News
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Methodist Church appoints new national Safeguarding Adviser
26 October 2017
Tim Carter has been appointed to the post of Connexional Safeguarding Adviser to the Methodist Church.
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Statement on Israel and the West Bank
26 October 2017
In the World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel, the President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference have issued this statement on Israel and the West Bank.
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Hope is coming this advent
26 October 2017
A free advent resource, ‘Keeping Hope Alive’, has been released today by the Methodist Church.
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Methodist Church makes further progress on safeguarding
26 October 2017
The Methodist Council has heard of the progress made by the Church in addressing the concerns of the Past Cases Review.
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Methodist Central Hall Westminster turns blue to mark 70 years of UN
26 October 2017
To mark 70 years since the founding of the United Nations, Methodist Central Hall Westminster, the first meeting place of the United Nations General Assembly, will be turning blue on Saturday 24 October.
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DWP “stubbornly ignoring” calls for sanctions review
26 October 2017
A coalition of national Churches and charities has criticised the Department for Work and Pensions over its refusal to undertake a full review of the benefit sanctions system. The DWP has issued its overdue response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into benefit sanctions, but has failed to commit to a review as recommended.
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Responses to the Paris attacks
26 October 2017
Prayers, hymns and statements in response to the attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015
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Share A Gift this Christmas - new resource out now
26 October 2017
In a time where your advent calendar is more likely to feature a pet than Jesus and almost half of people in the UK feel the birth of Jesus is irrelevant to their Christmas, the Methodist Church has produced a new booklet going back to the roots of the festive season.
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Benefit cuts to change behaviour are unpopular, ineffective and immoral, say Churches
26 October 2017
Major UK Churches are warning that the Government’s Welfare Reform and Work Bill marks a dangerous shift away from a core principle of the Welfare State and will make poor people even poorer.
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Tim Annan to be next Methodist Youth President
26 October 2017
Tim Annan has been elected as Methodist Youth President designate to begin his term in September 2016, following his election at this year’s 3Generate, the Methodist Children and Youth Assembly, which took place from 20-23 November.
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Church leaders call on Governments for ‘credible and sustainable’ transition from fossil fuels
26 October 2017
Senior leaders of four major UK Churches have welcomed the Government’s commitment to limiting climate change, and have called for more to be done to keep global warming below 2°C.
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Sold-out success for Methodist Children and Youth event 3Generate
26 October 2017
The Methodist Children's and Youth Assembly, 3Generate, promises to be the biggest event, yet, having sold out of available places in two out of three of its main age streams.
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