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Methodist response to government education plans
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church has made its initial response to theGovernment's planned changes to education.
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Methodist Church to celebrate trade unionist heritage at Tolpuddle festival
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church, which has recently voiced supportfor the Gangmasters Bill and renewed links with the TUC, will thisweekend link together a peer of the realm and five thousand TradeUnionists at the Tolpuddle Festival.
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‘God is Black’ says Past President ahead of International Conference on Black Theology
16 March 2018
Revd Dr Inderjit Bhogal, Past President of the MethodistConference, promises controversy and celebration at Roots andRoutes, an International Conference on Black Theology, heldthis weekend in Sheffield.
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Future plans for MAYC sports
16 March 2018
The Sports Programme run by MAYC will change later this year toensure that it meets the needs of modern youth work. The changingnature of young people's lives mean that recently there has beenless interest in the district and regional compet...
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Methodist minister pioneers new chaplaincy to commercial radio
16 March 2018
Revd Tony Miles, Methodist minister and broadcaster, willpioneer a chaplaincy-style role within commercial radio stationsfrom 1 September, aiming to show that the Christian faith isrelevant in a pop culture.
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MRDF celebrates International Youth Day
16 March 2018
Next week s UN International Youth Day, on 12thAugust, will focus on Youth in an Intergenerational Society.
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Revd Dr John Stacey, thinker and preacher, dies aged 84
16 March 2018
The Revd Dr John Stacey, who died Tuesday August10th, aged 84, was an inspirational preacher who wasinstrumental in encouraging Methodist people, and especiallyMethodist preachers, to think through their theology in newways.
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Conference looks at using films for Christian outreach
16 March 2018
The 2004 Faith and Film conference will look at how churches canuse modern movies to create opportunities for outreach. The eventis aimed at church leaders, preachers, youth workers and othersinterested in the interaction between films and C...
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Methodist Church adds Spirituality post
16 March 2018
The Revd Michaela Youngson will start work on September 1 asMethodist Secretary for Pastoral Care and Spirituality. This newpost will ensure that the Church responds to the growing interestin spirituality in all its forms in Britain.
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Methodist Church makes written response to Select Commmittee on Assisted Dying
16 March 2018
The Methodist Church in Britain has submitted its writtenresponse to the Select Committee currently studying the AssistedDying for the Terminally Ill Bill. The Church retains itsopposition to euthanasia, but recognises the moral complexities...
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Safeguarding body to celebrate success at first AGM
16 March 2018
Keeping Children Safe is good news for churches everywhere, saysJudy Jarvis, after 15 years experience of children's work at anational level for The Methodist Church in Great Britain.Judy will tell church representatives how Christian faith...
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Singapore minister delighted to start work in East Yorkshire
16 March 2018
The Revd. David Wee has swapped a parish in Singapore for one inEast Yorkshire, and couldn't be happier. David began work as theminister at Willerby and Skidby Methodist Churches near Hull on 1September and will remain there for the next fiv...
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