Monthly Archives: July 2018

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP, the death penalty and concerns around hypocrisy Posted: 27 Jul 2018 01:00 AM PDT It is the longstanding policy of the UK to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances … Continue reading →

The Methodist Church 26 July 2018 Can’t read this? Click here  The Week Ahead   Hello everyone and welcome to The Week Ahead. This week, the President and Vice-President have responded to recent events and tragedies. Andy Jackson will be staffing the out-of-hours media support line … Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Can we talk about climate change? Posted: 26 Jul 2018 04:25 AM PDT Oh! We’re having a heatwave, a tropical heatwave The temperature’s rising, it isn’t surprising… Irving Berlin Climate change is not only a … Continue reading →

Terry Waite was a former envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury in the 1980s, and successfully negotiated the release of numerous hostages in Iran, Libya and Lebanon. But on the 20 January 1987, he was taken hostage in Beirut and held for 1,763 days, spending four of these five years in captivity in solitary confinement.… Continue reading →

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has unveiled a new design for its ongoing ‘Thursday’s in Black’ campaign. Thursdays in Black is a campaign of solidarity and advocacy against all forms of sexual and gender-based violence. The new design aims to give new momentum to a movement that recognises the resistance and resilience of women,… Continue reading →

The Methodist Church View this email in your browser News release 25 July 2018 For over 60 years, the Methodist Church has supported the ending of the death penalty. Judicial systems are inherently a human construction with frailties.  The death … Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Why are we angry? Posted: 19 Jul 2018 07:17 AM PDT Rachel reflects on the Anti-Trump Protests which happened all over the country last week. Last Thursday Madalena, Helen and I went out with 250,000 … Continue reading →

The Methodist Church 19 July 2018 Can’t read this? Click here  The Week Ahead   Hello everyone and welcome to The Week Ahead. This week, we begin preparations to mark the centenary of the end of the Great War. I will be staffing the out-of-hours media support … Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Brexit: Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Communities Posted: 19 Jul 2018 01:25 AM PDT This paper is an information briefing for churches on how Britain’s departure from the European Union might affect farming and fishing communities. … Continue reading →

An initiative to commemorate 100 years since the end of the First World War  – with 100 days of prayer – will begin across the UK on 4 August. Remembrance 100 – organised by Hope Together, a Christian charity – will run until Armistice Day on 11 November upon which the centenary falls. The United… Continue reading →