at the Sheep Street Methodist
Church, has almost doubled.
The Oxford Times
20 January 2012
Homeless given a bed for the night in church
Homeless people will be able to escape the cold by
sleeping in churches from tomorrow. A four-week-trial is
starting, providing shelter in three Halifax churches on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday nights. Dave Fawcett, chairman of the food
drop-in run at Ebenezer Methodist Church in Halifax and
co-ordinator of the Inn Churches scheme, said: "It's exciting.
Halifax Courier
20 January 2012
Methodist viewpoint on ecumenical dialogue
As Christians around the world mark the annual week of prayer for
Christian unity, we shine the spotlight on one of the oldest
ecumenical dialogues, that between the Catholic Church and the
World Methodist Council which began in 1967. The Rev. Ken Howcroft
is the minister at the Ponte Sant'Angelo Methodist Church in Rome
and until last year served as the Ecumenical Officer for the
British Methodist Church. He spoke to Susy Hodges about the events
taking place to mark the week of prayer for Christian unity in
Rome.
Vatican Radio
19 January 2012
Reaching your goals 
Sheffield Beauchief Kumon centre welcomes new Instructor. Kumon
Instructor Alison Morgan has taken over the Sheffield Beauchief
maths and English study centre. The centre is held at Woodseats
Methodist Church on Holmhirst Road, and is open on Tuesdays from
3.30-5.30pm and on Fridays from 3.30-6.30pm.
St Helens The Reporter
20 January 2012
Heritage grant for church hall in Longton
A church hall in Stoke-on-Trent is being refurbished as
part of a wider £750,000 investment in one area of the city.
Central Hall Methodist Church in Longton, built in the mid-19th
Century, will be restored as part of a scheme to renovate the
town's architectural gems.
BBC News Stoke and Stafforshire
15 January 2012
Linthwaite Methodist pets service
Cats and dogs were welcomed to Linthwaite Methodist
Church, when the Rev Jo Archer-Siddall led the 'all age worship'
animal service.
The Huddersfield Examiner
14 January 2012
Looking for something to do? Here's our guide to what's happening
around the area
A range of activities including dancing, singing and
crafts takes place at the Oak over 50s 'Drop-in Friday' at Central
Methodist Church from 10am until 3pm. Refreshments available. Dru
Yoga sessions are held at Roomfield House on Tuesdays at 2pm. For
more information, call 01706 813969.
Todmorden News
12 January 2012
Honours for our unsung heroes
Those who received a certificate this year were Keith
Sheldon for his 65 years dedicated to Darley Dale Brass Band; local
character Ken Forbes for his dog-walking work; Doreen Britland's
work for the Bank Road Methodist Church.
Matlock Mecury
12 January 2012
Puppet training offered at N Walsham church
North Walsham Methodist Church will be hosting a Puppet
Training Day later this month, and anyone with an interest in
puppets is welcome to attend.
North Norfolk Network
12 January 2012
Methodists losing faith in Fiji 
Methodist minister Reverend Tevita Nawadra Banivanua had every
reason to hope that 2012 was to be the beginning of a new period of
rapprochement between his church and Fiji's military regime.
The Sydney Morning Herald
12 January 2012
Methodist Church conference to go ahead during school
holidays
The Methodist Church of Fiji is planning on holding their
annual church conference during the August school holidays.
FijiVillage.com
12 January 2012
Parishioners' joy at new church
Parishioners celebrated earlier this year when they
reached their £330,000 target to revamp the Grove Methodist Church
in Main Street for worshippers and community groups.
The Oxford Mail
10 January 2012
New Temporary Venue for Neston Civic Society
Neston Civic Society are holding their first public
meeting in 2012 in a new venue - Neston Methodist Church, Park
Street, Neston.
AboutMyArea
09 January 2012
Norfolk course shows new ways to do mission
Nearly forty people participated in the course from
Church of England, Methodist and URC churches So what sort of
people were involved in the course and what did they make of
it?
The Norwich and Norfolk Christian Community Website
09 January 2012
Methodist
Church allowed to conduct meetings
The Methodist Church has been informed that they are
allowed to conduct their meetings but with a permit.
FBC
09 January 2012
Methodist Church meetings still restricted
Speaking to FijiLive Rev Nawadra said police have told the
Methodist Church that they are still restricted from having any
meetings after the lift of the Public Emergency Regulations
(PER).
Fiji Live
08 January 2012
Christmas Eve Christingle service at Linthwaite Methodist
Church
Linthwaite Methodist Church celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ
on Christmas Eve with a special Christingle Service.
The Huddesfield Examiner
07 Janurary 2012
Haddenham Methodist Church helps the homeless
Haddenham Methodist Church donated Christmas goodie bags
to Aylesbury Homeless Action Group last week.
Thame Gazette
05 January 2012
Longton's Central Hall Methodist Church gets heritage
grant
The historic Central Hall Methodist Church, in The
Strand, Longton is to be refurbished in as part of a project to
improve the town's heritage appeal.
Pits n Pots
05 January 2012
Methodist churches in Coventry and north Warwickshire saved in
reorganisation
Methodists in Coventry and north Warwickshire have
decided not to close any churches as part of plans to reorganise
the way they worship.
Coventry Telegraph
05 January 2012
Methodist Church now able to hold AGM with lifting of PER
The Methodist Church will now be able to hold their
annual general meeting with the lifting of the Public Emergency
Regulation.
FijiVillage.com
04 January 2012
Memorial service held for 57 miners killed in Sneyd Colliery
disaster
The memorial service had previously been held at Hot Lane
Methodist Chapel and then at Hamil Road Methodist Church in
Burslem, but both have now closed.
ThisIsStaffordshire
02 January 2012