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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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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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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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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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New rural consultant for the Methodist and United Reformed Churches
16 March 2018
The Revd Graham Jones is to be jointly appointed by theMethodist Church and the United Reformed Church as RuralConsultant. His appointment will run for six years from 1 January2006, and he will be based at the Arthur Rank Centre at Stoneleig...
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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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Methodist reaction to Ofcom's decision on Make Poverty History ads
16 March 2018
Anthea Cox, Methodist Coordinating Secretary for Public Life andSocial Justice: "Many churches and faith groups are backing MakePoverty History, including the Methodist Church. We believing thatstriving to end poverty and aiding the poor is ...
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Postcards put churches at the heart of new communities
16 March 2018
Delegates to the Labour and Conservative Party Conferences willreceive postcards encouraging them to recognise the contributionchurches are making in areas of new housing. 2,000 of the postcardshave been printed.The postcards are part of...
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Methodist Council, October 2005
16 March 2018
The Methodist Council met on 17-18 October at All SaintsPastoral Centre, London Colney. This was the first Council meetingsince the Methodist Conference in June.A major topic was the use and future of Methodist buildings. TheChurch owns ...
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Thousands expected as Methodists join mass lobby of Parliament ahead of world trade talks
16 March 2018
MAKE POVERTY HISTORY and Trade Justice Movement campaigners willbe staging a mass lobby of Parliament on Wednesday 2 November2005.Thousands of people are expected to come to London to lobby theirMPs as part of the MAKE POVERTY HISTORY ca...
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