Monthly Archives: June 2018

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Universal Credit: From bad to farce Posted: 13 Jun 2018 12:14 AM PDT If Universal Credit (UC) was a horse, it would be shot – repeatedly. The DWP has just released a flurry of reports … Continue reading →

After four years of training, Jo Patterson, a Church Related Community Work student, reflects on the experiences that she has been ‘blessed to witness’. According to Jo, there are obvious places where people would expect to find God; a common place being ‘when we come together to worship in song, prayer and sometimes in ritual… Continue reading →

A 50-year-old partnership that celebrated an ending and marked a transition in 2011 was reignited today (Monday 11 June), at United Reformed Church House in London. The Revd John Proctor, General Secretary of the URC, and Mr Alan Yates, Moderator of the General Assembly, met with the Rt Revd Dr Seth Agidi, Moderator of the… Continue reading →

A 50-year-old partnership that ended in 2011 was reignited today (Monday 11 June), at United Reformed Church House in London. The Revd John Proctor, General Secretary of the URC, and Mr Alan Yates, Moderator of the General Assembly, met with the Rt Revd Dr Seth Agidi, Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (EPCG), the… Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Could Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un establish a relationship of trust? Posted: 08 Jun 2018 07:42 AM PDT The Trump/Kim summit due to take place in Singapore on Tuesday 12 June is a meeting … Continue reading →

The Methodist Church April 2018 Can’t read this? Click here Inter Faith Relations Welcome to your first issue of Methodist Inter Faith Relations. This newsletter will contain news and updates about inter faith dialogue taking place around the Methodist Church, in line with Our Calling. … Continue reading →

The Methodist Church June 2018 Can’t read this? Click here   The Buzz Issue 176 Welcome to The Buzz!    The Buzz is a great resource that brings the whole Methodist Church in Britain together by sharing good news from the Connexion. The stories below illustrate … Continue reading →

An ula throwing club and a Maori canoe bailer, brought back from the South Pacific by the Revd John Williams, a missionary with the London Missionary Society (LMS), have been sold at auction for thousands of pounds. The items, which sold for £1,200 and £9,500 respectively, had remained in Mr Williams’ family since his death… Continue reading →

The Methodist Church 7 June 2018 Can’t read this? Click here  The Week Ahead   Hello everyone and welcome to The Week Ahead. This week we are marking Methodist Homes Sunday and the Royal School of Church Music Sunday. Rosie Winn will be … Continue reading →

The Methodist Church June 2018 Can’t read this? Click here World Church Relationships In this edition of World Church News, we read of hope in the Mediterranean, testing times in Cameroon, exciting times in Hong Kong, and of ‘amazement’ in Germany. Mediterranean Hope     … Continue reading →