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Hello everyone and welcome to
the Week Ahead from the Methodist Conference in Nottingham.
Today, Thursday 5 July, was the final day of the Conference until it reconvenes again next year. So here are highlights from the past week.
Andy Jackson will be staffing the out-of-hours media support line this week on 020 7467 5170.
Wishing you all a wonderful week.
Michael Ivatt and
Rosie Winn
The Media Office
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Saturday 7 July
Channel 4 8.00pm
With the original Best Exotic Marigold Hotel a roaring success, owner Sonny decides the time is right to expand his business empire. Comedy drama sequel with Maggie Smith and Judi Dench.
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Songs of Praise
Sunday 8 July
BBC One, 4.15pm
The Revd Kate Bottley discovers the Christian origins of the YMCA in the Lake District and JB Gill visits the first church with a virtual reality experience.
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Poldark
Sunday 8 July
BBC One, 9.00pm
Grain prices rise, leaving the poor struggling to support their families.
Ross makes a desperate gamble to help them, which draws the attention of the prime minister.
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Storm and Stress
Monday 9 July
BBC Radio 4, 9.00pm
What does the new funding announced for the NHS mean for adolescent mental health? Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt answers the team’s questions.
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Beyond Belief
Monday 9 July
BBC Radio 4, 4.30pm
Ernie Rea is joined by Dinah Birch, John Bowen and Rosemary Mitchell from the library in the Bronte Parsonage Museum at Haworth, West Yorkshire, to discuss the religious content of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre.
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Making History
Tuesday 10 July
BBC Radio 4, 3.30pm
Tom Holland examines church architecture, and Helen Castor visits Merton College Library in Oxford, which, in the fourteenth century, was the Met Office of its day.
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Presidential address
The address of the new President of the Methodist Conference, the Revd Michaela A Youngson, reflected on ‘Radical Grace’. Mr Bala Ghanapragasm, the new Vice-President of the Methodist Conference reflected on ‘Transforming hope’.
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Election of the designates
The Methodist Conference has elected the Revd Dr Barbara Glassson to serve as President and Professor Clive Marsh to serve as Vice-President, starting their year of office when the Representative Session of the Methodist Conference meets in Birmingham next year.
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Mission and Ministry in Covenant
The Methodist Conference has welcomed the Mission and Ministry in Covenant joint report by the Methodist Church and the Church of England. The report outlines proposals for bringing the Methodist Church and the Church of England into closer communion with each other.
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Marriage and Relationships
The Marriage and Relationships Task Group has delivered an interim report to the Methodist Conference who has agreed a change to the way in which the Task Group will complete its work.
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3Generate
The Methodist Youth President, Michael Pryke, told the Methodist Conference about the continued growth of the Church’s annual gathering for young people.
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#MethodistConf
Throughout the Conference people were joining in conversations online using the hashtag #MethodistConf. Read what people were saying and join in here.
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Conference news
For more news stories from the Conference see here.
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Conference catch up TV
If you weren’t able to attend the Conference this year, or wanted to catch up on a particular item of business, you
can watch sessions from the Conference online here. These will be available to stream through the website for one month only.
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This week in Parliament
You can find the UK Parliamentary business online here. If you want to find out the timetable for the National Assembly for Wales, click here. The Scottish Parliament is in recess until Sunday 2 September 2018.
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Reflections
In the coming week, the Prayer Handbook encourages us to pray for the World Church: Christians in East Africa, the Caribbean, North and Central America, as well as Britain and Ireland. The theme for next week’s A Word in Time Bible studies is ‘Slavery and Freedom’.
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Video Thursday: Our Calling
In this week’s film, The Methodist Church reaffirms the nature of its mission, known by Methodists as Our Calling. This film can be shown to churches, groups and Circuits and shared on social media.
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