Articles by: The Methodist Church of Great Britain

GB: Calling young people: this is your OPPortunity to shine

GB: Calling young people: this is your OPPortunity to shine

0 by / on 2013/05/03, 10:40 am / in Featured, Great Britain

Young people are being encouraged to apply for one-year placements with a variety of innovative church projects throughout Britain. The opportunities range from working with young people directly affected by drug and alcohol problems to addressing some of the UK’s most pressing social issues on a national scale.

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GB: Major safeguarding review to boost safety in Methodist churches

GB: Major safeguarding review to boost safety in Methodist churches

0 by / on 2013/03/14, 8:42 am / in Featured, Great Britain

The Methodist Church is undertaking a comprehensive review of every safeguarding matter it has dealt with over the past sixty years in order to learn the lessons of the past.

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GB: Lies about poverty: shattering the myths

GB: Lies about poverty: shattering the myths

0 by / on 2013/03/04, 8:10 am / in Great Britain

13 million people – including 3.6 million children – live in poverty in the UK today. A major new report shows how evidence and statistics have been misused, misrepresented and manipulated to create myths that blame and stigmatise the most vulnerable in society.

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GB: Get God on your mobile: sign up for prayer texts during Lent

GB: Get God on your mobile: sign up for prayer texts during Lent

0 by / on 2013/02/11, 7:43 am / in Great Britain

Young Methodists are offering people the chance to sign up for prayer text messages over the Lent period. The prayer texts have been written by children and young people from across the Methodist Church. They are intended to inspire other young people embarking on the 46-day spiritual journey of Lent. Mobile phone users can sign up to receive daily prayers [...]

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GB: UK churches called to rethink generosity

GB: UK churches called to rethink generosity

0 by / on 2013/01/29, 9:00 am / in Featured, Great Britain

A groundbreaking new campaign was launched today specifically calling on the church to increase the number of blood and organ donors in the UK. Founded as a two-year partnership between creative agency KORE and NHS Blood and Transplant, the initiative aims to profile the need for more blood and organ donors and encourage regular blood donation as an alternative way [...]

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World: 100 major charities launch campaign to tackle hunger trap

World: 100 major charities launch campaign to tackle hunger trap

0 by / on 2013/01/24, 9:11 am / in Europe

Hunger and malnutrition in childhood will trap almost a billion young people in poverty by 2025, according to a major new campaign, launched today by Britain’s leading development charities and faith groups. ‘Enough Food for Everyone IF’ is the largest coalition of its kind in the UK since Make Poverty History in 2005.

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My Methodist History, www.mymethodisthistory.org.uk

GB: Do you have faith in your family tree?

0 by / on 2013/01/18, 11:28 am / in Featured, Great Britain

A new Methodist family history website – the second in a trio of online community archives – has been launched by Methodist Heritage with the aim of encouraging people to share information related to every aspect of Methodist history. My Methodist History is inviting people all over the world to contribute and help document Methodism’s early development, nineteenth century splits [...]

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GB: Northern Church Leaders Warn Government Over Damaging Cuts

GB: Northern Church Leaders Warn Government Over Damaging Cuts

0 by / on 2012/12/04, 10:32 am / in Great Britain

Senior Church leaders across the North of England have warned the Government that spending cuts and welfare reforms are undermining the principles of mutual care that are fundamental to a good society.

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GB: Christian group challenges Energy Bill

GB: Christian group challenges Energy Bill

0 by / on 2012/11/29, 8:47 am / in Featured, Great Britain

Exactly four years ago, campaigners were thrilled when the Climate Change Act was made law on Nov 26th 2008. The UK became the first country to set out legally binding and far reaching targets to reduce carbon emission by 2050. The Labour government was proud to show international leadership in tackling concerns over climate change. Cameron campaigned in 2010 to [...]

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GB: Work continues on implementing the Anglican Methodist Covenant

GB: Work continues on implementing the Anglican Methodist Covenant

0 by / on 2012/11/28, 8:39 am / in Featured, Great Britain

The Joint Implementation Commission (JIC) of the Anglican Methodist Covenant has voiced its disappointment that the General Synod has not found a way to move forward on the question of women bishops. It added, however, that, although the vote in General Synod on Tuesday failed to remove a major obstacle to growing into that unity to which the Church of [...]

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