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Methodist Leaders from global partners gather
03 July 2025This June, the Methodist Church in Britain (MCB) welcomed representatives from fifteen global Partner Churches to the Pre-Conference Consultation (PCC), held at the Telford International Centre. The three-day gathering, which preceded the 2025 Methodist Conference.
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Methodist Conference: Healing Ministry and Neurodiversity
02 July 2025The Methodist Conference, meeting in Telford, has received a report about the appropriateness of prayers for healing, particularly around neurodivergence, and how the gifts of those with lifelong conditions may contribute to the life of the Church.
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Methodist Conference: 3Generate and the Voices of Children and Young People
02 July 2025The Methodist Conference, currently meeting in Telford, has heard from the Youth President that last October’s children and youth event, 3Generate, was the most successful yet but that the Church needs to make a greater commitment to encourage young people to remain as they grow.
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Methodist Conference: Revising The Methodist Worship Book
01 July 2025The Methodist Conference, meeting in Telford, has voted to revise the Church’s authorised liturgy. This decision sets in motion a major project to equip the Church with new and revised liturgical resources, available in a wide variety of formats, including digital and printed versions.
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The Methodist Conference: Methodist Forces Board
01 July 2025The Methodist Conference, meeting in Telford, has received a report from the Methodist Forces Board highlighting the work of those who minister to the women and men of His Majesty’s armed forces throughout the UK and around the world.
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The Connexional Team of the Methodist Church becomes the first Carbon Literate Church Group
24 June 2025On Thursday 12 June, alongside national and international organisations, the Connexional Team received a bronze Carbon Literacy Award in Manchester.
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MBE for Southport hospital chaplain
16 June 2025Methodist Minister, the Revd Martin Abrams, has been awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours List for his services to the community as Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy Manager at Southport Hospital.
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Head of Service for MAST attends Education Garden Party at Buckingham Palace
16 June 2025Charlotte Taylor, Head of Service for MAST, the Methodist Academies and Schools Trust, was invited to attend the first ever Education Garden Party held at Buckingham Palace on the 14 May to celebrate and recognise those working in education.
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Northampton gets its first A Rocha Gold Award
12 June 2025On Sunday 8 June, a service with Creation Care theme and Junior Church climate justice-themed activities, followed by a lunch with a Pudding Party, celebrated Wesley Memorial Church in the Oxford Circuit’s recent A Rocha Gold Award last month.
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The President of the Methodist Conference visited Gibraltar
05 June 2025The Revd Canon Helen Cameron, the President of the Methodist Conference, has enjoyed a fruitful four days in Gibraltar between 30 May and 2 June 2025.
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Gaza Justice Campaign – a joint update from All We Can and the Methodist Church in Britain
05 June 2025
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Celebrating Wesley Day in London
29 May 2025The Revd Helen Cameron, President of the Methodist Conference, and Mrs Carolyn Godfrey, Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, attended Wesley Day at Wesley Chapel in London.