Our Stories
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Responding to homelessness
14 January 2026
Folkestone Methodist Church and the Folkestone Rainbow Centre have announced a transformational £5 million partnership project that will demolish the existing Methodist Church on Sandgate Road and construct a purpose-built facility integrating year-round homeless services, community programmes and worship space.
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Malton Wesley Centre
12 January 2026
The three-year transformation of Malton’s Wesley Centre in Yorkshire is coming to an end with a brand-new café opening.
Known as Chapel Kitchen, the new café marks the transformation of this landmark building into a vibrant classical music, arts and community hub including an extensive programme of classical concerts.
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Vice-President Visits Children's Centre
06 January 2026
Just before Christmas, the Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, Matthew Forsyth, visited the Northampton Short Breaks Centre operated by Action for Children, an independent charity that is part of the Methodist family.
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Net Zero - 5 ways to be better for the environment this year
05 January 2026
New Year's resolutions are a tradition encouraging people to focus on themselves. What if in 2026, we all focused on being a little bit better for the environment? Small changes add up when we all participate and many of these shifts can also save you money while reducing your carbon footprint.
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Street Banquet
05 January 2026
“People often find a hidden conscience to help the homeless around Christmastime,” according to Neil Johnson Pioneer Minister of Street Banquet, a Church at the Margins initiative, of the Birmingham Methodist District. However, when the trimmings are packed away and the turkey is a distant memory there are still people who find themselves hungry, without a home and with long winter nights stretching ahead of them.
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Safeguarding and New Places for New People
05 January 2026
Eunice Attwood, Church at the Margins Officer, shares her thoughts 10 years on from the Past Cases Review and considers New Places for New People.
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Carols in the Community
22 December 2025
The gift of music and song has been bestowed on revellers at a pub in Farnborough. Members of the North Camp Methodist Church, in the Blackwater Valley Circuit, along with local Cove Brass band, have been treating regulars at The Squirrel to carols and Christmas songs.
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Hide and Seek Nativity
22 December 2025
A nativity scene with a difference has been delighting children in Portsmouth tasked with finding the hidden characters.
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A Methodist in Antarctica
18 December 2025
Jacob Wyborn is a steward at Castle Street Methodist Church in Cambridge and a radar and communications engineer with the British Antarctic Survey. Jacob tells the story of his life and faith ‘down south’.
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Christmas Reflection
Read more18 December 2025
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Posada takes Nativity into the community
17 December 2025
Christmas in Freckleton has become more than twinkling lights, it’s a season of shared stories, faith and community. With the help of Deacon Kim Gabbatiss, Minister with Pastoral Care at Freckleton Methodist Church in the Blackpool and South Fylde Methodist Circuit, local businesses have discovered new ways to celebrate Advent.
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A new acquisition for the Methodist Modern Art Collection: Three Kings by David Jones
17 December 2025
The Methodist Modern Art Collection has acquired a new artwork, the accompanying print to the much loved woodblock already in the collection - Three Kings by David Jones.
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