Our Stories
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Open House, a lifeline five days a week in Aberdeen
22 January 2025
Offering a Warm Space with cold and warm food, Open House is a unique initiative in Great Britain, offering warmth and food five days a week.
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One man’s journey to connect a community in West Yorkshire
21 January 2025
When you start out to set up a New Place for New People you’re never really sure where it will take you. David Buck from the Yorkshire West District shares his experience of engaging with the local community to understand what they need to thrive and how this took six months of wandering the streets of Pontefract.
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How baby Rosie teaches Empathy
20 January 2025
In Merrylee Primary School in Glasgow, Roots of Empathy and Action for Children offer sessions to help children to increase their empathy and recognise their emotions.
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Young Chorister of the Year 2024
14 January 2025
Rubie Le Masurier, aged 14, who attends St. Helier Methodist Centre, Jersey was one of the finalists for the 2024 Young Chorister of the Year.
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University, chaplaincy and conflict
14 January 2025
The conflict involving Israel, Hamas and Gaza has had repercussions around the world. The international tensions caused by this war have been felt at universities and higher education establishments here in Great Britain.
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Warm Spaces and beyond in Saltash
06 January 2025
Since opening its Warm Space, Saltash Wesley Methodist Church in the South West Peninsula District provides increasing services to the community from several meals a week, showers, toiletries and administrative support.
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Hush the consumerism: Horrabridge's Christmas Grotto
18 December 2024
The Christmas Grotto in Horrabridge in the South West Peninsula District emerged from a practical response to families' challenges, transforming a local private pub into a magical winter wonderland.
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Babe in the Manger
17 December 2024
Babe in the Manger is an original creation of Anne Middleton, the Performing Arts Mission Enabler of the Plymouth & Devonport Methodist Circuit!
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Hush the PTSD
17 December 2024
This Christmas we are being invited to Hush the Noise but for some, that noise can be the deafening sound of past trauma. The Revd Richard Smith CF, Assistant Chaplain General with the British Army, shares these personal thoughts on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, also known as PTSD,
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The heavenly host spreads its wings…
13 December 2024
The Ark, Highwoods Methodist Church in Colchester, has shared Christmas angels to mark this year's festivities, as the Revd Chris Preece explains.
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Helping Eco Elves deliver Christmas
13 December 2024
Shepley Methodist Church in rural West Yorkshire has been helping the Kirklees Eco Elves share Christmas with local families. Shepley was grateful to be able to provide a warm, festive welcome for the community without the stress of trying to run their own event.
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Sharing the Hush
12 December 2024
Christmas offers churches a unique opportunity to connect with their communities and with those who don’t normally attend services. Across the Connexion, in the real world and online, this year’s Hush the Noise resources have been enabling churches to reach into their communities and share their welcome.
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