Our Stories
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Leadership Year
02 September 2025
The ‘Leadership Year’ brings together a small group of young adults aged 18-30.
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Halloween for mission
01 September 2025
On 31 October each year, communities up and down the land are filled with children dressed as witches, superheroes and monsters. For many churches, Halloween presents a tension, balancing biblical integrity with mission. But, at St. James Road Methodist Church in Southampton, that challenge was turned into an opportunity.
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Eco Gold for Chester
27 August 2025
Angela Macquiban, Eco Group convener at Wesley Methodist, Chester shares this story of how it received a Gold Eco Church award.
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Transcarpathia is No Longer Out of Reach
27 August 2025
“Transcarpathia is No Longer Out of Reach” – A Call to Prayer and Support for our partner church in Ukraine.
Methodist Church Partnership Coordinator, Barry Sloan, shares the devastating news that a region of Ukraine where people have been fleeing to for safe haven has come under attack from Russia.
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Days of Renewal Conference with the United Methodist Church in Poland
26 August 2025
Rev. Dr. Barry Sloan, Partnership Coordinator for Europe in the Global Relationships team of the Methodist Church in Britain, reflects on his visit to the ”Days of Renewal” Conference held near Warsaw by the United Methodist Church in Poland.
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RAF Station is blooming lovely thanks to a Methodist Church Grant
26 August 2025
RAF Odiham in Hampshire is looking a little brighter after a grant from the Methodist Forces Board was used to plant up flower boxes and tubs in neglected areas around the base. The base is home to the UK Chinook force and the Methodist chaplain there, the Revd Dawn Colley, facilitated several events alongside Warrant Officer Grimshaw, to coincide with a wider community project, ‘Odiham in Bloom’ working within Joint Aviation Command.
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President at Greenbelt
26 August 2025
The Revd Richard Andrew, President of the Methodist Conference, reflects on attending the annual Greenbelt Festival of arts, faith and justice, this year held over the August Bank Holdiay near Kettering.
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Lost in Wonder at the Fringe
21 August 2025
Matt Forsyth, Vice-President of the Conference, share his experiences on the street sofa at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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I Fought the Law
21 August 2025
‘I fought the law’ (ITV Aug 31, 9.00pm) is a four-part drama based on real life campaigner Ann Ming who successfully lobbied to change the Double Jeopardy Law and ensure that her daughter Julie’s murderer was convicted.
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Mark Braithwaite, who features in the drama, was a Detective Sergeant at the time of the 1989 murder and is a member of the Methodist Church. -
Reflections on COVID-19
20 August 2025
Two professionals from MHA, Dawn Ellis, a chaplain and Helen Press, MHA’s Senior Nurse Advisor, reflect on the pandemic’s long-term emotional toll and the resilience of care workers during the most serious public health emergency for generations.
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Papyrus and the Deacon
13 August 2025
Deacon Helen Coleman has been working in suicide prevention and suicide bereavement since discovering that her teenage daughter had suicide ideation. This led to her seeking information and training, which eventually led to supporting people in the community as part of her work, first in Cornwall, and then in the northwest.
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A small pilgrimage with a small pilgrim
12 August 2025
Jill Baker, former Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, shares a pilgrimage she did with her granddaughter in Scotland and how it was an occasion to engage with concepts such as ‘Depart’ and ‘Devotion’ in a practical and creative way.
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