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Join the Trafalgar Squaredance this Sunday
16 March 2018
This Sunday a church organist will be taking to TrafalgarSquare's fourth plinth with the simple aim of making London happywith music.For one hour only, from 6pm on Sunday 13 September, Peter Harding,from Solihull will play the accordion ...
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European Methodist Council comes to Manchester
16 March 2018
Church leaders from all over Europe will meet in Manchester thisweekend to discuss mass unemployment, migration, Christian andMuslim dialogue and ecumenical relationships.Methodists from Ireland in the West across to Russia in the Eastan...
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Churches offer resources for Peacemaking Sunday - September 20
16 March 2018
Church leaders are being encouraged to mark The InternationalDay of Peace on Peacemaking Sunday using worship resources providedby The Baptist Union of Great Britain, The Methodist Church and theUnited Reformed Church.The three Churches ...
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27 September is Back to Church Sunday: Come as you are
16 March 2018
This Sunday, half a million Christians will be inviting someonespecial to come back to church in one of the largest co-ordinatedecumenical evangelism events staged across Britain.Churches across the UK and further afield will be offering a...
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Churches' delegation to attend the three main political party conferences
16 March 2018
Christian leaders will engage with politicians at the three mainparty political conferences over the next few weeks.Senior representatives from the Baptist Union of Great Britain, theMethodist Church, the United Reformed Church and The Sal...
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Methodists win at the Blog Awards
16 March 2018
Two Methodist weblogs received awards at this year's ChristianWeb and New Media Awards.The Revd David Perry won the award for Best Christian Blog and ThePresident and Vice President's blog came runner up in the MostInspiring Leadership B...
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September meeting of the Methodist Council
16 March 2018
The Methodist Council met on 21-22 September at Methodist ChurchHouse in London. This is the first Council meeting of the newChurch year.Discipleship was high on the agenda for this Council meeting.General Secretary the Revd Dr Martyn At...
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Fijian Church leaders return to court
16 March 2018
Today, nine Methodist Church leaders have returned to court inorder to negotiate their bail conditions and seek greater religiousfreedom for their Church.The leaders, including the Church's President, Revd Ame Tugaue andGeneral Secretary...
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Brown's Trident plans 'feeble and ineffective'
16 March 2018
Three national Church leaders have criticised Gordon Brown overhis 'feeble and ineffective' pledge to reduce the UK's nuclearsubmarine fleet from four to three.The leaders have made their statement following reports that GordonBrown will...
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Appeal for disaster victims in Samoa, Tonga and Indonesia
16 March 2018
An appeal for prayer and funds for victims of the tsunami andearthquake tragedies in Samoa, Tonga and Indonesia has beenlaunched by the Methodist Church in Britain.The Church's World Mission Fund granted £10,000 to aid the reliefwork of ...
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Methodists take action on climate change
16 March 2018
Copies of Hope in God's Future - a report and study guideaddressing climate change - are flying off the shelves just daysafter the first printed editions became available.The first print run of the booklet has sold out and MethodistPubli...
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Churches call for an end to 'credit slavery'
16 March 2018
This week, the Methodist Church, the Baptist Union of GreatBritain and the United Reformed Church have called for transparencyin money-lending and greater protection for borrowers.In a submission to the Office of Fair Trading, the Churches...
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