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£30,000 to support flood victims in Southern Africa
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church in Great Britain is sending asolidarity grant of £30,000 to Methodist Churches in SouthernAfrica to provide support for flood victims.Flooding of the River Zambezi has destroyed homes, submerged cropsand left thousan...
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Marking the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War on 19 March
16 March 2018
Anthea Cox, Methodist Co-ordinating Secretary for PublicLife and Social Justice: "The war in Iraq has been far more costlyin terms of lives lost than anyone could have imagined. We areacutely aware of the appalling death toll of Iraqi civili...
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Breakout goes beyond in 2008
16 March 2018
Thousands of young people will gather in July to go'beyond' with long-running event Breakout. Organised by MAYC,Breakout will run from 11-13 July at Cliff College in theDerbyshire Peak District.Breakout is for all young people in year s...
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Methodist delight at decision to drop the supercasino
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church welcomes today's Governmentannouncement that they will not grant a supercasino licence.Proposals for supercasinos, also known as regional casinos, havebeen strongly opposed by The Methodist Church.Alison Jackson, Te...
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The really good news gospel - the Easter message from the Methodist President
16 March 2018
Revd Dr Martyn Atkins, President of the MethodistConference, says;"Donald English used to say that death and resurrection is notsimply what happened to Jesus but is the deep movement God implantsin all creation. The Christian God is a G...
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Resource launched to help churches support survivors of abuse
16 March 2018
The Church of England and the Methodist Church arepublishing a special resource this week designed to help churchessupport people who have suffered from the trauma of abuse, whereverthis has occurred.The resource provides a selection of...
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MRDF responds to crisis in Zimbabwe
16 March 2018
In the face of growing political instability and desperatefood shortages in Zimbabwe, The Methodist Relief and DevelopmentFund (MRDF) is supporting an appeal through ACT International(Action by Churches Together) that will distribute emergen...
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Churches urge people to vote wisely on May 1st
16 March 2018
Three Christian denominations are urging voters to take astand against racist and extreme political parties as election dayfor local councils in England and Wales draws near.1 May 2008 is election day for many local councils as well as fo...
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Churches concern at Zimbabwe violence
16 March 2018
The Methodist and United Reformed Churches have togethervoiced their concern about increasing levels of violence andpolitical intimidation, linked to the delay in announcing theresult of Zimbabwe's presidential election.Commenting on th...
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Connecting with The Connexional Noticeboard
16 March 2018
A new feature on the Methodist website allows Methodistsall over the country to share news and events with other people.This feature enables anyone to post news regarding their localchurch or circuit and publicise upcoming activities in loca...
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Burma crisis appeal
16 March 2018
As the death toll from the Burma cyclone continues torise, the Methodist Church and the Methodist Relief and DevelopmentFund (MRDF) have launched an emergency appeal for funds.Michael King, World Church Team Leader, says; 'The cyclone has...
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Churches praise new Government stance on cluster munitions
16 March 2018
At talks in Dublin over the last two weeks, governments havedrafted the text for a treaty to ban the use of cluster bombs. Thisweek the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has committed the UK towithdrawing the remaining two cluster munitions from ...
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