Monthly Archives: August 2018

The Methodist Church 30 August 2018 Can’t read this? Click here  The Week Ahead   Hello everyone and welcome to The Week Ahead. September 1 is the start of the new Connexional year so we wish you a Happy New Year. Andy Jackson will … Continue reading →

The United Reformed Church brought a great splash of colour to the Greenbelt arts festival last weekend (24-27 August). Members all over the UK had been busy for months knitting, crocheting and sewing creative flowers to turn the URC tent into a garden. Festival goers joined in the creativity, making fork flowers, decorating stones and… Continue reading →

The Methodist Church 23 August 2018 Can’t read this? Click here  The Week Ahead   Hello everyone and welcome to The Week Ahead. Rosie Winn will be staffing the out-of-hours media support line on 020 7467 5170. Wishing you all a wonderful week.Michael … Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Should the government’s power ever be used to create destitution? Posted: 21 Aug 2018 05:10 AM PDT Twenty Church leaders have written to Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, to call for an end to the Government’s … Continue reading →

This poem involves two passages in my own life: the approaching death of my father, and the birth of my son. The first involves the last interaction I recall my dad ever making with someone outside the family. The second, the first time we noticed that my son was sharing his experience. They are linked,… Continue reading →

Following severe flooding across Kerala, a southern state in India, the United Reformed Church has joined the Church of South India (CSI) and global ecumenical partners in appealing for prayers and support for the region. Since the monsoon began in June, around 400 people have died, and thousands have been displaced and rendered homeless. The… Continue reading →

The Methodist Church 16 August 2018 Can’t read this? Click here  The Week Ahead   Hello everyone and welcome to The Week Ahead. This week we are marking Slavery Memorial Day on Thursday 23 August. Michael Ivatt will be staffing the out-of-hours media support … Continue reading →

Joint Public Issues Team Blog Rising homelessness in the UK: Complex or embarrassing? Posted: 13 Aug 2018 08:43 AM PDT Homelessness in all its forms is rising in the UK. Around 5,000 people sleep rough in England and Wales each … Continue reading →

Twenty Church leaders have called for an end to the hostile environment in an open letter to the Sajid Javid MP, the Home Secretary. The Revd Nigel Uden and Mr Derek Estill, United Reformed Church General Assembly Moderators, joined representatives from the Anglican, Catholic, Church of Scotland and Methodist Churches, who argue that the destitution deliberately inflicted… Continue reading →

The Methodist Church August 2018 Can’t read this? Click here Inter Faith Relations Welcome to your second 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. If … Continue reading →