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Redesign of Methodist grant fund to better provide for changing face of UK poverty
26 October 2017
The Methodist Church is to respond to the changing face ofpoverty in the UK through a redesigning of its national grantprogramme supporting projects that work with people experiencingpoverty, following a decision of the Methodist Conference...
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Methodist Church to review its understanding of marriage and relationships
26 October 2017
A task group established to consider whether the Methodist Church’s understanding of marriage and relationships should be revisited has reported back to this year’s Methodist Conference.
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The Revd Loraine N Mellor and Jill Baker elected as Methodist President and Vice-President for 2017/18
26 October 2017
The Methodist Conference has elected the Revd Loraine N Mellor to be President and Jill Baker to be Vice-President. Both will start their year of office when the Representative Session of the Methodist Conference meets in Birmingham on 24 June 2017. They will succeed the current President and Vice-President, the Revd Dr Roger Walton and Rachel Lampard.
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Methodist Church issues progress report on Past Cases Review
26 October 2017
A year after the apology to survivors and victims of abuse, and the publication of Courage, Cost & Hope - the report on the Past Cases Review (PCR), the Methodist Church has given an update to the Methodist Conference, the supreme decision-making body of the Church, about its work over the past 12 months.
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All We Can appoints Deputy Chief Executive
26 October 2017
To confirm its commitment to expanding its innovative relief and development programmes, All We Can recently welcomed Graeme Hodge as its new Deputy Chief Executive.
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Letter from the Police
26 October 2017
The following letter is from the Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Neil Basu QPM, for the attention of all church congregations in the UK.
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Methodist Investment Unit Unveils New Management Team
26 October 2017
The Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church has announced the management team that will assume responsibility when its current Chief Executive, Bill Seddon, steps down at the end of 2016.
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Replacement of Trident is 'unwarranted' and 'unethical' say Churches
26 October 2017
The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church, the United Reformed Church and Quakers in Britain have said that the proposals to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system are 'unwarranted' and 'unethical.'
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Tim Annan inducted as new Methodist Youth President
26 October 2017
Timm Annan, 22, was inducted as the new Youth President of the Methodist Church yesterday (Sunday 14 August 2016) at Harrowby Lane Methodist Church, Grantham.
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Methodist Church marks 'World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation' with special prayer
26 October 2017
A special prayer has been written by the President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference in support of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, taking place on Thursday 1 September.
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Senior religious leaders gather to call for new refugee policy
26 October 2017
The Vice President of the Methodist Church, Rachel Lampard, has chaired the launch of a letter from over 200 faith leaders to the Prime Minister calling for more help to be given to refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq and other areas of conflict. The launch took place at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in London on the 12 September 2016.
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Methodist Chapel takes leading role in Poldark series 2
26 October 2017
The New Room (John Wesley's Chapel) in Broadmead, Bristol, is the location for some of the most dramatic scenes in Poldark series 2. The long awaited second season of the hit show returns to BBC1 on September 4th.
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