Video and audio resources for local churches to re-use
22 - 28 February 2021
Secretary of the Conference the Revd Dr Jonathan Hustler reflects on LGBT History Month 2021, and what it has meant for the Methodist Church.
Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d466MGU5NpI 2 m 09 s
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The Revd Ian Worsfold talks about his experiences of being a gay minister in the Methodist Church
Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55aXd1fvzDo 10 m 35 s
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A special podcast looking back at LBGT History Month
Download the podcast (mp3) 17 m 17 s
The President and Vice-President reflect on 'giving things up' for Lent
Full video available at https://www.facebook.com/MethodistPresidency/videos/238654444573301 16 m 15 s
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Prayers for LGBT+ History Month - prayer 4
Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbpWD6eHulI 1 m 49 s
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15 - 21 February 2021
The President and Vice-President reflect on the theme of Gratitude
Full video available at https://www.facebook.com/MethodistPresidency/videos/170761811487070 14 m 33 s
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A Prayer for the start of Lent from the Vice-President of the Conference
Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da-6k3j8gNU 0 m 49 s
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Prayers for LGBT+ History Month - prayer 3
Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSTRiaVENpk 1 m 20 s
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8 - 14 February 2021
The President and Vice-President reflect on the theme of Gratitude
Full video available at https://www.facebook.com/MethodistPresidency/videos/331205171518298 15 m 31 s
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Prayers for LGBT+ History Month - prayer 2
Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiJCdREUt0E 0 m 58 s
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1 - 7 February 2021
The President and Vice-President reflect on the theme of Anger
Full video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT-ZFaoKdrw 15 m 49 s
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Prayers for LGBT+ History Month - Prayer 1
Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irpCt6g2OLs 1 m 24 s
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Supporting LGBT+ Communities
Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6wvTF34h3U 10 m 48 s
24-31 January 2021
The President and Vice President's reflection on the theme of Anxiety
The Revd Richard Teal and Carolyn Lawrence discuss their week and reflect on anxiety, and how we can reduce it through prayer and meditating on passages from the Bible
Full video available at www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=705191780169825 17 m 30 s
Download a shorter audio version of the reflection only (mp3) 6 m 03 s
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A prayer of grief
Prayer from Carolyn Lawrence, Vice-President of the Conference on reaching the milestone of 100,000 deaths from Covid-19 in the UK
Video available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz9q49XJQGk 0 m 43 s
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The Methodist Covid cargo pilot
Captain Paul Curtis is a member of St Aubin Methodist Church in Jersey. He's been in aviation his entire life and like many pilots lost his job though the pandemic. Paul is now part of the important network bringing medical supplies and PPE from one side of the world to another. Here he chats to the Revd Jenny Pathmarajah and we join him for a flight across the night sky.
Download audio (mp3) 26 m 03 s
Covid and Racial Inequality
Grace Penn-Timity, a Methodist nurse who works in Accident and Emergency medicine speaks about the racial inequality that Covid-19 has exposed, the reluctance of some to take up the vaccine and how she urges friends to get vaccinated
Download audio (mp3) 3 m 50 s
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The science behind Covid vaccination and the role of the Church
Prof Paul Hunter, a Methodist who is Professor of Health Protection at the University of East Anglia, specialising in outreach response, speaks about the science behind the vaccination and the role of the Church in supporting communities during this time of decision making.
Download audio (mp3) 7 m 29 s
Chaplaincy during the vaccine roll-out
The Revd Dr Jo Cox-Darling, Minister of Trinity Methodist Church in Codsall near Wolverhampton, which is a vaccination hub on the chaplaincy service offered during the vaccination roll out at her church hall.
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Our Christian duty to others
The Revd Prof David Wilkinson, Principal of St John’s College, Durham and Methodist minister, reflects on our duty to take the offer of a vaccine.
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A prayer for Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January)
Prayer from the Revd Dr Jonathan Dean
Video available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QVFYIOVLBY 0 m 59 s
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