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God's Green Earth?
16 March 2018
Determined to make a difference, the Methodist Church and theUnited Reformed Church have established the Methodist/URCEnvironmental Network. Launched today, this initiative seeks toinspire churches and individuals to take direct action again...
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Adding Pacific spice to church life in Lancashire
16 March 2018
Rev Garo Kilagi and his wife and three children have traveledalmost 9000 miles to Lancashire, but they aren't here for a holiday- they're here to serve people in Accrington and Haslingden. InSeptember last year, Garo joined the World Church ...
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Christianity meets culture online
16 March 2018
Does Christianity clash with culture or complement it? Can faithcontribute to politics? Should biblical values influence how werespond to contemporary issues? www.theinterface.org.ukprovides a new forum for people to consider how Christian f...
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Methodist Conference heads to Scotland for first time
16 March 2018
The Methodist Conference will take place at Heriot-WattUniversity, Edinburgh, from 24-29 June. This will be the first timethat the Conference has been held in Scotland.The annual Conference is the ruling body of The Methodist Church,sett...
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Methodist Church response to the Prime Minister's statements about foreign criminals
16 March 2018
Anthea Cox, Coordinating Secretary for the Methodist Church hasexpressed concerns over Tony Blair's statements at Prime Minister'sQuestion Time regarding the deportation of foreign criminals:"Whilst concern about crime should be taken seri...
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Team takes to the hills to raise money for Home Mission
16 March 2018
Two senior members of the Methodist Connexional Team will taketo the hills to raise money for the Fund for Home Mission. Co-ordinating Secretaries Anthea Cox and the Revd Jonathan Kerry aimto raise over £2000 by climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell P...
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Whatever...! Church launches consultation on what young people want
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church has launched a major consultation into whatyoung people and children want from the Church and how it canimprove its work in this area. The Future Present consultation willrun from the summer until November, and children,...
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A sporting chance for Tsunami survivors
16 March 2018
Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) partners willfeature in a Sport Relief documentary to be broadcast on BBC1 onWednesday 7 June.Sport Relief GoesÉAll Out For India follows a group of famous facesas they play a series of cricke...
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Methodist Church applauds support for International Development Bill
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church has thrown its support behind a Bill thatcommits the UK to its international aid targets. The InternationalDevelopment Bill, introduced by Tom Clark MP, would require theGovernment to report to Parliament annually on its...
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New Methodist President calls for renewed discipleship
16 March 2018
The Revd Graham Carter, new President of the MethodistConference, today called on the Church to take up the challenge ofdiscipleship. Graham told the Conference 'the kingdom needswholehearted disciples. Nothing must be allowed to get in the...
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Small miracles, big celebrations
16 March 2018
Today, the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) iscelebrating 21 years of 'small miracles', made possible by itspartner organisations overseas and the generosity of Methodistpeople in the UK. MRDF campaigns for justice and supports s...
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Celebrating 21 years of small miracles and changed lives
16 March 2018
Methodist Relief and Development (MRDF) will be celebrating 21years as a registered charity at the Methodist Conference on Monday26 June. New President of the Methodist Conference the Revd. GrahamCarter will mark the event by blowing out the...
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