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Miracle Marathon Effort for Methodist charity
16 March 2018
This year, experience meets optimism as two very differentrunners take on the London Marathon for the Methodist Relief andDevelopment Fund (MRDF). However different, both runners have thesame aim: to help make 'small miracles' possible in so...
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Methodist Church publishes guidelines on political extremism
16 March 2018
Ahead of the May local elections, The Methodist Church haslaunched guidelines for churches that find themselves representedby a councillor from an extremist party. The guidelines address aseries of questions, such as whether councillors from...
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Churches urge their members to vote wisely in 2007 local elections
16 March 2018
As Local Authority elections draw near and candidates begin tocanvas for support, The Baptist Union of Great Britain, TheMethodist Church and The United Reformed Church have joinedtogether to encourage people to get involved, ask their candi...
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From World's End to Mow Cop: 50 miles in 1807 dress
16 March 2018
If you go for a walk in the countryside over the Spring BankHoliday weekend, you might find yourself in the company of a coupleof people from the early 19th century. On 25-27 May the RevdJonathan Kerry and Anthea Cox are donning period costu...
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Methodist response to plans to label alcoholic drinks
16 March 2018
Rachel Lampard, Methodist Secretary for Parliamentary andPolitical Affairs: "The Methodist Church welcomes the initiative toinclude health warnings on bottles of alcohol, a move for which ithas long campaigned. Under an agreement between the...
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Beautiful pictures and inspiring prayers from The Methodist Church
16 March 2018
New booklet launched at Christian Resources Exhibition.72% of Britons pray at some point, even though they may not believein God. But many people struggle with prayer. A new publicationfrom the Methodist Church is encouraging people to pra...
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Redesigned, revamped, relaunched! - new website for The Methodist Church goes online
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church has completely revamped its website.From Thursday 24 May, visitors to www.methodist.org.uk willsee a completely redesigned site that aims to be easier to use andmore expressive of the best of Methodism. Dave Webster, Co-...
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Forget violent video games and do something positive for peace
16 March 2018
Banning violent video games doesn't go far enough,according to Steve Pearce at MethodistChildren: "We need to takethe more difficult step and do something positive to buildpeace."Peacebuilders is a brand new project which does exactly t...
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Churches urge G8 leaders to act on AIDS, poverty and climate change
16 March 2018
Speaking ahead of the G8 Summit to be held in Germany onJune 6, The Methodist Church, United Reformed Church and BaptistUnion of Great Britain have issued this statement:"As the G8 meets in Germany, our churches urge its leaders to place...
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Giant 'carbon footprint' to spark debate at Methodist Conference
16 March 2018
The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) will beusing a red, two metre high 'carbon footprint' at this year'sMethodist Conference to highlight the danger to developingcountries posed by climate change. The charity will be challenging...
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Address by the new Vice President of the Methodist Conference
16 March 2018
Ruby Beech, new Vice President of the MethodistConference, called for Christians to "listen to what God had to sayto us today." She pointed out that, as people celebrate the 200thanniversary of the Act to abolish the slave trade in Britain, ...
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Lets talk about...
16 March 2018
The Methodist Youth Conference is urging the Church toprovide greater support for vulnerable young people, to encourageaction on climate change and to engage more with young people onissues of faith and sexuality. Received today by the Metho...
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