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Monitor, evaluate and invest!
16 March 2018
In light of today's announcement by the Casino Advisory Panelthat Manchester is the preferred location for the UK's firstsupercasino, a challenge has been issued by The Salvation Army andthe Methodist Church, who have long campaigned on gamb...
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The meeting of the Methodist Council, January 2007
16 March 2018
The Methodist Council met on 30-31 January at High LeighConference Centre in Hertfordshire. The Council, which serves tocarry forward the work of the annual Conference, addressed a widerange of topics, which were mostly looking at internal...
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All Christians invited to service before anti-Trident demonstration
16 March 2018
Hinde Street Methodist Church in central London will hostecumenical service at 10:30 on 24 February.Christians joining the anti-Trident demonstration in London on 24February are invited to an ecumenical service beforehand. HindeStreet ...
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Face 2 Faith photo competition launched
16 March 2018
1st prize £350 Jessops vouchersPeople of all ages and faiths are being encouraged to take part inthe Face 2 Faith photo competition, capturing images thatcommunicate something powerful about inter faith relations.Face 2 Faith is the Me...
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Fund for World Mission giving rises
16 March 2018
Giving to the Methodist Church Fund for World Mission grew bynearly £700,000 in the last Connexional Year, reaching £5.7million. The increase followed a call for more giving to the fundmade by Revd Stephen Poxon, Secretary of the Methodist M...
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I'm a consumer - get me out of here!
16 March 2018
· 46 days without shopping for anything but essentialsThe average UK household spends £443 a week, with £58 on recreation& culture and £62 a week on transport. But what if we didn't?What if we said 'no' to all this spending and settled...
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Supporting children through difficult times
16 March 2018
32 per cent of children have been bullied, almost one in tenchildren are bullied at least once a fortnight and 10 is the peakage for being bullied. These figures from children's charity NCH,and other worrying facts about the difficulties chi...
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Lost in Wonder finds fans worldwide
16 March 2018
Over 5,000 people have a taken a journey through an onlineprayer labyrinth since it was launched by The Methodist Church inOctober last year. Lost in Wonder offers a place for meditativeprayer for anyone at their computer, and the response f...
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Statement from Edgehill College regarding the death of a pupil on Dartmoor
16 March 2018
"The Governors, staff and pupils of Edgehill College expresstheir great sorrow at the tragic death of Charlotte Shaw followingan incident on Dartmoor yesterday and our hearts go out to herfamily. We are all shocked by the tragedy and are wor...
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Renewal of Trident "unethical"
16 March 2018
Following today's report 'The Future of the UK's StrategicNuclear Deterrent; the White Paper' by the Defence SelectCommittee, leaders from the Baptist Union of Great Britain, theMethodist Church and the United Reformed Church continue to urg...
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Don't forget mothers this Sunday
16 March 2018
This Mother's Day, the Methodist Relief andDevelopment Fund (MRDF) is highlighting the fact that todayover one thousand women worldwide will die in childbirth. The vastmajority of these deaths take place in the developing world, wheremothe...
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Churches denounce Trident vote
16 March 2018
Leaders from the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the MethodistChurch and the United Reformed Church have expressed deep concernover Parliament's call to replace the Trident Nuclear WeaponsSystem.Anthea Cox, Coordinating Secretary for Pub...
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