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Methodist Church response to the G8 summit
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church has welcome the news from the G8 summitthat an additional $50 billion in aid has been secured for Africa.The Church also hailed the pledge of $3 billion in aid for thePalestinian Authority.But Church leaders said tha...
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Methodist Church appeals for consensus on anti-terror laws
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church is calling for the Government to seek abroad consensus on new anti-terrorism proposals following theLondon bombings. Although the Church recognises the need to givethe police the necessary powers to effectively combat te...
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Methodist charity appeals for marathon runners
16 March 2018
The Methodist Relief and Development Fund is appealing forpotential long distance runners to enter the London marathon ballotthis month. Although many people are aware about charity 'goldenbond' places, in reality these are mainly held by a ...
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Methodist Church launches podcast
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church has launched a monthly podcast Ð a shortradio programme available on the Internet. The podcasts areavailable directly from the Methodist Connexional website, orthough audio software such as iTunes.The Methodist Web R...
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Statement on changes to alcohol licensing
16 March 2018
Anthea Cox, Co-ordinating Secretary for Public Life and SocialJustice: 'We welcome the indications from the Government that itmight scale back or even repeal parts of the legislation looseninglicensing laws. The Methodist Church has warned f...
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The death of Brother Roger of Taize
16 March 2018
Revd Tom Stuckey, President of the Methodist Conference"Brother Roger dedicated his life to serving God, helping othersand spreading peace, and his life is an example to us all. It isterribly shocking that such a life of Christian service ...
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Methodist President writes to Tessa Jowell over alcohol concerns
16 March 2018
The Revd Tom Stuckey, President of the Methodist Conference for2005/6, has written to the Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Secretary ofState for Culture, Media and Sport, to express concerns about twoareas of the Licensing Act. The full text of the l...
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A new website gives children the chance to have their say in the Methodist Church
16 March 2018
The 1st of September will see the launch of a website dedicatedto the children of the Methodist Church, thought to be the first ofits kind produced for 0-12 year-olds by a major Britishdenomination. www.methodistchildren.org.uk seeks to give...
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Meetings to highlight the importance of spirituality for young people
16 March 2018
Recent research commissioned by the Commission on Urban Life andFaith shows that, while 70% of young people who live in urban areassaid they felt live was worth living, 52% said they often feeldepressed and 27% have sometimes considered taki...
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A new Ecumenical Mission Studies Centre
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church and the (Anglican) United Society for thePropagation of the Gospel have announced the creation of a newMission Studies Centre as part of The Queen's Foundation inBirmingham, from September 2006.USPG has had a Trainin...
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The Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church remind the government of the need to Make Poverty History
16 March 2018
It has been nearly two months since the G8 summit at Gleneagles,but the Make Poverty History campaign refuses to be forgotten. Infact, as Britain takes presidency of the European Union, the callfor justice is louder than ever.This mornin...
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Former Methodist Vice President off to West Bank
16 March 2018
Jan Sutch Pickard, a former Vice President of the MethodistConference, has arrived in Palestine to begin three months of workthere. Jan is part of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme inPalestine and Israel (EAPPI), and will return to the ...
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