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Prayer as a revolutionary act
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The Revd Michaela Youngson, President of the Methodist Conference, shared this reflection at a
prayer breakfast at this week’s Labour Party Conference.
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3Generate volunteers needed
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Volunteers who are passionate about making a difference to children and young people are invited take part in 3Generate 2018. The event takes place at Pontins, Southport, from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 November.
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MHA, formerly Methodist Homes for the Aged, is celebrating 75 years of caring for older people with a Thanksgiving Service at Derby Cathedral on Saturday 13 October, at 3.00pm. Book your free ticket here.
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Bible Month 2019 has been relaunched by the Leaders of Worship and Preachers Trust (LWPT) and the Methodist Church. It is another opportunity for churches and individuals to spend four weeks engaging with one book of the Bible. For 2019, the book will be Colossians.
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“Everyone should have access to food, no one should go to bed hungry.” The End Hunger campaign is calling on the UK government to fix Universal Credit to prevent even more people from going hungry.
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“A system which deliberately inflicts destitution on people is not the kind of system we want in our world.” The Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) has produced resources calling for an end to the hostile environment.
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A series of round-table discussions is taking place on topics that engage the hearts and minds of communities, churches, local and national government. The first event, ‘Spiritual care in community health settings − Community Chaplaincy’, takes place on Thursday 4 October, 10.30am-3.30pm at Free Church House, Tavistock Square, London. Book your place here.
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The next Christian Resources Exhibition takes place from 16-18 October at Sandown Park, Surrey. Click here and enter the code METH18 to save £5 on the day-of-admission ticket price.
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Prisons Week (14-20 October) aims to encourage prayer and awareness of the needs of prisoners and their families, victims of offenders and prison staff. Order resources and find out what is happening in your area here.
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On the radio
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The Eternal Life of the Instant Noodle
Friday 28 September
BBC Radio 4, 11.00am
At the turn of the millennium, a poll found that the Japanese believe that their best invention of the 20th century was instant noodles. Celia Hatton explores how the instant noodle went global, with the help of students, travellers and prisoners.
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Something Understood
Sunday 30 September
BBC Radio 4, 6.05am
Suryagupta Dharmacharini, chair of the London Buddhist Centre, asks whether kindness can be cultivated, and explores an ancient meditation technique to promote compassion.
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Sunday Worship
Sunday 30 September
BBC Radio 4, 8.10am
A live service of Thanksgiving for Harvest from Christ Church Cathedral in Lisburn, County Antrim.
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On TV
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Gregory Porter’s Popular Voices
Friday 28 September
BBC Four, 8.00pm
Born with the arrival of the microphone in the 1930s, crooning was initially about men seducing women. However, the art of crooning gained a new existential edge and was transformed into a haunting and abiding strain of contemporary pop.
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Drowning in Plastic
Monday 1 October
BBC One, 8.30pm
Wildlife biologist Liz Bonnin visits scientists working at the cutting-edge of plastics research and joins work with some of the world’s leading marine biologists and campaigners to discover the true dangers of plastic in the oceans.
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Dara and Ed’s Road to Mandalay
Tuesday 2 October
BBC Four, 11.00pm
Dara O Briain and Ed Byrne explore South East Asia, travelling more than 3,000 miles from Malaysia to Myanmar as they forge their way to the historic city of Mandalay.
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Video Thursday: #Courageous
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In this week’s film, Jasmine Yeboah, the 2018-2019 Methodist Youth President, introduces herself in the first of her monthly #Courageous videos.
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You can find the UK parliamentary business online here. If you want to find out about the Scottish Parliamentary calendar, click here and the timetable for the National Assembly for Wales, click here.
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The Week Ahead is a regular mailing that gives you a heads-up on forthcoming events and opportunities, as well as highlighting new information and resources across the Methodist Church. We cannot know about everything that’s going on, so please do email us if you have any feedback or ideas for items to include.
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