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A Place to Call Home
26 October 2017
With many churches finding themselves called upon to offer practical support to those in housing crisis, four leading UK churches, with the support of the national Christian charity, Housing Justice and Scottish Churches Housing Action, have called upon their congregations to hold conversations around housing and homelessness in the UK.
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East Africa Famine Appeal
26 October 2017
All We Can and the World Church Relationships Team of the Methodist Church in Britain are calling for support for this urgent appeal to respond to immediate needs in South Sudan and to help avert famine in other countries on the verge of disaster.
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East Africa food crisis: A catastrophe of this magnitude means that every response matters
26 October 2017
More than 10 million people in East Africa and Yemen are facing starvation and famine: “Without collective and coordinated global efforts, people will simply starve to death. Many more will suffer and die from disease,” said Stephen O’Brien, UN Humanitarian chief at a meeting of the UN Security Council last Friday.
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A race against time: Communities unite to raise money for famine appeal
26 October 2017
Over 7 million people are at serious risk of starvation in Yemen, and millions more are severely malnourished in Somalia and South Sudan. Chronic food insecurity across these nations has led to the grim reality that a huge number of people are at serious risk of dying of hunger.
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Methodist young people call for support in a challenging world
26 October 2017
Mental health and the pressures of school life are among the topics that young Methodists have told the Church they would like support and guidance with.
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Director of Girls' Brigade to step down
26 October 2017
The Director of Girls’ Brigade Ministries and Girls’ Brigade England & Wales, Ruth Gilson, has announced that she'll be stepping down from her role at the end of August 2017 - to prepare for ordained ministry in the Methodist Church.
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Conversation Welcome
26 October 2017
In readiness for the impending trigger of Article 50, four of the UK’s largest Christian churches, representing three quarters of a million members, are inviting their congregations to take part in discussions across the UK to explore what kind of society we should be seeking to create.
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Girls' Brigade Ministries - New film encourages conversation around mental health
26 October 2017
koko, a multi-award winning blog for teenage girls initiatied by the Girl's Brigade, has just launched a new film looking at mental health.
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Churches condemn Government’s new two-child limit as "deliberately ignoring" needs of some of the UK’s poorest children
26 October 2017
From Thursday 6th April the Government’s flagship benefit, Universal Credit, will not offer help to the third or subsequent children in a family. This fundamentally changes the benefit system so that it “deliberately ignores” the needs of some of the UK’s more vulnerable children say Church leaders.
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Westminster Attack
26 October 2017
The President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference have called for prayer during this time following the attacks in Westminster, London.
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Hope in the midst of despair
26 October 2017
More than £340,000 has been given in response to the East Africa Famine Appeal, launched at the end of February by All We Can and the World Church Relationships Team of the Methodist Church in Britain.
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Easter Message
26 October 2017
The President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, the Revd Dr Roger Walton and Ms Rachel Lampard MBE, speak about confidence, suffering and hope in this year's Easter Message."Do we sometimes race over the reflection on of holy week and the pain of Good Friday, in order to reach the joy of Easter?"
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