Our Stories
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A sign of welcome
21 October 2025
St John's Methodist Church, Hayfield, Derbyshire is displaying a banner that shares a message of reassurance and support to counter the growing signs of nationalism seen in some communities.
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Swan Bank Soup Kitchen: For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat
20 October 2025
Swan Bank Methodist Church has been a longstanding beacon of hope in a community where there is a lot of deprivation, poverty and housing needs. The Soup Kitchen is one of their projects alongside the Community Grocery and the Food Bank that has a significant impact on the community.
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A Methodist Church market transforms local food access in Newcastle
17 October 2025
What began as an emergency response to pandemic shopping difficulties has evolved into a thriving weekly market and pay-as-you-feel café at Strathmore Road Methodist Church in Newcastle, serving nearly 50 people each Monday morning whilst tackling both food waste and food poverty.
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Serving as a Black African minister in the diaspora
17 October 2025
Revd Joseph Kwallah is a minister in the Goole and Selby Circuit. In this blog for Black History Month, Joseph shares his personal journey in the Methodist Church in Britain, as a black person in diaspora.
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A Letter to the Church I Love, Serve, and the Church I Hope For.
17 October 2025
Charity Tozivepi-Nzegwu is a presbyter in the Cambridge Circuit and Chair of the Connexional Justice, Dignity and Solidarity Committee. She shares this letter to the Church on the importance of Black History Month and her journey to becoming a black, leader in the Methodist Church.
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Hot Mess The musical turning climate despair into romantic comedy
15 October 2025
A new musical is opening at Southwark Playhouse in London next week. One of the writers, Jack Godfrey, grew up in Oxford and attended Wesley Memorial Church, where he received theological and musical nurturing.
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Interfaith in Luton
15 October 2025
The President of the Methodist Conference, the Revd Richard Andrew, was invited by the Revd Dr David Chapman, District Chair of Bedford, Essex and Hertfordshire, to visit Muslims, Christians and Sikhs in Luton as a guest of the Methodist supported interfaith charity, Grassroots.
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Teaching climate hope at 3Generate
15 October 2025
The sustainable educational charity It Started With a Sloth offered unique activities to children and young people at 3Generate this year. The objective: helping children understand environmental issues from a different perspective, one that fosters empathy rather than simply presenting facts.
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Why Church Youth Work matters now more than ever
15 October 2025
At the beginning of this October, the NEC in Birmingham was buzzing with energy, laughter, and the sound of over 1,800 children and young people feeling right at home.
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Black History Month in Troubled Times
07 October 2025
The Revd Dr Vincent Jambawo is Co-chair of the Belonging Together Ministers Group, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this year.
Last week shared a prayer from Vicent to mark the start of Black History Month, here, Vincent explores the importance of the month as the world and our country, become increasingly divided and troubled.
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Belonging Together Ministers' Group
06 October 2025
This year celebrates 40 years since what is now known as Belonging Together Ministers' Group was established, supporting fellowship and growth among the Black ministers of the Methodist Church.
The Revd Dr Inderjit Bhogal OBE, a leading theologian and Methodist minister who was there at the beginning, reflects on the origins of the group.
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Reflection on Past Cases Review – 10 Years On
06 October 2025
Sonia Hicks, Chair of the Connexional Council, Chair of the Northampton District and former President of the Conference shares her thoughts 10 years on from the Past Cases Review.
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