We're onsite as The Hope and Anchor - come and say hello in the Broadbelt and Eagles building. The Hope and Anchor turns up in all kinds of places, sometimes online as a podcast and sometimes onsite as a venue. Wherever you find it, the Hope and Anchor is a space for real talk: gritty, provocative, silly and sacred. This year at Cliff Festival the theme 'Rerouted' is helping us to talk lots about our journeys with God...
Are you on the journey of a lifetime with God?
God loves you unconditionally, no strings attached. That’s the good news.
Nothing we do can make God love us more – but it can help us realise how deeply we are loved by God. We respond to God's love in Christ through the way we live our lives. The calling of the Methodist Church is to support you in this.
God longs to take you on a journey of a lifetime. Being a disciple is a bit like being a traveller on a train; taking an adventure through life, taking risks, growing and learning. It starts with a choice: getting on the train and committing to following Jesus. Will you go where Jesus wants to take you?
In the Methodist Church, there are 12 practices that we think particularly help us to encounter God. We call this A Methodist Way of Life. Each practice is a station on the journey where we meet God and grow in faith.
Take the quiz below to find your home station.
To find resources to support you and your church on the way, click here.
Rerouted into a Methodist Way of Life - 5 next steps
A special online follow-up for anyone who attended Cliff Festival 2024 and wants to explore how A Methodist Way of Life can help their individual discipleship, or get their Church family journeying together.
In the Hope and Anchor we're playing a game called Conversations Against Mundanity - a game to help us talk more deeply as we journey together. Buy your copy here or in the Hope and Anchor at Cliff Festival.
We encounter God as we seek God’s justice. Justice that enables everyone, and all creation, to flourish. Justice-seeking is part of our Methodist Way of Life. Together, we can challenge injustices such as poverty, discrimination, the climate crisis, and conflict, in the actions we take and the prayers we make. Find resources and guidance to help you deepen your commitment to being a justice-seeker here, and creation care here, as well as information about the Let's End Poverty movement here.
If you're a church leader (and we don't just mean the ordained folks) looking for support as you seek to lead more confidently and effectively, check out the transformational leadership webpages. You can browse resources, see dates for upcoming events and find out about opportunities for individual and team coaching.
God longs to take you on a journey of a lifetime. The journey is an adventure, it’s a way of life, taking risks, growing and learning. It starts with a choice: getting on the train and committing to following Jesus. Will you go where Jesus wants to take you?
Whether you feel like you're standing on the platform, not yet ready to get on the train, or a you feel like a seasoned traveler, we want to journey with you on your adventure.
The Methodist Church is a place to belong. Are you with us?