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An ecumenical pilgrimage for Easter in Yorkshire
23 April 2025
On Sunday 9 March 2025, local religious leaders led a walk on the new Saint Aelred's Pilgrim Trail (SAPT) in the heart of the picturesque North York Moors.
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Vocations and callings
22 April 2025
Vocations and callings are as varied and unique as the individuals God has made – which is both a blessing and a challenge: a blessing because God calls people in so many different ways and places; a challenge because being Church means organising our structures in ways that enable people to fulfil those wide and varied callings.
Gary Hopkins, Ministry Development Officer, shares this blog ahead of Vocations Sunday.
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Knutsford Easter Experience thrills school kids
14 April 2025
Schoolchildren visiting Knutsford Methodist Church have walked alongside Jesus on a journey from Palm Sunday to the Resurrection as part of an Easter Experience where more than 100 children from three local schools hear the Easter story each year.
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Serving seafarers on the Lincolnshire coast
10 April 2025
Queen Victoria's Seafarers' Rest in Immingham, Lincolnshire, offers practical and spiritual support to the seafarers who dock there. Revd Mark Hutson, Programme Manager and Duty Chaplain for the QVSR Immingham Seafarers Mission Centre, shares his experience.
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Going Green in Gloucestershire
10 April 2025
A second church in the Gloucestershire circuit has achieved the prestigious A Rocha Gold Eco-Church Award for its comprehensive environmental initiatives. This new achievement shows how a supportive circuit can transform how religious institutions champion sustainability within their communities.
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Chaplaincy among the Abbey ruins
08 April 2025
“I may never know how I have supported our visitors, however if they felt welcomed and had the opportunity to chat in this awe-inspiring place, then I’m sure that was helpful”, says John Ridley who became a National Trust volunteer in 2016 before applying to join the chaplaincy team.
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An Easter Message from the President of the Conference
03 April 2025
A reflection on the meaning of Easter from the Revd Helen Cameron, President of the Methodist Conference 2024-25.
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Connecting to the kingdom
01 April 2025
In the digital age, not being able to get online excludes people from fully participating in society. “Are you even a citizen if you can’t access government websites or the NHS app?” asks the Revd Rachel Moss.
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Mary, Sophia and Bessie, enslaved women and Methodist preachers in Antigua
31 March 2025
Mary, Sophia and Bessie were among the first female preachers in Antigua and made a long-lasting impact on the island. This is the final profile of prominent Methodist Women we are sharing to celebrate Women’s History Month.
You may find some of the language in this piece offensive. Some of the language used in this piece is quoting original historic documents and is not inclusive language that the Methodist Church uses today.
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Julie's story of forced adoption
27 March 2025
Julie tells the story of how her birth mother was forced to give her up for adoption after being sent to a Methodist Mother and Baby home in 1962.
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Professional theatre group to perform in a Methodist Church
26 March 2025
A Methodist Church in Durham is preparing to welcome actors from Ensemble ’84 who will make their theatrical debut in a play considered one of the greatest anti-war plays ever written.
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Education in Africa, creating opportunity and hope
24 March 2025
At the beginning of the year, the President-designate of Methodist Church in Britain, Rev. Richard Andrew, visited the United Church of Zambia to attend the 60th Anniversary celebration of the establishment of the Church. Amongst the Institutions and communities that he visited were three schools that are representative of the types of Institutions commonly found everywhere across the Continent.
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