Our Stories
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The Bread of Life: a Fair Trade Centre in a church in East Dulwich
11 May 2024
Fair Trade Centres support local producers with fair wages and help improve their quality of life. Christ Church in East Dulwich in the London Methodist District is one of the last remaining Fair Trade Centres in London.
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Building Communities in Cumbria
08 May 2024
Deacon Kerry Scarlett, Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, visited the Cumbria Methodist District from Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 April 2024.
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Funding helps Woodlands Methodist Church reduce energy use on their premises
02 May 2024
In Glasgow, Woodlands Methodist Church joined HeatHack, a Royal Academy of Engineering-funded project to help churches and community organisations reduce their energy use
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Celebrating Africa’s rich cultural, religious and human heritage
01 May 2024
Andrew Ashdown, Partnership Coordinator for Africa, shares this reflection for African World Heritage Day on the 5 May.
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Exploring Spirituality and Community through Pilgrimage in the Peak District
01 May 2024
Peak Wesley Way is a new pilgrimage devised by the Peak Methodist Circuit from the Sheffield Methodist District to reconnect its chapels to the community and explore spirituality differently.
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Learning how to listen at 3Generate
30 April 2024
All We Can, the Methodist Relief and Development Fund, offered the session ‘Why aren’t we listening?’ to encourage people to listen actively, empathically and without assumptions to people at 3 Generate – the children's and youth assembly of the Methodist Church.
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Care, comfort and companionship in York
30 April 2024
Behind Central Methodist Church in St Saviourgate, York is a hall that brings hope and support to the vulnerable people in this historic city.
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Showing rather than telling: the power of prototypes
30 April 2024
Imagine you’re part of a team with a vision for a new cafe worship service.
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Stories from Worship Leaders and Local Preachers
26 April 2024
This year we are marking the work of our Local Preachers and Worship Leaders, those lay members, whose hard work and dedication enables worship to take place in thousands of Methodist churches each week.
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Caring for a coastal community in Whitstable
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75 years of LWPHomes
23 April 2024
This year, the Leaders of Worship and Preachers Homes (LWPHomes), formerly LPMA Homes, will celebrate 75 years since the opening of the first home at Westcliff-on-Sea in 1949.
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Stress Awareness Month April 2024
23 April 2024
Tracey Collins, the Wellbeing Officer in the Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Methodist District, shares some insights on the Stress Awareness Month.
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