Monthly Archives: May 2018

The Methodist Church 31 May 2018 Can’t read this? Click here  The Week Ahead   Hello everyone and welcome to The Week Ahead. This week we are marking Environment Sunday. Andy Jackson will be staffing the out-of-hours support line this week on 020 7467 … Continue reading →

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting Christians across the world to join in a special prayer for women who are facing gender-based violence. Each Thursday, beginning today, 31 May, the WCC will release, via its website and social media, a prayer shared by members of ‘pilgrim teams’ who have been visiting communities in… Continue reading →

United Reformed Church congregations across the UK have responded to what is said to be the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis. Since November 2017, URC members raised £10,000, which was match funded by the Church, to donate a total of £20,000 towards the Rohingya relief efforts. This money will be used at the discretion of… Continue reading →

Nancy Motsamai and her husband Fusi, both from South Africa, were much-loved members of the Woking United Reformed Church community, before tragedy struck. The couple had fallen in love in the UK while on student visas and were married by the Revd Lucy Brierley, minister of the church. They built a life together in the… Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Addressing climate change need not cost the earth Posted: 29 May 2018 07:55 AM PDT A church minister once commented that he always made sure he went to meetings of the church Finance Committee, “as … Continue reading →

The Methodist Church 24 May 2018 Can’t read this? Click here  The Week Ahead   Hello everyone and welcome to The Week Ahead. This week we are marking Wesley Day, Trinity Sunday and World Hunger Day. Michael will be staffing the out-of-hours support line this … Continue reading →

‘Luton gangs to be targeted by Bedfordshire Police,’ screams one headline. ‘Luton fast food owner jailed over drugs in takeaway bag,’ shouts another. ‘Luton terrorism hotspot,’ cries one more. For those unfamiliar with the area, it would seem, on first appearances, to be a place to avoid. But Karen Campbell, United Reformed Church Related Community… Continue reading →

There are times when a person enters church so damaged that we can see absolutely no way to help them, or even to reach them. This upsets me. It upsets me equally to hear church people say: ‘They’ve made a choice’. To believe this is a comfortable way off a terrible hook; because the point… Continue reading →

The Methodist Church View this email in your browser News release 21 May 2018 Death of the Revd Dr Colin M Morris, Past President of the Methodist Conference Facebook Twitter The Methodist Church has announced the death of the Revd … Continue reading →

On Sunday (20 May) Christians around the world will be celebrating Pentecost. As described in Acts 2:1-31, it is an occasion that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and other followers of Jesus, and is referred to by many as ‘the birthday of the Church’. The Revd David Grosch-Miller, immediate-past Moderator… Continue reading →