Tag: justicedignitysolidarity
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Shepley helping Eco Elves deliver Christmas
Reflecting on how keen Jesus was for his disciples to pick up all the scraps of food and not let any be wasted, even after some 5,000 people had been miraculously fed (John 6:12), scripture seems to suggest that recycling is to form an integral part of Christian discipleship. Shepley Methodist Church were already doing this…
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District Grants receive Warm Welcome
The Yorkshire West Methodist District was delighted to be able to offer grants to churches in our District for the purposes of providing Warm Spaces to local communities in Winter 2024. Read on for good news stories, great feedback and photos from some of the participating churches… Mosaic Community Café at West Ardsley Methodist Church,…
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Evolving outreach boosts attendance
Gledholt Methodist Church in Huddersfield were featured in the Summer 2024 Edition of “the connexion” magazine. Read the article below… Reproduced with permission from the connexion, the free magazine of the Methodist Church, methodist.org.ukTo receive a free copy, sign up at bit.ly/the-connexion
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Lecture series raises £1150 for Parkinson’s UK
A short season of public lectures at Ben Rhydding Methodist Church has raised £1150 for Parkinson’s UK, the church’s charity for 2023/2024. Approximately 140,000 people in the UK, almost one in 500, live with Parkinson’s (often called Parkinson’s disease or PD), a progressive debilitating neurological condition, the precise cause of which is unknown. At present…
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Thriving community in Drighlington demands bigger space
Drighlington Methodist Church serves as a hive of activity within the community of Drighlington. It is estimated that up to 1000 people access the church’s facilities each week by attending activities there, including Drighlington Digital and the Memory Pot Café, whose volunteers were recently awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service. Drighlington Digital began more…
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Dan’s Den helps to build a community and respond to parents’ needs in Ilkley
This article was originally shared on The Methodist Blog on 21 February 2024 and written by a member of the Connexional Media Team. You can find the original blog here: Dan’s Den helps to build a community and respond to parents’ needs in Ilkley – Methodist Church Upon entering the room, newcomers are greeted by…
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Revd Naomi Kaiga elected Co-Chair of the Committee for Justice, Dignity and Solidarity
We are delighted to share that Revd Naomi Kaiga, Presbyter in the Aire & Calder Circuit, has recently been appointed Co-Chair of the Justice, Dignity and Solidarity Committee of the Methodist Church. The Strategy for Justice, Dignity and Solidarity (known elsewhere as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) was adopted by the Methodist Conference in 2021, and…
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Helping people to become debt-free
Anais Pedron, Media Officer from The Connexional Team, recently visited the Christians Against Poverty Debt Centre at Northcliff Church in Shipley. She wrote this blog for www.methodist.org.uk… “Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is a national charity with 300 debt centres across the United Kingdom in partner churches including Northcliffe Church, a Local Ecumenical Partnership with the URC,…
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Highest Honour awarded to
Coffee Pot Memory Cafe It was announced in November that His Majesty King Charles III has approved The King’s Award for Voluntary Service National Assessment Committee’s recommendation that the Volunteers of the Coffee Pot Memory Café, Drighlington Methodist Church should receive The King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS) 2023. Equivalent to an MBE, KAVS is the highest…