Our Stories
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Walking into retirement: Barbara Glasson's journey of reflection and letting go
10 July 2024
Former President of the Methodist Conference, Revd Barbara Glasson celebrated her retirement with a walk along the canals of England to the Derbyshire Dales.
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European Pioneer Gathering
09 July 2024
The Evangelism and Growth team is producing a monthly blog series on leadership and culture change. This month, Rev Matt Finch, Connexional Pioneering and Church Planting Officer, brings his reflections from Kappel am Albis, overlooking Zurich and shares their experience and collective wisdom on pioneering and church planting.
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My ordination story: Deacon Clare Purfit
09 July 2024
Deacon Clare Purfit shares the story of her ordination.
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My ordination story: Deacon Vicky Welsh
09 July 2024
Vicky Welsh, a newly ordained Deacon from the Central Sussex United Area of The Methodist Church and The United Reformed Church, shares her ordination story.
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My ordination story: Deacon Marie Poole
05 July 2024
"As I approach Ordination it is a time of reflection of the journey I and others being ordained with me have been on together."
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Being 18 and voting for the first time
02 July 2024
Alex Day is one of the 2023/2024 Methodist Church Youth Reps and will be voting for the first time in the upcoming General Election. They share their thoughts on being a first-time voter and why it is important to share their voice. Alex Day offers their personal thoughts on being a first-time voter.
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Preparing for Pride
26 June 2024
Pride is an established event in many towns and cities celebrating the LGBT+ community. In this blog, the Rev’d Hayley Edmondson from Ulverston Methodist Church, shares how she is helping to bring the first Pride event to the Cumbrian market town.
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My ordination story: Blayze White
25 June 2024
"I didn’t dislike church nor disagree with its core tenets. That would be to ascribe too much importance to it. I simply did not care. "
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My ordination story: Jonny Bell
25 June 2024
"We sat on the floor in school, and my teacher asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. I said, 'I want to be a priest.' Her reply, 'Yes, I can see you doing that.'"
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My ordination story: James Patterson
25 June 2024
"Every time I was asked ‘Have you ever thought about becoming a minister?’ I experienced all manner of feelings: fear, dread, affirmation – but mainly fear!"
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My ordination story: Phil Robinson
25 June 2024
"Even now, I occasionally catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror wearing a clerical collar and think ‘this is crazy!’"
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My ordination story: Rachel Collins
25 June 2024
"Growing up in a very Methodist family, I’m a 6th generation preacher and my Great Great Great Grandad was a Primitive Methodist minister..."
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