Our Stories
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Edwin: Pharmacist, steward and the Bible
27 April 2025
Edwin is a pharmacist. He was born into Methodism and his grandfather was a reverend minister in Ghana. Edwin now works for the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association, looking at global policies relating to health inequalities in low- and middle-income countries. Since the 1990s, Edwin has been a part-time DJ, and he is also a steward at Castle Street Methodist and a member of the church council.
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Charles: language, heritage and reparations
24 April 2025
Charles Forsdick is Professor of French, and Co-Chair of the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. Charles is also a member of the Methodist Heritage Committee and chairs the Archives and Records Advisory Group for the Church. He is also one of those working to co-ordinate how the Church should consider reparations for slavery.
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Anna: Church, CEO and cycles
24 April 2025
Anna grew up in the Methodist Church and is now CEO at Camcycle, a membership charity based in Cambridge working for strong, healthy, sustainable communities in the region through increased levels of cycling.
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Yaw: banking, faith and stewardship
24 April 2025
Yaw is a banker who married into Methodism and became a steward at Castle Street, Cambridge.
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Izzy: artificial intelligence, ethics and Methodism
24 April 2025
Izzy has just completed a master’s degree in data and artificial intelligence ethics and has started work as a project coordinator for a virtual reality programme to help people overcome speech anxiety.
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An ecumenical pilgrimage for Easter in Yorkshire
23 April 2025
On Sunday 9 March 2025, local religious leaders led a walk on the new Saint Aelred's Pilgrim Trail (SAPT) in the heart of the picturesque North York Moors.
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Vocations and callings
22 April 2025
Vocations and callings are as varied and unique as the individuals God has made – which is both a blessing and a challenge: a blessing because God calls people in so many different ways and places; a challenge because being Church means organising our structures in ways that enable people to fulfil those wide and varied callings.
Gary Hopkins, Ministry Development Officer, shares this blog ahead of Vocations Sunday.
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Lord Khan visits Padiham Road Methodist Church
22 April 2025
The Minister and people of Padiham Road Methodist Church in Burnley were delighted to welcome the government Minister for Faith, Lord Wajid Khan, to their 9:30am Good Friday Service.
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Making bread for Easter with Bob Cross and the Boblets
17 April 2025
A Church in Cardiff has recently made (and maintained!) a sourdough starter, growing with it the involvement of the congregation and the community, and with activities ranging from baking sourdough goods to discussing bread in the Bible.
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A Sanctuary for all in Cardiff reopens
16 April 2025
After 18 months of refurbishment work, the Trinity Centre in Cardiff has officially reopened. A beacon of hope and sanctuary for anyone needing support, the Trinity Centre is home to many groups and communities, including those supporting sanctuary seekers and refugees.
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Knutsford Easter Experience thrills school kids
14 April 2025
Schoolchildren visiting Knutsford Methodist Church have walked alongside Jesus on a journey from Palm Sunday to the Resurrection as part of an Easter Experience where more than 100 children from three local schools hear the Easter story each year.
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Serving seafarers on the Lincolnshire coast
10 April 2025
Queen Victoria's Seafarers' Rest in Immingham, Lincolnshire, offers practical and spiritual support to the seafarers who dock there. Revd Mark Hutson, Programme Manager and Duty Chaplain for the QVSR Immingham Seafarers Mission Centre, shares his experience.
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